Faculty

Professor Dr. Khunying Suriya Ratanakul

Education:

Ph.D., Université de Paris (Sorbonne), France

Academic Title:

Professor

Tel.

02-800-2630-39 ext. 212

Email:

pinitranakul2@hotmail.com

Research Interests:

Anthropology of Religion; Religions of the Indigenous People; Myth and Ritual; and Women and Religions.

Associate Professor Dr. Pinit Ratanakul

Education:

Ph.D., Yale University, USA

Academic Title:

Associate Professor

Tel.

02-800-2630-39 ext. 308

Email:

pinitratanakul2@hotmail.com

Research Interests:

Bioethics; Religion and Science; Religion and Culture; and Religion and Psychology.

Assistant Professor Thanit Chakaratapongse

Education:

M.A., Banaras Hindu University, India

Academic Title:

Assistant Professor

Tel.

02-800-2630-39 ext. 214

Email:

atcrsmu@gmail.com

Research Interests:

Pali Language, Pali Buddhism.

Assistant Professor Sudthaporn Ratanakul

Education:

M.A., Eastern Washington University, USA

Academic Title:

Assistant Professor

Tel.

02-800-2630-39 ext. 301

Email:

ajarn_sr_eng1_2@yahoo.com

Research Interests:

Teaching English as a Second Language; and
Communication and Culture in Civilization.

Dr. U. Kyaw Than

Education:

Ph.D., Southeast Asian Graduate School of Theology,
Singapore

Academic Title:

Lecturer (Ajarn)

Tel.

02-800-2630-39 ext. 308

Email:

k_than@hotmail.com

Research Interests:

Ecumenics, particularly, the nature and unity of the Church; Inter-cultural and Inter-religious relations.

Dr. Matthew Kosuta

Education:

Ph.D., Université du Québec, Montréal, Canada

Academic Title:

Lecturer (Ajarn)

Tel.

02-800-2630-39 ext. 306

Email:

matt_Kosuta@hotmail.com

Research Interests:

Buddhism; Theravada Buddhism in Southeast Asia;
Phenomenology of Religion; Buddhism and the Military;
Religion and War; and Yoga.

Dr. Milos Hubina

Education:

Ph.D., Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia

Academic Title:

Lecturer (Ajarn)

Tel.

02-800-2630-39 ext. 304

Email:

miloshubina@yahoo.com

Research Interests:

Psychology of Religious Experience, Theravada Buddhism in Southeast Asia;
Western Metaphysic & Buddhist Philosophy

Boonmee Poungpet

Education:

M.Sc. IT, Siam University

Academic Title:

Lecturer (Ajarn)

Tel.

02-800-2630-39

Email:

boonmeepoungpet@hotmail.com

Research Interests:

Knowledge Management for a Buddhism Digital Archive; and the Theory and Practice of Buddhism from a Knowledge Science.

Dr. Somboon Watana

Education:

Ph.D. (Philosophy), Panjab University, India

Academic Title:

Lecturer (Ajarn)

Tel.

02-800-2630-39 ex. 213

Email:

crswt@mahidol.ac.th

Research Interests:

1. Buddhist Philosophy
2. Buddhism(Theravada and Mahayana)
3. Indian Philosophy
4. Ethics

Atphuri Nomnian

Education:

M.A. Banares Hindu University, India

Academic Title:

Lecturer (Ajarn)

Tel.

02-800-2630-39

Email:

banaras2009@gmail.com

Research Interests:

Buddhist and Hindu Philosophy; Hinduism; Sikhism.

Hom Pom-on

Education:

MA. Thammasat University, Thailand

Academic Title:

Lecturer (Ajarn)

Tel.

02-800-2630-39

Email:

penpencilchalk@hotmail.com

Research Interests:

Limitation of language with ultimate truth.

Masayo Urasaki

Education:

MA. University of the Ryukyus, Japan

Academic Title:

Lecturer (Ajarn)

Tel.

02-800-2630-39

Email:

uramasafaa@nifty.com

Research Interests:

Development Monks/Spiritual Care and Buddhism.

Phrakhrupalad Sampipattnaviriyajarn

Education:

Ph.D., Delhi University, India

Academic Title:

Lecturer, Mahamakut Buddhist University

Tel.

02-282-8303, 02-281-6427

Email:

contactus@mbu.ac.th

Research Interests:

Buddhist Philosophy; Buddhist Meditation; Buddhism and Ethics; Buddhism in relation to other religions.

Phra Dr. Anil Sakya

Education:

Ph.D., Brunel University, UK

Academic Title:

Lecturer, Mahamakut Buddhist University

Tel.

02-282-8303, 02-281-6427

Email:

asakya@gmail.com

Research Interests:

Buddhist in the West; Anthropology to Buddhism; Psychology of Buddhism.

Professor Dr. Prawes Wasi

Education:

M.D., Mahidol University; Human Genetics, University of London, UK

Academic Title:

Professor

Webpage:

http://www.prawase.com

Professor Sompol Pongthai

Education:

M.D., Mahidol University; M.P.H., University of California (Berkeley), USA

Academic Title:

Professor

Tel.

