Academic Program Specialist, Center for South Asian Studies
dbathala@umich.edu
Office Information:
Weiser Hall, Suite 400
500 Church Street, Ann Arbor MI 48109
Center for South Asian Studies;
CSAS Staff
Education/Degree:
PhD Architecture (History/Theory), University of Michigan, 2025
MS, Architecture History & Theory, University of Washington, 2019
B.Arch, Architecture, University of Kerala, 2016
About
Deepthi Bathala serves as the Academic Program Specialist for the Center for South Asian Studies (CSAS). She develops and implements programming activities that serve the U-M community and beyond. She also supports other faculty and center-led initiatives and coordinates CSAS scholarship and fellowship competitions.
Deepthi is a PhD graduate in architectural history from the University of Michigan. Her dissertation focused on the environmental and climate history of Colonial South Asia, and she has shared her research with broader audiences in India, the US, and the UK. She has previously worked at the Michigan State University Outreach and Engagement as a professional aide and served as a fellow with the Public Engagement and Research Impacts team at U-M.
