Wakoh Shannon Hickey, M.A., M.Div., Ph.D. Cand.

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1 Wakoh Shannon Hickey, M.A., M.Div., Ph.D. Cand. 623 Garrett Place, Apt. N11, Evanston, IL (919) or Online portfolio: Education Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Religion, Duke University Track: Religion and Modernity. Degree anticipated May Dissertation: Mind Cure, Meditation, and Medicine: Hidden Histories of Mental Healing in the United States. Advisor: Richard Jaffe, Ph.D. Dissertation examines interactions among New Thought teachers and Buddhist and Hindu missionaries from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries, and argues that these helped set the stage for contemporary interest in mind-body medicine, particularly medical uses of meditation. Master of Divinity, Pacific School of Religion, May Cumulative GPA: Master of Arts, Pacific School of Religion, May Buddhist and Christian studies. Thesis: Religious Leadership in American Zen: A Comparative Study of Priesthood in Three Communities of American Converts to Japanese Soto Zen. Bachelor of Arts with High Distinction, University of California at Berkeley, Political Science, Phi Beta Kappa. Graduate coursework (150 credits total) included 31.5 credits in Buddhism; 31 in Christianity; 28.5 in ethics and congregational studies; 22.5 in American religions; 15 in anthropology, sociology, and ethnography; in practical theology; and 9 in theory of religions. (Some of these categories overlap.) Fellowships, Grants, Honors, Awards Fellowships A.W. Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar, "Human Being, Human Diversity, and Human Welfare: A Cross-Disciplinary and Cross-Cultural Study in Culture, Science, and Medicine," Graduate Fellow, Duke University, Preparing Future Faculty, Duke University, Graduate Program in Religion, Duke University, U.S. Department of Education Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship for intensive Japanese-language study, University of California at Berkeley, Summer Grants Summer Research Grant, Duke University Graduate School, Travel Grants, Pacific School of Religion Harland Hogue Fund and Duke University Graduate School, for presentation at Earl Lectures, Spring Writing Grant, Resource Center for Women and Ministry in the South, to support revision of Religious Leadership in American Zen for conference presentations and publication Curriculum Development Grant, Global K-12 Outreach Program, Duke University, Summer 2004, to develop teacher-training guides and curricula to help North Carolina public school teachers teach basic Buddhist history and doctrine.

2 Undergraduate Honors and Awards Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha of Northern California, Departmental Citation Nominee (top 15 of 300 students), Political Science Department, University of California at Berkeley, UC Regents Scholar, University of California at Berkeley, Mortar Board National Honor Society, UC Berkeley, Irving Memorial Prize for American Wit and Humor, UC Berkeley, Academy of American Poets Prize, Research Interests American religious history, particularly minority traditions and women leaders; modern Buddhism, particularly in North America; religion and medicine; comparative theology and ethics; religious approaches to death and dying; theories of religion and ritual. Doctoral exams passed April 25, 2006: American Religious History Buddhism (in Asia, ancient and modern) Medicine and Culture Dissertation Area (New Thought and Buddhism in the United States) Teaching Interests and Competence American religious history Buddhism, particularly in East Asia and the United States World religions in the United States Women in nineteenth century American religions African American religions Mormonism Comparative ethics and theology Religion and medicine Death and dying Theory of religions Survey courses in Christianity Teaching Experience Duke University Department of Religion Instructor Buddhism in the United States, Summer Term 1, 2006 Teaching Assistant Lived Religion in America, Spring 2006 (for Dr. Julie Byrne) Introduction to Buddhist Thought and Practice, Fall 2005 (for Dr. Richard Jaffe) Asian-Pacific Studies Institute and the Global K-12 Outreach Program Curriculum Design Consultant, Summer Developed Teaching about Buddhism guide for North Carolina public school teachers: lesson plans, background materials, and learning activities for middle- and high-school students.

