Susanne Mrozik

Associate Professor of Religion

Specialization: Buddhism; Buddhist ethics; bodies and gender

Susanne Mrozik’s research focuses on South Asian Buddhist ethics. Her current book project, Virtuous Bodies: The Physical Dimension of Morality in Buddhist Ethics, examines early medieval Buddhist perspectives on the different kinds of roles bodies play in the ethical development of living beings. Additionally, Mrozik is co-editing a volume on Women Practicing Buddhism: American Experiences. The volume explores the extraordinarily diverse nature of women’s Buddhist practice in contemporary America.

Mrozik teaches Introduction to Religion; Introduction to Buddhism, Women and Buddhism; Buddhist Literature from Ginsberg to Gautama, Buddhism in the Pioneer Valley, Heroes, Heroines, and Villains: An Introduction to Buddhist Ethics; and Body Images and Practices in Religious Traditions. She taught previously at Western Michigan University.

Mrozik is also the Mount Holyoke Faculty advisor for the Five College Buddhist Studies Certificate Program.

Mrozik has contributed scholarly articles to a range of publications, including the Journal of Buddhist Ethics and the Journal of Religious Ethics. She is the recipient of numerous teaching and academic awards, including the Derek Bok Center Certificate of Distinction in Teaching from Harvard University, a Charlotte W. Newcombe Dissertation Completion Fellowship, and a Fulbright grant for research in India.

News Links:

MHC Professor Helps Bring Major Conference on Women and Buddhism to Valley

“New Assistant Professors Add Depth and Breadth to MHC Faculty,” College Street Journal, September 5 2003