Our faculty produce leading edge scholarship and are active in academic and Buddhist communities, locally and internationally.
Core Faculty serve as academic advisors and mentors and guide and develop the academic program. Research Fellows have an ongoing relationship with the Institute, provide additional scholarly expertise, and are able to serve on thesis committees.
Eshinni and Kakushinni Professor of Women and Buddhist Studies
Noboru and Yaeko Hanyu Professor of Buddhist Chaplaincy
Scott A. Mitchell, Core Faculty, IBS President
Rev. Yoshitaka Tamai Professor of Jodo Shinshu Buddhist Studies
H.E. Kosho Ohtani Professor of Shin Buddhist Studies
Natalie Fisk Quli, Core Faculty
Associate Professor of Theravada Buddhist Studies
Harry Bridge, Shin Buddhist Ministerial Program Coordinator
Shin Buddhist Studies
Thomas Calobrisi, Research Fellow
Buddhist Modernism
Mutsumi Wondra, Research Fellow
Shin Buddhist Studies
Daijaku Judith Kinst, Professor Emerita
Sōtō Zen Buddhist Studies
David Ryoe Matsumoto, President Emeritus
Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist Studies
Richard K. Payne, Professor Emeritus
Japanese Buddhist Studies
Rev. Dr. Seigen Haruo Yamaoka, Professor Emeritus
Buddhist Ministry
Galen Amstutz, Adjunct Faculty
Shin Buddhist History
Courtney Bruntz, Adjunct Faculty
Chinese Buddhism
Taigen Leighton, Adjunct Faculty
Zen Buddhism
Charlie Korin Pokorny, Adjunct Faculty
Zen Buddhism