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Contact Information
Vaughan Lit 200, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837
Email: james.shields@bucknell.edu
Phone: 570-577-1336
Fax: 570-577-1948
Website: jamesshields.blogs.bucknell.edu

Current Academic and Research Positions
• Assistant Professor, Comparative Humanities and Asian Thought, Bucknell University
• Associate in Research, Reischauer Institute for Japanese Studies, Harvard University

Past Academic and Research Positions
• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Kyoto, Japan
• Visiting Faculty Fellow, Associated Kyoto Program, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan
• Assistant Professor, East Asian Religions, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
• Assistant Professor, Religion and Humanities, Lakeland College, Tokyo, Japan
• Monbusho Research Fellow, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Teaching Areas
Asian and comparative philosophy, Asian religions, ethics, sexuality and gender

Education and Degrees
• Ph.D. 2006 (Religious Studies: East Asian Buddhism and Philosophy of Religion)
—> Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada
• M.A. 1997 (Religious Studies: Comparative Philosophy of Religion)
—> Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada
• M.Phil. 1993 (Social and Political Theory)
—> School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
• B.A. 1991 (Joint Honours: Anthropology and Political Science)
—> Faculty of Arts, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada

Fellowships, Grants and Awards
• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2011
• Bucknell University, International Research Travel Grant, 2011
• Bucknell University, College Core Curriculum Development Grant, 2011
• Associated Kyoto Program Visiting Faculty Fellowship, 2009
• Monbusho (Japan Ministry of Culture & Education) Research Fellowship, 2000–2002

PUBLICATIONS

Current Projects
[1] Spring and Asura: Modernism and Progressivism in Japanese Buddhism, 1886–1936, book-length manuscript to be submitted to the University of Hawai‘i Press.
[2] “Dharmic Dialectics: Japanese Buddhist Responses to Marxist Thought,” chapter solicited for inclusion in Buddhist Responses to Globalization, eds Leah Kalmanson and James Mark Shields. New York: Lexington, 2014.
[3] “Of Bombs and Bodhisattvas: Political Use of the Lotus Sutra in 1930s Japan,” article solicited for inclusion in Against Harmony: Radical Buddhism in Thought and Practice, special issue of the journal Politics, Religion & Ideology 15, no. 2 (Spring 2014).
[4] “After the Fall: Tsuji Zennosuke (1877–1955) and the Creation of Bukkyōshugi kokushi,” article to be revised and resubmitted to the Journal of Japanese Studies.
[5] “Ethics at the Limits of Culture: Reconsidering Tanabe’s Wartime Essays,” chapter to be submitted for inclusion in a volume on the Ethics of the Kyoto School, edited by Gereon Kopf. New York: Lexington Books.
[6] An Introduction to Buddhism through Film, book-length manuscript to be included in a series on Introduction to Religion through Film, to be published by Fortess Press.

Authored Book
[1] Critical Buddhism: Engaging with Modern Japanese Buddhist Thought. London: Ashgate Press, 2011.

Co-edited Books
[1] Teaching Buddhism in the West: From the Wheel to the Web, eds Victor Sōgen Hori, Richard P. Hayes, and James Mark Shields. London: Routledge Curzon Press, 2003.
[2] Buddhist Responses to Globalization, eds Leah Kalmanson and James Mark Shields. New York: Lexington Press, forthcoming 2013.

Co-edited Journal Special Issue
[1] Against Harmony: Radical Buddhism in Thought and Practice, eds Patrice Ladwig and James Mark Shields, Politics, Religion & Ideology 15, no. 2 (forthcoming, 2014).

