Archives: Authors
Justin Whitaker
Justin Whitaker is the author of the blog <em>American Buddhist Perspectives</em>, where he explores Buddhism as it relates to ethics, ecology, philosophy, and politics; he is also the North America correspondent for Buddhistdoor Global. A Buddhist scholar, he is currently a visiting instructor at the Centre of Buddhist Studies of Hong Kong University, where he teaches courses on Buddhism in contemporary society and Buddhist ethics.
DaRa Williams
DaRa Williams is a practicing therapist and Insight Meditation teacher who is committed to the healing of intergenerational trauma. They are creators of Deep Time Liberation, a mindfulness-based journey to help people from the African Diaspora heal from ancestral and intergenerational trauma.
Rosetta Saunders
Rosetta Saunders is an educator and historian with degrees in Ethnic and American Studies. With a deep practice in West African and Afro-Cuban drumming, she uses her art primarily as a healing medium.
Devin Berry
Devin Berry has trained extensively in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and is currently in the Teacher Training program at the Insight Meditation Society.
Noliwe Alexander
Noliwe Alexander has been a practitioner and teacher of Buddhist meditation for twenty years and is currently participating in the Spirit Rock Teacher Training program.
Gelek Badheytsang
Gelek Badheytsang is a Tibetan Canadian who lives in Toronto and works as a communications professional in the downtown area. When he is not stricken with millennial angst or despondent about the state of the world, Gelek can be seen running around the lakeshore or posting selfies from his gym workouts. He aspires to be a beekeeper one day. Follow him on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/GelekB" rel="noopener">@gelekb</a>.
David Michie
David Michie is is the author of <em>Buddhism for Busy People</em> and <em>Buddhism for Pet Lovers</em>.
Sandra Hannebohm
Sandra Hannebohm is a journalist and the Audio/Video Producer for Lion’s Roar.
Martine Panzica
Martine Panzica is a Digital Editorial Assistant at Lion's Roar. She is passionate about the power of storytelling in media, and sustainable development. To learn more about her, visit martinepanzica.com.
Ryan N. Fitzpatrick
Ryan Fitzpatrick is a writer and civil rights attorney in Washington, DC, where he lives with his wife and daughter. An avid hiker and backpacker, you can often find him roaming trails throughout the region. Ryan has been practicing the dharma since struggling with himself in law school in 2011.
Vanessa Sasson
In her books <em>Yasodhara and the Buddha</em> and <em>The Gathering: A Story of the First Buddhist Women</em>, Vanessa Sasson combines in-depth academic research with the spirit of fiction.
Pat Higgiston
Pat Higgiston teaches math and religion at an independent, progressive high school. He advises a student meditation group and leads an annual trip studying climate change in coastal communities. He earned an M.S.Ed from Brooklyn College and an M.Div from Union Theological Seminary. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Danielle LaPorte
Danielle LaPorte is a Canadian inspirational speaker, author, and entrepreneur.
Duncan Ryuken Williams
Duncan Ryuken Williams is the author of <em>American Sutra: A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War</em> and director of the Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Culture at the University of Southern California.
Sebene Selassie
Sebene Selassie is a teacher at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies and a graduate of the Community Dharma Leaders Program at Spirit Rock.
Daigengna Duoer
Daigengna Duoer, <em>Buddhadharma</em>’s new reviews editor, grew up fascinated with Buddhism as part of her Mongolian and Manchu heritage. She is now a PhD student in the religious studies department at the Uni ersity of California, Santa Barbara, where her research includes a project of mapping crosscultural networks of exchanges between Buddhist communities in modern Inner Mongolia, Tibet, China, and Japan.
William Edelglass
William Edelglass is the new director of studies at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies and a professor of philosophy and environmental studies at Marlboro College in Vermont. His work has taken him to Dharamsala, India, where he taught both Western philosophy to Tibetan monks at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics and Buddhist philosophy to American college students on a Tibetan studies program.
Ephrat Livni
Ephrat Livni is a writer and lawyer. She is a senior reporter at Quartz, where she covers everything from art, books, and consciousness to science, the self, and Zen. She has worked around the world and now scribbles by the sea in Sarasota, Florida.
Melvin Escobar
Melvin Escobar is an El Salvadoran bilingual-bicultural Dharma teacher, licensed psychotherapist, and certified yoga instructor. He serves as a Core Teacher at East Bay Meditation Center, has a Master's degree in Social Work, and is a registered yoga instructor.
Sharon Suh
Sharon Suh is a professor of theology and religious studies at Seattle University and the author of <em>Silver Screen Buddha: Buddhism in Asian and Western Film</em>.