Education

• University of Virginia, M.A.
• Southwest University for Nationalities, M.A.
• Southwest University for Nationalities, B.A.

Research Interests

• Female practitioners in Tibetan Buddhist literature
• Rituals in lay Tibetan Buddhist communities of modern China
• Ritual texts, such as “Naga praise texts” (klu bstod)
• Religious specialization
• Religious organization and experience
• Female lay tantric specialists, such as the Rebgong Ngakma