Articles & Chapters
[1] “Political Interpretations of the Lotus Sutra,” in A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy, ed. Steven M. Emmanuel, 512–23. London: John Wiley & Sons, forthcoming 2013.
[2] “Zange and Sorge: Two Models of ‘Concern’ in Comparative Philosophy of Religion,” in Polyphonic: Thinking about the Divine, ed. Jim Kanaris, 85–92. Amsterdam: Rodopi Press, forthcoming 2013.
[3] “Carrying Buddha into the Streets: Buddhist Socialist Thought in Modern Japan,” in Dao Companion to Japanese Buddhist Philosophy, ed. Gereon Kopf. New York: Springer, forthcoming 2013.
[4] “Seno’o Girō: Life and Thought of a Radical Buddhist,” in Understanding Buddhism through Biography, ed. Todd Lewis. London: Wiley-Blackwell, forthcoming 2013.
[5] “The Conversion of Captain America: Buddhism and Postwar US Popular Culture,” in A Companion Volume to Religion and Popular Culture, eds Eric Mazur and John Lyden. London: Routledge, forthcoming 2013.
[6] “A Blueprint for Buddhist Revolution: The Radical Buddhism of Seno’o Girō (1889–1961) & the Youth League for Revitalizing Buddhism.” Journal of Japanese Religious Studies 39, no. 2 (2012): 333–51.
[7] “‘Land of Kami, Land of the Dead’: Paligenesis and the Aesthetics of Religious Revisionism in Kobayashi Yoshinori’s Neo-Gōmanist Manifesto: On Yasukuni,” in Manga and the Representation of Japanese History, ed. Roman Rosenbaum, 189–216. London: Routledge, 2012.
[8] “Awakening between Science, Art & Ethics: Variations on Japanese Buddhist Modernism, 1890–1945,” in Rethinking Japanese Modernism, ed. Roy Starrs, 105–24. Leiden: Global Oriental (Brill), 2012.
[9] “Smashing the Mirror of Yamato: Sakaguchi Ango, Decadence and a Postmetaphysical Buddhist Critique of Culture.” Japan Review: Journal of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies 23 (2011): 225–46.
[10] “Radical Buddhism, Then and Now: Prospects of a Paradox,” Silvia Iaponicarum 日林 23–26. Special Edition: Japan: Challenges in the 21st Century (2010): 15–34.
[11] “Sexuality, Exoticism, and Iconoclasm in the Media Age: The Strange Case of the Buddha Bikini,” in God in the Details: American Religion in Popular Culture, revised 2nd edition, eds Eric M. Mazur and Kate McCarthy, 80–101. London: Routledge Press, 2010.
[12] “Beyond Belief: Japanese Approaches to the Meaning of Religion.” Studies in Religion / Sciences religieuses 39, no. 2 (2010): 133–49.
[13] “The Pursuit of Tangible Happiness: Religion and Politics in a Japanese New, New Religion.” Culture and Politics [Kultura i Polityka] 6, special edition on Religion and Politics [Religia i Polityka] (2009): 45–64.
[14] “The Art of Aidagara: Ethics, Aesthetics, and the Quest for an Ontology of Social Existence in Watsuji Tetsurō’s Rinrigaku.” Asian Philosophy 19, no. 3 (2009): 265–83.
[15] “Marx and the Bible: José Miranda’s Critique of the Philosophy of Oppression.” Journal of Religion & Society 10 (2008): 1–19.
[16] “The Social Principles of Jesus: A Critical Re-examination of Walter Rauschenbusch’s Social Gospel.” Journal of Liberal Religion 8, no. 1 (2008): 1–8.
[17] “Faith and the Sublation of Modernity: Kierkegaard and the Transformation of Fideism.” Philosophy, Culture, and Traditions 4 (2007): 231–47.
[18] “Parameters of Reform and Unification in Modern Japanese Buddhist Thought: Murakami Senshō and Critical Buddhism.” The Eastern Buddhist 37, 1–2 (2005): 106–34.
[19] “Eros and Transgression in an Age of Immanence: Georges Bataille’s (Religious) Critique of Kinsey.” Journal of Religion and Culture 13 (1999): 175–86.
[20] “Córdoban Discourses: A Drama of Interreligious Dialogue.” ARC: The Journal of the Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University 27 (1999): 137–59.

Translations
[1] “Building a Platform for Academic Buddhist Studies: Murakami Senshō,” by Sueki Fumihiko. The Eastern Buddhist 37, nos. 1–2 (2005), pp. 8–27 (Japanese to English).
[2] “Kiyozawa Manshi and Nishida Kitarō,” by Fujita Masakatsu. The Eastern Buddhist, 35, nos. 1–2 (2003): 42–56 (Japanese to English).
[3] “Shin Buddhism and Economic Ethics,” by Ama Toshimaro. The Eastern Buddhist 34 (2002): 25–50 (Japanese to English).

