Graduate Alumni

Ralph H. Craig III 2023
Lecturer, Dartmouth College
ralph.h.craig.iii [at] dartmouth.edu (ralph[dot]h[dot]craig[dot]iii[at]dartmouth[dot]edu)

Esiteli Hafoka 2022
COLLEGE Lecturer, Stanford University
ehafoka [at] stanford.edu (ehafoka[at]stanford[dot]edu)

Sangyop Lee 2021
Postdoctoral Fellow, the Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies, Heidelberg University
sangyop.lee [at] hcts.uni-heidelberg.de (sangyop[dot]lee[at]hcts[dot]uni-heidelberg[dot]de)

Yi Ding 2020
Assistant Professor, DePaul University
allan.ding [at] depaul.edu (allan[dot]ding[at]depaul[dot]edu)

Daniel Tuzzeo 2020

Alexander Marcus 2019
Postdoctoral Associate, Judaic Studies, Yale University

Adeana McNicholl 2019
Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Vanderbilt University
adeana.mcnicholl [at] vanderbilt.edu (adeana[dot]mcnicholl[at]vanderbilt[dot]edu)

Kevin Chaves 2019

Abiya Ahmed 2018
Associate Dean of Students ; Director, The Markaz Resource Center ; Lecturer, CCSRE | Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies 
abiya [at] stanford.edu (abiya[at]stanford[dot]edu)

Rafal Felbur 2018
Assistant Professor of Buddhist Studies, Heidelberg Centre for Transcultural Studies, University of Heidelberg
rafal.felbur [at] hcts.uni-heidelberg.de (rafal[dot]felbur[at]hcts[dot]uni-heidelberg[dot]de)

Ahoo Najafian 2017
Assistant Professor, Macalester College

William Sherman 2017
Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, UNC-Charlotte
wsherma2 [at] uncc.edu (wsherma2[at]uncc[dot]edu)

Joshua Gentzke 2017

James Redfield 2017
Assistant Professor of Biblical & Talmudic Literatures, St. Louis University
redfieldja [at] slu.edu (redfieldja[at]slu[dot]edu)

Timothy DeBold 2016
debold [at] atramentiediting.com (DeBold[at]AtramentiEditing[dot]com)

Kathryn Dickason 2016
Postdoctoral Fellow, Society of Fellows in the Humanities, University of Southern California
kdickaso [at] usc.edu (kdickaso[at]usc[dot]edu)

Brenda Falk 2016

Jason Protass 2016
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Brown University
protass [at] alumni.stanford.edu (protass[at]alumni[dot]stanford[dot]edu)

Heawon Choi 2015
Research Fellow at the Institute for the Translation of Korean Classics

Nicholas Witkowski 2015
Assistant Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore)
nwitkows [at] alumni.stanford.edu

John R. Mandsager 2014
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, University of South Carolina
mandsage [at] mailbox.sc.edu (mandsage[at]mailbox[dot]sc[dot]edu)

Chiew Hui Ho 2013
Senior Lecturer in East Asian Buddhism, Department of Asian Studies, University of Sydney
https://www.sydney.edu.au/arts/about/our-people/academic-staff/chiewhui-ho.html

Max Strassfeld 2013
Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Arizona

Peter Woodford 2013
teaching in Philosophy at Kingston University in Southwest London

Zhaohua Yang 2013
Sheng Yen Assistant Professor of Chinese Buddhism, Columbia University

Susana L. Gallardo 2012
Assistant Professor of Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies, San Jose State University
susana.gallardo [at] sjsu.edu (susana[dot]gallardo[at]sjsu[dot]edu)

Noreen Khawaja 2012
Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Yale University
noreen.khawaja [at] yale.edu (noreen[dot]khawaja[at]yale[dot]edu)

George Klonos 2012
vidyaloca [at] gmail.com (vidyaloca[at]gmail[dot]com)

Wang Xiang (English name: Shawn Wang) 2012
Head of Center of Foreign Languages and Cultures and, by courtesy, Professor of Chinese Culture and Global Communication
Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College (UIC)
xiangwang [at] uic.edu.cn (xiangwang[at]uic[dot]edu[dot]cn)

Mira Balberg 2011
Professor of History, University of California, San Diego
mbalberg [at] ucsd.edu (mbalberg[at]ucsd[dot]edu)

