Honors-Awards
Research Fellowship, Matteo Ricci Institute
University of Macerata (Italy)
October 1, 2015 – January 1, 2016
Distinguish Research Professor Award
University of Georgia 2014-
Distinguished Scholar Award
Indiana University (Fort Wayne – Purdue), 2009
University Distinguished Professor Award
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1998-2001
Research Fellowship
Center for Advanced Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1996-7
Indo-U.S. Sub-commission Grant, Fulbright Foundation
India, 1993-94
American Institute of Indian Studies
Senior Research Fellowship, 1992-93
National Endowment for the Humanities/
American Institute for Indian Studies
Superior Humanist Award
1992-93
Fulbright Foundation Senior Research Fellowship (India)
1992-93, declined
National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute
Musicology, New York University, 1990
Lilly Teaching Fellow
SUNY Stony Brook, 1989-1990
Indiana University (Bloomington), Comparative Literature
Summer Minority Faculty Recruitment Fellowship
Summer of 1989
Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1986-1988
CIC Minorities Fellowship, Mellon Foundation 1980-84
Harvard University Fellowship, 1977-79
Maguire Fellowship for Study Abroad, Vassar College, 1976-77
New York State Regents Scholarship, 1972-76