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Dominique Townsend serves as Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism in Columbia University's Department of Religion since July 2024, following prior roles as Associate Professor of Religion at Bard College and Head of Interpretation at the Rubin Museum of Art. Her office is located at 480 Claremont Ave, Suite 103, New York, with regular Tuesday office hours from 11:00am–1:00pm.
Her research integrates historical and literary methodologies to examine Tibetan Buddhist cultural production, poetry, aesthetics, dreams, gender, and translation through Classical Tibetan texts (17th–20th centuries). Teaching portfolios include Tibetan Buddhism and history, Asian humanities, poetics, new media, dreaming practices, and Buddhist approaches to death and dying, reflecting interdisciplinary engagement with spiritual and artistic traditions.
Publications demonstrate consistent thematic focus: "A Buddhist Sensibility" (2021) analyzes aesthetic frameworks in Tibetan thought, while the co-edited "Longing to Awaken" (2024) explores poetic and contemplative dimensions. The forthcoming "All this is Dreamlike" extends this trajectory into dream interpretation within spiritual practice, revealing evolving scholarly contributions to Buddhist studies.