Encyclopedia Articles
[1] “The Lotus Sutra,” in Milestone Documents of World Religions, ed. David M. Fahey, 372–89. Dallas: Schlager Group, 2011.
[2] “Kurosawa, Akira (1910–1988),” in The Encyclopedia of Religion and Film, ed. Eric M. Mazur, 279–83. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO Press, 2011.
[3] “Miyazaki, Hayao (1941–),” in The Encyclopedia of Religion and Film, ed. Eric M. Mazur, 320–24. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO Press, 2011.
[4] “Mizoguchi, Kenji (1898–1956),” in The Encyclopedia of Religion and Film, ed. Eric M. Mazur, 325–27. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO Press, 2011.
[5] “Ozu, Yasujirō (1903–1963),” in The Encyclopedia of Religion and Film, ed. Eric M. Mazur, 343–45. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO Press, 2011.
[6] “Gyōgi Bosatsu (668–749 CE),” in Holy People of the World: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia, Volume 1, ed. G. Jestice, 335. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO Press, 2004.
[7] “Ikkyū (1394–1481 CE),” in Holy People of the World: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia, Volume 2, ed. Phyllis G. Jestice, 391. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO Press, 2004.
[8] “Musō Soseki (1275–1351 CE),” in Holy People of the World: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, ed. Phyllis Jestice, 615–16. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO Press, 2004.

Book Reviews & Commentaries
[1] Review of The Face of Jizō: Image and Cult in Medieval Japanese Buddhism, by Hank Glassman, CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries (August 2012).
[2] Review of Japanese Philosophy: A Sourcebook, eds James Heisig, Thomas Kasulis, and John Maraldo, CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries (April 2012).
[3] Review of Imperial-Way Zen: Ichikawa Hakugen’s Critique and Lingering Questions for Buddhist Ethics, by Chris Ives. Philosophy East & West 62, no. 1 (2012): 128–30.
[4] Review of Encounter with Enlightenment: A Study of Japanese Ethics, by Robert E. Carter. The Eastern Buddhist: New Series 34, no. 2 (2002): 171–76.
[5] Commentary: “Blowing up of the Buddhas by the Taliban.” Peace Research: The Canadian Journal of Peace Studies 33, no. 2 (2001): 99–101.
[6] Review of People of the Book: Christian Identity and Literary Culture, by David Lyle Jeffrey. ARC: The Journal of the Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill 25 (1997): 151–53.
[7] Review of Either/Or: The Gospel or Neopaganism, eds Carl Braaten and Robert Jenson. ARC: The Journal of the Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill 24 (1996).
[8] Review of Christian Fantasy: From 1200 to the Present, by Colin Manlove. ARC: The Journal of the Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University 24 (1996).
[9] Review of Faust the Theologian, by Jaroslav Pelikan. ARC: The Journal of the Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University 24 (1996).

PRESENTATIONS

Keynote Address
[1] Polish Association of Japanese Studies International Conference, Poznań, Poland (Nov 25–27, 2010): “Radical Buddhism Then and Now: Prospects of a Paradox.”

