My name is Scott Mitchell, and I’m the Dean of the Institute of Buddhist Studies and the co-host of the DharmaRealm podcast. I teach and write about Buddhism in the West, Buddhist modernism, Pure Land Buddhism, and Buddhism and media.
In addition to a number of a publications and public presentations, I also serve on the following committees:
- Buddhism in the West Unit, AAR
Co-chair 2018-present, Steering Committee Member 2013-2018 - Economics and Capitalism in the Study of Buddhism Seminar, AAR
Steering Committee Member, 2015-2017 - Transnational Religious Expression: Between Asia and North America Seminar, AAR
Steering Committee Member, 2017-present - The Asia Project at the Graduate Theological Union
Managing Board Member 2011-present; Chair 2013-2015 - International Association of Shin Buddhist Studies, North American District
Steering Committee Member, Treasurer, Membership Director - Pure Land: Journal of the International Association of Shin Buddhist Studies
Editorial Committee, Chair - Pacific World: Journal of the Institute of Buddhist Studies
Editorial Committee - Pure Land Buddhist Studies Series from the University of Hawai’i Press
Editorial Committee Member - Oxford Encyclopedia of Buddhism
Associate Editor
View my Amazon author page and Academia.edu profile for more information.