3 Graduate Theological Union Instructor American Buddhisms, Summer Session 2007 (2 weeks, 40 hours) Basic Buddhisms, Summer Session 2006 (1 week, 20 hours) Buddhism in the United States, Summer Session 2006 (1 week, 20 hours) San Francisco Bay Area Computer Vendors Trainer, voice-activated computer systems, Designed and delivered individual and group training of eight to sixteen hours per student. Developed job-aids, manuals, and other reference materials for trainees. Wells Fargo Bank Trainer, Writing for Success, 1991 to 1993 Worked with a team of trainers to design and deliver a four-week, sixteen-hour, writingskills course for managers and supervisors. Developed learning objectives and skillbuilding exercises, reference materials, visual aids, trainer guidelines, and evaluation tools. Assessed student writing samples and tailored courses to each group s needs. Teacher Training Preparing Future Faculty program, Duke University, Instructional Uses of Technology (GS 301), Duke University, Spring Certificate in Teaching Religion (REL 396), Duke University, Spring Introduction to College Teaching (formerly Pathways to the Professoriate, GS 302), Duke University, Fall Training Design (BusAd X490.7), UC Berkeley Extension, Summer Developing Training Materials (BusAd X465.6), UCB Extension, Fall Presentation & Facilitation Skills (BusAd X491.5), UCB Extension, Fall Publications and Presentations Scholarly Publications Two Buddhisms, Three Buddhisms, and Racism, in Finding the Ox: Essays in Buddhism and American Culture, eds. John Whalen-Bridge and Gary Storhoff (Accepted for publication in New York: SUNY Press). Teaching about Buddhism: Lesson Plans, Suggested Readings, Background Materials, and Activities for Learning about Asian Buddhism, a teacher-training guide and curriculum to help North Carolina public school teachers teach basic Buddhist history and doctrine. Part of Duke University's annual summer program What Do You Know About Asia? co-sponsored by the Asian-Pacific Studies Institute and Fuqua School of Business. Supervised by Richard Jaffe, Ph.D. Conference Presentations Swedenborg: A Modern Buddha? scheduled for American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Buddhism in the West Consultation, San Diego, CA, November 17, Safe and Responsible Leadership: A Buddhist-Christian Dialogue, on at Pacific School of Religion Earl Lectures, Berkeley, CA, January 24, Clergy Training in American Zen, on panel Educating Buddhists, at American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Japanese Religions Section, Philadelphia, PA, November 20, 2005.

4 Religion, Ritual, and the Women s Movement at the symposium "Sisterhood, Riot Grrrl, and the Next Wave: Feminist Generations/Generating Feminisms," hosted by the Sallie Bingham Center for Women s History and Culture, Duke University, October 27, Two Buddhisms, Three Buddhisms, and Racism, at the Buddhist Studies Graduate Students conference April 22-24, 2005, Princeton University. Two Buddhisms, Three Buddhisms, and Racism, at American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Asian North American Religions Section, San Antonio, TX, November Religious Leadership in American Zen, at American Academy of Religion Buddhism section, at the Western Commission on the Study of Religion (WECSOR) conference, St. Mary s College, Moraga, CA, March 24, Invited Lectures and Workshops Meditation as Medicine, at Mellon-Sawyer Seminar: Human Being, Human Diversity, and Human Welfare: a Cross-Disciplinary and Cross-Cultural Study in Culture, Society, and Medicine, at the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University, Durham, NC, April 9, Theories of Religion, for Religion 101, Religions in the United States, Margarita Suarez, Ph.D., Meredith College, Raleigh, NC, January 16 and 17, Birth and Death, New Hope Sangha, Eno River Unitarian Universalist Church, Durham, NC, January 16, Zen Doctrine and Meditation, North Tahoe Hebrew Congregation, Tahoe Vista, CA, January 25, Seeking a Broader and Deeper View: A Commentary on Dogen s Genjo Koan, New Spirit Community Church, Berkeley, CA, August 10, What Do We Believe, How Are We Different, Are We Connected? An Interfaith Dialogue (Jewish, Buddhist, Christian), North Tahoe Hebrew Congregation, Tahoe Vista, CA, August 3, The Heart Sutra and Emptiness in Mahayana Thought, New Hope Sangha, Eno River Unitarian Universalist Church, Durham, NC, January 2, History of the Soto Zen Precepts, Chapel Hill Zen Center, NC, August 7, Introduction to Buddhism, Duke Institute for Learning in Retirement, Durham, NC, March 29, Buddhist Attitudes toward Death and Dying, for Sociology 164, Death and Dying, Deborah Gold, Ph.D., Duke University, October 21, Introduction to Buddhist History and the Four Noble Truths, for History 143A, Ancient and Early Modern Japan, Simon Partner, Ph.D., Duke University, September 16, Buddhist and Christian Understandings of Suffering, and Buddhist Loving-kindness Practices, Adult Religious Education, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Raleigh, NC, September 19 and October 3, The Four Noble Truths, Buddhist Community at Duke, September 1, Introduction to Buddhism, Asbury UMC, Livermore, CA, January 19, Spirituality and Bereavement, for therapists of Pediatri-Care, an agency providing bereavement care to Alameda County children and families: Oakland, CA, March 11, A History of the Soto Zen Precepts, Mendocino Area Sangha, Caspar, CA, April 15, 2002.

