Faculty & Staff
Click the links below to view the faculty profiles and contact information. View our administrative and support staff profiles here as well our distinguished visiting scholars.
Core Faculty
- Richard K. Payne, Dean
- Rev. David Matsumoto, Contemporary Shin Buddhist Studies
- Dr. Lisa Grumbach, Buddhist Studies and Japanese Religions
- Rev. Daijaku Judith Kinst, Ph.D., Buddhism and Psychology
- Seigen Haruo Yamaoka, Shin Buddhist Thought
Adjunct Faculty
- Galen Amstutz, Shin Buddhist Tradition
- Gordon Bermant, Buddhism and Psychology
- Jennifer Block, Buddhist Chaplaincy Training Program
- Rev. Harry Gyoko Bridge, Buddhist Ritual and Liturgy
- Robert Chodo Campbell, Buddhist Chaplaincy Training Program
- Koshin Paley Ellison, Buddhist Chaplaincy Training Program
- Gil Fronsdal, Buddhist Chaplaincy Training Program
- Paul Haller, Buddhist Chaplaincy Training Program
- Nobuo Haneda, Shinran and Ministerial Training
- Laura Harrington, Vajrayana and Tantric Studies
- Trudi Jinpu Hirsch, Buddhist Chaplaincy Training Program
- Dr. Hudaya Kandahjaya, South and South East Asian Buddhism
- Yufuko Kurioka, Japanese Language Program
- Rev. Taigen Leighton, Zen Buddhism
- Scott A. Mitchell, Buddhism in the West, Buddhist and Globalization
- Bhante Seelawimala, South Asian Buddhism
- Dr. Bruce Williams, Chinese Buddhism
