Judith Simmer-Brown

Judith Simmer-Brown is Professor Emeritx of Religious Studies at Naropa University, where she has been in the faculty since 1978. She has practiced Tibetan Buddhism for almost 50 years and is senior dharma teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist lineage. She also serves on the steering committee of the American Academy of Religion’s Contemplative Studies Group. Her books are Dakini’s Warm Breath: The Feminine Principle in Tibetan Buddhism (2001) and, with Fran Grace, the anthology Meditation and the Classroom: Contemplative Pedagogy for Religious Studies (2011).