Mallory Hennigar
PhD Student Communities and Identities
514 Hall of Languages
315.443.3863
- Degree: Began Ph.D. program in 2014
- Concentration: Communities and Identities / South Asian Religions
- Advisor: Joanne Waghorne
Mallory earned her MA in Religion from Syracuse University in 2014 with her thesis “Caste in Thirdspace: Theorizing Caste in Modern India with Edward Soja’s Thirdspace” and her BA in World Religion and English Literature from McGill University in 2012. Her current research focuses on Dalit (ex-untouchable) Buddhist converts in Maharashtra, India and their developing relationships with global Buddhist movements in the UK and US. She has studied the South Asian languages of Hindi, Sanskrit, and Marathi.