About Renée Ford

Renée Ford completed her PhD at Rice University with a specialization in Tibetan Buddhism emphasizing sūtric and tantric meditation practices of the rNying ma tradition. Her other research interests include performative and ritual theory, embodiment, cognitive sciences of religion, and Tibetan Buddhist epistemology. Renée also holds a M.A. in Buddhist studies with Sanskrit and Tibetan Language from Nāropa University. Prior to her graduate studies at Rice University, Renée worked as an intern for Tsadra Foundation and studied Tibetan language with Dr. Jules Levinson. Her doctoral dissertation focuses on how particular rNying ma tantric mediation practices engage embodied epistemology. She currently teaches Asian religions at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and also works as a Catalogue Researcher and Translation Coordinator for the Khyentse Vision Project.
Renée Ford earned her PhD from Rice University, specializing in Tibetan Buddhism with a focus on sūtric and tantric meditation practices of the rNying ma tradition. Her research interests also include performative and ritual theory, embodiment, cognitive sciences of religion, and Tibetan Buddhist epistemology. Renée holds a M.A. in Buddhist studies with Sanskrit and Tibetan Language from Nāropa University. Before her time at Rice University, she interned at Tsadra Foundation and studied Tibetan language with Dr. Jules Levinson. Her doctoral thesis examines how specific rNying ma tantric meditation practices involve embodied epistemology. Renée currently teaches Asian religions at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and serves as a Catalogue Researcher and Translation Coordinator for the Khyentse Vision Project.