Institutional Affiliation
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Department of Philosophy
Department of Religious Studies
Denver Project for Humanistic Inquiry
Education
Ph.D., Philosophy of Religion, Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania
B.A., South Asian Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Regional and Thematic Interests
South Asia
Hermeneutics
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Ethics
Philosophy of Religion
Profile
I聽received my BA in South Asian Studies from聽UPenn in 2001. 聽During that time,聽I studied Sanskrit with Ludo and Rosane Rocher, South Asian philosophy with Wilhelm Halbfass and Indian temple architecture with Michael Meister. In 2000, under Dr. Meister鈥檚 direction, I conducted grant supported research on a complex of Jain temples in聽Rajasthan, India.聽I wrote an unpublished sub-matriculation Master鈥檚 Thesis on 鈥淯tpaladeva鈥檚 Theory of 鈥榓basa鈥� as Presented in the Isvarapratyabhijnakarika,鈥� under the supervision of Wilhelm Halbfass and Dr. Ludo Rocher in 2001. 聽I was (perhaps still am) an elected member of the Philadelphia Oriental Society (the oldest such society in the US,聽I聽believe), and was awarded聽鈥淏est Graduate Paper on a South Asia-Related Topic" from the department of聽South Asian Studies at聽UPenn. During those years,聽I spent long periods of time living in India, particularly Varanasi, but also Patna, Jaipur and various smaller villages in Sikkim. 聽Despite my life-long love and continued interest in the intellectual history of India, my current scholarly interests have taken me away of the field. I now work on twentieth-century continental philosophy, but continue to teach occasionally on topics related to South Asia, especially in my capacity as director聽of a religious studies program at MSU Denver. I鈥檓 delighted by the opportunity this list provides to stay connected to front range Asian studies scholars. 聽聽