Jennifer Baumgartner, Graduate Student, Wright State University Buddhist tenets suggest that well-being stems partially from self-compassion. We explored the role of self-compassion, as defined by self-patience … Read More
Utkarsh Chawla, Graduate Student, Nalanda University How does the ego or self arise? And how does it sustain throughout an individual’s life to impart a stable … Read More
Chelsea Hall, Graduate Student, Harvard University I would like to focus on Science and the Buddhist Revival at Serta Larung Gar, the site of my ethnographic … Read More
Eunyoung Hwang, Graduate Student, University of Chicago Divinity School My presentation shows how a neuro-phenomenological analysis would give a methodological frame, which enriches our reading of … Read More
Justin Kelley, Graduate Student, Rice University Much of the contemporary dialogue between Buddhism and science focuses on specific techniques of meditation and often fails to sufficiently … Read More
Brandon King, Graduate Student, University of California, Davis Recent years have seen a rise in research emphasizing compassion and altruism as salient outcomes of meditation training. … Read More
Vincent Laliberté, MD, MA, FRCPC, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, McGill University Buddhist meditation practices are being increasingly adapted to psychological and biomedical frameworks in the Western world … Read More
Katie Lenger, Graduate Student, University of Tennessee Low-income couples experience greater individual and relational stress compared to higher income couples. Since mindfulness reduces both individual and … Read More
Michael Lifshitz, Graduate Student, McGill University This poster will present a proposal for a mixed-methods research project that I will soon be undertaking. We will investigate … Read More
Janice Poss, Graduate Student, Claremont Graduate University How does Buddhism ‘go-green? St. Hildegard’s term ‘veriditas’, ‘greening’, can be applied to a tripartite interdisciplinary, interreligious dialogue between … Read More