Himalaya Program at UBC

There are many faculty members, staff and students at UBC who are from or work in the Himalayan region. At present, our Steering Committee includes:

	Katherine Hacker Assistant Professor (Emerita) Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory Himalaya Program Curricula Development Coordinator Email: katherine.hacker@ubc.ca Website
	Tsering Shakya Associate Professor, Institute of Asian Research Canada Research Chair in Religion and Contemporary Society in Asia Himalaya Program Speaker Series & Language Program Coordinator Himalaya Program Tibetan Community Liaison Email: tshakya@mail.ubc.ca Website
	Sara Shneiderman Associate Professor, Socio-Cultural Anthropology School of Public Policy and Global Affairs/Institute of Asian Research Himalaya Program Research & Outreach Coordinator Email: sara.shneiderman@ubc.ca Website
	Ratna Shrestha Lecturer, Vancouver School of Economics Himalaya Program Nepali Community Liaison Email: Ratna.Shrestha@ubc.ca Website
	Mark Turin Associate Professor, Linguistic Anthropology First Nations and Endangered Languages Program Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies Himalaya Program Advisor & Strategist Email: mark.turin@ubc.ca Website
	Dagmar Schwerk Khyentse Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Tibetan Buddhist Studies Himalaya Program Buddhist Communities Liaison Email: dagmar.schwerk@ubc.ca Website
	Patrick Dowd Graduate Student Coordinator Email: patrickjdowd@alumni.ubc.ca
	James Binks Himalaya Program Assistant Email: himalaya.arts@ubc.ca

Steering Committee