I received my PhD in Religious Studies from the University of Pittsburgh, and thus I am a very proud Pitt alumna! Prior to my doctoral studies, I did an MA at Queen’s University. I also pursued graduate studies in Chinese Philosophy and Religions at the University of Nanjing and stayed on living and working in China for several years.
I have taught courses on Asian religions at Chinese, Peruvian and Philippine universities and since 2016 I have had the great pleasure of teaching at Pitt. My main research areas include the transformation of Buddhism in cultural encounters, Buddhism and ethics, and material religion. My most recent research focuses on Latin-American Buddhism, most especially on the intersection of the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges literary work and Buddhism.
Courses taught at Pitt
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RELGST 0505 - Religion in Asia
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RELGST 1500 - Religion in India
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RELGST 1520 - Buddhism along the Silk Roads
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RELGST 1550 - East Asian Buddhism
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RELGST 1560 - Religion and Healing in China
Courses Forthcoming:
- RELGST 1521 - Asian Religions' Perspectives on Bioethics
- RELGST 1802 - ReligYinz: Religion in Pittsburgh
Education & Training
- PhD, Religious Studies - University of Pittsburgh
- MA, Religious Studies - Queens University
- Grad. Studies, Chinese Philosophy and Religions - University of Nanjing
Representative Publications
Delgado Creamer, Margarita. 2022. “Borges, Buddha’s Life Story, and the transmission of Buddhism to Latin America.” Hualin International Journal of Buddhist Studies 5, no.1 (Spring): 33-75.