Se-Woong Koo 2011
Stanford postdoctoral teaching fellow at the Asian University for Women in Chittagong, Bangladesh
kenkoo at gmail dot com

Megan Bryson 2010
Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Tennessee
bryson4 [at] utk.edu (mbryson4[at]utk[dot]edu)

Dominic Steavu 2010
Assistant Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures, Religious Studies,
University of California, Santa Barbara
dsteavu [at] eastasian.ucsb.edu (dsteavu[at]eastasian[dot]ucsb[dot]edu)

Benjamin (Ben) Brose 2009
Associate Professor, Asian Languages & Cultures, University of Michigan
bbrose [at] umich.edu (bbrose[at]umich[dot]edu)

David Levinsky 2009
Rabbi in the Chicago area

Candace West 2009
Stanford Introduction to the Humanities

Sarah Fremerman Aptilon 2008
Senior Consultant at Japan Intercultural Consulting;  Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas
sarah.aptilon [at] gmail.com (sarah[dot]aptilon[at]gmail[dot]com)

Joshua Peskin 2008
(M.A. Emory University) Modern Jewish Thought, Philosophy of Religion, Ethics (advisor: Eisen)

Claire Sufrin 2008
Visiting Assistant Professor, Northwestern University

Dan Washburn
College of William and Mary
washburnstanford [at] yahoo.com (washburnstanford[at]yahoo[dot]com)

Akiba Lerner 2007
Associate Professor, Religious Studies, Santa Clara University
alerner [at] scu.edu (alerner[at]scu[dot]edu)

Theodore (Tad) Cook 2007
(M.A., Indiana), Buddhist studies, medieval Chinese Buddhism and Taoism (advisor: Faure).
tadcook2001 [at] yahoo.com (tadcook2001[at]yahoo[dot]com)

Kathleen Tierney 2007
Religious ethics; religious thought of Iris Murdoch; religious ideal of selflessness in light of feminist criticism.

Jennifer Rapp 2006
Robert Aird Chair in the Humanities and Professor, Deep Springs College, Nevada
jenniferrapp [at] deepsprings.edu (jenniferrapp[at]deepsprings[dot]edu)

David Quinter 2006
Associate Professor of East Asian Religions, Department of East Asian Studies & Department of History, Classics, and Religion, University of Alberta
quinter [at] ualberta.ca (quinter[at]ualberta[dot]ca)

Shari Epstein 2006
Assistant Professor, Dharma Realm Buddhist University
shari.epstein [at] drbu.edu (shari[dot]epstein[at]drbu[dot]edu)

Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm 2006
Professor of Religion, Chair of Science & Technology Studies, Williams College 
 jaj1 [at] williams.edu (jaj1[at]williams[dot]edu)

Wilburn Nels Hansen 2006
Associate Professor, Religious Studies, San Diego State University

Lisa Ann Grumbach 2005
Instructor at the Institute of Buddhist Studies

Mara Hillary Benjamin 2005
Irene Kaplan Leiwant Professor of Jewish Studies, Chair of Religion, Chair of Jewish Studies, Mt Holyoke

Mark William Gonnerman 2004
Assistant Professor, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology

Elizabeth Anne Morrison 2004
Professor at Middlebury College
emorriso [at] middlebury.edu (emorriso[at]middlebury[dot]edu)

Julius Nanting Tsai 2004
Vice-Consul, US Embassy, Beijing, China

Gregory John Watkins 2003
Assistant Director at SLE, Stanford University
gwatkins [at] stanford.edu (gwatkins[at]stanford[dot]edu)

James George Robson 2002
James C. Kralik and Yunli Lou Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University; Harvard College Professor; Victor and William Fung Director, Asia Center,  Harvard University
jrobson [at] fas.harvard.edu (jrobson[at]fas[dot]harvard[dot]edu)

Pauline Chen Lee 2002
Assistant Professor of Chinese Religion and Culture, Religious Studies at Washington University in St. Louis

Gregory Ethan Kaplan 2002
Anna Smith Fine Assistant Professor of Judaic Studies at Rice University

Irene Lin 2001
Executive Director, Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford
ihl [at] stanford.edu (ihl[at]stanford[dot]edu)

Hank Glassman 2001
Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Haverford College
hglassma [at] haverford.edu (hglassma[at]haverford[dot]edu)

