CPB
Advisory Board Members
David E. Shaner, PhD
Professor of Asian Studies & Philosophy (Japanese,
Indian & Chinese Philosophy), Furman University;
Chair of Philosophy Department, Furman University;
Chief Instructor of the Eastern Ki Federation;
Author of several books on Japanese Buddhism and Body-Mind
unification and Editor of Philosophy and Biology;
Personal Teacher of Jim Eubanks
Tom Clark
Director of the Center for Naturalism & Naturalism.org;
Author of Encountering Naturalism: A Worldview and its Uses
Stephen Batchelor
Former Buddhist Monk (India, Korea, Switzerland);
Buddhist Scholar specializing in Early Buddhism (Pali
Nikayas);
Author of numerous books on Buddhism, including Buddhism
Without Beliefs and Alone With Others
Roger T. Ames, PhD
Professor of Chinese Studies and Philosophy (Chinese,
American & Comparative Philosophy), University of
Hawai'i;
Director of the Center for Chinese Studies (1991-2000);
Editor of Philosophy East and West (1987-present);
Translator, Commentator and Author of numerous books and
journal articles on classical Chinese studies
Steve Odin, PhD
Professor of Philosophy (Japanese, American &
Comparative Philosophy), University of Hawai'i;
Author of The Social Self in Zen and American Pragmatism
Owen Flanagan, PhD
Professor of Philosophy, Psychology and Neurobiology
(Philosophy of Mind), Duke University;
Chair of Philosophy Department, Duke University;
Author of many books on Science and Buddhism, including
Beyond Destructive Emotions: A Scientific Collaboration
With the Dalai Lama
Peter Hershock, PhD
Educational Specialist, Chinese Studies and Philosophy
(Chinese Buddhism & Comparative Philosophy), East-West
Center
Author of many books on Chinese Buddhism, including Chan
Buddhism, Buddhism in the Public Sphere: Reorienting Global
Interdependence, and Liberating Intimacy: Enlightenment and
Social Virtuosity in Chan Buddhism
Sam Britt, PhD
Professor of Hinduism, Buddhism and African Studies at
Furman University;
Former chair of Asian Studies at Furman University
