Awarded by the College of Humanities
We are thrilled to share that Dr. Rae Dachille was awarded the 2024 Chatfield Outstanding Tenured Researcher of the Year by the College of Humanities!
Dr. Dachille is an Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies and Classics and the Department of East Asian Studies. She is a specialist of Himalayan Buddhism, and her research examines representations of the body in art, ritual, philosophy, and medicine in Tibetan and Sanskrit sources. Her first book, titled Searching for the Body: A Contemporary Perspective on Tibetan Buddhist Tantra (2022), explores a 15th-century debate between Tibetan monks on a ritual practice known as body mandala.
At U of A, Dr. Dachille teaches courses on Tibetan Buddhism, Buddhist art, Buddhism and Healing, Tantric Buddhism, and theories and methods for the study of religion.
You can read more about Dr. Dachille’s research and teaching on our departmental website.
Congratulations, Dr. Dachille!