Chair, Department of Religion
椅子上,信仰 & 生活
教授
Ph.D., University of California, 圣芭芭拉分校
M.T.S., Harvard Divinity School
B.A.斯坦福大学
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Dr. 艾伦Posman holds degrees in comparative religion from Stanford University, Harvard University and the University of California, 圣芭芭拉分校. She teaches a variety of classes on themes in comparative religion such as religion and violence, religion and the environment, 宗教与妇女, religion in America and religion and the afterlife, in addition to specialized classes in her specific areas of expertise, Asian religions and Judaism.
Posman also led a study-abroad trip to 印度 during winter break 2007-2008 in which BW students investigated the ways religion intersects with poverty, globalization and development in 印度. She has received multiple grants to fund travel-oriented research. She lived in Tibetan Buddhist refugee communities in 印度 and Nepal from 1999 to 2001, participated in a faculty peace delegation to Israel and Palestine in 2006, visited Turkey as part of an interfaith dialogue group in 2008, and spent time researching Buddhism and culture in 台湾 in 2004, Thailand in 2011 and Sri Lanka in 2015. She is featured as a scholarly expert on the issue of 的ravada Buddhist nuns seeking full ordination in the documentary film Bhikkhuni: Buddhism, Sri Lanka, Revolution.
In addition to sociological research, her interests include textual research; she received a grant to participate in a 2013 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) summer seminar on classical Buddhist texts. Posman has published on religion and violence, religion and vegetarianism, religious exile and diaspora and religion in film. She has a passion for teaching and engages in the scholarship of teaching, including contributions to an anthology on pedagogies for civic engagement in religious studies. She also served as coeditor of the “Spotlight on Teaching” section of Religious Studies 欧博allbet, a publication of the American Academy of Religion.
教育:
论文标题: "的re's No Place Like 首页: An Analysis of Exile in the Jewish and Tibetan Buddhist Traditions"
博士领域考试:
Southeast Asian/East Asian Buddhism (Ninian Smart, Committee Chair)
Indo-Tibetan Buddhism (Alan Wallace)
History of Judaism (Richard Hecht)
Comparative Methodology (芭芭拉Holdrege)
Dissertation Committee:
Richard Hecht (Committee Chair)
芭芭拉Holdrege
维斯纳华莱士
语言:
Reading Proficiency in French, German, Spanish, Hebrew, Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan
口语熟练程度 in Spanish, Hebrew, Tibetan
教学经验:
2014年7月——现在
教授. Religion Department, Baldwin Wallace University, Berea, Ohio.
Courses include (among others):
- Introduction to Religion
- Religion for the Citizen
- 印度的宗教
- Religions of China and Japan
- Death and Dying in the World's Religions
- 妇女与宗教
- 宗教与暴力
- Religion and the Environment
- American Religious Pluralism
- Buddhist Culture in Asia
- 美国的佛教
- 的 Jewish Liturgical Year
- Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
- Religion, 的 Body, and Gender
- Asian Religious Reformers
- Cleveland’s Religious Communities
2008年7月- 2014年7月
副教授, Religion Department, Baldwin Wallace University, Berea, OH
(See above for courses taught)
2002年8月至2008年7月
助理教授, Religion Department, Baldwin Wallace University, Berea, OH
(See above for courses taught)
2002年1月至2002年6月
教学助理. Religious Studies Department, University of California, 圣芭芭拉分校
Course instructor for "Biblical Hebrew."
2001年3月至2001年6月
教学助理. Religious Studies Department, University of California, 圣芭芭拉分校
Course instructor for "Religious Traditions of 印度."
August 2000–December 2000
兼职讲师. Antioch Buddhist Studies Program, Bodh Gaya, 印度
Course instructor for "Beginning Tibetan Language" and "Contemporary Buddhist Culture"
for a program run in Bodh Gaya, 印度 through Antioch University in Yellow Springs, Ohio
1999年6月至1999年8月
教学助理. Religious Studies Department, University of California, 圣芭芭拉分校
Course instructor for "Religion and Western Civilization: 的 Ancient Period."
September 1997–June 1999
教学助理. Writing Program, University of California, 圣芭芭拉分校
Course instructor for Writing 2, the equivalent of Freshman Composition
1996年3月至1997年6月
教学助理. Religious Studies Department, University of World's Religions,"
"Judaism, Christianity and Islam," "Religion and Western Civilization: 的 Modern Period,"
"Hindu Myth and Image," "South Asian Buddhism," and "的 Bodhisattva Ideal"
研究经历:
September 2015–February 2016 研究学者. Conducted Ethnographic Research on 的 Issue of Full Ordination for 的ravada Nuns in Sri Lanka and Thailand.
2013年7月 研究学者. Conducted Research on Buddhism and Gender and
Buddhism and Violence in Classical Buddhist Texts as part of an NEH
研讨会. Mangalam Research Center, Berkeley, CA.
2011年7月 研究学者. Conducted Research on Buddhism and Social,
Economic, and Environmental Rights in Thailand as part of a CIEE seminar.
2007年8月 研究学者. Conducted ethnographic research on Tibetan Buddhist nuns in South 印度.
2006年5月 研究学者. Conducted Research in Turkey as part of an Interfaith Dialogue Group sponsored by the WPCC (Western Pennsylvania Cultural Center).
2005年6月 研究学者. Conducted Research in Israel and Palestine as part of faculty delegation from FFIPP (教师 for Israeili-Palestinian Peace).
2004年7月- 2004年8月 研究学者. Conducted ethnographic research on Chinese Buddhist Culture and American Buddhist Culture in Kaohsiung, 台湾.
September 1999–June 2000 研究学者. Conducted textual and ethnographic research regarding the Tibetan Buddhist exile in Dharamsala, 印度.
