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DOUGLAS GILDOW
Douglas Gildow received a B.A. from Washington University (1996) and an M.A. from Harvard University (2006). He is currently completing coursework under the supervision of Prof. Robert Sharf. Gildow's research focuses primarily on modern and contemporary Chinese Buddhism.

AMANDA GOODMAN
Amanda Goodman received a B.A. in Chinese and Comparative Literature from Indiana University and an M.A. in Buddhist Studies from the University of Michigan. She is currently working towards her Ph.D. in the Berkeley Buddhist Studies program with a focus on Tang-Song Chinese Esoteric Buddhism. Her dissertation research centers on a number of recovered Dunhuang manuscripts, specifically a number of lineage texts that appear to relate the early Chan school with the Chinese Esoteric tradition.

ERIC GREENE
Eric Greene received his B.A. in mathematics from UC Berkeley in 1998, and his M.A. in Asian Studies, also from UC Berkeley, in 2006. He is currently completing coursework in the Ph.D. program. He works in the field of Chinese Buddhism, and for his dissertation is planning to research early Chinese meditation practices.

NANCY LIN
Nancy Lin received a B.A. (2000) from Harvard University and an M.A. (2003) from Columbia University. She is completing coursework in the Berkeley Buddhist Studies Program under the supervision of Professor Alexander von Rospatt. Her research interests include literary genres in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism along with their visual expressions

"TATSUO" FLORIAN SAILE
"Tatsuo" Florian Saile received his B.A. in Japanese Language and Literature from UC Berkeley in 2001, and his M.A in Buddhist Studies from the Osaka University of Foreign Studies (Osaka, Japan) in 2003. He is currently completing coursework in the Ph.D. program with a focus on Heian and Kamakura-period Japanese Buddhism. His primary area of interest is the doctrinal, ritual, and institutional evolution of the Hosso and Tendai schools.

HAE SOON "DONGHO" SHIM
Hae Soon "Dongho" Shim received her B.A. in Seon studies from Dongguk University in Kyoungju and her M.A in Buddhist studies from the Graudate Theological Union through the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley (2004).
She is currently working on coursework in the Buddhist Studies program. Her plans to do research in the field of Chinese Buddhism, with special attention to Dahui Zonggao (1089-1163) and his establishiment of Kanhua Chan.

DAN STUART
Dan Stuart received his B.A.in Buddhist Studies from Long Island University's Friend's World Program. He is presently completing his M.A. in South and South East Asian Studies at UC Berkeley. His research focuses primarily on the social history of Indian Buddhism and its interaction with neighboring regions, with a particular emphasis on historical trends in praxis and literature.

HANH-TUAN THICH
Hanh-Tuan Thich received his B.A. in Chinese Studies from San Francisco State University (1993) and his Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School (1995). He is interested in the origins and development of Buddhist Tripitaka. He is currently writing his dissertation, entitled, "Vietnamese Buddhist Xylography: Surviving Evidence for a Study of the True Nature of the Vietnamese Tripitaka".

JOSEPH WOOD
Joseph Wood received a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Minnesota (1966), an M.A. in Buddhist Studies from the University of Wisconsin (1972), and a J.D. from the University of California-Berkeley (1981). His research interests include philosophical/legal principles underlying rules of monastic conduct, and causation theory as it relates to effect of vows, rituals, etc.