About the Author

Victoria Kennick Urubshurow is Associate Professor at the University of Maryland University College, where she was given a ‘Teaching Excellence Award’ in 2007. She has taught courses in world religion and culture for over twenty years in various permutations including: Religions of the World: East and West, Buddhism, Hinduism, Religions of China and Japan, Islam, Introduction to Philosophy, Myth and Ritual, and Women in the Western World. As an historian of culture she has written on theory of religious symbols, spiritual biography, and aspects of Buddhism, including a volume on Buddha's life.

Click here to listen to an interview with Victoria Kennick Urubshurow after receiving the faculty excellence award at University of Maryland University College. To listen to the author's podcast, please click here