Editing Karen G. Ruffle (section)

==Academic Interests==
Dr. Ruffle's research and teaching interests focus on devotional texts, ritual practice, and [[Shiʿa|Shiʿi]] material practices in South Asia. She has conducted field research in [[India]], [[Pakistan]], [[Iran]], and [[Syria]]. Her publications focus on [[Fatima]]’s exceptional embodiment in Shiʿi hagiographical narratives; devotional literature and ritual practices in South Asia that centre on Fatima and His family; and Urdu didactic hagiographical narratives focusing on the special father-daughter relationship between the [[Prophet Muhammad]] and Fatima.

She made speech with  title of "Savoring [[Karbala]]: Sensory Aesthetics in [[Muharram]] Material and Ritual Practice in Hyderabad in Cornell University  on first September in 2016.