Ray Buckner
Ray Buckner is a PhD Student in Religious Studies. Ray’s research examines sexual violence in American Buddhism and transgender experiences with Buddhism in the United States. His article, “Buddhist Teachers’ Responses to Sexual Violence: Epistemological Violence in American Buddhism” (2020), was published in The Journal of Global Buddhism. Ray's article, “Zen in Distress: Theorizing Gender Dysphoria and Traumatic Remembrance within Sōtō Zen Meditation” (2020), was published in Religions. Ray has written for Lion’s Roar Magazine, Buddhadharma: The Practitioner’s Quarterly, and The Institute of Buddhist Studies’ Ten Thousand Things Blog, where he discusses transgender Buddhism, racial injustice, trauma, and desire.
