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magazine article | December 2021 | Buddhadharma 

The Many Faces of Cultural Appropriation

Grappling with cultural appropriation in Buddhist contexts (co-written with Trent Walker)
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newsletter archive | 2020–current | Mailchimp

The Many Faces of Cultural Appropriation 🥦

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magazine article | July 2021 | Berfrois

Seeking Shelter in Disaster Oasis

Finding home in Yogyakarta and poeisis 
​Read on Berfrois

journal article | ​May 2021 | ​Insight Journal 

Honoring Our Ancestors: A Buddhist Response to Anti-Asian Violence

A contemplation on names, ritual, and dedication—written in the lead-up to May We Gather
​Read on Insight Journal

magazine article | January 2021 | ​Lion’s Roar

Searching for Asian American Buddhists

An excerpt from chapter 11 of Be the Refuge, in celebration of the book’s launch day
​Read on Lion’s Roar

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ASIAN AMERICAN BUDDHISTS

magazine article | 2019 | ​Lion’s Roar

The Invisible Majority

 ​From “​two Buddhisms”​​ to intersectional Buddhism
​Read on Lion’s Roar

 ​magazine article | 2016 | ​Buddhadharma (reprinted in Asian American Policy Review)

We’re Not Who You Think We Are

Asian American Buddhists: defying stereotypes, fighting invisibility, celebrating diversity
​Read on Buddhadharma (with photos) ​• ​​​Read on Asian American Policy Review (with footnotes)

journal article | ​2019 | ​Religions

Contesting “Conversion” and “Reversion” among Young Adult Asian American Buddhists​

Spotlighting Asian American “convert” Buddhists
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journal article | ​2017 | ​Journal of Global Buddhism

Diverse Practices and Flexible Beliefs among Young Adult Asian American Buddhists

Perspectives from a new generation of Buddhist practitioners
​Read on Journal of Global Buddhism • Reprinted in Sen Trang and Phat Viet

blog post | 2017 | ​Lion's Roar

In Memory of a Refuge: Aaron Lee, the “​Angry Asian Buddhist”​​

Far from misanthropic rants, his writings are love letters to the American Buddhist community
​Read on Lion's Roar

book chapter | 2019 | Methods in Buddhist Studies: Essays in Honor of Richard K. Payne | Bloomsbury Academic Press

Describing the (Nonexistent?) Elephant: Ethnographic Methods in the Study of Asian American Buddhists

Exploring research vistas beyond the temple
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book chapter | 2019 | ​Japanese American Millennials: Rethinking Generation, Community, and Diversity | Temple University Press

“​I am Trailblazing”​: Japanese American Buddhist Millennials Negotiating Religious and Ethnic Identities

Resisting marginalization, pluralizing the mainstream
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book chapter | 2016 | ​A Thousand Hands: A Guidebook to Caring for your Buddhist Community | Sumeru Books

​Young Adult Asian American Identities

 Resources for sanghas engaging Asian American youth
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BUDDHIST CHAPLAINCY

speech | 2017 | Institute of Buddhist Studies

“Be the Refuge”: Reflections on Karma & Gratitude, Suffering & Spiritual Friendship

Commencement address to the graduating class of 2017
​Read on Institute of Buddhist Studies • ​​​Reprinted in Wheel of Dharma (July, August, and September 2017)

narrative | 2016 | Open in Emergency: A Special Issue on Asian American Mental Health

Speaking of Survival in this Mad, Mad World

A narrative for the Asian American Literary Review Testimonial Tapestry
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magazine article | 2011 | ​Inquiring Mind

Huge Love

Dispatches from the field: Buddhist chaplaincy in Cambodia
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OTHER

magazine article | November 2020 | ​Lion’s Roar

We Are More Powerful Than We Know

Awaiting the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election with Japanese poet and Buddhist monk Kamo-no-Chomei (1155–1216)
​Read on Lion’s Roar

blog post | May 2020 | ​​Ten Thousand Things

Recollecting Pratyekabuddhas: Reflections on Buddhism, Art, and Place

 ​Lessons from the murals of Wat Suthat Thepwararam in Bangkok, Thailand
​Read on Ten Thousand Things

magazine article | April 2020 | ​Tricycle

“Stay Safe... Both from the Virus and the Racism”​

 ​Reflections on anti-Asian racism, grief, and interconnection during the covid-19 pandemic
​Read on Tricycle

journal article | 2013 | ​Pacific World

​What’s Buddhism Got to Do With It?: Popular and Scientific Perspectives on Mindful Eating

Exploring the literature on mindful eating
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journal article | 2012 | ​International Journal of Communications

South African Perspectives on Mobile Phones: Challenging the Optimistic Narrative of Mobiles for Development

The promises and perils of mobile phones in the developing world
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