Rita D. Sherma is founding Director and Associate Professor at the Mira & Ajay Shingal Center for Dharma Studies; Core Doctoral Faculty; and Co-Chair of the Sustainability 360 Initiative at Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA. Formerly, she was the Swami Vivekananda Visiting Professor in Hindu Studies at USC. She holds an MA in Women’s Studies in Religion, and a PhD in Theology & Ethics from Claremont Graduate University. She also co-founded the American Academy of Religion’s Hinduism Program Unit and is the founding Vice President of DANAM (Dharma Academy of North America)—a scholarly society for research on Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain religious & interreligious studies. Dr. Sherma has authored, edited or co-edited several books and is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Dharma Studies. We spoke about the unique Hindu Chaplaincy program she recently started at GTU, as well as other subjects related to Hinduism, India and academia. Learn more about Rita Sherma here: www.gtu.edu/academics/rita-sherma