Current SSJR Officers
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Victoria Montrose, President
Assistant Professor of Religion and Asian Studies, Furman University
Research: Buddhism, East Asian religions, history of higher education, Buddhist education, new religious movements, sociology of religion, Buddhism and modernity.
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Or Porath, Vice President
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Department of East Asian Studies, Tel Aviv University
Research: Japanese religions, Japanese Buddhism, Buddhist rituals, gender and sexuality, and Esoteric Buddhism in medieval Japan.
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Dana Mirsalis Treasurer/Secretary
Assistant Professor of History, Pacific University
Research: Japanese religions, Shinto, religious history and gender, modern Japanese history, and ethnography.
2021-2023
Caleb Carter, President
Michaela Mross, Vice President
Matthew Mitchell, Treasure/Secretary
2018-2020
Pamela Winfield, President
Melissa Curley, Vice President
Matt McMullen, Treasurer/Secretary
2015-2017
Mark Rowe, President
Heather Blair, Vice President
Levi McLaughlin, Treasurer/Secretary
2012-2014
Lori Meeks, President
Mark Rowe, Vice President
Jason Josephson, Treasurer/Secretary
2009-2011
Barbara Ambros, President
Lori Meeks, Vice President
Jason Josephson, Treasurer/Secretary
2006-2008
Richard Jaffe, President
Hank Glassman, Vice President
Barbara Ambros, Treasurer/Secretary
2002-2005
Janine T. Sawada, President
Richard Jaffe, Vice President
James L. Ford, Treasure/Secretary
2000-2001
Janine T. Sawada, President
Karen Smyers, Vice President
James L. Ford, Treasurer/Secretary
1994-1999
Jacqueline Stone, President
William E. Deal, Vice President
1987-1993
Paul B. Watt, President
Neil McMullin, Vice President
William E. Deal, Treasurer/Secretary