Education
Ph.D. Candidate, Harvard University, East Asian Languages and Civilizations
M.A., Koyasan University, Buddhist Studies, 2009
B.A., Indiana University Bloomington, Religious Studies, 2004 Publications
(2018) “The Subjugation of Evil in Japanese Esoteric Buddhism.”
Tricycle Magazine Buddhist Review. Fall Issue (2018), pp. 83-85, 110-112.
(2018) Translation of Kurita Hidehiko “The Notion of
Shūyō and Conceptualizing the Future of Religion at the Turn of the Twentieth Century.”
Religion in Japan, Vol. 4: 65-90.
(Japanese to English)
(2014) Book Review: “Pamela D. Winfield,
Icons and Iconoclasm in Japanese Buddhism: Kūkai and Dōgen on the Art of Enlightenment.”
Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, 41/2: 412-415.
(2013) Translation of Inoue Hiroshi “Issues in the Research of Medieval Shrine History: A critical acceptance and further development of the
kenmitsu taisei ron.” Kokugakuin University Digital Museum Articles in Translation website,
http://k-amc.kokugakuin.ac.jp/DM/. (Japanese to English)
(2011) Book Review: “Shingen Takagi and Thomas Eijo Dreitlein,
Kukai on the Philosophy of Language.”
Monumenta Nipponica, Vol 66/2: 341-344.
(2010) Book Review: “Cynthea J. Bogel,
With a Single Glance: Buddhist Icon and Early Mikkyō Vision.”
Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, 37/2: 380-383.
Upcoming Talks and Conferences
September 28, 2018. “Dance and Laughter in the Face of Corruption: Re-assessing the Sakura-e Dharma Assembly in the Tengu Scrolls.” Buddhism and Ritual Performance in Pre-modern Japan Conference at McGill University
Memberships
American Academy of Religion
Association for Asian Studies
