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Funie Hsu, Associate Professor of American Studies at San José State University, will be presenting "Secular Mindfulness and the Fear of an Asiatic Buddhist Peril" as part of UVA's Asian American Religious Experience lecture series.

Professor Hsu is a transdisciplinary scholar whose work melds American Studies, Asian American Studies, Buddhist Studies, Education, and other fields. She received a Ph.D. in Education with a Designated Emphasis in Women, Gender, and Sexuality from the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to her academic career, she was an elementary school teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District. She is currently working on a book project that examines the popular secularization of Buddhist mindfulness in the context of American public schools. Her scholarship and essays have appeared in American QuarterlyJournal of Global Buddhism; Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies; Educational StudiesCATESOL; L2 JournalThe Immanent FrameLion's Roar;  BuddhadharmaThe Progressive, and elsewhere. Hsu is a co-organizer of May We Gather, a national Buddhist memorial ceremony for Asian American ancestors.

The talk, co-sponsored by the College of Arts & Science's Division for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, the Forum on Religion and Democracy and the East Asia Center, will be held Tuesday, March 18, from 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. in Gibson 341.