Dr. Rita Sherma

Dr. Rita D. Sherma, Ph.D., M.A. is founding Director and Associate Professor at the UC Berkeley Center for Dharma Studies; Department Chair of Theology & Ethics; and, Co-Chair of Sustainability 360 Initiative at GTU, Berkeley, CA. Formerly, she was the Swami Vivekananda Visiting Professor in Hindu Studies at USC, Los Angeles. She holds an M.A. in Women’s Studies in Religion, and a Ph.D. in Theology and Ethics from Claremont Graduate University, CA. Dr. Sherma is co-founder of the American Academy of Religion’s Hinduism Program Unit and the founding Vice...