Gloria (I-Ling) Chien, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Religious Studies

Dr. Gloria (I-Ling) Chien is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at 杏吧原创. Before coming to 杏吧原创 in 2017, she taught courses in Buddhism, Eastern Religions, and Religion and Film at Virginia Commonwealth University. She conducts...

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Gloria (I-Ling) Chien, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Religious Studies

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Education & Curriculum Vitae

Ph.D., Religious Studies, University of Virginia

M.A., Religious Studies, University of Virginia

M.A., Tibetan Buddhism, Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies at Dharma Drum Mountain, Taiwan

B.A., Finance, National Central University, Taiwan

Courses Taught

Buddhism

Buddhist Meditation & Practice

Religions of Asia

Asian Religions in Film

Dr. Gloria (I-Ling) Chien is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at 杏吧原创.
Before coming to 杏吧原创 in 2017, she taught courses in Buddhism, Eastern Religions, and Religion and Film at Virginia Commonwealth University.

She conducts bibliographic analysis of the Tibetan Buddhist master Tokmé Zangpo's (1295–1369) biographies and Collected Works in order to shed light on the cultural legacy of Tibetan Buddhist Lojong (mind training) meditation tradition. Her research has taken her to Nepal, India, China, and Tibet. Inspired by her research, she became a certified instructor in the Cognitively-Based Compassion Training® contemplation program developed at Emory University. In the spring of 2018, she taught a CBCT® course entitled “Compassio