Cynthia Ann Humes and Rachel Fell McDermott

Cynthia Ann Humes is Chief Technology Officer and Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Claremont McKenna College. In addition to north Indian goddess worship, her research today focuses on the phenomenon of the guru and Western meditative practice. Rachel Fell McDermott is Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures, Barnard College, Columbia University. Her publications center on devotional and ritual traditions to Kali, Durga and Uma in Bengal.