The CPB Advisory Council

CPB would like to thank those members of the Advisory Council and all others who have contributed to the Center's ongoing mission.

David E. Shaner, Ph.D

• Professor of Asian Studies & Philosophy (Japanese, Indian, Chinese Philosophy & Mind-Body Studies), Furman University
• Chair of Philosophy Department, Furman University
• Chief Instructor of the Eastern Ki Federation
• Author of several books on Japanese Buddhism and Body-Mind unification and Editor of Philosophy and Biology
• Personal Teacher of Jim Eubanks
  
  

Tom Clark

• Director of the Center for Naturalism & Naturalism.org
• Author of Encountering Naturalism: A Worldview and Its Uses

Stephen Batchelor

• Former Buddhist Monk (India, Korea, Switzerland)
• Buddhist Scholar specializing in Early Buddhism (Pali Nikayas)
• Author of numerous books on Buddhism, including Buddhism Without Beliefs and Alone With Others

Owen Flanagan, Ph.D

• Professor of Philosophy, Psychology and Neurobiology (Philosophy of Mind), Duke University
• Chair of Philosophy Department, Duke University
• Author of many books on Science and Buddhism, including Beyond Destructive Emotions: A Scientific Collaboration With the Dalai Lama

Peter Hershock, Ph.D

• Educational Specialist, Chinese Studies and Philosophy (Chinese Buddhism & Comparative Philosophy), East-West Center
• Author of many books on Chinese Buddhism, including Chan Buddhism, Buddhism in the Public Sphere: Reorienting Global Interdependence, and Liberating Intimacy: Enlightenment and Social Virtuosity in Chan Buddhism