Anne Blackburn

Who is Anne Blackburn?

Anne M. Blackburn is a historian of South and Southeast Asian Buddhism. She is Professor of Buddhist Studies and South Asian Studies at Cornell University. Blackburn received her B.A. in Asian History and Religion in 1988 from Swarthmore College, her M.A. in Religious Studies in 1990 from University of Chicago Divinity School, and her Ph.D. in History of Religions in 1996 from the same institution. Blackburn's teachers include: Steven Collins, Charles Hallisey, Frank Reynolds, P.B. Meegaskumbura, and Donald Swearer.