Tibetan Cultural Institute of Arkansas
Board of Directors

We are currently assembling our Board of Directors. Until this process is finalized, and our non-profit organization approved, Geshe Dorjee and Professor Sidney Burris will serve as the Institute's Co-Directors. Contact information and brief bio's follow.

Geshe Thupten Dorjee

Born in 1959, Geshe Dorjee escaped from Tibet several years later and spent the early years of his life in a refugee camp in Bhutan. Entering Drepung Loseling monastery as a young teenager, Geshe began his study of Buddhist philosophy, leading to the Geshe Lharampa degree in 1994 from the Drepung Monastic University and the Ngagrampa degree from the Gyuto Tantric University in 2005. These are two of the highest academic degrees awarded in Buddhist studies. He has been teaching at various American schools for ten years.

Office Phone: 479-575-2509 E-MAIL

Professor Sidney Burris

Professor Burris majored in Latin and Greek at Duke University, studied German language and literature at the University of Vienna, Austria, and did graduate work at the University of Virginia in Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit, before finally taking a Ph.D. in English. He is currently a Professor of English at the University of Arkansas where he directs the Fulbright College Honors Program and the Religious Studies Program.

Office Phone: 479-575-2509 E-MAIL

We would like to thank you for visiting our site. If we can be of any service to you, or if you have any questions or suggestions for our organization, please feel free to contact us.

Web Hosting by Your Domain Host

Tibetan Cultural Institute of ArkansasBoard of Directors

Geshe Thupten Dorjee

Professor Sidney Burris

Tibetan Cultural Institute of Arkansas
Board of Directors