1. Integrating South Asia Studies in Penn’s Professional Schools Jody Chavez, Managing Director South Asia Studies Department and the South Asia Center

2. Presentation Overview  Introduction  Penn’s international landscape  South Asia in the professional schools:  Three very different collaborations  Lessons learned:  Work with logical allies  Develop different models of engagement

3. Penn’s International Landscape  12 professional schools, loosely connected  Strong partnership of Penn NRCs  Major increase in global activities  New Vice Provost for Global Initiatives

4. South Asia in the Professional Schools  Three very different collaborations:  Helping Wharton’s Lauder Institute introduce a Hindi Track in their existing joint MA/MBA degree program  Enhancing area specialization within the Ed. School’s International Educational Development M.S.Ed. Program  Seeding a tenure-track post in the pre-professional History & Sociology of Science Department

5. Lauder-Fischer Hall, home to the Lauder Institute

6. Collaboration #1: Wharton Lauder Institute  The Lauder curriculum: a joint MA/MBA degree  Students reach superior language proficiency level, 9 language tracks available  May session features intensive language and area studies  Summer overseas immersion program  Support for adding Hindi  Decision to introduce Hindi originated in Wharton, historical strengths of South Asia Studies helped  Business Hindi offered by South Asia Studies in 2010  Needs assessment process included SAC Director and SAST Chair  SAST faculty willing to consult and teach course overload

7. Collaboration #2: GSE’s International Educational Development Program  Graduate School of Education’s 1-year M.S. Ed. program  Students can take language and area studies electives in the School of Arts & Sciences  SAC sponsors speakers & films, awards FLAS fellowships  SAC sponsored a conference with Pratham, an India- based educational NGO  Outcome: Pratham is now an internship site for IED students

8. Collaboration #3: History & Sociology of Science (HSSC)  14-CU Health and Societies undergraduate Major  Global Health concentration  2000-09: SAC sponsored South Asia health-related courses taught by an adjunct  2010-14: SAC seeded a tenure-track position in HSSC department  2011: historian of medicine in South Asia hired

9. Challenges  Building relationships and trust  Keeping degrees and collaborations in the active memory  Beating budget constraints

10. Lessons Learned  Look for faculty and administrations in professional schools who are logical allies  Capitalize on the energy of new faculty  Provide info about the Center and funding opportunities (i.e., FLAS) to admissions staff  Use grant funds to deepen & enrich  Use different models of engagement  Recognize the different ways areas studies fits within a professional school program  Use FLAS & conference funding strategically  Consider seeding a post

11. For more information, visit:  The South Asia Center: http://www.southasiacenter.upenn.edu/http://www.southasiacenter.upenn.edu/  The South Asia Studies Department: http://www.southasia.upenn.edu/ http://www.southasia.upenn.edu/  The Penn Compact: http://www.upenn.edu/president/penn- compact/penn-compact-landinghttp://www.upenn.edu/president/penn- compact/penn-compact-landing  The Wharton Lauder Program: http://lauder.wharton.upenn.edu/ http://lauder.wharton.upenn.edu/  The Graduate School of Education’s Int’l Educational Development M.S.Ed. Program: http://www.gse.upenn.edu/iedp/about http://www.gse.upenn.edu/iedp/about  The History and Sociology of Science Department: https://hss.sas.upenn.edu/ https://hss.sas.upenn.edu/

12. Thank you!  jchavez@sas.upenn.edu