Conference Papers
[1] The Tung Lin Kok Yuen 東蓮覺苑 Conference: Buddhism and the Political Process, University of Toronto, Scarborough, ON (Apr 13–14, 2012): “From Laozi to Tolstoy to Marx: Japanese Experiments in Radical Buddhist Politics: 1882–1936.”
[2] Association of Asian Studies (AAS) Annual Conference, Toronto, ON (Mar 15–18, 2012): Respondent: “Marginalized Bodies and Social Justice in Modern and Contemporary Japanese Buddhism.”
[3] American Philosophical Association (APA) Eastern Division Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (Dec 27–30, 2011), International Society for Buddhist Philosophy Section: “Buddhist Cosmopolitanism: History and Prospects.”
[4] XVIth Quadrennial Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies (IABS), Jinshan, Taipei, Taiwan (Jun 20–25, 2011): “The Lotus Sutra and Modern Socialistic Buddhism in 1930s Japan.”
[5] Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy (SACP) Annual Conference, Honolulu, HI (May 25–28, 2011): “Sustainability, Simplicity and Impermanence: A Philosophical Critique of Buddhist Approaches to Well-being.”
[6] Tenth East-West Philosophers’ Conference (EWPC), Honolulu, HI (May 16–24, 2011): “Dharmic Materialism (and Anti-materialism): Japanese Buddhist Radicals and the Search for Socio-economic Justice.”
[7] 125th Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association (AHA), Boston, MA (Jan 6–9, 2011): “After the Fall: Tsuji Zennosuke & the Construction of Buddhist(ic) Kokushi.”
[8] International Institute for Social History Workshop on Dimensions of Socialism, Amsterdam, Netherlands (Nov 18–19, 2010): “Confessions of a Japanese Opiate-Eater: Seno’o Girō & Buddhist Socialism in Japan.”
[9] XXth Quinquennial World Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR), Toronto, ON (Aug 14–21, 2010): “Taking the Lotus Sutra to the Streets: Nichiren Buddhist Radicalism in Imperial Japan.”
[10] Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, HI (Jan 13–16, 2010): “Decadence as (Buddhist) Humanism: Sakaguchi Ango and the Transvaluation of Values in Postwar Japan.”
[11] Japan Studies Association (JSA) Annual Conference, Honolulu, HI, Jan 7–9, 2010: “‘Carrying Buddha on our Backs’: Seno’o Girō and Radical Buddhism in Fascist Japan.”
[12] American Philosophical Association (APA) Eastern Division Annual Meeting, New York, NY (Dec 27–30, 2009), International Society for Buddhist Philosophy Section: “Against Harmony: The Youth League for Revitalizing Buddhism, 1931–1937.”
[13] Otago Conference on Japanese Modernism, Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand (Aug 14–16, 2009): “Between Science, Art & Ethics: Variations of Japanese Buddhist Modernism, 1890–1945.”
[14] XVth Quadrennial Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies (IABS), Emory University, Atlanta, GA (Jun 23–28, 2008): “What’s so funny about mu? Irony, Redescription, and Humor in East Asian Mahāyāna Buddhist Thought.”
[15] American Academy of Religion (AAR) Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA (Nov 17–20, 2007), Society of Asian and Comparative Philosophy Section: “Irony, Contingency & Solidarity: Three Jewels of Postmetaphysical Buddhist Criticism.”
[16] Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies (MAR-AAS) 36th Annual Conference, University of Maryland, College Park, MD (Oct 27–28, 2007): “Spirited Away: Using Miyazaki’s Anime to Teach Japanese ‘Folk Religiosity’.”
[17] American Academy of Religion, Mid-Atlantic Regional (AAR-MAR) Meeting, Baltimore, MD (Mar 1–2, 2007): “Empty Words, Turning Words & Word Magic: Irony, Instrumentality, and Identity in a Buddhist Critique of Language.”
[18] Japan Studies Association (JSA) Annual Conference, San Diego, CA (Jan 4–6, 2007): “‘I’d Rather Listen to the Rain’: Buddhist Themes in the Films of Akira Kurosawa.”
[19] American Academy of Religion (AAR) Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (Nov 18–21, 2006), Buddhist Critical-Constructive Group: “Vexing Weber: Critical Buddhist Scholarship as a Vocation.”
[20] New York Conference of Asian Studies (NYCAS) Annual Meeting, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY (Oct 6–7, 2006), Respondent: “Imaging the Dharma: Buddhist Art & Identity in Multiple Contexts.”
[21] World’s Religions After September 11: A Global Congress, Montréal, QC (Sep 11–15, 2006): “Beyond Belief: Japanese Approaches to the Meaning of Religion.”
[22] World’s Religions After September 11: A Global Congress, Montréal, QC (Sep 11–15, 2006): “Sexuality, Blasphemy, and Iconoclasm in the Media Age: The Strange Case of the Buddha Bikini.”
[23] American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Annual Meeting, New York, NY (Dec 27–30, 2005): “Against the Grain: Buddhist Hermeneutics as Scholarly Praxis.”
[24] American Academy of Religion (AAR) International Meeting, Singapore (Jun 26–Jul 1, 2005): “Murakami Senshō and the Construction of Buddhist Unity.”
[25] XIXth World Congress, International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR), Tokyo, Japan (Mar 23–30, 2005): “Reform & Unification in Modern Japanese Buddhism: Murakami Senshō & Critical Buddhism.”
[26] Canadian Peace Research and Education Association (CPREA) Annual Conference, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON (Jun 1–3, 2000): “The Way of the Sword: Japanese Buddhist Justifications for War.”
[27] Canadian Peace Research and Education Association (CPREA) Annual Conference, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON (Jun 1–3, 2000): “‘His Truth Goes Marching On’: Rethinking Thoreau’s ‘Civil Disobedience’”
[28] Emerging Boundaries: Interpretations of Religion and Culture, Concordia University, Montréal, QC (May 19–20, 2000): “Why They Say ‘Buddhism is Criticism’: A Decade of Critical Buddhism.”
[29] Implications and Interpretations: A Conference in Religion and Culture, Concordia University, Montréal, QC (May 14–15, 1999): “Eros and Transgression in an Age of Immanence: Bataille vs. Kinsey.”

