Undergraduate Courses

• “The Culture and Religions of Tibet,” Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
• “The Life and Thought of the XIV Dalai Lama,” Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
• “The Pursuit of Individual Liberation in Tibetan Buddhism,” Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
• “The Bodhisattva Ideal in Tibetan Buddhism,” Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
• “Sleeping, Dreaming, and Dying in Tibetan Buddhism,” Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
• “Religion and Healing in Global Perspective (co-taught with Professor Catherine Albanese), Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
• “The Contemplative Life (co-taught with Professor Richard Hecht),” Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
• “Religion, Science, and the Problem of Consciousness,” Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
• “First-Year Tibetan Language,” Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
• “Intermediate Spoken and Written Tibetan,” Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
• “Advanced Tibetan,” Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Graduate Seminars

• “Seminar on Theories and Methods in the Study of Tibetan Buddhism,” Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
• “Seminar on Religion and Science,” Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
• “Seminar on Buddhist Epistemology,” Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara