BA Haverford 1968; PhD University of Pennsylvania 1984
Japanese language, Core Japan, and East Asian thought
Buddhism and literature in medieval Japan
"A Study of the Almsgiving and the Alms-refusal in the Vinayapitaka."; Translation: Introduction to Sanskrit Manuscript . . . Collected from Nepal, Kasmir, and Central Asia; articles: "Japan's Hidden Buddhist: The Persecution of the Fuji-fuse Sect of Nichiren Buddhism," "Literary Pilgrimage: Kawabata's 'Izu Dancer' as a Buddhist Scripture" (Eastern Buddhist)