Kristen Rudisill

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Kristen D Rudisill
Born (1975-09-17) September 17, 1975 (age 47)
NationalityAmerican [1]
Alma mater Bryn Mawr College, University of Chicago Divinity School, University of Texas at Austin
OccupationAssociate Professor of Popular Culture at Bowling Green State University [2]

Kristen Rudisill (born September 17, 1975) is a tenured Associate Professor [3] of Popular Culture at Bowling Green State University, [2] Research Associate in the South Asia Institute at the School of Oriental and African Studies. [4] and a Fulbright Fellow. [5] Her main research areas are dance, competitions, popular culture, India and Disney. [6] She is working on books about Chennai's contemporary theatre and Indian dance competitions. [7]

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Education

Kristen Rudisill completed her B.A. in religion at Bryn Mawr College [2] in 1997. [8] She got her A.M. in the History of Religion at the University of Chicago Divinity School. [2] She completed her Ph.D. in Asian Cultures and Languages at the University of Texas at Austin [1] [2] in 2007–2008. [9] Kristen Rudisill studied Tamil with Dr S Bharathi in Madurai, India [1] and with Martha Selby at the University of Texas at Austin. [1] [10]

Career

2000s

In 2002, Kristen Rudisill helped in writing a guide to learning Tamil. [11] She was editor of South Asia Graduate Research Journal for 2002 to 2003. [12] In 2003, she was carrying out research in Chennai, India on Tamil contemporary comedy theatrical dramas. [1] In 2005, Kristen Rudisill was a faculty assistant at The South Asia Summer Language Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison for the Intermediate Tamil Class. [13] In 2006, Kristen Rudisill presented "Performance of Culture, Performance of Self: the Perfect Tamil Brahmin Marriage" at the 22nd Annual South Asia Conference at the University of California at Berkeley [14] and "Comedic Exclusions: Tamil Political Satire and Serious Indian Drama" presented at the 35th Conference on South Asia at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. [14] On 22–25 March 2007, Kristen Rudisill was the organiser and chair of "Sabhas: Changing the Landscape of Chennai's Music, Dance, and Drama" and presented "Sabha Comedy: Content, Aesthetics, and Patronage" at South Asia Session 10 part of the AAS Annual Meeting at the Boston Marriott Copley Place. [15] In 2007, she received the Graduate Student Professional Development Award from University of Texas in Austin Liberal Arts department. [16] She also began research in modern Tamil theatre and twentieth century dance history. [17]

2010s

In September 2010, Kristen Rudisill along with Professor Daniel Shoemaker made keynote presentations at a workshop and conference at Hyderabad, India. [18] In 2012, Kristen Rudisill was undertaking research in India as part of her Fulbright Fellowship at L. V. Prasad Film Institute in Chennai, [5] [19] [20] [21] She gave lectures as part of her Fulbright at the Department of English of Adikavi Nannaya University, Andhra Pradesh. [22] She was also a guest dancer on season 7 of Maanada Mayilada. Kristen Rudisill was involved in protests to stop the demolition of Popular Culture building at Bowling Green State University. [23] In 2013, Kristen Rudisill presented a paper on "Reality Television and the Business of Dance in Chennai, India" at the Labour, Livelihood and Culture: Crafts and Music in the Middle East, South and Central Asia conference at Senate House, London. [24] She helped in the formation of the book Posthumanism. [25] In 2014, Kristen was promoted to associate professor and received tenure. [3]

Honors and awards

Kristen Rudisill won a prize for her thesis "From Darkness into Light: Illuminating the Relationship of Agni and Sita in the Ramakatha" in 1997. [26] She won the Emerging Scholar award from the Association for Asian Performance in 2011. [27] She also received the University Continuing Bruton Fellowship from the University of Texas at Austin in 2006. [28]

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