5 Love Your Enemies: A Buddhist Perspective, Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA, May 8, Oryoki: Zen Meal Practices, for Holy Eating, a Pacific School of Religion course on the theology of the Eucharist and other eating rituals, taught by Profs. Andrea Bieler and Luise Schottroff, March, Editorial Experience Academic Editing Other Richard Jaffe (Duke University), Seeking Sakyamuni: Travel and the Reconstruction of Japanese Buddhism, Journal of Japanese Buddhist Studies 30:1 (Winter 2004), Jidong Chen (Musashino Women s University), A New Horizon in Reconstructing East Asian Buddhism: Exchanges between Yang Wenhui and Nanjio Bunjiu in the Late 19th Century, presented at Global Flows and the Restructuring of Asian Buddhism in an Age of Empires, an international conference at Duke University, February 20-21, Fumihiko Sueki (University of Tokyo), Anti-Japan War and Chinese Buddhism, presented at Global Flows and the Restructuring of Asian Buddhism in an Age of Empires, an international conference at Duke University, February 20-21, John P. Keenan, trans., The Scripture on the Explication of Underlying Meaning, Berkeley, CA: Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research, 2000; and Murano Senchu, trans., Nichiren, Kaimokusho or Liberation from Blindness, Berkeley, CA: Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research, Twenty-four years of experience as a professional writer and editor. Worked as a staff reporter for The Recorder, East/West News, and The Daily Californian. Covered state and local politics, Asian American affairs, law, business, and technology. Wrote freelance news and feature articles for California Lawyer Magazine, The San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Focus Magazine, Diablo Magazine, and other publications. Edited, produced, and/or managed a wide variety of non-fiction editorial projects in various corporate and nonprofit settings. Edited and managed the book review section of Turning Wheel, the Journal of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship, Assigned, reviewed, and edited articles. Also assisted with page layout and production on various occasions throughout the 1990s. Edited and supervised production of Media Alliance s People Behind the News, a comprehensive guide to print and broadcast media in the San Francisco Bay Area: more than 300 organizations and 1,000 individual writers, editors, and broadcasters. Hired and supervised researchers and production staff. Designed print and electronic editions, Academic Administration and Student Advising University of California, Berkeley Student Affairs Officer:, Managed the Berkeley campus office of a program that sent 25 undergraduates per semester to Washington, D.C., to undertake academic research projects and professional internships. Publicized the program, recruited and screened applicants, oriented and advised them through the process of applying to the program and finding internships. Involved alumni in recruiting and coordinated with a dozen campus departments. Hired, trained, and supervised assistants. Developed database and internet systems to streamline office procedures. Produced a comprehensive program manual.

6 Academic and Community Service Duke President s Council on Women, Graduate and Professional Students Council, Religion Department Representative, Duke University, Graduate Student Association in Religion Executive Committee, Duke University, Fall 2004 to Spring Buddhist Chaplain, Duke University Religious Life Staff, Adjunct Chaplain, Duke University Medical Center, Advisory Committee on Religious Ministry in Prisons, North Carolina State Department of Corrections, Professional Memberships American Academy of Religion, 1997 to present. Soto Zen Buddhists Association, 2005 to present. Language and Computer Skills Japanese: Basic conversation. French: Reading for research purposes. Spanish: Reading for research purposes, limited conversation. Software: Comfortable in Windows and Mac OS. Adept in BlackBoard, Word, EndNote, Adobe Acrobat, PowerPoint, PageMaker, some Quark, Excel, FileMaker Pro, various web browsers, , basic Dreamweaver and PhotoShop, voice-recognition software. Designed, built, and maintained a number of moderately complex relational databases.