Vesna A. Wallace
Professor of Religious Studies
Vesna A. Wallace teaches South Asian and Inner Asian religions and advanced Sanskrit courses in the Department of Religious Studies at UC Santa Barbara. Her areas of specialization are Indian Buddhism, particularly Mahayana and Vajrayana traditions and Mongolian Buddhism. She is widely considered one of the world’s leading experts on the Kalachakra Tantra. She has authored and translated four books related to Indian Buddhism, three of which pertain to the Kalachakra tantric tradition in India, and has published numerous articles on Indian and Mongolian Buddhism.