Building more than a decade of field experience in the Himalayas and in-depth interviews and group discussions with nearly 50 Tibetan Buddhist scholars, my dissertation offers an ethnographic portrait of the contemporary Buddhist life of the Tibetan language.

Supervisor: Dr. Mark Turin
Committee members: Dr. Wade Davis, Dr. Sara Shneiderman and Dr. Tsering Shakya

Buddhist Studies, Anthropology of Tibet and the Himalaya, Collaborative Research, Orality and Writing, Linguistic Anthropology

“A Conversation with Khenpo Pema Dorje on the Transmission of Buddhist Scripture.” Yeshe: A Journal of Tibetan Literature, Arts and Humanities. Vol. 3, No. 1 (2023).

“Songs Still Sung: The Life and Legacy of the Sixth Dalai Lama Tsangyang Gyatso.” Kyoto Journal 103 (2023): 154-157.

“Bringing the Bard to Tibet: The first Tibetan translations of Shakespeare.” Tricycle. May 11, 2021. https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/tibetan-translations-shakespeare

“The Story Behind the Stupa.” Lion’s Roar. December 16, 2020. https://www.lionsroar.com/the-story-behind-the-stupa/

“The Nineteenth Bakula Rinpoche, Lozang Tupten Choknor (blo bzang thub bstan mchog nor).” The Treasury of Lives. August 2020. https://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Bakula-Ngawang-Lobzang-Thubstan-Choknor/13652

“How the Sacred Treasure of Literacy Came to Tibet.” Buddhadharma. Winter 2019: 62-75. Published online on September 23, 2020. https://www.lionsroar.com/how-the-sacred-treasure-of-literacy-came-to-tibet/

“Linguistically and Culturally Relevant Education on the Roof of the World: The Collaborative Creation of a Ladakhi Storybook.” Book 2.0. 9 (2019 1&2): 63-82.

Killam Doctoral Scholarship
Public Scholars Initiative
Liu Scholars Program
Frederick Williamson Memorial Fund
Khyentse Foundation PhD Scholarship
Khyentse Foundation Translation Studies Scholarship
Khyentse Foundation Ashoka Grant
Fulbright Research Fellowship