CURRICULUM VITAE EDUCATION BA, Johns Hopkins University, 2000 History of Art and Classics MA, California Institute of Integral Studies, 2003 East-West Psychology, Advaita Vedanta Foreign Study: College de la Berliere (Belgium), University of Cambridge (UK), /Universiteit van Amsterdam (The Netherlands), Independent Study in India, Nepal, and Tibet PUBLICATIONS Introduction, The Book of Illuminated Mind: The Art of Zoe Kaufman, Trillium Press, 2007. “In Defense of Beauty and the Sacred: On The Representation of Gods and Goddesses, in Practice and in Art”, Namarupa, Categories of Indian Thought, Issue 6, April 2007 (New York). “Divine Inspiration: Spirituality, Art, and the Unity of Mankind”,Yogi Times, October 2006 (Los Angeles and San Francisco). “Dinesh Charan Shrestha”, Yogi Times, October 2006 (Los Angeles and San Francisco). “Open for Business: Vaastu Shastra in the Workplace” (with Lorell Frysh), Elephant Magazine, Winter 2006 (Boulder). “Vaastu Shastra for a Heavenly Home” (with Lorell Frysh), Elephant Magazine, Autumn 2006 (Boulder). ACADEMIC HONORS/DISTINCTIONS Johns Hopkins University: Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, General and Departmental Honors, Golden Key Scholarship recipient