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Indian and Buddhist Studies

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Rafal K. Stepien
University of Oxford
2
Siegfried Meister
Unknown
3
Dagmar Schwerk
University of British Columbia
4
Philipp A. Maas
Leipzig University
5
Elizabeth Williams-Oerberg
University of Cross River State
6
Vineet Gairola
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
7
Swami Medhananda
Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira
8
Catherine Hartmann
University of Wyoming
9
David Drewes
University of Manitoba
10
Jinhua Jia
St. Paul's Hospital

Rising Stars Papers

1
The Ur-Matrix: Primordial Source of the Identity Lock
PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation)|2025
30 cit.
2
Nāgārjuna's Tetralemma: On Its Inescapable Metalogical Presuppositions
PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation)|2025
12 cit.
3
The Unnegatable Loop: Tetralemma's Performative Geometry (with Coq-Verification)
PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation)|2025
10 cit.
4
The Lock's Radiance: On the Dependent Reality of Distinction
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)|2025
8 cit.
5
The Missing Substrate in Advaita Vedānta: The Primordial Identity Lock and the Collapse of Māyā
PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation)|2025
6 cit.
6
The Missing Link in Pratītyasamutpāda: The Primordial Identity Lock and Its Fatal Implications
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)|2025
6 cit.
7
The Tetralemma Trias: A Summary of the Charta Research Program's Metalogical Investigation into Nāgārjuna's Catuṣkoṭi
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)|2025
4 cit.
8
The Ethnography of Tantra: Textures and Contexts of Living Tantric Traditions
Asian Affairs|2024
2 cit.
9
Linking Body, Memory, and Divine Embodiment: Two Cases of Ritual Healers from the Garhwal Himalaya
Journal of Dharma Studies|2024
2 cit.
10
Oral Exams for a Generative AI World: Managing Concerns and Logistics for Undergraduate Humanities Instruction
College Teaching|2025
2 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Natalie Gummer
Beloit College
2
G. R. Sharma
Ravenshaw University
3
Sonam Thakchöe
Institute of Philosophy, Political Science and Religious Studies
4
Karin Vélez
Macalester College
5
Sanghamitra Choudhury
Queen's University Belfast
6
Justin Whitaker
Unknown
7
Elizabeth J. Harris
University of Birmingham
8
Holly Walters
Wellesley College
9
Alexander Soucy
Saint Mary's University
10
Jane Mikkelson
Yale University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Be the Refuge: Raising the Voices of Asian American Buddhists
Journal of Contemporary Religion|2022
53 cit.
2
Gender and feminist considerations in artificial intelligence from a developing-world perspective, with India as a case study
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications|2022
33 cit.
3
Normative ethics, human rights, and artificial intelligence
AI and Ethics|2022
27 cit.
4
Humans, super humans, and super humanoids: debating Stephen Hawking’s doomsday AI forecast
AI and Ethics|2022
19 cit.
5
Cognitive morality and artificial intelligence (AI): a proposed classification of AI systems using Kohlberg's theory of cognitive ethics
Technological Sustainability|2023
8 cit.
6
Exploring the Concept of AI Humanoids as an “Artificial Person”: Contemplating the Human-Robot Relationship in Society and the Identity of Humanoids
Global Philosophy|2024
6 cit.
7
Normative Ethics, Human Rights, and Artificial Intelligence
SSRN Electronic Journal|2022
5 cit.
8
Cornerstones: Shaligrams as Kin
The Journal of Religion|2022
5 cit.
9
Hear #MeToo in India: News, Social Media, and Anti-Rape and Sexual Harassment Activism
South Asia Journal of South Asian Studies|2022
4 cit.
10
Utilizing the Theology of Religions and Human Geography to Understand the Spatial Dimension of Religion and Conflict
Religions|2022
4 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Geoffrey Samuel
University of Kent
2
Jay L. Garfield
Hampshire College
3
Charles A. Moore
NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
4
Graham Priest
University of Western Australia
5
John S. Strong
Bates College
6
Brian Smith
Pennsylvania State University
7
David N. Gellner
University of Oxford
8
Tom Roeper
University of Massachusetts Amherst
9
T. Ananda Rao
Botanical Survey of India
10
Roger T. Ames
Beijing International Studies University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
The logic of paradox
Journal of Philosophical Logic|1979
934 cit.
2
Thinking through Confucius
Philosophy East and West|1991
536 cit.
3
In Contradiction, A Study of the Transconsistent.
Noûs|1991
407 cit.
4
Managerial Values and Corporate Codes of Ethics
California Management Review|1983
324 cit.
5
Asset Writedowns: Managerial Incentives and Security Returns
The Journal of Finance|1987
316 cit.
6
What is so Bad about Contradictions?
The Journal of Philosophy|1998
313 cit.
7
Social Cognition, Language Acquisition and The Development of the Theory of Mind
Mind & Language|2001
268 cit.
8
Minimally inconsistent LP
Studia Logica|1991
258 cit.
9
Body and Emotion: The Aesthetics of Illness and Healing in the Nepal Himalayas
Man|1994
244 cit.
10
Civilized Shamans: Buddhism in Tibetan Societies.
Man|1994
242 cit.

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