Kusum Knapczyk, Senior Lecturer of Hindi Language of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

Kusum Knapczyk is Hindi lecturer at Duke University. Before joining Duke in 2016, she served as Hindi Lecturer at the University of Colorado Boulder and Indiana University, Bloomington. Kusum has taught Hindi at SASLI (South Asia Summer Language Institute) at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She has also taught Hindi at the University of Texas at Austin, and in several STARTALK intensive Hindi language programs throughout the US, including STARTALK: Hindi in the Rockies at the University of Colorado Boulder and Yuva Hindi Sansthan at Pennsylvania.  

 Kusum received a Ph.D. in Hindi literature from Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India, and she is a fully certified ACTFL OPI and WPT tester for Hindi. Kusum has published numerous articles and short stories in Hindi newspapers and magazines. She has won first prize in the International Hindi Satire competition in Mauritius conducted by the World Hindi Secretariat. She has also won ACTFL Global Engagement Initiative Award and the Betsy Alden Award for Outstanding Service-Learning. Her research interests are the history of Hindi literature and language, Hindi language pedagogy, and Urdu poetry. She co-authored a Hindi reader titled-Reading Hindi: Novice to Intermediate published by Routledge. 

Contact Info:

Office Location:	2204 Erwin Road,, Room 202, Durham, NC 27708
Email Address:
Web Pages:	https://sites.duke.edu/dukehindi/ https://hindicentral.com/?cat=3

Teaching (Spring 2024):

• HINDI 102.001, ELEMENTARY HINDI Synopsis

  Old Chem 003, WF 03:05 PM-04:20 PM

• HINDI 102.01D, ELEMENTARY HINDI Synopsis

  Allen 326, Th 03:20 PM-04:10 PM; Perkins 071, Tu 03:20 PM-04:10 PM

• HINDI 204D.001, INTERMEDIATE HINDI Synopsis

  Languages 208, WF 01:25 PM-02:40 PM

• HINDI 204D.002, INTERMEDIATE HINDI Synopsis

  SEE INSTRU, F 01:25 PM-02:40 PM; SEE INSTRU , Tu 04:15 PM-05:30 PM

• HINDI 204D.01D, INTERMEDIATE HINDI Synopsis

  Languages 208, TuTh 01:40 PM-02:30 PM

• HINDI 101.01, ELEMENTARY HINDI Synopsis

  Old Chem 123, MWF 10:05 AM-11:20 AM

• HINDI 101.02, ELEMENTARY HINDI Synopsis

  Old Chem 123, MWF 01:25 PM-02:40 PM

• HINDI 203.01, INTERMEDIATE HINDI Synopsis

  Old Chem 003, MWF 03:05 PM-04:20 PM

Office Hours:

Office:                       John Hope Franklin Center

                                  2204 Erwin Road, Room 202, Box 90414,

                                  Durham, North Carolina-27708

 

Education:

Ph.D.

Jawaharlal Nehru University (India)

2010

Recent Publications

1. Knapczyk, K, अमेरिकी विश्वविद्यालयों में हिंदी अध्ययन सामग्री का विश्लेषण Hindi study material analysis in American Universities, Pravasi Jagat, vol. April-June 2022 (April, 2022), pp. 94-104, Kendriya Hindi Sansthan
2. Using Technology to Design Self-Guided Listening Tasks and Assessment for Hindi in Flipped and Traditional Classroom Settings, in Hindi As a Second and Foreign Language (November, 2021), Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ISBN 9781527574182  [abs]
3. Knapczyk, K, Listening to many voices: Social Justice Themes and Technology in Developing Hindi Listening Proficiency, National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages, vol. 30 no. Vol. 30 pp. 183 – 216 (April, 2021), pp. 183-216, JNCOLCTL  [abs]
4. Knapczyk, K; Knapczyk, P, Reading Hindi: Novice to Intermediate (February, 2020), pp. 254 pages, Routledge, ISBN 978-0367222574  [abs]