Janani Mandayam Comar

PhD Candidate

Fields of Study

Areas of Interest

  • Hinduism
  • Tamil
  • Performance

Biography

Janani is a PhD student. She received her BS at California Institute of Technology and MA at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She is interested in south Indian musical texts and performance, as well as issues related to caste and gender in Hinduism. She is also a performing Bharatanatyam artist.