Scott A. Mitchell

Institute of Buddhist Studies
Core Faculty
Core Doctoral Faculty Member

At GTU since 2008

Ph.D., Graduate Theological Union, 2008
M.A., Institute of Buddhist Studies/Graduate Theological Union, 2002
B.A., San Francisco State University, 1999

Phone: 510/809-1449
Email: scott@shin-ibs.edu

Current Research and Teaching Interests

• Buddhism in Western contexts
• Pure Land Buddhism
• Postcolonial studies of religion
• Ritual studies
• Media studies

Selected Publications

• “‘Buddhism is for Actors’: U.S. Media Representations of Buddhism in the Wake of the Tiger Woods Scandal,” Journal of Global Buddhism, 2012.
• “Buddhism, media, and popular culture,” in Buddhism in the Modern World, Routledge, 2012.
• “Locally Translocal American Shin Buddhism,” Pacific World, Fall 2010.
• “Sunday Morning Songs: English Language Gathas in American Shinshu Temples,” The Pure Land, 2006.