Dr. William Harman
Department Head and Professor
232E Holt Hall
(423)425-4336
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DR. WILLIAM HARMAN has a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and is the Department Head. He has edited Dealing with Deities: The Ritual Vow in South Asia, which will appear with State University of New York Press in the Fall. Recently, he has published articles on the Hindu Goddess of Fevers, on personal devotion in Hinduism, and on the performance of ritual jokes in a joint Muslim/Hindu festival in India. In the summer of 2004, he wrote a successful grant to take a group of UTC students to India to study Indian culture and religion. He teaches Indian religions, Goddess Traditions, and Introduction to Religions.
