Trung Huynh | Comparative Cultural Studies Department | UH CLASS
Adjunct Professor
Religious Studies
Education
- Ph.D., Religious Studies (Religious Studies; Buddhist Studies), University of the West.
- M.A., Religious Studies (Religious Studies; Buddhist Studies), University of the West.
- B.S., Electrical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University.
Research Interests
Buddhist Studies; Mahayana Buddhist Studies; Early Buddhist Studies; Zen Buddhism; Buddhist Mindfulness Practice; Asian Religions.
Publications/Writings
- *Huynh, Trung. “Advocacy for Teaching Mindfulness Practices and World Religions in Public Schools.” The Wabash Center Journal on Teaching, vol. 2, no. 1, 2021, pp. 175-84.
- *Huynh, Trung. “Advocacy for Teaching about Buddhism as an Elective Course in Social Studies.” The Social Studies Texan, vol. 36, no. 3, Fall/Winter 2020, pp. 47-50.
- *Huynh, Trung. The Early Development of Buddhism in the Red River Delta Basin-Jiaozhi: The Case of a Sogdian-Jiaozhi Buddhist Monk Kang Senghui 康僧会 in Southern China. Saarbrücken, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2018.
- *Huynh, Trung. A reappraisal of Kumarajiva role in medieval Chinese Buddhism. Saarbrücken, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2016.
- *Huynh, Trung. “Why did Ambedkar Choose Buddhism to liberate his depressed classes? Was his failure in politics leading him to Buddhism?” Living in Peace: Insights from Buddhism. Honolulu: Hawaii, 2013, pp. 265-283.
Classes taught at UH
- Introduction to Buddhism - RELS 2360
- Introduction to Asian Religions - RELS 3380
- Buddhist Meditation - RELS 3396
- Buddhist Mindfulness Practice - RELS 3396
Conference
*Co-chair, Buddhist Pedagogy Seminar of the American Academy of Religion, term 2019-2024.
*Paper Presentation, “Advocacy for teaching Buddhism in Public School,” Buddhist Pedagogy section of the American Academy of Religion, November 2019 annual meeting.
*Paper Presentation, “Some Buddhist approaches to ecological issues,” Asian Religions section of the Mid-Atlantic Region of the American Academy of Religion, March 2019 annual meeting.
*Paper Presentation, “The Exceptional Causes of Buddhist Self-Immolation,” Asian Religions section and Religion, Conflict, and Peace section of the Mid-Atlantic Region of the American Academy of Religion, March 2019 annual meeting.
*Panel Presentation, “Eastern Practice of Mindfulness Goes Mainstream,” 34th Annual Meeting of the Association of Third World Studies, Indiana University Southeast, November 20-22th, 2016.