Invited Guest Lectures, Seminar & Colloquia Presentations
[1] Bucknell University, Samek Art Gallery Lecture, Lewisburg, PA (Feb 19, 2013): “‘A Brief Illustrated Life of the Great Sect Founder’: Utagawa Kuniyoshi’s Series on Nichiren.”
[2] Bucknell University, Humanities Institute Lecture Series, Dis-orienting America: Asian Religions and US Culture, Lewisburg, PA (Nov 5, 2012): “Zen and the Art of Americanization: From the Columbian Exposition to the Buddha Bikini.”
[3] Bucknell University, Shaping Your World Conference, Lewisburg, PA (July 9–10, 2012): “Chasing Reality: The Social Effects of Social Media in Contemporary Japan.”
[4] Bucknell University, Campus Water Week Teach-in Series, Lewisburg, PA (Apr 18, 2012): “The Dharma and/as Water.”
[5] Temple University, Intellectual Heritage Program Lecture Series, Philadelphia, PA (Apr 5, 2012): “Waymaking: The Daodejing as Practical Wisdom.”
[6] Columbia University, Columbia Society for Comparative Philosophy Speaker Series, New York (Oct 28, 2011): “The ‘Problem’ of Materialism for (Radical) Buddhist Ethics.”
[7] Bucknell University, Women’s and Gender Studies Masculinity Series, Lewisburg, PA (Oct 12, 2011): “The Perfect Man’s Perfect Body: Masculine Imagery in Early Buddhism.”
[8] International Research Center for Japanese Studies, History of Japanese Religions Seminar Series, Kyoto, Japan (Jul 8, 2011):「法華経と社会的近代仏教」(The Lotus Sutra and Modern Socialistic Buddhism).
[9] Bucknell University, Panel on Japan’s Response to Crisis, Lewisburg, PA (Apr 19, 2011): “Religious and Cultural Responses to the Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami.”
[10] Bucknell Environmental Center Series: Religion & the Environment, Lewisburg, PA (Apr 11, 2011): “Buddhism & the Environment: Resources for the 21st Century.”
[11] Bucknell University, Faculty Colloquium Series, Lewisburg, PA (Mar 22, 2011): “Rethinking Buddhist Socialism: A Case Study from Japan.”
[12] McGill University, Polyphonic: Thinking about the Divine, A Symposium in Tribute to Dr. Maurice Boutin, Montréal, QC (Nov 13, 2010): “Zange and Sorge: Two Models of Care in Comparative Philosophy/Religion.”
[13] Bucknell University, Diversity Conference: Across Extremes, The Polarization of Public Discourse, Lewisburg, PA (Oct 22, 2010): “What Does it Mean to Be a Cosmopolitan Citizen?”
[14] Kyoto Asian Studies Group, Lecture Series, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan (May 24, 2010): “Carrying Buddha on our Backs: Seno’o Girō and the Problems of Buddhist Socialism in Modern Japan.”
[15] Pusan National University, Global Studies Lecture Series, Pusan, South Korea (Apr 16, 2010): “Seno’o Girō: Radical Buddhist in Fascist Japan.”
[16] McGill Panel Discussion on Sexual Assault for International Women’s Week, McGill University, Montreal, QC (Mar 9, 1999): “Pornography and Sexual Assault: A Clear and Present Connection?”
[17] Anglican Church of Canada, Diocesan Synod, Diocesan College, Montreal, QC (Oct 1, 1997): “The Postmodern Believer: The Changing Face of Faith.”

