Paula Richman, William H. Danforth Professor of South Asian Religions emerita at Oberlin College, has published multiple books and articles on the Indian Ramayana tradition. David L. Szanton, a social anthropologist and president of the Ethnic Arts Foundation, has curated Mithila painting exhibitions internationally. He is visiting professor at the Society, Work, and Politics Institute at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.