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