Elizabeth S. Napper

Elizabeth S. Napper is a scholar of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism who holds a Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies from the University of Virginia. She has taught at the University of Virginia, Stanford University, and the University of Hawai‘i, and has lived primarily in Dharamsala, India, since 1991. Napper is a co-founder of the Tibetan Nuns Project, where she served as co-director for 25 years and currently serves as U.S. founder and board chair.

Her published work includes Fluent Tibetan: A Proficiency Oriented Learning System, Novice and Intermediate Levels, co-authored with William A. Magee; Dependent-Arising and Emptiness; and Mind in Tibetan Buddhism, which she translated and edited. She also co-edited the Dalai Lama’s Kindness, Clarity, and Insight.