Alumni
Recent doctoral graduates of the department of South Asian Languages & Civilizations who work in Buddhist studies include:
Andy Rotman, now Associate Professor at Smith College, and author of Thus Have I Seen: Visualizing Faith in Early Indian Buddhism (Oxford University Press, 2008); and Daniel Veidlinger, Associate Professor at Cal State Chico, and author of Spreading the Dhamma: Writing, Orality and Textual Transmission in Buddhist Northern Thailand (University of Hawai'i Press, 2006).
Divinity School alumni who work in Buddhist studies include the following graduates from the History of Religions program:
John Strong, the Charles A. Dana Professor of Religious Studies and Asian Studies at Bates College, and the author, most recently, of Relics of the Buddha (Princeton University Press, 2004); John Holt, the William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of the Humanities in Religion & Asian Studies at Bowdoin College, the author, most recently, of The Buddhist Visnu (Columbia University Press, 2004), and the Divinity School's 2007 alumnus of the year; Anne Blackburn, Associate Professor of South Asian Studies at Cornell University, and author of Buddhist Learning and Textual Practice in Eighteenth-Century Lankan Monastic Culture (Princeton University Press, 2001); Jacob Kinnard, Associate Professor of Comparative Religious Thought at Iliff School of Theology, and author of Imaging Wisdom: Seeing and Knowing in the Art of Indian Buddhism (RoutledgeCurzon, 1999); Elizabeth Wilson, author of Charming Cadavers: Horrific Figurations of the Feminine in Indian Buddhist Hagiographic Literature (University of Chicago Press, 1996), and Professor of Comparative Religion at Miami University of Ohio; Julie Gifford, Assistant Professor of Comparative Religion at Miami University; Jason Carbine, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Whittier College; and Thomas Borchert, Assistant Professor of Religion at the University of Vermont.
Divinity School alumni in Buddhist studies also include graduates from the Philosophy of Religion program:
Kristin Beise Kiblinger, Assistant Professor of Philosophy & Religious Studies at Winthrop University, and author of Buddhist Inclusivism: Attitudes Towards Religious Others (Ashgate, 2005); Jonathan Gold, Assistant Professor of Religion at Princeton University, and author of The Dharma's Gatekeepers: Sakya Pandita on Buddhist Scholarship in Tibet (SUNY Press, 2007); Parimal Patil, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities at Harvard, and author of the forthcoming Against a Hindu God: Buddhist Philosophy of Religion in India (Columbia University Press); Mario D'Amato, Assistant Professor of Religion at Rollins College; Katherine Jones, Assistant Professor of Religion at Wofford College; and Richard Nance, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University.
