Listed below are the department’s full-time professors, as well as a brief overview of their current projects, research interests and areas of expertise. In addition to the department’s eleven full-time lay and monastic professors, and a number of adjunct professors.
Guojing Shih
Doctor of Letter, Bukkyō University
Professor, Vice President of Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts, Chair of Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Chair of Chan Culture Center & Center for the Study of Chinese Chan Buddhism
History of Chinese Buddhism, Buddhist Monastic Discipline, Pure Land Buddhism, Buddhist Meditation
sgjins@dila.edu.tw
Kuo-Pin Chuang
Ph.D. in Theology and Religious Studies, Bristol University
Professor
Sarvāstivāda Buddhist Scholasticism, Pāḷi Language, Early Buddhism
kpchuang@dila.edu.tw
JenJou Hung
Ph.D. in Information Management, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Professor, Dean of the Library and Information Center
AI, Digital Archives
jenjou.hung@dila.edu.tw
WeiJen Teng
Ph.D. in Religious Studies, Harvard University
Professor, Dean of the Department of Buddhist Studies
Intellectual History of Chinese Buddhism, Buddhist Theory of Meditation and Mind, Theory and Method in Religious Studies, Sanskrit
weijen.teng@dila.edu.tw
Polang Tsai
Ph.D. in Philosophy, Chinese Culture University
Professor
vijñaptimātra, Sarvāstivāda Buddhist Scholasticism
bolang@dila.edu.tw
ChingHsuan Mei
Ph.D. in Tibetology, University of Bonn
Professor
Classical Tibetan, History of Tibetan Buddhism, Tibetan Tantric Studies
chmei99@dila.edu.tw
Matthew Orsborn
Ph.D. in Philosophy, The University of Hong Kong
Professor, Head of International Affairs Section
Primary, Nikaya, and Mahayana Indian Buddhist texts, history, and philosophy; Early Chinese Buddhist texts and thought; Modern Buddhist ethics, institutions, and society.
matthew.orsborn@dila.edu.tw
YaoMin Zeng
Ph.D. in History, National Taiwan University
Professor, Head of Center for General Education and Language Education, Head of Academic Affairs Section, Head of Teaching and Learning Development Section
History of Chinese Buddhism, the Monastic Official System, Pure Land Beliefs, and the Tiantai School.
ymzeng@dila.edu.tw
YuChun Wang
Ph.D. in Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taiwan University
Professor, Head of Information Communications Section, Library and Information Center
Natural Language Processing, Computational Linguistics, Digital Humanities
ycwang@dila.edu.tw
Guo Xing Bhikshuni
Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, University of California, Los Angeles
Professor
Chan Buddhism, Chan Studies, Chan Practice
Guoxing@dila.edu.tw
TzungKuen Wen
Ph.D. In Studies in Religion, University of Queensland
Head of Counseling and Guidance Center
Early Buddhism, Pāḷi Buddhism, Theory and Applications of Mindfulness Meditation
tzungkuen@dila.edu.tw
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