Ph.D., East Asian Studies, University of Arizona, 2001
Dissertation: "A Study of Master Yinshun’s Hermeneutics: an Interpretation of the Tathāgatagarbha Doctrine."
M.A., East Asian Studies, University of Arizona, 1994
Thesis: "The Biography of the Monk Shi Jietuo: An Analysis and Translation."
B.S., Family Studies, University of Arizona, 1989 +
Ph.D. in Philosophy, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu. Dissertation: "Ariadne's Complaint—Becoming of Being in Herakleitos, Chuang Tzu, & Nietzsche."
Certificate in Classics (B.A. equivalent), University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu
Environmental Ethics Graduate Certificate, University of Georgia. Thesis: "Beyond Stewardship: Toward a Buddhist Ecological Ethic of Compassion."
B.A. in Philosophy and English (Religious Studies Minor), Adrian College. +
*Doctor of Philosophy Department of Religious Studies University of Virginia, 2007<br>
*Master of Arts, University of Virginia, 2004<br>
*Bachelor of Arts, International Academy of Psychology, Moscow, Russia, 1999<br>
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1983 [[Universität Hamburg]], Hamburg, Germany, D. Phil., Faculty of Oriental Studies. Department of the History and Culture of India; concentration in Indology, Tibetology, Sinology and Philosophy +