Natalie Gummer Education Ph.D., Committee on the Study of Religion, Harvard University (2000) A.M., Committee on the Study of Religion, Harvard University (1998) M.A. Candidate, Asian Languages, University of Washington (1994-1995) B.A., Asian Studies, University of Toronto (1994) Dissertation "Articulating Potency: A Study of the Suvarna(pra)bhasottamasutra." Committee: Charles Hallisey (advisor), Janet Gyatso, P. Oktor Skjaervø, Robert Gimello Fellowships and Honors Wabash Center Summer Research Grant (2004) Mouat Junior Professor of International Studies, Beloit College (2003-2008) Phee Boon Kang Prize for Technology in Teaching (2003) Packard Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Harvard University (1999) AOS Graduate Student Award, AOS Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD (1999) Mellon Dissertation Research Fellowship, Harvard University (1998) GSC Summer Research Fellowship, Harvard University, for research in China (1998) Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Fellowship (1997-99) Mellon Summer Language Fellowship, Harvard University, for study of Pali (1997) GSAS Fellowship, Harvard University (1995-97) Reuben Wells Leonard Fellowship for Graduate Study, University of Toronto (1994) Ross MacDonald Fellowship, University of Toronto, for language study in China (1993) Reuben Wells Leonard Scholarship, University of Toronto (1993) Reuben Wells Leonard Scholarship, University of Toronto (1992) C.L. Burton Scholarship, University of Toronto (1991) Teaching Experience Associate Professor, Asian Religions Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, 2001-present, Beloit College Lecturer on Buddhist Studies and Assistant Director, Undergraduate Program (Assistant Head Tutor) Committee on the Study of Religion, 2000-2001, Harvard University Publications Book Review on Beyond Enlightenment: Buddhism, Religion, Modernity by Richard S. Cohen, in Religion (in publication). Book Review on Head, Eyes, Flesh, and Blood: Giving Away the Body in Indian Buddhist Literature by Reiko Ohnuma, in the Journal of the American Academy of Religion 76, no. 1 (2008): 192-195. Defining Buddhisms: An Anthology, Equinox Publishing, 2007 (co-editor with Karen Derris). Book Review on Empty Vision: Metaphor and Visionary Imagery in Mahayana Buddhism, in The Journal of Global Buddhism (http://www.globalbuddhism.org/), 2005.  “A Profound Unknowing: The Challenge of Religion in the Liberal Education of World Citizens,” Liberal Education (AAC&U, 2005). "Buddhist Books and Texts: Translation," in the Encyclopedia of Religion, vol. 2 (Macmillan Reference USA, 2004). "Buddhist Books and Texts: Ritual Uses of Texts," in the Encyclopedia of Religion, vol. 2 (Macmillan Reference USA, 2004). "The Suvarnaprabhasottamasutra," in the Encyclopedia of Buddhism (Macmillan Reference USA, 2003). "Women and Buddhism," in the Encyclopedia of Buddhism (Macmillan Reference USA, 2003). Book Review on The Life of Buddhism, International Journal of Hindu Studies vol. 9, nos. 1-3 (2005): 190-191. Papers and Presentations Presentations in Religious Studies at Professional Meetings  “Listening to the Dharmabh??aka,” at the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 19-22, 2005 “Translating the Transformative Text: The Ethics of Interpreting Buddhist Literature,” in the Numata Buddhist Studies Lecture Series, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, October 29, 2004. "Dislocated Readers, Dislocating Texts: Towards an Alternative Cosmology of Reading," at the symposium Reading: Ethics, Images, and Social Practices, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, WI, November 7-9, 2003 (with Karen Derris). Respondent to panel on "Translators and Translation Strategies in Buddhist History," at the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, November 23-26, 2002. "The Fluid Boundaries of Buddhist Manuscripts: Towards an 'Indefinite' Edition," at the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, November 23-26, 2002. Respondent to panel on “The Work of Narrative in Religious Literatures” at the 31st Annual Conference on South Asia, Madison, Wisconsin, October 11-13, 2002. Chair, "Medicine and Buddhism in Indo-Tibetan Tradition," at the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, November 19-23, 2001. "On the Margins of Meaning: Translating the Heart S?tra," at the American Comparative Literature Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, PQ, April 9-11, 1999. "Potent Language: Sanskrit Sounds in the Chinese Heart S?tra," at the American Oriental Society Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, March 21-24, 1999. "Translating Potency," at the Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, March 11-14, 1999. Invited