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Buddhist Studies Students 2009-10

Doctoral Students

Megan Bryson
B.A., Oregon; ABD
Dissertation topic: the goddess Baijie
2009-10: lecturer, Religious Studies
mbryson@stanford.edu

Heawon Choi
M.A., Yonsei, Northwestern; first year
Research area: medieval Chinese Buddhism
hchoi2@stanford.edu

George Clonos
M.A., SOAS; ABD
Dissertation topic: Shugendō on Mt. Ōmine
cronos@stanford.edu

Brenda Cooper
M.A., Colorado; sixth year
Research area: modern Japanese Buddhism
brendaf@stanford.edu

Rafal Felbur
M.A., Leiden; second year
Research area: Chinese Buddhism
rjfelbur@stanford.edu

Chiew Hui Ho
M.A., Singapore, Hong Kong; sixth year
Research area: medieval Chinese Buddhism
chiewhui@stanford.edu

Kenneth Se-Woong Koo
M.A., Stanford; ABD
Dissertation topic: "Medicalizing Superstition: Religion and Public Health in Korea, 1945-1961."
2009-10: HCBSS fellow
swkoo@stanford.edu

Chen Li
M.A., Colorado; first year
Research area: medieval Chinese Buddhism

ccli@stanford.edu

Jason Protass
M.A., Stanford; third year
Research area: medieval Chinese Buddhism
protass@stanford.edu

Dominic Steavu
M.A., Harvard; ABD
Dissertation topic: "The Three Sovereigns Tradition: Talismans, Elixirs, and Meditation in Early Medieval China"

quatorze@stanford.edu

Xiang Wang
M.A., Yale, Hong Kong; ABD
Dissertation topic: Ximing monastery in the Tang Dynasty
xiang.wang@stanford.edu

Nicholas Witkowski
M.A., Columbia; fourth year
Research area: early Chinese Buddhism
nwitkows@stanford.edu

Zhaohua Yang
M.A., Beijing; ABD
Dissertation topic: The Cult of Ucchuṣma in China
2009-10: Stanford IHUM fellow
zhyang@stanford.edu

Master's Students

Isaac Blacksin
B.A., Evergreen College; second year
Research area: medieval Japanese Zen
unsui@stanford.edu

Charles DiSimone
M.A., Institute of Buddhist Studies; first year
Research area: early Indian Mahayana
disimone@stanford.edu

Joshua Hayes
B.A., Michigan State; first year
Research area: Japanese Buddhism and religious ethics
hayesjd@stanford.edu