Title:	Instructor
Office Location:	207 Trent Hall
Office Phone:	919 681-1591
Office Fax:	919 681 7871
Email Address:	pv2110@duke.edu
Web Page:	www.duke.edu/~pv2110

Office Hours:

Mon & Wed 1:00-2:00
or by appt

Education

• Ph.D. in Hindi Literature, Rajasthan Vidyapeeth, 2003
• M.Phil. in Hindi Hindi Literature, M.L. Sukhadia University, 1999
• M.A. in Hindi, M.L. Sukhadia University, 1997
• M.A. in Public Affairs, M.L. Sukhadia University, 1995
• B.Sc. in Biology, M.L. Sukhadia University, 1993

Research Interests

Dr. Vaishnava’s interests include publishing collections of Indian literature, developing teaching materials for South Asian languages, and publishing her own poetry, stories and journal articles on diaspora and gender among South Asian women immigrants.

1. P. Vaishnava (with Matthew A. Cook), "Book Review of Todd Scudiere's Hindi-English/English-Hindi Dictionary and Phrasebook". In South Asian Review  (2004).
2. P. Vaishnava. "Diaspora Rachnakaar." Hindi Jagat: A Quarterly Publication of the World Hindi Foundation 4.1 (2003).
3. P. Vaishnava. Sahityik Premkathaien. 2003.
4. P. Vaishnava. Sahityik Geet. 2002.
5. P. Vaishnava. Shreshtha Hasya Kathaien. 2001.