Current SSJR Officers

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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