Since 2015, students in my “Buddhism in the West” class have been developing a website called the Jivaka Project. The project has involved dozens of students doing participant-observation ethnography at over 40 Buddhist temples in the Greater Philadelphia area. Student researchers have conducted hundreds of interviews and collected a trove…

Dear College Students: Are you applying for graduate school, internships, or entry-level jobs on a career track? If the answer is yes, then you are most likely in need of a social medial makeover. Have you ever Googled yourself? Open up an “incognito” or “private” tab in your browser and…

In the wake of the 2016 election, the core values I hold as an individual and that I believe are emblematic of the academic professions (e.g., multicultural inclusion, critical inquiry, and pursuit of truth) have come under direct attack. I believe that this situation necessitates a coherent and strategic response…

The following are ten short political poems with inspiration from Asian religions, edited and adapted from my Facebook feed in the two weeks following the 2016 election. Each one represents a discrete emotional reaction to the election and its immediate aftermath. …