Faculty Biographies

Professors

Snjezana Veljacic-Akpinar (President)
Professor, Translation & Language Studies; General Studies
University of Belgrade (1963), Advanced Degree in Middle Eastern Languages and Civilization Ph.D. (1966), Ottoman Turkish Studies, University of Istanbul

Ronald Epstein (Chancellor for the Americas)
Research Professor, Buddhist Study & Practice; Translation & Language Studies; General Studies B.A., Social Relations (1965), Harvard College, Massachusetts M.A., Chinese Lang. & Lit. (1969), University of Washington, Seattle Ph.D., Buddhist Studies (1975), University of California, Berkeley

Bhikshuni Heng Ch’ih (Dharma Master)
Professor, Buddhist Study & Practice; Translation & Language Studies B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Translation of Buddhist Texts, Dharma Realm Buddhist University

Rev. Heng Sure (Dharma Master, VP for Academic Affairs,
Dean of Translation Program)
Professor, Buddhist Study & Practice; Translation & Language Studies; General Studies B.A., East Asian Studies (1971), Oakland University, Michigan M.A., Oriental Language (1976), University of California, Berkeley Ph.D., Buddhist Study & Practice (1979), DRBU Ph.D., Buddhist Studies (2004), Graduate Theological Union

Martin Verhoeven
Associate Research Professor, Buddhist Study & Practice; Translation & Language Studies; Buddhist Education; General Studies B.A. (1971); M.A. (1979), History, University of Wisconsin, Madison Ph.D., Buddhist Study & Practice (1979), Dharma Realm Buddhist Univ. Ph.D., History, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Lecturers

John (Jen-hou) Chu
Lecturer, Chinese Studies; Buddhist Study & Practice; General Studies
B.A., Diplomacy (1979); M.A., East Asian Studies (1984)
National Chengchi University, Taiwan

Yvonne Chu (Dean of Student Services)
Lecturer, Chinese Studies; Translation & Language Studies
B.A., Journalism (1980), National Chengchi University, Taiwan
M.A., Journalism (1986), National Chengchi University, Taiwan
M.A., Environmental Resource & Policy (1991), George Washington University, D.C.

Roger Kellerman
Lecturer, Buddhist Study & Practice; Buddhist Education; General Studies
B.A. (1978), Math & Philosophy, Boston University
M.B.E. (1984), Dharma Realm Buddhist University

Bhikshuni Heng Je (Dharma Master)
Lecturer, Buddhist Study & Practice; Translation & Language Studies; Chinese Studies
B.A. (1976), Tamkang University, Taiwan
M.A. (1997), Translation & Language Studies, Dharma Realm Buddhist University

Bhikshuni Heng Jen (Dharma Master)

Bhikshuni Heng Liang (Dharma Master)
Lecturer, Buddhist Study & Practice; Translation & Language Studies
B.A. (1986), M.A. (1988), Translation of Buddhist Texts Dharma Realm Buddhist University

Bhikshuni Heng Syin (Dharma Master)
Lecturer, Buddhist Study & Practice; Translation & Language Studies; Chinese Studies
B.A. (1969), National Chengchi University, Taiwan
M.A. (1999), Translation & Language Studies, Dharma Realm Buddhist University

Bhikshuni Heng Yin (Dharma Master)
Lecturer, Buddhist Study & Practice; Translation & Language Studies; General Studies
B.S., Computer Science (1989), University of Texas, Austin
M.A., Translation of Buddhist Texts (1994), Dharma Realm Buddhist University

Bhikshu Jin Yong (Dharma Master)
Lecturer, Buddhist Study & Practice; Translation & Language Studies
B.S., Physics (1973), National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Ph.D., Physiology (1981), University of California, San Francisco

Terri Nicholson
Lecturer, Buddhist Study & Practice; Translation & Language Studies; Buddhist Education
B.A., Religious Studies (1975), U.C., Santa Barbara
M.B.E. (1984), Dharma Realm Buddhist University
Teaching Credential, Dominican College, San Rafael

