Employment

Associate Professor 2005 to Present 
Department of Religious Studies  
University of Virginia

Associate Professor 2000 to 2005
Department of Religious Studies  
University of Alabama

Education

2000
Ph.D. Tibetan and South Asian Religions
Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies
Harvard University
, Cambridge MA
Advisor: Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp
Dissertation:

1995
M.A. Asian Languages and Literatures
Department of Asian Languages and Literature
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Advisor: Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp
M. A. Thesis:

1988
B.A. Religious Studies
Department of Religious Studies
Lewis & Clark College, Portland OR

Recent Fellowships

2007 through 2009. Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities (IATH), The University of Virginia. Project: Mapping the Dalai Lamas.