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Click the links below to view the faculty profiles and contact information. View IBS staff profiles here as well our distinguished visiting scholars.

Core Faculty

• Richard K. Payne, Dean
• Rev. Daijaku Judith Kinst, Ph.D., Buddhism and Psychology
• Rev. David Matsumoto, Contemporary Shin Buddhist Studies
• Scott A. Mitchell, Buddhism in the West, Buddhist Modernity
• Rev. 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
• Gil Fronsdal, Buddhist Chaplaincy Training Program, Theravada Buddhist Studies
• Lisa Grumbach, Buddhist Studies and Japanese Religions
• Paul Haller, Buddhist Chaplaincy Training Program
• Laura Harrington, Vajrayana and Tantric Studies
• Dr. Hudaya Kandahjaya, South and South East Asian Buddhism
• Yufuko Kurioka, Japanese Language Program
• Kiyonobu Kuwahara, Jodo Shinshu Buddhist Studies
• Rev. Taigen Leighton, Zen Buddhism
• Charlie Pokorny, Buddhist Philosophy
• Dr. Natalie Quli, South Asian Buddhism
• Bhante Seelawimala, South Asian Buddhism
• Dr. Bruce Williams, Chinese Buddhism