Teaching Experience
Instructor of Record, University of California, Santa Barbara
Fall, 2023 RG ST/JAPAN 167A Religion in Japanese Culture
Summer, 2023 RG ST 21 Zen Buddhism (Summer Session B)
Summer, 2022 RG ST 190DM Transnational Buddhism through Digital Mapping (Summer Session B)
Summer, 2022 RG ST 21 Zen Buddhism (Summer Session A)
Summer, 2020 RG ST 21 Zen Buddhism (Summer Session A)
Fall, 2019 RG ST 73 Introduction to Japanese Religions
Summer, 2019 RG ST 4 Introduction to Buddhism (Summer Session A)
Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of California, Santa Barbara
Summer, 2021 RG ST 4 Introduction to Buddhism
Spring, 2021 RG ST 3 Asian Religious Traditions
Winter, 2021 RG ST 4 Introduction to Buddhism
Fall, 2020 RG ST 31 Religions of Tibet
Winter, 2020 RG ST 4 Introduction to Buddhism
Spring, 2019 RG ST 4 Introduction to Buddhism
Winter, 2019 RG ST 4 Introduction to Buddhism
Fall, 2018 RG ST 21 Zen Buddhism
Spring, 2018 EACS 4B East Asia Modern
Learning about Buddhism in our backyard
Inspired by the project, Listening to the Buddhists in Our Backyard, facilitated by Andrew Housiaux and Chenxing Han, I proposed and designed this class focusing on learning about the history of transnational Buddhism in Southern California at the University of California, Santa Barbara. This class was funded by the Creative Computing Initiative at UCSB and I taught it to a group of brilliant students in the summer of 2022.
Tracing Buddhists’ Footsteps
In my “Transnational Buddhism through Digital Mapping” course at UCSB, students conducted archival research using the American Religions Collection at the UCSB library and ethnographical research on the transnational histories of local Buddhist communities in Southern California and presented their findings as ArcGIS StoryMaps.
Students’ StoryMaps
American Buddhist Meditation Temple: A transnational story of the American Buddhist Meditation Temple (ABMT), one of the only religious centers in Santa Barbara that keeps the teachings of Theravāda Buddhism alive. By Justin, Jake, Will & Kat.
Zen Buddhism in California: Mapping the spread of Buddhism to the West Coast of the United States, and the Santa Barbara Zen Center's place in this history. By Runhan Zhou and Andrew Gersch.
Bodhi Path Buddhist Centers: A brief introduction to the history and Transnational journey of Bodhi Path Buddhist Centers. By Baige He, Divyanshi Autade, Jonas Lee, and Jorge Tellez.
Sharing with our Global Communities
The students presented their findings as ArcGIS StoryMaps through an online conference with local and global participants.
Thanks to everyone who kindly attended and supported us!