Varun Soni. Dr. Soni is Dean of Religious Life at the University of Southern California, the first Hindu to hold that position at an American university. With a Ph.D. in Religious Studies, he is also an adjunct professor at USC and the author of Natural Mystics: The Prophetic Lives of Bob Marley and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. We spoke about Hinduism, his unique background and what it’s like to serve the religious and spiritual needs of a diverse college population.