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Susanne Mrozik is a Professor of Religion at Mount Holyoke College with cross-appointments in the Department of Gender Studies and Department of Asian Studies. She serves as the faculty advisor for the Five College Buddhist Studies Certificate Program and teaches specialized courses including disability and religion, body and gender in religious traditions, women and gender in Buddhism, and Buddhist ethics.
Her educational credentials include:
- Ph.D. from Harvard University
- M.T.S. from Harvard Divinity School
- B.A. from Wesleyan University
Mrozik's research program critically intersects Buddhist studies with contemporary social justice frameworks. Her primary focus examines disability through religious discourse while pioneering feminist analyses of Buddhist ethical texts. Current work investigates disability pedagogy and how religious perspectives enrich disability studies, building on her ethnographic fieldwork with Sri Lankan Buddhist nuns. This interdisciplinary approach bridges theological ethics with lived religious practice.
Her publication trajectory demonstrates sustained engagement with gender, embodiment, and religious authority across South Asian Buddhist contexts. Recent work like her 2020 Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion article extends her book-length scholarship on virtuous embodiment into contemporary debates about monastic inclusion.
Research funding achievements include:
- Fulbright grant for India fieldwork
- Fulbright grant for Sri Lanka research
- American Institute of Sri Lankan Studies grant
Mrozik's academic leadership manifests through editorial roles for major publications and direction of the Five College Buddhist Studies Consortium. Her grant portfolio supports ongoing ethnographic investigations into Buddhist communities while advancing disability-inclusive pedagogical frameworks for religious studies curricula.
