Laura Ring

Laura Ring is a Subject Specialist in South and Southeast Asian Studies and Anthropology. She supports research and teaching in these fields by:

• Developing and managing Library collections
• Offering individual consultations and group workshops
• Providing bibliographic description and subject analysis for Indic-language materials
• Developing digital resources through grant-funded projects

Laura earned a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Chicago, with ethnographic fieldwork in Pakistan. She is the author of Zenana: Everyday Peace in a Karachi Apartment Building (Indiana University Press). Laura also holds an MS in Library and Information Science from UIUC, and a BA in Anthropology from Hampshire College.