Raman Family Faculty Grant Recipients Research Symposium

Join us for our annual research symposium to learn about the exciting projects funded by the 2026 Raman Family Faculty Grants. Now entering its fourth year, the program has awarded 19 grants to date, and additional 2027 recipients will be announced in mid-January. The grants have also helped build the Center's scholarly community. The Roundglass India Center now has 34 affiliated faculty from all seven SeattleU colleges/schools, many of whom first got involved through a Raman grant. This symposium brings that community together around a shared interest in India Studies, with time to connect and network over chai and samosas. Open to the Seattle U community and the general public. The 2026 recipients will share highlights of their work, including: Vinod Acharya, Philosophy — UCOR Course: Politics, Identity and Belonging in India and South Asian Diaspora Julie Homchick Crowe, Communication — Heritage and Health: Yoga, National Identity, and Hindu Nationalism in Modern India Mathew Isaac, Marketing — Collaborative Research Incubator for Consumer Behavior Scholars from India and the United States Nalini Iyer, English — Mother–Daughter Collaboration in the Fiction of Anita and Kiran Desai Claus Pörtner, Economics — Institutional Shocks and Biological Vulnerability: Disentangling India's Shifting Sex Ratios Eric Severson, Philosophy — India-Based Research for A Monster's Guide to World Philosophy Annette Thomas, Nursing — UCOR Course: Introduction to Global Health: India