Padma 'tsho (Baimacuo) is Professor in the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Studies Department of Southwest University for Nationalities in Chengdu, China and currently serves as Instructor at Front Range Community College in Longmont, Colorado. She holds a Ph.D. from Sichuan University in Chengdu and M.A. from Central Nationalities University in Beijing. Her areas of research and teaching include ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ ritual, culture, and literature as well as the education of Buddhist nuns in ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ areas. Her articles have appeared in edited volumes such as Eminent Buddhist Women, edited by Karma Lekshe Tsomo, and numerous journals, including Contemporary Buddhism, China Tibetology, Journal of Ethnology, Sichuan ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Studies, Religious Studies (Zhong Jiao Xue Yan Jiu), and Asian Highlands Perspective. In the last decade, Professor Padma 'tsho has spent time at several North American universities as a Visiting Research Scholar, including Harvard, Columbia, University of Virginia, and CU Boulder.