Kristin Bloomer

Education & Professional History

Wesleyan University, BA; Cambridge University, BA, MA; University of Montana, MFA; University of Chicago, MA, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Religion, University of Hawaii-Manoa, 2008-2010.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Women’s Studies and South Asian Religions, Harvard University, 2012-13.

Organizations & Scholarly Affiliations

American Academy of Religion, Society of Hindu-Christian Studies, American Council of Learned Societies, American Colleges of the Midwest (ACM) India Program, American Institute of Indian Studies Representative and Nominating Committee Member.

My current research is on family gods (kula deyvam) and spirit possession in South India. This book-length project is based on four years of living in India, and fieldwork conducted in 2018-19.