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Elaine Lai is a Lecturer in Civic, Liberal, and Global Education at Stanford University. Her research focuses on Tibetan Buddhism’s Great Perfection tradition, exploring intersections between Buddhist literature and temporal relationality. She specializes in making Buddhist studies accessible via VR and digital tools, including an intertextual heatmap for Great Perfection texts. At Stanford, she co-taught courses in Religious Studies and guest-lectured in Asian American Studies. In 2022, she designed the course “Queering Buddhism,” interrogating gender, sexuality, and liberation frameworks in Buddhist contexts. She emphasizes pedagogical reciprocity and dialogue quality.
- Education: Ph.D. (Religious Studies, Stanford, 2024), MA (Buddhist Studies, HKU, 2017, Distinction), BA (Film & French Studies, Wesleyan, 2008, Honors)
Her creative work includes screenplays across genres (comedy, sci-fi, historical drama) and innovative academic technologies like VR experiences for Buddhist history. She advocates for accessible, technology-driven scholarly dissemination.
