Dr. Ayurdhi Dhar is a spotlight interviewer for Mad in America and the founder of Mad in South Asia. She does some professoring (Assistant Professor at the University of West Georgia) and academic writing (author of Madness and Subjectivity: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Psychosis in the West and India), but mostly likes to be known for her love for food, animals, friends, and family. She struggles daily with her desire to pet every dog she sees.