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Interview Date
2-19-2002
Abstract
What is the greatest concern for you in scholarship?
Dr. Tracy Pintchman discusses what she finds most fascinating in her studies. She explains that studying people and especially women’s interests is most interesting to her right now and she finds it useful to understand how others see the world.
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Pintchman, Tracy and Benney, Alfred. Created by Alfred Benney. "Dr. Tracy Pintchman Engages with the Question: What Is The Greatest Concern For You In Scholarship?" February 2002. DigitalCommons@Fairfield. Web. https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/asrvideos/282
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About the Interviewee:
Dr. Tracy Pintchman received a PhD in Religious Studies from the University of California at Santa Barbara where she specialized in the study of Hinduism, with a focus on gender issues, Goddess traditions, and Hindu women's rituals. Dr. Pintchman is a Professor and Director of International Studies Program at Loyola University, Chicago. She has also taught at Northwestern University and Harvard University. Her publications include: Women's Lives, Women's Rituals in the Hindu Tradition and The Rise of the Goddess in the Hindu Tradition.
About the Interviewer:
Dr. Alfred Benney is a professor of Religious Studies at Fairfield University. He has a Ph.D in Theology from the Hartford Seminary Foundation and teaches courses in Non-Traditional American Religions and Christian Religious Thought. His research interests include "how people learn"; "the appropriate use of technology in teaching/learning" and "myth as explanatory narrative". He has published work on teaching with technology.