Suchismita Sen is an Associate Teaching Professor in Asian Studies and the director of the Hindi Program at Penn State. Her research and teaching interests include the history of South Asian religions and their influence on the region’s culture, literature, and languages. Her publications include “Shifting Sensibilities and a Bengali Ritual Tale,” Asian Folklore Studies, vol. LIV-1, 1995, 69-117, “Memory, Language and Society in Salman Rushdie’s Haroun and the Sea of Stories,” Contemporary Literature, 1995, vol. 36, no. 4, 654-675. “Tagore’s Lokashahitya: A Translation and a Critical Discussion,” Asian Folklore Studies, vol. LV-1, 1996, 1-47, “Speaking across the Chasm: Literature as a Bridge between Science and Religion” Cross Currents, 2007, vol. 57, no. 1, 84-101 and A Question of Balance: The Study of Religions, Cognella Academic Publishing, 2015.

In addition to Hindi language courses, Sen teaches courses on south Asian religious traditions, history of Indian literature, and survey courses on world religions. Sen is also interested in the study of religion and cognitive behavior.