Jin Y. Park

Jin Y. Park, a DDB area editor for Korea, is a specialist in Korean Seon/Zen Buddhism, who also possesses a strong background in postmodern literary criticism. She teaches Buddhist and comparative philosophy at American University, and is the author of a number of articles including "Zen and Zen Philosophy of Language" and the editor of a forthcoming volume Buddhisms and Deconstructions (Rowman & Littlefield). She is also presently the co-chair of the AAR Zen Buddhism Seminar. At present, Dr. Park's focus within the DDB has been on supplying the biographies of eminent Korean monks. [6/12/2003]