Richard P. Hayes is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of New Mexico who has written extensively and taught courses on Buddhism and Buddhist philosophy.

Christian K. Wedemeyer is associate professor of the history of religions at the University of Chicago Divinity School and co-chair of the American Academy of Religion’s Buddhism section.

Thomas A. Tweed is a professor in the religious studies department at the University of Texas at Austin. His books include (as author) The American Encounter With Buddhism, 1844-1912: Victorian Culture & the Limits of Dissent and (as co-editor) Asian Religions in America: A Documentary History.

Charles D. Orzech is a professor in the religious studies department at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro and serves on the steering committee of the American Academy of Religion’s Buddhism section. His specialties include medieval Buddhism and Taoism.

Kristin Beise Kiblinger is an associate professor of religious studies at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, S.C., and the author of Buddhist Inclusivism: Attitudes Towards Religious Others.

Richard M. Jaffe is an associate professor of religion at Duke University and serves on the steering committee of the American Academy of Religion’s Buddhism section. He specializes in Japanese Buddhism.

Daniel Capper is an associate professor in the religion and philosophy department at the University of Southern Mississippi. His research interests include Tibetan Buddhism, and he is the author of Guru Devotion and the American Buddhist Experience.

Paula Arai is an associate professor of Asian religions and a specialist in Buddhist studies at Louisiana State University.

Kristin Scheible is assistant professor of religion at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y., and serves on the steering committee of the American Academy of Religion’s Buddhism section. She can address questions about Theravāda Buddhism, South and Southeast Asian Buddhist history, Buddhist literature and Buddhism in the West.