02-201-2167

Email:

rasph@mahidol.ac.th

Professor Dr. Visut Baimai

Education:

Ph.D., University of Queensland, Australia

Academic Title:

Professor, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University

Tel.

02-201-5071

Email:

scvtk@mahidol.ac.th

Professor Dr. Jirachoke Virasai

Education:

Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley), USA

Academic Title:

Professor, Ramkhamhaeng University

Tel.

02-310-8466-7

Email:

postchara_m@hotmail.com

Associate Professor Dr. Bhinyo Panijpan

Education:

Ph.D., University of London King's College, UK

Academic Title:

Associate Professor, Faculty of Science,
Mahidol University

Tel.

02-201-5600

Assistant Professor Dr. Prapod Assvavirulhakarn

Education:

Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley), USA

Academic Title:

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Arts,
Chulalongkorn University

Tel.

02-218-4739

Email:

w007@maildozy.com

Assistant Professor Dr. Banjob Banaruji

Education:

Ph.D., Magadh University, India

Academic Title:

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Arts,
Chulalongkorn University

Tel.

02-218-4739

Email:

w007@maildozy.com

Dr. Udom Chantharaksri

Education:

Ph.D., Cornell University, USA

Academic Title:

Lecturer

Tel.

02-201-5647

Email:

scuct@mahidol.ac.th

Professor Dr. Chamlong Disayavanish

Education:

Ph.D.,

Academic Title:

Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University

Tel.

+66 (53) 945422-4, Fax: +66 (53) 945426; +66 (53) 217144

Email:

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Research Interests:

Dr. Alan Wallace

Education:

Ph.D.,

Academic Title:

Lecturer, Ph.D., Stanford University, Department of Religious Studies

Tel.

02-282-8303, 02-281-6427

Email:

contactus@mbu.ac.th

Research Interests:

Research in tantric yogic practices in Amdo and Kham

Dr. Jonathan Shear

Education:

Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley

Academic Title:

Lecturer, London School of Economics

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Email:

Research Interests:

Eastern accounts of aspects of mind

Dr. David Presti

Education:

Ph.D.,  U.S.A.

Academic Title:

Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley

Tel.

(510) 643-2111

Email:

presti@berkeley.edu

Research Interests:

How chemical processes in the brain are related to manifestations of behavior remains one of the most fascinating and challenging issues in neuroscience. I am interested in how descriptions of the neurochemical mechanisms and behavioral effects of psychoactive drugs might contribute to increased understanding of the connection between physical processes in the brain and the psychology of mental states (the mind-body problem).

Dr. Daniel Siegel

Education:

Ph.D., Harvard University

Academic Title:

Lecturer, National Institute of Mental Health Research Fellow at UCLA

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Email:

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Research Interests:

studying family interactions with an emphasis on how attachment experiences influence emotions, behavioral regulation, autobiographical memory and narrative processes.

Dr. Paul Fulton

Education:

Ph.D., Psychiatrist - Westwood, Massachusetts

Academic Title:

Lecturer, Dean, Kenan-Flagler Business School

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Email:

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Research Interests:

Dr. Shauna Shapiro

Education:

Ph.D., Santa Clara University

Academic Title:

Lecturer,

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-

Email:

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Research Interests:

Her research has focused primarily in examining the effects of meditation and MBSR across a wide range of clinical populations including breast cancer, insomnia, and substance abuse.

Leonard J. Biallas, the author of Myths: God’s Heroes and Saviors; World Religions: A Story Approach; and Pilgrim: A Spirituality of Travel.  He received his doctorate from the Institute Catholique in Paris. He has taught at the University of Notre Dame, at Auburn University, Alabama, as Goodwin-Philpott Eminent Scholar in Religion, and at Saint Norbert College, Green Bay, Wisconsin. Currently he is Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at Quincy University, Quincy, Illinois. Fluent in French.

Dr. Grudzen is Founder and President of Global Ministries University and is also teaching and involved in research at the University of Phoenix on campus and Online.  He completed graduate studies in Theology and History at Maryknoll Seminary and Columbia University and holds a Ph.D. in History and Religious Studies from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in Community Economic Development from Clayton University.  Grudzen is the co-author with Doctor John Raymaker  of Steps Toward Vatican III: Catholics Pathfinding a Global Spirituality with Islam and Buddhism (University Press of America: 2008).  He is also the author of Medical Theory about the Body and Soul in the Middle Ages: The First Western Medical Curriculum at Monte Cassino (Edwin Mellen Press: 2007).

Dr. Sterling Harwood holds a Ph.D. from Cornell University in philosophy and J.D. from Cornell Law School. His areas of specialization include philosophy of law, social and political philosophy, ethics and applied ethics, including business ethics, environmental ethics and biomedical ethics. He has taught for University of Phoenix, Global Ministries University and currently practices Law in San Jose, California.

