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Kathleen M. Erndl (Ph.D. '87, University of Wisconsin, South Asian Language and Literature: Religions of South Asia) was an Associate Professor at Florida State University and held a courtesy appointment with the Department of Religion/CHiTra at UF. Dr. Erndl taught in the field of South Asian religions, especially Hinduism, as well as gender and religion, comparative studies, and Sanskrit. Professor Erndl's publications include Victory to the Mother: The Hindu Goddess of Northwest India in Myth, Ritual and Symbol (Oxford, 1993), a co-edited collection of essays entitled Is the Goddess a Feminist? The Politics of South Asian Goddesses (New York University Press and Sheffield Academic Press, 2001), The Play of the Mother: Women, Goddess Possession, and Power in Hinduism, and articles on Sakta traditions, spirit possession, women's religious expressions, methodology, and gender issues in Hinduism. Other research interests included interactions between Hinduism and Buddhism in India, cross-cultural appropriations of Indian goddesses in North America, and Hinduism in the Caribbean. Professor Erndl has been the recipient of fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, Fulbright-Hayes, and the American Institute of Indian Studies.