Grad Profiles

William McGrath
PhD
Office Hours:
By request
Education
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA: B.Sc. in Biochemistry, Minor in Religious Studies, May 2007
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA: M.A. in the History of Religions (Tibetan and Chinese religions), to be completed in May 2015
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA: Ph.D. in the History of Religions (Tibetan and Chinese religions), to be completed in May 2017
Dissertation
The Early Development of Tibetan MedicineResearch Interests
Tibetan and Chinese religions, histories, and medicines
Teaching
- Fall 2010: Teaching Assistant for RELB 2054 Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism with David Germano (UVa)
- Spring 2011: Teaching Assistant for RELB 2054 Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism with David DiValerio (UVa)
- Fall 2013: Teaching Assistant for RELB 2100 Buddhism with Karen Lang (UVa)
- Spring 2014: Teaching Assistant for RELG 1559 Religions of the World with Grant Hardy (Semester at Sea)
- Spring 2014: Teaching Assistant for SEMS 2500 The West and the World with Joyce Salisbury (Semester at Sea)
- Spring 2014: Teaching Assistant for BIOL 1559 Nutrition Around the World with Reginald Garrett (Semester at Sea)
- Spring 2015: Teaching Assistant for RELB 2054 Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism with Katarina Turpeinen (UVa)
Fellowships and Grants
- University of Virginia, Ellen Bayard Weedon Travel Grant, Summer 2005, Summer 2013 ($1,000 for travel each year)
- Institute of International Education (IIE), Freeman-ASIA Award, Summer 2005 ($3,000 for study abroad)
- US Department of Education, Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Award for the Tibetan Language, Fall 2011-Spring 2012 (UVa tuition plus $15,000 stipend)
- Blakemore Freeman Fellowship, Fall 2012-Spring 2013 ($41,000: $16,000 for IUP tuition and $25,000 stipend for life in Beijing)
- Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (AHSS) Summer Research Award, Summer 2013 ($5,000 for pre-dissertation research)
Conference Presentations
- “Early Developments in Tibetan Sphygmology: The Yellow Emperor and the Moon King,” presented at the XIIIth Seminar for the International Association of Tibetan Studies, Ulaanbaatar, July 22, 2013.
- “Early Developments in Tibetan Pulse Diagnosis,” presented at the Ways of Knowing Graduate Conference on Religion at Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA, October 25, 2013.