Dr. Hunt received the Ph.D. from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. She also received the Masters in Divinity degree from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley and the Masters in Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School. Her undergraduate degree in Theology and Philosophy is from Marquette University. She completed Clinical Pastoral Education and is fluent in Spanish. She spent several years teaching and working on women's issues and human rights in Argentina as a participant in the Frontier Internship in Mission Program. She continues that work through WATER's project, "Women Crossing Worlds," an ongoing exchange with Latin American women.

Dr. Hunt was Adjunct Assistant Professor of Women’s Studies at Georgetown University for five years. She has lectured and taught at numerous institutions. For the 2000-2001 academic year she was at Harvard Divinity School as a Research Fellow at the Center for the Study of Values in Public Life. She has taught in summer programs at Iliff School of Theology, Pacific School of Religion, and Lancaster Theological Seminary.

Dr. Helen Hye-Sook Hwang received a doctorate degree in Women’s Studies in Religion at Claremont Graduate University. Claremont, CA in 2005. Prior to this, she worked as a Maryknoll missionary in Korea, New York, and the Philippines and took graduate courses in scripture, spirituality, feminist theology, and women’s studies at Maryknoll School of Theology, New York, and Manila, the Philippines. The second part of her graduate studies at Claremont Graduate University. graduate was geared toward seeking her cultural and religious root in women and religious traditions of East Asia. Her research specializes on Magoism, a trans-national East Asian gynocentric cultural matrix that venerates Mago as the Great Goddess. She has taught a number of undergraduate and graduate courses at different universities in southern California. In addition to Global Ministries University, she teaches on-line courses at University of Central Missouri.

Judith A. Johnson has a doctorate in Religion from Claremont Graduate University, 2002.and four Master of Arts degrees. In 2002 she coauthored Wholly Women, Holy Blood Continuum Press. She is an independent researcher in Catholic/Feminist studies attached to the School of Religion at Claremont Graduate University, Claremont CA.  She is an active member of the Joint Services Conference of Professional Ethics, the U.S. military’s symposium of scholars in ethics and religion. She facilitates the Ministry of Prophetic Obedience  for Women’s Ordination Conference, Washington, D.C. which supports and brings together women leaders in “alternative” faith communities that are both feminist and progressive. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the American Academy of Religion, the European Society of Women in Theological Research and speaks French, German, Italian, and Spanish.

Andrew D. Kille earned an A.B. in English Literature at Stanford University, the Master of Divinity at American Baptist Seminary of the West, Berkeley, and a Ph.D. at Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA in inter-area studies in psychology and biblical studies. He has 30 years experience working with nonprofit religious educational and a community organization, 25 years experience in pastoral ministry, 10 years as Senior Pastor, and is an experienced teacher in adult education and University level courses. He is author of Psychological Biblical Criticism (Fortress Press, 2001)

Matthew Kosuta received a PhD in Religious Studies (sciences des religions) from the Université du Québec à Montréal. Since 2006 he has taught in the College of Religious Studies at Mahidol University, Thailand. His current research interests include Theravada Buddhism, Thai astrology, religion and war, and Hatha-yoga.

Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies at University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 1980
Core Doctoral Faculty, Buddhist Art and Culture, Center for Art, Religion and Education at Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA since 1989.
Core Affiliate Faculty, Stanford University Geriatric Education Center, Palo Alto, CA since 1994.
Fellow, Open Research Center for Humanities, Religion and Science, Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan since 2002.
Adjunct Faculty, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary since 1999.
Visiting Professor of Religious Studies, Mahidol University, Thailand, 2000.

Ph.D. in Religion at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. 1998
Thesis: Rev. N.V. Tilak: An inter-religious Exploration
Bilingual in English and Marathi.
Numerous publications in English and Marathi journals on the continuity and discontinuity of Hinduism and Christianity.
Co-Founder with his wife of Center for Interfaith Encounter in St. Cloud, MN. 2000.

PhD in Interdisciplinary Social Ethics, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, 1997
Member of Oriens Institute for Religious Research, Tokyo, Japan, 1983-2006
Lecturer in Culture and Linguistic Anthropology, Hosei Univ., Tokyo, Japan 1987-2003  
Professor of Biblical Studies and Religion, Junshin Univeristy, Tokyo, 1989-1993
Postdoctoral Fellow in Lonergan Studies, Boston College, 1996-1997
Independent researcher and author of books and articles on Buddhist-Christian studies 2003-2009
Invited Participant in the Globethics Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, January 24-30, 2009

Dr. Joseph Sebastian has been Professor of Theology at New Life Theological College and Seminary, Coimbatore, India since 1998. He earned his B.A. in Philosophy at Madurai Kamaraj University, India in 1979, the M.Th. at Urban University in Rome and a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology at Gregorian University, Rome Italy in 1994. He has served in pastoral ministry, and lectured and taught theology in India for 34 years. He speaks Tamil, English, Italian and German.