Contributors

News of the Field / 233 Contributors Friederike Assandri earned her Ph. D. at the University of Heidelberg and currently teaches at Humboldt University, Berlin. A specialist of early medieval religions in China, she is also a research associate at the Center for East Asian Studies, University of Heidelberg. She has published three books and various articles. Email: friederike_assan-dri@yahoo.com Erica Brindley earned her Ph.D. in East Asian Studies at Princeton University . She is an associate professor of History, Asian Studies, and Religious Studies at Pennsylvania State University. Email: efb12@psu.edu Steven Burik obtained his M.A. in Continental Philosophy from the Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands and his Ph.D. in comparative philosophy from the National University of Singapore. He is an assistant professor in philosophy at the Singapore Management University . Email: stevenburik@smu.edu.sg Andrew Colvin received a PhD in Asian and Comparative Philosophy from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, and an MA in Philosophy at Ohio University. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania. Email: andrew. colvin@sru.edu Georges Favraud obtained his Ph.D. in Anthropology from Paris West Nanterre University. He is a postdoctoral Fellow of the Chiang Chingkuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchanges at the LISSTCenter for Social Anthropology, CNRS-Toulouse Jean Jaurès University, France. Email: gfavraud@gmail.com David Hessler obtained his M.A. in Historical Studies at The New School for Social Research. He has taught history at Montclair Kimberley Academy for 23 years. A student of Daoist master Meng Zhiling, he has founded the Society of Dao Fa Ziran. Email: dhessler@mka.org 234 / Journal of Daoist Studies 9 (2016) Shu-wei Hsieh obtained his M.A. and Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Cultures from Indiana University. He is a professor of religious studies at National Chengchi University` in Taipei, Taiwan. Email: hsiehben @nccu.edu.tw Avery Morrow recently completed the Eastern Classics M.A. program at St. John's College in Santa Fe, and has a B.A. from Carleton College. He is currently a research student in Religious Studies at the University of Tokyo. Email: contact@avery.morrow.name Daniel Mroz is a theater director, acting teacher, and student of Chinese martial arts, qigong and Daoism. He is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Theatre of the University of Ottawa. Email: Daniel.Mroz@uottawa.ca Scott Park Phillips is a lifelong Chinese martial artist and teacher with a background in Indian and Congolese dance, ethnology, performance, and improvisation. He was a member of Orthodox Daoism in America; and taught for the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Performing Arts Workshop in San Francisco. Email: gongfu guy@gmail.com Marnix Wells graduated from Oxford University with a B. A. in Classical Chinese in 1967, then worked in shipping management for 25 years. In 2001, he earned his Ph. D. in Chinese Chinese philosophy at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. In 2005, he published Scholar Boxer on the theory and evolution of Taiji quan. Email: marnixwells @hotmail.com Yanxia Zhao earned her M.A. from Renmin University and her Ph.D. from the University of Wales. She currently teaches Chinese philosophy and religion at the University of Wales Trinity St. David, UK. Her research focuses on comparative and contextual approaches to Chinese thought. Email: y.zhao@uwtsd.ac.uk ...