Travis Travis is a Ph.D candidate in the department of Religion. His research interests are in Early Buddhist Āgama literature, digital humanities, using GIS to map the Maritime Silk Road, and Classical Chinese language study. He obtained a B.A. in Religious studies, Philosophy, and Asian studies from Towson University and his M.A. in Religious studies from the University of the West where he studied early Buddhist eschatology and ethics. Travis is currently teaching Asian Behavior and Thought (0811).

Publications:

“Early Indic Eschatology: Hierarchical Structures and Vilification in Hell Literature”

“Tsai Ing-Wen’s Presidential Platform” (http://www.fpri.org/article/2016/09/tsai-ing-wens-presidential-platform/)

ATLAS of Maritime Buddhism: “Nagapattinam, Kaveripattinam, and the Malacca Strait” (Ongoing Digital Project: http://ecai.org/projects/maritimebuddhism-RegionIndexMap.html)

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