Ellen Goldberg

Region of Interest	South Asia
Primary Country of Residence	Canada
Title	Associate Professor of South Asian Studies and Graduate Chair
Affiliation	Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
Email	eg7@queensu.ca
Mailing Address	Department of Religious Studies Queen's School of Religion Queen's University Kingston, Ontario, K7L3N6, CANADA
Countries of Specialization	India
Education	MA and a PhD in Religious Studies from the Centre for the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto, Canada.
Research Interests	doctoral work published in 2002 under the title "The Lord Who Is Half Woman: Ardhanarisvara in Indian and Feminist Perspective" (SUNY Press) includes an extensive analysis of the significance of Ardhanarisvara in hatha and tantric yoga. She is currently working on "Swami Krpalvananda" for a book edited with Mark Singleton titled "Gurus of Modern Yoga" A book in preparation on Swami Krpalvananda's contributions to modern yoga. Several articles on the intersection between yoga and cognitive science.
Publications	Doctoral work published in 2002 under the title "The Lord Who Is Half Woman: Ardhanarisvara in Indian and Feminist Perspective" (SUNY Press). "Amrit Desai and the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Holistic Health" in Lola Williamson and Anne Gleig's forthcoming book titled "Homegrown Gurus: From Homegrown in America to American Hinduism" (SUNY Press). "Parvati" and "Ardhanarisvara" for the newly launched Oxford Online Bibliographic Series.
Keywords	yoga ; cognitive science ; Parvati ; Ardhanarisvara ; Swami Krpalvananda ; hatha ; tantric.