Dale Wright
Professor Dale Wright professor of religious studies and chair of the Asian studies program at Occidental College, has expertise in cross-cultural philosophy of religion and the history of Chinese and Japanese philosophy and religion and has been a visiting professor at Waseda University, Japan. His research focuses on Buddhist philosophy, particularly the types that developed in Japan and China, Hua-yen Buddhism and Zen or Ch'an Buddhism. His recent publications include Philosophical Meditations on Zen Buddhism with Cambridge University Press and two volumes co-edited with Steven Heine: The Koan: Text and Context in Zen Buddhism and The Zen Canon: Textual Foundations of Zen Buddhism. He teaches courses on the religious traditions of East and South Asia, focusing on the historical development and philosophies generated in Japan, Korea, China, Tibet, India, and the countries of Southeast Asia. Prof. Wright also serves on the editorial board of the Journal of the American Academy of Religion.