Academic Advisory Council


Dr. Mark McLaughlin

Chairman
Full Professor, South Asian Religions
Department of Religious Studies
The College of William and Mary,
Williamsburg, VA, USA


Dr. Elaine Fisher

Assistant Professor
Department of Religious Studies
Stanford University,
Palo Alto, CA, USA


Dr. William K. Mahony

Founding Member
Professor of Religious Studies
Davidson College
Davidson, North Carolina, USA


Dr. Nihar Purohit

Guest Lecturer
Sanskrit Vidyaa Dharma Vijyaana Sankaaya
Banaras Hindu University,
Varanasi, U.P., India


Swami Shantananda

Founding Member
Siddha Yoga Meditation Teacher
SYDA Foundation,
South Fallsburg, NY, USA


Dr. Hamsa Stainton

Assistant Professor
School of Religious Studies
McGill University,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada


Dr. Ben Williams

Muktabodha Research Scholar-in-Residence
Associate Professor and Muktabodha Chair of Yoga Studies
Naropa University
Boulder, CO, USA


Dr. Borayin Larios

Assistant Professor
Department of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies,
University of Vienna, Austria


Dr. Jason Schwartz

Postdoctoral Fellow; Lecturer in Religious Studies (beginning Fall 2025)
Department of Religious Studies
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA, USA