There are many faculty members, staff and students at UBC who are from or work in the Himalayan region. At present, our Steering Committee includes:
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Assistant Professor (Emerita) Himalaya Program Curricula Development Coordinator Email: katherine.hacker@ubc.ca |
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Associate Professor, Department of Asian Studies / School of Public Policy & Global Affairs and Institute of Asian Research Himalaya Program Speaker Series & Language Program Coordinator Email: tshakya@mail.ubc.ca |
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Assistant Professor, First Nations and Endangered Languages Program / Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies / Department of Asian Studies Email: pasang.sherpa@ubc.ca |
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Associate Professor, Anthropology / School of Public Policy & Global Affairs and Institute of Asian Research Himalaya Program Research & Outreach Coordinator Email: sara.shneiderman@ubc.ca |
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Lecturer, Vancouver School of Economics Himalaya Program Nepali Community Liaison Email: Ratna.Shrestha@ubc.ca |
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Associate Professor, Linguistic Anthropology Himalaya Program Advisor & Strategist Email: mark.turin@ubc.ca |