Natasha Heller

Natasha Heller was a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow for 2006-08. She specializes in the intellectual and religious history of China, with a particular focus on the intersection of Buddhism and literati culture. She received her PhD (East Asian Languages and Civilizations) from Harvard University, with a dissertation on the Chan monk Zhongfeng Mingben (1263-1323) and his literati followers. She is currently Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia.