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Shalini-Ayyagari

Given Name: 
Shalini
Family Name: 
Ayyagari
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Rank: 
Assistant Professor
Department: 
Music
Office: 
207 Music Building
Office phone number: 
412-624-4196
Regional specialty: 
South Asia
India
Pakistan
Email Address: 
sayyagari@pitt.edu
Area of specialization: 
<p>South Asia; regional music of India and Pakistan; Islam in South Asia; subaltern studies; postcolonial studies; development studies; ethnography; film studies; Bollywood film.</p>
Qualifications: 
PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Publications: 

“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.

M. Najeeb-Shafiq

Given Name: 
M. Najeeb
Family Name: 
Shafiq
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Rank: 
Professor
Department: 
Education
Office: 
5911 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Office phone number: 
412-648-1832
Regional specialty: 
South Asia
Bangladesh
India
Pakistan
Email Address: 
mnshafiq@pitt.edu
Region: 
South Asia
Area of specialization: 
<p>Economics of Education; Education Reform; Social Benefits of Education; Human Capital Decisions; Development Economics; Comparative Education; Labor Economics; Behavioral Economics</p>
Qualifications: 
PhD, Columbia University, 2005
Publications: 

2014    “Are student protests in Arab states caused by economic and political grievances? Empirical evidence from the 2006-07 Arab Barometer,” Peabody Journal of Education 89(1).

 

2013    “Gender gaps in mathematics, science and reading achievements in Muslim countries: A quantile regression approach,” Education Economics 21(4), pp. 343-359.

 

2013    “Accounting for risk of non-completion in private and social rates of return to higher education,” Journal of Education Finance 39(1), pp. 73-95.