07/25/11-07/29/11: Tallinn University Summer School, Tallinn: World Philosophy

03/09/09-03/12/09: Shanghai University of International Studies, Shanghai: Guest Lecturer at the “English Training Program for Buddhism” (hosted by the Buddhist Association of China and the China Religious Culture Communication Association, directed by the State Administration for Religious Affairs of the People's Republic of China and the Shanghai Ethnic and Religious Affairs Administration, and organized by the Shanghai Buddhist Association, the Shanghai International Studies University, and the Shanghai Jade Buddha Temple)

09/08-05/09: Centre of Buddhist Studies, University of Hong Kong: Visiting Associate Professor of Japanese Buddhism and Philosophy of Religion

08/97-present: Luther College, Decorah: Associate Professor or Religion

09/02-08/04: Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture, Nanzan University, Nagoya: post-doctoral research (funded by SSRC/JSPS)

09/93-07/94: Ōbirin University, Tokyo: dissertation research (funded by the Japan Foundation)

09/89-08/96: Temple University, Philadelphia: Religious Studies (M.A., Ph.D.)

02/89-05/89: Graduate Franciscan School of Theology: Catholic Theology

10/84-02/89 Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Tübingen: Katholische Theologie, Sozialpädagogik (Vordiplom)