Education
- Ph.D. Asian Languages and Literature. University
of Washington. 1999
- M.A. Asian Languages and Literature. University
of Washington. 1995
- Asian Studies. University of Michigan, 1980-1987
- B.A. Music/Religion. Western Michigan University.
1979
Research and Teaching Fields
- Early Indian Buddhism; Gāndhārī Buddhism;
Sanskrit language and literature; Narrative in
Indian religious traditions.
Current Research Projects
- Coauthoring a volume with Jason Neelis (University
of Florida): Gandhāran Avadānas: British
Library Kharosthī Fragments 2, 3, and 12+14,
Along with Several Miscellaneous Manuscript Fragments.
- Investigating Buddhist stories concerning the
demise of the Buddha’s teachings.
- Editing a series of avadānas contained
in British Library Kharosthī Fragment 1.
Selected Publications
- "A New Interpretation of the Rāula-Vela
inscription from Dhār, Madhya Pradesh." In
Alan W. Entwistle and Carol Salomon, eds., Studies
in Early Modern Indo-Aryan Languages, Literature
and Culture: Research Papers, 1992-1994, presented
at the Sixth Conference on Devotional Literature
in New Indo-Aryan Languages, held at Seattle,
University of Washington, 7-9 July 1994,
pp. 199-207. Delhi: Manohar, 1999.
- A New Version of the Gāndhārī Dharmapada
and a Collection of Previous Birth Stories:
British Library Kharosthī Fragments 16
+ 25. Gandhāran Buddhist Texts 3.
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2003.
- “Once Upon A Present Time: The Avadānists
of Gandhāra. Buddhist Studies
Review: forthcoming.
- “Gandhāran Avadānists and Tales
of Magic.” In progress.
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Courses Taught
- Sanskrit: 301, 302, 303
- Sanskrit: 401, 402, 403
- Introduction to Hinduism: REL 352
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