Stephen F. Teiser (A.B., Oberlin College; M.A. and Ph.D., Princeton University) is D. T. Suzuki Professor in Buddhist Studies and Professor of Religion in the Department of Religion at Princeton University. He specializes in the study of Buddhism and Chinese religions. His latest book, co-edited with Jacqueline I. Stone, is Readings of the Lotus Sūtra, published by Columbia University Press (2009). His current research focuses on Chinese Buddhist practice and medieval liturgical manuscripts. He was Director of the Tibet Site Seminar (2005-2008), an interdisciplinary project funded by the Luce Foundation for teaching Ph.D. students in the fields of Art History and Buddhist Studies.