Caroline Wagner Reichard 2000

Christine Elizabeth Ewing 2000

Michael Como 2000
Associate Professor and Fukami Professor of Shinto Studies at Columbia University
mc2575 [at] columbia.edu (mc2575[at]columbia[dot]edu)

Stephen A. Wilson 1999
Associate Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Hood College

Einat Ramon 1999
Founder director supervisor of the Marpeh spiritual care training program at the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem
einatramon [at] schechter.ac.il (einatramon[at]schechter[dot]ac[dot]il   )

David (Max) Leo Moerman 1999
Associate Professor in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures at Barnard College
dmoerman [at] barnard.edu (dmoerman[at]barnard[dot]edu)

Thomas A. Lewis 1999
Dean of the Graduate School,  Professor of Religious Studies, Brown University
Thomas_Lewis [at] brown.edu (Thomas_Lewis[at]brown[dot]edu)

Mark Allen Berkson 1999
Associate Professor in the Religion Department at Hamline University
mberkson [at] hamline.edu (mberkson[at]hamline[dot]edu)

John Edward Taylor 1998
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Jackson Kelly Professor, West Virginia University College of Law 
john.taylor [at] mail.wvu.edu (john[dot]taylor[at]mail[dot]wvu[dot]edu)

Edward Gilman Slingerland 1998
Distinguished University Scholar; Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia; Director, Database of Religious History (DRH) (www.religiondatabase.org/); Co-Director, Centre for the Study of Human Evolution, Cognition and Culture (HECC) (www.hecc.ubc.ca); Associate Member, Depts. of Asian Studies and Psychology, UBC
edward.slingerland [at] ubc.ca (edward[dot]slingerland[at]ubc[dot]ca)

Lawrence William Gross 1998
San Manuel Band of Mission Indians Endowed Chair of Native American Studies, University of Redlands
larry_gross [at] redlands.edu (larry_gross[at]redlands[dot]edu)

Avi K. Bernstein-Nahar 1998
Dean of Educational Planning and Development at the Center for Adult Jewish Learning at Hebrew College
Center for Adult Jewish Learning at Hebrew College

Egil (Gil) Fronsdal 1998
Director, Insight Meditation Center, Redwood City
insightmeditationcenter [at] gmail.com (insightmeditationcenter[at]gmail[dot]com)

Wendi Leigh Adamek 1998
Numata Chair Professor of Buddhist Studies at Calgary 
adamekw [at] gmail.com (adamekw[at]gmail[dot]com)

Jean Clark Roth 1997

Masahiko Okada 1997
Professor, Tenri University, Department of Religious Studies
satsuki [at] sta.tenri-u.ac.jp (satsuki[at]sta[dot]tenri-u[dot]ac[dot]jp)

Kenneth Alan Koltun-Fromm 1997
Associate Professor of Religion at Haverford College

James Marcus Hyman 1997

Bruce Alan Wallace 1995
President of the Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies

David Lion Gardiner 1995
Associate Professor in the Religion Department at Colorado College

Zachary Joseph Braiterman 1995
Associate Professor in Religion and Judaic Studies at Syracuse University

Mark Ty Unno 1994
Associate Professor in the Religious Studies department at the University of Oregon
munno [at] darkwing.uoregon.edu (munno[at]darkwing[dot]uoregon[dot]edu)

Lu Jun Yin 1992
MBA Stanford 1996

Kent Eugene Richter 1990
Associate Professor, Philosophy/Religious Studies, DuPage University

Vivian-Lee Nyitray 1990
Associate Professor in the Religious Studies department at the University of California Riverside

Vincent C Gilliam 1990

Thomas Anthony Tweed 1989
Gwyn Shive, Anita Nordan Lindsay, and Joe and Cherry Gray Professor of the History of Christianity, University of Texas at Austin
tomtweed [at] austin.utexas.edu (tomtweed[at]austin[dot]utexas[dot]edu)

Karen Leslie Carr 1989
Professor of religious studies at Lawrence University

Edward Allen Beach 1988
Emeritus Professor in the Philosophy and Religious Studies Department at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

Patricia O Killen 1987
Provost, Professor of American Religions, and Director of the Center for Religion, Cultures, and Society in the Western United States at Pacific Lutheran University

Philip John Ivanhoe 1987
Professor at City University of Hong Kong

Scott Dennis Peterman 1986
Foreign legal consultant

David Landis Barnhill 1986
Director of Environmental Studies and Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh