South Asia | Asian Studies Center

ravi-madhavan

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Ravi

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Madhavan

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Professor

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Business

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208 Mervis Hall

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412-648-1530

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South Asia

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madhavan@katz.pitt.edu

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Daniel-Heifetz

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Daniel

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Heifetz

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Lecturer

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Religious Studies

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412-624-5990

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South Asia

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d.heifetz@pitt.edu

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Soorakkulame-Pemarathana

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Soorakkulame

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Pemarathana

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Instructor

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Religious Studies

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PhD, University of Pittsburgh, 2017

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Bringing the Buddha Closer: The Role of Venerating the Buddha in the Modernization of Buddhism in Sri Lanka, Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh, 2017.

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Shanti-Rabindran

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Shanti

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Rabindran

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Associate Professor

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Public and International Affairs

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3621 Wesley W. Posvar

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412-648-8266

Regional specialty:

South Asia

Email Address:

shanti1@pitt.edu

Krishnamurthy-Kesavan

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Krishnamurthy

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Kesavan

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Instructor

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Classics

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South Asia

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Sanskrit and Tamil

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priyanga-gunarathne

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Priyanga

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Gunarathne

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Assistant Professor

Department:

Business

Office:

260 Mervis Hall

Office phone number:

412-624-1127

Regional specialty:

South Asia

Email Address:

priyanga.gunarathne@katz.pitt.edu

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Her current research portfolio mostly focuses on the development of theory-driven empirical studies to provide new insights into consumer and firm behavior in the digital age.

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PhD in Business Administration (Computer Information Systems), Simon Business School, University of Rochester.

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Priyanga Gunarathne, Huaxia Rui, and Abraham Seidmann. 2018. “When Social Media Delivers Customer Service: Differential Customer Treatment in the Airline Industry,” MIS Quarterly (42:2), pp. 489-520.
Priyanga Gunarathne, Huaxia Rui, and Abraham Seidmann. 2017. “Whose and What Social Media Complaints Have Happier Resolutions? Evidence from Twitter,” Journal of Management Information Systems (34:2), pp. 314-340.

cb-bhattacharya

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CB

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Bhattacharya

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Professor

Department:

Business

Office:

224 Mervis Hall

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412-648-1280

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South Asia

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cb@pitt.edu

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His research and teaching focuses specifically on how companies can use underleveraged “intangible assets” such as corporate identity, reputation, corporate social responsibility and sustainability to strengthen stakeholder relationships and drive firm market value.

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PhD in Marketing, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

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Bhattacharya, CB. (2018). How to Make Sustainability Every Employee’s Responsibility. Harvard Business Review.
Du, S., Yu, K., Bhattacharya, CB, and Sen, S. (2017). The Business Case for Sustainability Reporting: Evidence from Stock Market Reactions. Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, 36(2), 313-330.
Bhattacharya, CB, and Polman P. (2017). Sustainability lessons from the front lines. Sloan Management Review 58(2): 71-78.
Sen, S., Du, S., and Bhattacharya, CB (2016). Corporate social responsibility: A consumer psychology perspective. Current Opinion in Psychology 10: 70-75.
Korschun, D., Bhattacharya, CB, and Swain, S. D. (2014). Corporate social responsibility, customer orientation, and the job performance of frontline employees. Journal of Marketing 78(3): 20–37.

rabikar-chatterjee

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Rabikar

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Chatterjee

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Professor

Department:

Business

Office:

372 Mervis Hall

Office phone number:

412-648-1623

Regional specialty:

South Asia

Email Address:

rabikar@katz.pitt.edu

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Chatterjee's teaching, research, and consulting interests are in the area of customer-focused development and management of products and services, particularly those with a technology orientation.

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PhD in Marketing, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

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“Segmentation of Spatially Dependent Geographical Units: Model and Application” (with Rahul Govind and Vikas Mittal), Management Science 64(4) (April 2018), 1941-1956.
“R&D, Marketing Innovation, and New Product Performance: A Mixed Methods Study” (with Christoph Grimpe, Wolfgang Sofka, and Mukesh Bhargava), Journal of Product Innovation Management 34(3) (May 2017). 360-383.
“Cobranding Arrangements and Partner Selection: A Conceptual Framework and Managerial Guidelines” (with Casey Newmeyer and R. Venkatesh), Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 42(2) (March 2014), 103-118 (lead article).
“Investments in Exploitation and Exploration Capabilities: Balance versus Focus” (with Matthew Sarkees and John Hulland), Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice, 22(1) (Winter 2014), 7-24 (lead article).
"The 'Name Your Own Price' Channel in the Travel Industry: An Analytical Exploration" (with Tuo Wang and Esther Gal-Or), Management Science, 55 (June 2009), 968-979.

Shalini-Ayyagari

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Shalini

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Ayyagari

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Assistant Professor

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Music

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207 Music Building

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412-624-4196

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South Asia

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Pakistan

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sayyagari@pitt.edu

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South Asia; regional music of India and Pakistan; Islam in South Asia; subaltern studies; postcolonial studies; development studies; ethnography; film studies; Bollywood film.

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PhD, University of California, Berkeley

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“Lesser-known Music from North India and Pakistan.” UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music. Guest Blog Album Review (Week 16). 2014.

“At Home in the Studio: The Sound of Manganiyar Music Going Popular.” In More than Bollywood: Studies in Indian Popular Music. Bradley Shope and Gregory Booth, eds. New York: Oxford University Press. 2013: 256-75.

Luke-Condra

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Luke

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Condra

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Assistant Professor

Department:

Public and International Affairs

Office:

3933 Posvar Hall

Office phone number:

412.648.8088

Regional specialty:

South Asia

Southeast Asia

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lcondra@pitt.edu

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South Asia, Southeast Asia

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Afghanistan, Papua New Guinea

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Dr. Luke Condra is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs.  His research focuses on international security and political violence in the Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia.  He teaches two classes at the university.  His fall class is titled "Economics and Politics of Counterinsurgency" and his spring class is titled "Ethnic Politics".