1. Religious Studies and Associate Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts at University of California Santa Barbara (BA, UCLA; MA, Center for Study Abroad, American University in Cairo; PhD, University of Massachusetts Amherst) is Professor of , USA
2. Fellow in the Center for Buddhist Studies at University of California Berkeley (BA, Tufts University; MS, California State University, Northridge; MA and PhD, University of California Santa Barbara) is Postdoctoral , USA