Presentations in Religious Studies “The Taste of Utmost Golden Radiance: A Buddhist Theory of Rasa,” at the SASLI Lecture Series, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, June 24, 2008. Rasa Theory in the Interpretation of the Suvar?a(pra)bh?sottamas?tra,” at the International Dunhuang Project’s Symposium on the Suvar?a(pra)bh?sottamas?tra, National Library of China, Beijing, PRC, November 20-22, 2006. “The Dramatics of the Dharma: Rasa in the Suvar?a(pra)bh?sottamas?tra,” at the Thirteenth World Sanskrit Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 10-14, 2006. “Translating Hermeneutics and the Hermeneutics of Translation in Kum?raj?va’s Lotus S?tra,” in the Yale University Council on East Asian Studies Colloquium Series, New Haven, CT, February 27, 2006. “Translating the Transformative Text: The Ethics of Interpreting Buddhist Literature,” in the Numata Buddhist Studies Lecture Series, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, October 29, 2004. "Dislocated Readers, Dislocating Texts: Towards an Alternative Cosmology of Reading," at the symposium Reading: Ethics, Images, and Social Practices, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, WI, November 7-9, 2003 (with Karen Derris). "Up?yakau?alya and Sandh?bh??ya: Hermeneutics and Literary Efficacy in the Translation of the Lotus S?tra," at the Conference on the Lotus Sutra and Zen, Nagano, Japan, July 11-17, 2002. Respondent to "Gender and Enlightenment: Sexual Transformation in Mah?y?na S?tras," by Jan Nattier, at the Princeton Buddhist Studies Workshop, April 20, 2001. "Modes of Depicting Buddhist Literature at Dunhuang: Problems and Possibilities of Interpretation," at the Inner Asian and Altaic Studies Lecture Series, Harvard University, May 5, 1999. Pedagogy "A Profound Unknowing: Teaching World Citizenship through the Study of Religion," at the Association of American Colleges and Universities Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 21-24, 2004. "Collaborative Spaces: Constructing Conversations between the Classroom and the Course Web Page," at the MITC Symposium on Teaching with Technology in the Humanities, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI, June 24-25, 2003. "Alterdisciplinarty: Global Studes and Interdisciplinarity," at the Association for Integrative Studies Annual Meeting, Springfield, Missouri, October 3-6, 2002. "Web-Based Pedagogy and Information Literacy," at the Information Literacy Forum, Beloit College, May 21, 2002 "Getting Connected: How I Learned to Love Web Pedagogy," invited lecture at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, April 26, 2001. Panelist, "Weaving the Web into Your Course" at "Web Pedagogies: Teaching with the World Wide Web," Harvard University, June 5, 2001. Professional Activities Anonymous Peer Reviewer: Teaching Theology and Religion, 2004. Anonymous Peer Reviewer: Journal of the American Oriental Society, 2004. Steering Committee Member: American Academy of Religion, Buddhism Section, November 2002-2005 Interactive Online Courseware Developer: Development of "Exegesis," "Discussion Forum," "Office Hours," and "Add a Link" CGI programs for use in courses, Fall 2001-present, Beloit College Conference Co-Convener: "Illuminating Manuscripts: Teaching the Material Text in Buddhist Studies," May 1999, Harvard University Student Director, Ford Foundation Workshop: Workshop on Manuscripts in the Study of Buddhism, 1998-99, Harvard University Steering Committee Member: Harvard Buddhist Studies Forum (annual lecture series), 1998-99, Harvard University Student Director: Harvard Buddhist Studies Forum (annual lecture series), 1997-98, Harvard University Conference Co-Convener: "Buddhist Studies: Dialogues between Past and Present, Directions for the Future," December 1997, Harvard University Book Indexer: Janet Gyatso, Apparitions of the Self: The Secret Autobiographies of a Tibetan Visionary (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998). Seminars and Workshops “Cities in Transition” Workshop, June 2008, Beloit College Workshop on Teaching and Learning for Undergraduate Religion Faculty, 2003-2004, Wabash Center MITC Symposium on Technology in the Humanities, June 2003, Lawrence University Workshop on Interdisciplinary Studies, June 2003, Beloit College Workshop on Gender Studies, May 2003, Beloit College "Exploring Interdisciplinary Thought, Discourse and Communication," October 2002, Beloit College "Hypertext, Education, Storyspace": an e-Narrative Seminar, March 2002, Boston, MA Workshop on Sanskrit Palaeography and Codicology, June 1998, Columbia University Seminar on Dunhuang Art and Society, June-July 1998, Dunhuang, P.R.C. Research Languages Sanskrit, Pali, Buddhist Chinese, Classical Tibetan, Khotanese, French, German