Douglas Powers (Vice-President for Operations)
Lecturer, Buddhist Study & Practice; General Studies
B.A., Political Science (1968), University of the Redlands, Redlands, California
M.A., Political Science (1969), University of the Redlands, Redlands, California
M.A., Philosophy & Religion (1973), Graduate Theological Union

David Rounds
Lecturer, Buddhist Study & Practice; Buddhist Education; Translation & Language Studies
B.A. (1964, Summa Cum Laude), English Literature, Harvard College, Cambridge, MA
M.A. (1984), Buddhist Study & Practice, Dharma Realm Buddhist University

Barbara Waugh
Lecturer, Translation & Language Studies; General Studies
B.A. (1972), Religious Studies, University of California, Berkeley
M.A., South & Southeast Asian Language & Literature (1976), University of California, Berkeley

Instructors

Sarah Babcock
Instructor, Chinese Language
B.A., Chinese Studies, University of California, Berkeley

Bhikshuni Heng Jhuang (Dharma Master)
Instructor, Buddhist Study & Practice; Translation & Language Studies
B.A., Translation (1995), DRBU
M.A. Candidate, Translation, DRBU

Bhikshuni Heng Jiao (Dharma Master)
Instructor, Chinese Studies, Translation & Language Studies
B.A., International Trade (1986), Ming Chuan College, Taiwan

Bhikshu Heng Lyu (Dharma Master)
Instructor, Buddhist Study & Practice
B.A., Buddhist Study & Practice (1995), DRBU

Bhikshuni Heng Yi (Dharma Master)
Instructor, Buddhist Study & Practice
B.A. (1988); M.A. (1994), Buddhist Study & Practice, DRBU

Part-Time Faculty

Susan Rounds
Professor, Translation & Language Studies; Buddhist Education
B.A., English Literature (1962), Wellesley College, Mass.
M.Ed., (1963), Harvard School of Education, Mass.
Ph.D., Language & Reading Development (1981), U.C., Berkeley

Heng Gwei (Bhikshuni, Dharma Master)
Instructor, Buddhist Study & Practice; Translation & Language Studies; Chinese Studies
B.A., Asian Studies (1984), University of British Columbia

Heng Shr (Bhikshuni, Dharma Master)
Instructor, Buddhist Study & Practice; Translation & Language Studies; Buddhist Education
B.A., Language & Literature (1982), Tamkang University, Taiwan

Heng Yun (Bhikshuni, Dharma Master)
Instructor, Buddhist Study & Practice; Chinese Studies
B.A. (1987); M.A. (1994), Buddhist Study & Practice, Dharma Realm Buddhist University

Bhikshuni Heng Hsien (Ph.D., Dharma Master)
Professor Emerita, Buddhist Study & Practice; Translation & Language
Studies
B.A., Comparative Literature (1964), U.C. Berkeley
M.A., Mediterranean Studies (1965), Brandeis University
Ph.D., South & Southeast Asian Studies (1975), University of
California, Berkeley

Richard F.S. Yang
Professor, Translation & Language Studies; Chinese Studies
B.A., Journalism (1943), Yenching University, Beijing, China
M.A., Political Science (1950), University of Washington, Seattle
Ph.D., Chinese Language & Literature (1955), University of Washington,
Seattle

Bhikshu Heng Yuen (Dharma Master)
Instructor, Buddhist Study & Practice; General Studies
Diploma, Business Administration (1977), University of Toronto, Canada
B.S., Social Science (1970), University of Singapore, Singapore

Pai-Cho Ho (Chancellor for Asia)
Professor, Chinese Studies
B.A., Teacher’s Training University in Chi-lin, Manchuria
Graduate Research, University of Tokyo, Japan

Lap H. Ha
Instructor, Buddhist Study & Practice; Translation & Language Studies
Diploma, French Baccalaureate (1945), Hue-Vietnam