Co-Sponsorship In-person November Annual Meeting 2025

CO-SPONSORSHIP: Buddhism in the West Unit, Buddhist Critical-Constructive Reflection Unit, and Innovations in Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care Unit

Call for Proposals

Buddhism, chaplaincy, and spiritual care
Panel, roundtable, or paper proposals welcome, related broadly to intersections of Buddhist thought, practice, communities, texts, and research methods with pastoral theories, professional practices, and contexts of spiritual care/chaplaincy, or specifically, Buddhist traditional and secularized practices and texts that demonstrably benefit chaplains and their care recipients.

Contact: Leigh Miller, program@maitripa.org

Sponsor
Buddhism in the West Unit	View
Buddhist Critical-Constructive Reflection Unit	View
Innovations in Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care Unit	View

Chair	Mail	Dates
Aaron Klink, Duke University	aaron.klink@duke.edu	2023/01/01 - 2028/12/31	View
Adeana McNicholl, Vanderbilt University	adeana.mcnicholl…	2024/01/01 - 2029/12/31	View
Barbra R. Clayton, Mount Allison University	bclayton@mta.ca	2021/01/01 - 2026/12/31	View
Caroline Starkey	c.starkey@leeds.ac.uk	2021/01/01 - 2026/12/31	View
Melissa Anne-Marie Curley	curley.32@osu.edu	2022/01/01 - 2027/12/31	View
Leigh Miller, Maitripa College	program@maitripa.org	2022/01/01 - 2027/12/31	View

Steering Member	Mail	Dates
Kin Cheung	cheungk@moravian.edu	2021/01/01 - 2026/12/31	View
Deba Barua, York University	dmitra777@gmail.com	2022/01/01 - 2027/12/31	View
Feryal Salem	fsalem@aicusa.edu	2022/01/01 - 2027/12/31	View
Hsiao-Lan Hu, University of Detroit Mercy	hhu@udmercy.edu	2022/01/01 - 2027/12/31	View
Ira Helderman, Vanderbilt University	ira.p.helderman…	2023/01/01 - 2028/12/31	View
Joshua Morris, Union Presbyterian Seminary	joshtmo@gmail.com	2024/01/01 - 2029/12/31	View
Kim Lam	kim.lam@deakin.edu.au	2022/01/01 - 2027/12/31	View
Philip Lindholm	mail@Philiplindholm.com	2023/01/01 - 2028/12/31	View
Nalika Gajaweera	naligee@gmail.com	2022/01/01 - 2027/12/31	View
Bee Scherer	profbscherer@gmail.com	2022/01/01 - 2027/12/31	View
Rachel Pang, Davidson College	rhpang@davidson.edu	2020/01/01 - 2025/12/31	View
Richard X, Fordham University	rlucas9@fordham.edu	2023/01/01 - 2028/12/31	View
Upayadhi Luraschi	savannajoluraschi@gmail…	2024/01/01 - 2029/12/31	View
Sharon A. Suh	suhs@seattleu.edu	2020/01/01 - 2025/12/31	View
Tara Flanagan	taraelizabethflanagan…	2022/01/01 - 2027/12/31	View
Thomas Calobrisi, Institute of Buddhist…	tcalobrisi@ses.gtu.edu	2025/01/01 - 2030/12/31	View

Review Process: Participant names are anonymous to chairs and steering committee members until after final acceptance/rejection