Sanford, M.

PersonType	Category:Authors of English Works
FirstName / namefirst	Monica
LastName / namelast	Sanford
bio	Rev. Dr. Monica Sanford is one of only two Buddhists in North America to lead a religious life department at a college or university. As the head of Spirituality & Religious Life at Rochester Institute of Technology, Rev. Dr. Sanford oversees a program with active on-campus Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Pagan, and Muslim communities and student clubs, while also coordinating interfaith programs and an innovative outreach program for secular/non-religious students called “Department 42.” RIT is a STEM-focused campus of 19,000+ students from all over the United States and the world. Trained as a Buddhist chaplain (MDiv, 2013) and ordained as a Buddhist lay minister in a Chan lineage (2015), Rev. Dr. Sanford also received her PhD in Practical Theology (spiritual care & counseling) from Claremont School of Theology (2018) with a first-of-its-kind qualitative study of Buddhist chaplains working in interfaith settings, such as hospitals, colleges, and the military. She is currently transforming her dissertation into the first comprehensive textbook for Buddhist spiritual care (expected in 2020).
affiliation	Rochester Institute of Technology
phduniversity	Claremont School of Theology
education	MDiv. University of the West
IsInGyatsa	No
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