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Michael Ing is Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University Bloomington's College of Arts and Sciences, with courtesy appointments in Philosophy and East Asian Languages & Cultures. He serves as Director of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Program and holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University (2011). His research examines early/medieval Chinese thought (particularly Confucian ritual and Tao Yuanming's poetry) and Hawaiian indigenous philosophy ('Ike Hawai'i), focusing on themes of vulnerability, resilience, and human relationships.
Ing's research explores:
- The productive role of anxiety in ritual traditions through Confucian texts
- Vulnerability as essential to human integrity in early Chinese ethics
- Hawaiian cosmologies and conceptions of humanity through indigenous language sources
- Grief, disaffection, and resilience in Tao Yuanming's poetic works
- Diasporic Hawaiian identity formation and community building
His publications demonstrate consistent focus on cross-cultural philosophical anthropology, blending textual analysis of classical Chinese sources with contemporary indigenous studies methodologies. Recent work increasingly engages Hawaiian-language materials to reconstruct indigenous epistemologies.
Major Awards & Honors:
- New Directions Fellowship, Mellon Foundation (2020-2022)
- Institute for Advanced Study Fellowship (2020)
- Trustees' Teaching Award (2018)
- Enhancing Life Project Early Career Scholar (2015-2017)
- Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation Junior Scholar (2014-2015)
