[9] Kristen Rudisill studied Tamil with Dr S Bharathi in Madurai, India[1] and with Martha Selby at the University of Texas at Austin.
[1] In 2005, Kristen Rudisill was a faculty assistant at The South Asia Summer Language Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison for the Intermediate Tamil Class.
[13] In 2006, Kristen Rudisill presented "Performance of Culture, Performance of Self: the Perfect Tamil Brahmin Marriage" at the 22nd Annual South Asia Conference at the University of California at Berkeley[14] and "Comedic Exclusions: Tamil Political Satire and Serious Indian Drama" presented at the 35th Conference on South Asia at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Kristen Rudisill was involved in protests to stop the demolition of Popular Culture building at Bowling Green State University.
[23] In 2013, Kristen Rudisill presented a paper on "Reality Television and the Business of Dance in Chennai, India" at the Labour, Livelihood and Culture: Crafts and Music in the Middle East, South and Central Asia conference at Senate House, London.