 James Lochtefeld home page Director of Asian Studies Program, Associate Professor of ReligionJames G. Lochtefeld specializes in the Hindu tradition and Indian philosophy. He carried out the fieldwork for his dissertation in a North Indian pilgrimage town under the aegis of the American Institute of Indian Studies and Delhi University. Aside from the Hindu tradition, his areas of teaching have included the Buddhist tradition in India, China and Japan; Islam; Chinese religion; and Sanskrit. He is particularly interested in teaching comparative and thematic courses. In 1988, 1989 and 1991, Lochtefeld was named a President's Fellow at Columbia University. In 1990 he received the Charlotte W. Newcombe Fellowship, the most prestigious award for dissertations in religion and ethics. He holds a B.A. from Colgate University; an M.T.S. from Harvard Divinity School; an M.A. from the University of Washington; and an M.Phil. and Ph.D. from Columbia University. He came to Carthage in 1992. Visit James Lochtefeld's home page | 
