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Buddhist Studies Faculty & Staff 2009-10

Carl Bielefeldt Evans-Wentz Professor, Religious Studies Building 70, Room 71C, 650-723-0469, carl@stanford.edu A graduate of UC Berkeley, Professor Bielefeldt specializes in East Asian Buddhism, with particular emphasis on the intellectual history of the Zen tradition. He is the author of Dōgen's Manuals of Zen Meditation and other works on early Japanese Zen, and serves as editor of the Sōtō Zen Text Project. Co-Director of HCBSS and chair of Religious Studies

Megan Bryson Lecturer, Religious Studies (spring) Building 70, Room 71E, 650-723-1105, mbryson@stanford.edu Megan Bryson is an advanced doctoral student in Buddhist studies, preparing a dissertation on the goddess Baijie Shengfei among the Bai in Yunnan. She will be teaching a course on Buddhism and gender in the spring term.

Robert Gimello Shinnyo-en Visiting Professor, Religious Studies (spring) Building 70, Room 71E, 650-723-1105, rgimello@nd.edu A graduate of Columbia University, Professor Gimello is research professor at Notre Dame and has taught at Dartmouth, UC Santa Barbara, the University of Arizona, and Harvard. He is a specialist in Chinese Buddhism, with particular interest in Buddhist thought in the Tang and Song dynasties. He has co-edited Studies in Ch'an and Huayen (1983) and Paths to Liberation: The Marga and Its Transformations in Buddhist Thought (1993), and is the author of numerous studies on Buddhist subjects. He will be teaching a course on Chinese Buddhism in Liao and Xixia kingdoms in spring term.

Paul Harrison George Edwin Burnell Professor, Religious Studies Building 70, Room 72E, 650-736-8688, paulh1@stanford.edu Professor Harrison, a graduate of Australian National University, works on Buddhist literature, especially that of the Mahayana. His research interests also include the history of the Tibetan canon and the study of Buddhist manuscripts. His publications include a number of editions, translations and studies of Buddhist texts, such as The Samadhi of Direct Encounter with the Buddhas of the Present, and he is co-editor of the series Buddhist Manuscripts in the Schøyen Collection. Co-Director of HCBSS.

Irene Lin Associate Director, HCBSS Lecturer, Religious Studies (spring) Building 70, Room 71F, 650-736-1301, ihl@stanford.edu Dr. Lin holds a juris doctorate from the University of Southern California, Law Center and is a member of the State Bar of California. She also holds an MA and a Ph.D. from the Department of Religious Studies, Stanford University, specializing in East Asian Buddhism. She has published several articles on divine boys in the Japanese religious imaginaire. Dr. Lin ran the Stanford Center for Buddhist Studies from its inception in 1997 to 2001 and has returned from overseas in 2007 to run the Center again. She is fluent in Japanese, Mandarin, and Taiwanese. She will be teaching a course on Japanese religion through film during spring term.

Christian Luczanits Visiting Professor, Religious Studies (winter) Building 70, Room 71E, 650-723-1105, christian.luczanits@mac.com A graduate of the University of Vienna, Prof. Luczanits is a specialist in Buddhist art, with a research focus on India and Tibet. He is the author of Buddhist Sculpture in Clay: Early Western Himalayan Art, Late 10th to Early 13th Centuries (2004) and other works on the western Himalaya, as well as numerous contributions to the literature on Buddhist art in both Indian and Tibetan cultural contexts. He has taught at Vienna, Freie Universität, and U.C. Berkeley. He will be teaching courses on Buddhist art during the winter term.

Rebekah Quijas Program Coordinator, HCBSS Encina Hall West, Room 216, 650-736-1321, rquijas@stanford.edu Rebekah Quijas previously worked at LifeScan, a Johnson & Johnson company. She has taken courses at Ohlone College and backpacked Europe last summer. Her favorite place is Italy. She enjoys watching movies, spending time with her family and friends as well as spending time in the outdoors. Rebekah loves shoes and purses too!

Tenzin Tethong Chair, Tibetan Studies Initiative Building 70, Room 71E, 650-736-1301, tethongtn@gmail.com Tenzin Tethong, President of the Dalai Lama Foundation and Chair of the Committee of 100 for Tibet, is the former Chairman of the Kashag, the Tibetan Cabinet, and U.S. representative of the Dalai Lama. He has taught in both History and Continuing Studies at Stanford.