Education

• PhD, Philosophy, University of Hawaii at Manoa (2005)
• Kenkyūsei, Obirin University (1999-2000)
• MA, Philosophy, University of Hawaii at Manoa (1997)
• BA, Philosophy, Eastern Illinois University (1995)

Research Interests

Compassion in comparative (East-West) ethics, the intersection of environmental ethics and applied ethics, Dōgen, Watsuji Tetsurō

Publications

• Compassion and Moral Guidance. University of Hawai'i Press Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy Monograph Series, 2013.
• Purifying Zen: Watsuji Tetsurō's Shamon Dōgen. University of Hawai'i Press, 2011.
• "The Meaning of Repentance in Dōgen's Shushōgi." In Jason Tetsuzen Wirth, Kosho Itagaki, and Brian Shūdō Schroeder, eds., A Commentary on Dōgen's Shushōgi: The Meaning of Practice and Verification. University of Hawai'i Press (forthcoming).
• "What Is the Value of Poverty? A Comparative Analysis of Aristotle's Politics and the Shōbōgenzō Zuimonki." In Roger T. Ames and Peter Herschock, eds., Value and Values: Economics and Justice in an Age of Global Interdependence. University of Hawai'i Press (forthcoming).
• "Shinran and Dōgen." (Translator.) In James W. Heisig and T.P. Kasulis, eds., Source Book in Japanese Philosophy. University of Hawai'i Press, 2011.
• Further publications listed in my CV (see the link at right)

Affiliations

• American Philosophical Association
• Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy
• Continental and Comparative Philosophy Circle
• Society for the Study of Philosophy and the Martial Arts