Professional Duties at National & International Conferences
[1] American Philosophical Association (APA) Eastern Division Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (Dec 27–30, 2011): Organizer and co-chair of panel on “Responses to Globalization in Modern Japanese Buddhist Thought.”
[2] XVIth Quadrennial Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies (IABS), Jinshan, Taipei, Taiwan (Jun 20–25, 2011): Organizer and chair of panel on “Radical Buddhism in Thought and Practice.”
[3] XXth Quinquennial World Congress of the Intl Association for the History of Religions, Toronto, Canada (Aug 15–21, 2010): Organizer and chair of two panels on “Variations of Radical Religion in 1930s Japan.”
[4] American Philosophical Association (APA) Eastern Division Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD (Dec 27–30, 2007): Chair of panel on “Space and Body in Mahayana Buddhism: Tathāgatagarbha and Trikāya.”
[5] From the Brain to Human Culture: Intersections Between the Humanities and Neuroscience, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA (Apr 20–22, 2007): Chair of panel on “Free Will, Emotion, and Agency.”
[6] American Academy of Religion (AAR) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA (Nov 20–23, 1999), Philosophy of Religion Group: Chair of panel on “Non-theistic Ethics” (Philosophy of Religion Group).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Bucknell University

Teaching Positions
• Senior Fellow, Languages and Cultures Residential College, 2011–2013

Courses
Buddhism (5 semesters)
Religions of Japan (4 semesters)
Introduction to Asian Religions (3 semesters)
Religions of China (3 semesters)
Foundation Seminar: Love & Sex on the Silk Road (3 semesters)
Art, Nature & Knowledge: Pico to Tagore (2 semesters)
Myth, Reason & Faith: Gilgamesh to Genji (2 semesters)
An Inquiry into the Good (1 semester)
Beat Zen, Square Zen: Buddhism in American Culture (1 semester)
Beyond Orientalism: Studying ‘Asia’ and the ‘West’ (1 semester)
Capstone Seminar: Buddhist Ethics (1 semester)
Daoism in Thought and Practice (1 semester)
East Asian Religions in Practice (1 semester)
Foundation Seminar: Religion & the Arts (1 semester)

Honor’s Theses
• Kirstin Clouser, “’Whiteness’ in China: Racial Identity in Chinese Culture” (2013)
• Hein Tun, “Cosmopolitanism & Identity among Myanmar International Students” (2013)
• Jason Brown, “Medication or Meditation: Dharma as Therapy” (2013)
• Ali Kint, “Just a Story: How Children in 19th and 20th Century Western Europe and Japan existed within Fairy Tales and in the Real World” (2012)
• Angela Remeika, “Muga Mushin: A New upāya-kauśalya from Cognitive Neuro-scientific Studies” (2009)

Independent Studies
• Maja Ostojic, “Dharmic Medicine: Buddhist Resources for Physicians” (Fall 2012)
• Andrew Swindell, “Religion & Economics: A Human Perspective on the ‘Free-Market’” (Spring 2009)
• Ben Smith, “Gate of Eiheiji: A Zen Tale” (Spring 2008)
• Ira Rebeison, “The Ethics of Emptiness in Dōgen” (Spring 2007)

Teaching Awards and Distinctions
• Nominated for Bucknell’s Exceptional Faculty Accomplishment in the Area of Diversity Award, 2008

Other Courses
Shinto: The Japanese Way of Kami (Doshisha University, AKP Program, 1 semester)
Introduction to the Humanities (Lakeland College, Japan, 8 semesters)
World Religions in Comparative Perspective (Lakeland College, Japan, 7 semesters)
Ethics in Theory and Practice (Lakeland College, Japan, 3 semesters)
Eastern Religions (Lakeland College, Japan, 1 semester)
Western Religions (Lakeland College, Japan, 1 semester)
Art History (Lakeland College, Japan, 1 semester)
Sociology (Lakeland College, Japan, 1 semester)
History of Buddhist Thought (Antioch College, Kyoto Program, 1 semester)
Sexual Ethics: Philosophical and Religious Perspectives (McGill University, 4 semesters)
Religion & the Arts (McGil l University, 1 semester)