February 1997–June 1997 研究助理. Research assistant for Dr. 兰德尔Garr, 教授 of Semitic languages and Near Eastern cultures, University of California, 圣芭芭拉分校. Research tasks included compiling a bibliography of Rabbinic literature with an emphasis on the Mishnah and Mishnaic Hebrew.
January 1996–August 1996 研究助理. Congregations and Generational Cultures Project, University of California, 圣芭芭拉分校 in conjunction with Duke University, 达勒姆, 北卡罗莱纳. Conducted ethnographic research on two congregations in Los Angeles while devoting particular attention to generational issues.
June 1994–November 1994 研究助理. Pluralism Project, Harvard University. Documented the religious landscapes of Washington D.C. and Minneapolis Minnesota, and conducted in-depth ethnographic research on the Tibetan Buddhist community of New York City.
Publications/Papers Preseted:
特别邮票: “Religious Communities in Exile and Diaspora” for the Journal Religions. 客座编辑. MDPI出版. 2021年预期.
“Traditional and Modern Social Action and its role in the legitimation of the Bhikkhuni order” Conference Paper Presented at the International Buddhist Bhikkhuni Forum, University of Toronto. Toronto, Ontario, 加拿大. 2018年5月.
“Educating 的ravada Laity About Bhikkhunis: Innovative and Diverse Methods.”
Conference paper presented at the Sakyadhita International Conference on Buddhist Women. Hong Kong University, Hong Kong. 2017年6月. 发表在 Contemporary Buddhist Women: Contemplation, Social Change, and Social Action , Karma Lekshe Tsomo, ed. Sakyadhita欧博allbet. 2017.
“Sanghamitta as a Symbol for women on both sides of the 的ravada Ordination Issue.” Conference Paper presented at the National Meeting of the American Academy of Religion.
圣安东尼奥,德克萨斯州. 2016年11月.
“思想 冰雹凯撒!” Panelist at a Screening of 冰雹凯撒 at the National Meeting of the
American Academy of Religion, 圣安东尼奥,德克萨斯州. 2016年11月.
“首页 and Away: Exile and Diaspora as Religious Concepts” in Intersections of Religion and Migration: Issues at the Global Crossroads詹妮弗·B. Saunders, Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, and Susanna Snyder, eds. 帕尔格雷夫麦克米伦. 2016.
“Reading Religion as Community in 的 Hudsucker Proxy” in Coen: Framing Religion in Amoral Order以利亚·西格勒说. Baylor University Press. 2016.
“Sacred Sites and Staging Grounds: 的 Four Guiding Objectives of Civic Engagement in the Religion Classroom” Reid B. Locklin在 Teaching Civic Engagement, Forrest Clingerman and Reid B. Locklin, eds. AAR Teaching Religious Studies Series, Oxford University Press. 2016.
”话语, 民主, and the Many Faces of Civic Engagement: Four Guiding Objectives for the University Classroom” (second author after Reid B. Locklin) Teaching Civic Engagement, Forrest Clingerman and Reid B. Locklin, eds. AAR Teaching Religious Studies Series, Oxford University Press. 2016.
“Using Pew Forum Data in the Classroom”
Panelist at a Roundtable and the National Conference of the AAR. 马里兰州巴尔的摩. 2013年11月.
“Team Teaching in Religious Studies” in Spotlight on Teaching in Religious Studies.
On-Line Publication of the American Academy of Religion. 2013年10月.
“Translating Religion Courses to an Online Format” in Spotlight on Teaching in Religious Studies.
On-Line Publication of the American Academy of Religion. 2013年5月.
“Intercultural and Transnational Pedagogy” in Spotlight on Teaching in Religious Studies.
On-Line Publication of the American Academy of Religion. 2011年10月.
“Teaching Religion and Ecology” in Spotlight on Teaching in Religious Studies.
On-Line Publication of the American Academy of Religion. 2011年5月.
"History, Humiliation, and Religious Violence" in 的 Blackwell Companion to 宗教与暴力——安德鲁·R. 墨菲,艾德., Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing. 2011年4月.
“Teaching for Civic Engagement” in Spotlight on Teaching in Religious Studies.
On-Line Publication of the American Academy of Religion. 2010年10月.
"Book Review: Women in Tibet." 《欧博allbet》书评 的 Journal of 的 American Academy of Religion. 发表在 the Spring issue, 2007
"Veggieburger in Paradise: Food as World-Transforming in Contemporary American Buddhism and Judaism." 一章 Eating in Eden: Food and American Utopias. 埃特米. 马登和玛莎·L. 芬奇eds. Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 2006
"Building Bridges: Including Asian Religions in the Discussion of religious Violence" Paper presented at the Midwest Regional Conference of the AAR, 2006
"A Time to Mourn": An Analysis of Jewish and Hindu Rituals Related to 死亡与哀悼." Paper presented at the National Conference of the AAR, 2005
"Let's Get Together: Post-exilic Reconstructions of Sacred Community In Judaism and Tibetan Buddhism." 篇文章中 Epoche: Journal of the Study of Religion at UCSB, 圣芭芭拉分校, CA, 2005
"Prospects for Full Ordination of the Tibetan Ani" Paper presented at the Revisioning Buddhism Conference, 麦吉尔大学, 蒙特利尔, 魁北克, 加拿大, 2005
"Outside Looking In: Exilic vs. Diasporic Representations of the 首页land." Paper presented at the National Conference of the AAR, 2001
副主编. Realizing Emptiness: Madhyamaka Insight Meditation Gen Lamrimpa, B. Alan Wallace translator. Ithaca, New York: Snow Lion Press, 1999
"Exiles in America: A study of the Tibetan U.S. 安置欧博allbet." Paper presented at the Western Consultation of the AAR, 1997