Archives: Authors
Daijaku Judith Kinst
Daijaku Judith Kinst is the Noboru and Yaeko Hanyu Professor of Buddhist Chaplaincy at the Institute of Buddhist Studies and the author of <em>Trust, Realization, and the Self in Soto Zen Practice</em>.
Nisha Shah
Nisha R. Shah is the director of programs, trainings, and partnerships at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. She has completed a graduate certificate program in Buddhism and Contemporary Psychology at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley.
GaBrilla Ballard
GaBrilla Ballard is a New Orleans born and bred Interdisciplinary artist, mother, singer/songwriter, social worker and author of <em>The Vibrant Mamafesto, a Self-Care Guide for Mothers</em>. Her written and visual work has been featured in several publications including <em>The Journal for Progressive Human Services</em>, <em>The Duende Literary Journal</em> and ForHarriet.com. For more information on her work, please visit <a href="https://www.gabrillaballard.com">www.gabrillaballard.com</a>
Crystal Johnson
Crystal Johnson is on the Leadership Sangha at East Bay Meditation Center in Oakland, where she co-teaches the six-month program White and Awakening in Sangha.
Rima Vesely-Flad
Rima Vesely-Flad, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Religion and Social Justice and the Director of Peace and Justice Studies at Warren Wilson College. She is the author of Black Buddhists and the Black Radical Tradition: The Practice of Stillness in the Movement for Liberation (NYU Press, 2022).
Stephanie Balkwill
Stephanie Balkwill did her post doctoral work on female-to-male sex change in Buddhist texts; her more recent work has focused on the political, social, and literary lives of Buddhist women in China two thousand years ago. She is an assistant professor of religion and culture and East Asian languages and cultures at the University of Winnipeg, where she teaches such courses as "Buddhism, Sex, and the Body."
Judith Hertog
Judith Hertog is a teacher and writer whose work has appeared in such publications as the <em>New York Times</em>, the <em>Sun</em>, and <em>Tablet Magazine</em>.