SERVICE & ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

Bucknell University

Faculty Committees
• Committee on Faculty and Personnel (3-year term: Fall 2011–Spring 2014)
• Faculty Council (1-semester term: Spring 2011)

University Committees
• Composition Council (2-year term: Fall 2011–Spring 2013)

Non-elected Committees
• Coalition for Sexual Misconduct Prevention and Response (2012–present)
• First-Year Reading Selection Committee (2012–present)
• Shaping Your World Admissions Program Organizing Committee (2011–present)
• Bucknell-in-London Committee (2011–present)
• Women’s and Gender Studies Coordinating Committee (2008–present)
• Faculty Advisory Committee on Teaching (2008–2009; 2011–present)

Appointed Positions
• Graduate School Advising Coordinator (2012–present)
• Faculty Advisor, Bucknell Cooking Club (2012–present)
• Faculty Advisor for Rhodes Scholarships (2011–2012)
• Faculty Advisor, Bucknell Chinese Classical Music Club (2011–present)
• Faculty Advisor, Bucknell Model United Nations Club (2007–present)
• Library Liaison, Dept of Religion (2007–2009)

Search Committees
• Dept of Sociology and Anthropology, Assistant Professor (Fall 2011)
• Women’s and Gender Studies Program, Visiting Assistant Professor (Spring 2011)
• Dept of Religion, Assistant Professor in Religion in the Americas (Fall 2008)
• Dept of Religion, Visiting Assistant Professor in American Religions (Spring 2008)
• Dept of Religion, Visiting Assistant Professor in American Religions (Fall 2007)
• Dept of East Asian Studies, Visiting Assistant Professor in Chinese Studies (Spring 2007)

Other Service to Bucknell
• Member, Bucknell Innovation Group (BIG) (2012–present)
• Contributor to SmARTbox Project, Samek Art Gallery (Fall 2011)

Other Professional Service and Administrative Experience
• External Reviewer, Tenure Position in Religious Studies (Albright College, Fall 2010)
• Chair, Spiritual Studies Assessment Committee (Lakeland College, Japan, 2004–05)
• Chair, Artistic Experience Assessment Committee (Lakeland College, Japan, (2004–05)
• Search Committee, Assistant Prof. in Sciences (Lakeland College, Japan, Spring 2005)     • Kyoto Culture Visit Program (NPO), Assistant Coordinator (Kyoto, Japan, 2002)

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Editing & Translation Work
• Associate Editor, Journal of Buddhist Ethics (2012–present)
• Editorial Board Member, Journal of Japanese Philosophy (2011–present)
• Field Expert, H-Socialisms Discussion Network (2011–present)
• External Reviewer, Religions (2012–present)
• External Reviewer, Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy (2011–present)
• External Reviewer, Japan Review (2011–present)
• Book Reviewer, East Asian Philosophy & Religion, CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries (2011-present)
• External Reviewer, Philosophy East and West (2010–present)
• External Reviewer, Journal of Buddhist Ethics (2008–present)
• External Reviewer, Peace and Change: A Journal of Peace Studies (2008–present)
• Editorial Board, Journal of Progressive Buddhism (2007–2008)
• Translation Consultant (Jap–Sanskrit–English), Berserk Comic Series (2006–present)
• Book Review Editor, Journal of Buddhist Ethics (2002–2012)
• Copy Editor, Proofreader, Translator, The Eastern Buddhist (2001–2005)
• Assistant Editor, Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (2002)
• Managing Editor, ARC: The Journal of the Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University (1998–2000)
• Book Review Editor, ARC: The Journal of the Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University (1996)

Professional Associations 
American Academy of Religion
American Philosophical Association
Association for Asian Studies
Buddhist Critical-Constructive Reflection Group
Columbia Society for Comparative Philosophy
Continental and Comparative Philosophy Circle
International Association for Buddhist Studies
International Association for the History of Religions
International Society for Buddhist Philosophy
Japan Studies Association
Projekt History of Societies and Socialisms
Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy
Society for the Study of Japanese Religions