Julie Regan is an assistant professor of Asian religions at La Salle University, where she teaches classes including Buddhism in Asia and Beyond, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Buddhism, and Yoga, Dharma and Devotion. Her scholarship combines a background in literature and literary arts (Brown University, B.A. and M.F.A.), study with traditional ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ teachers, and training in Buddhist studies (Harvard University, Ph.D.) in order to explore the connections between literary and bodily practices of liberation. Her research takes an interdisciplinary approach to reading a variety of texts, performances and rituals, from early Sanskrit court poetry to contemporary ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ works of art, literature, and protest. She is currently completing a book, "The Poetic Path to Awakening: Reading the Buddhist Literary Text as a Form of Practice," based on her translation of the works of Asvaghosa from Sanskrit and ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½.Ìý