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

Shari Epstein [Vice-President for Academic Affairs]
Professor, Buddhist Study and Practice, Chinese Studies
B.A., Human Biology [1992], Stanford University
M.A., East Asian Studies [1992], Stanford University
Ph.D., Religious Studies [2006], Stanford University

Ronald Epstein [Chancellor for the Americas]
Research Professor, Buddhist Study and Practice; Translation and Language Studies; General Studies
B.A., Social Relations [1965], Harvard College, Cambridge, MA
M.A., Chinese Lang. and Lit. [1969], University of Washington, Seattle
Ph.D., Buddhist Studies [1975], University of California at Berkeley

Bhikshuni Heng Ch'ih [Dharma Master]
Professor, Buddhist Study and Practice; Translation and Language Studies
M.A., Translation of Buddhist Texts [1980], Dharma Realm Buddhist University
Ph.D., Translation of Buddhist Texts [1982], Dharma Realm Buddhist University

Bhikshuni Heng Hsien [Dharma Master]
Professor Emerita, Buddhist Study and Practice; Translation and Language Studies
B.A., Comparative Literature [1964], University of California at Berkeley
M.A., Mediterranean Studies [1965], Brandeis University
Ph.D., South and Southeast Asian Studies [1975], University of California at Berkeley

Rev. Heng Sure [Bhikshu, Dharma Master, Vice-President for Religious Affairs, Dean of Translation and Language Studies]
Professor, Buddhist Study and Practice; Translation and Language Studies; Chinese Studies
B.A., East Asian Studies [1971], Oakland University, Michigan
M.A., Oriental Language [1976], University of California at Berkeley
Ph.D., Buddhist Study and Practice [1979], Dharma Realm Buddhist University
Ph.D., Buddhist Studies [2004], Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley

Susan Rounds [Dean of Buddhist Education Program]
Professor, Buddhist Education; Translation and Language Studies
B.A., English Literature [1962], Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
M.Ed., [1963], Harvard School of Education, Cambridge, MA
Ph.D., Language and Reading Development [1981], University of California at Berkeley

Martin Verhoeven
Professor, Buddhist Study and Practice; Translation and Language Studies; Buddhist Education;General Studies
B.A. [1971]; M.A. [1979], History, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Ph.D., Buddhist Study and Practice [1979], Dharma Realm Buddhist University
Ph.D., History [1997], University of Wisconsin, Madison