shevek nagarjuna kundakunda
The man who adopted me taught Religious Studies at Washington University in St Louis for 8 years. He co-founded many student clubs, including the Washington University Cooperative. His academic speciality is Hindu and Jain studies, environmental humanities, and cooperative
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AB, The University of Chicago (Anthropology); AM The University of Chicago (Social Science: Ideology and Utopia); MA UCSB (Religious Studies); PhD University of Pennsylvania, "with distinction' (Asian and Middle Eastern Studies)Interests
education reform, cooperative education, community building, sustainability, hinduism, buddhism, jainism, new age spirituality, fundamentalism, politics and religion, space exploration, science fiction and fantasy, utopia, cats, food, cooking, yogaMotto
"cats and people are helping each other"Affiliations
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How Can We Regulate Sexual Harassment If We Can't Even Define It?A brief comment on the difficulties inherent in regulating sexual harassment. Republished by permission of the Washington University in St Louis undergraduate paper, Student Life. Originally published 10/13/06.
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I Lend You My Name: Anonymous Politics Can WorkAn account of a successful anonymous poltical campaign at the University of Pennsylvania, over the name "Oriental Studies," and another approach, lending one's name to others, and standing by what one has said. -
Let's Scrap the Bogus and Selectively Enforced 'Neutrality Policy' at Washington UniversityAn appeal to Washington University's Chancellor Wrighton to allow political candidates to speak on campus, and to allow free expression of approval or protest. -
Washington University Needs More Asian-American and Ethnic StudiesAn endorsement of more ethnic and Asian--American studies, and a reduction in tuition at American universities. -
Student-Worker Alliance a Necessary Presence on the Washington University CampusAn endorsement of the broad goals of Washington University's Student-Worker Alliance, especially their support of better pay, job security, and working conditinos for contract adjunct lecturers. -
The Case for Lecturer's Policy ReformA case is made for reform of Washington University's Lecturer's Policy, curriculum reform, and an end to exploitation of contract adjunct lecturers everwhere.
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T for College Teachers NeededPosted to a Washington University website in August 06, this piece has influenced the ongoing debate over education reform at that University. -
Cervantes Free University and Learning CooperativeA short history, description, and mission satatemen of the experimental Cervantes Free University and Learning Cooperative, a spin-off of the Washington University Cooperative.
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Washington University of UtopiaWhat would you do if you were named Chancellor of the University of Utopia? Would you grade your students? Would you charge tuition?
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Utopian Devotional Kinship TheologyCan Hindu devotional theology and South Asian fluid kinship models help Americans to remake our culture as Utopia? This essay, written as blog for a Freshman class, offers some tongue-in-cheek musings on this theme.
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The Importance of Teaching at Washington University: Our Students Need Heroes, Mentors Who Set a Worthy ExampleA call for reform of the Lecturer's Policy at Washington University in St Louis, against a hierarchical model of college education, with implications for education reform efforts elsewhere.