Publications:
- Foreward and Art Editor for Tibetan Book of the Dead: An Illustrated Edition of the Sacred Text on Death and Rebirth (Metro Books, 2009)
- "Klong chen pa." In Encyclopedia of Religion, Revised Edition (MacMillan, 2005)
- "Tibetan Buddhist Meditation." In Encyclopedia of Religion, Revised Edition (MacMillan, 2005)
- "Khyung Texts in the rnying ma rgyud 'bum." In The Many Canons of Tibetan Buddhism (Leiden: Brill, 2000)
- "Nyingma Monasticism." In Encyclopedia of Monasticism (Fitzroy Dearborn, 2000)
Distinctions (grants, fellowships, awards):
- University of Virginia Dissertation Writing Grant (1997)
- Fulbright-Hayes Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship(1995-96)
- Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Grant (1990-94)
Courses Taught:
- Introductory Colloquial and Literary Tibetan (RG ST 30A-C)
- Intermediate Colloquial and Literary Tibetan (RG ST 30D-F)
- Introductory Sanskrit (159A-C)
- Sanskrit Texts (Bhagavad Gita) (RG ST 159D)
- Sanskrit Texts (Upanishads) (RG ST 159E)
- Sanskrit Texts (Epics) (RG ST 159F)
- Zen Buddhism (RG ST 21)
- Introduction to Religious Studies (RG ST 1)