About Pierce Salguero

Pierce Salguero is a transdisciplinary scholar of health humanities who is fascinated by historical and contemporary intersections between Buddhism, medicine, and crosscultural exchange. He has a Ph.D. in History of Medicine from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (2010), and teaches Asian history, medicine, and religion at Penn State University’s Abington College, located near Philadelphia. He is also the host (with Lan Li) of the Blue Beryl podcast. Subscribe to Blue Beryl here.

Pierce Salguero is a transdisciplinary scholar of health humanities who is fascinated by historical and contemporary intersections between Buddhism, medicine, and crosscultural exchange. He has a Ph.D. in History of Medicine from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (2010), and teaches Asian history, medicine, and religion at Penn State University’s Abington College, located near Philadelphia. He is also the host (with Lan Li) of the Blue Beryl podcast. Subscribe to Blue Beryl here.

NBN Episodes hosted by Pierce:

Buddhist Medicine in Contemporary Times (with Pierce Salguero)

February 9, 2024

Buddhist Medicine in Contemporary Times

Pierce Salguero
Hosted by Pierce Salguero

Dr Pierce Salguero is interviewed by James Bae on the Buddhist Medicine & Yoga Podcast. In this extensive and in-depth conversation, we talk about dif…

Women and the Body in Buddhism (with Amy Langenberg)

January 7, 2024

Women and the Body in Buddhism

Amy Langenberg
Hosted by Pierce Salguero

Dr Pierce Salguero sits down with Amy Langenberg, a scholar of South Asian Buddhism, gender, sexuality, and the body. We focus on Amy’s work on misogy…

A Chinese-American Buddhist Healer (Pierce Salguero and Kin Cheung)

November 11, 2023

A Chinese-American Buddhist Healer

Kin Cheung
Hosted by Pierce Salguero

Dr. Pierce Salguero sits down with Kin Cheung, a scholar of contemporary Buddhism at Moravian University. We talk about his research on a Chinese-Amer…

Buddhist Healing in Contemporary Japan (with Rev. Nathan Jishin Michon)

October 10, 2023

Buddhist Healing in Contemporary Japan

Nathan Jishin Michon
Hosted by Pierce Salguero
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Dr Pierce Salguero talks with Rev. Nathan Jishin Michon, a postdoctoral fellow at Ryukoku University and an ordained priest in the Shingon Buddhist tr…

Situating Religion and Medicine (with Michael Stanley-Baker)

September 8, 2023

Situating Religion and Medicine

Michael Stanley-Baker
Hosted by Pierce Salguero
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Today I sit down for an in-depth conversation with my good friend, Michael Stanley-Baker, a scholar of Chinese religion and medicine. We talk about Mi…

Traditional Medicine in Laos (with Elizabeth Elliott and Ounkham Souksavanh)

August 8, 2023

Traditional Medicine in Laos

Elizabeth Elliott and Ounkham Souksavanh
Hosted by Pierce Salguero
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Dr. Pierce Salguero sits down with two guests, Ounkham Souksavanh and Elizabeth Elliott, to talk about community engagement and community health in La…

Awakening the Body (with Willa Baker)

July 8, 2023

Awakening the Body

Willa Baker
Hosted by Pierce Salguero
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Dr Pierce Salguero sits down with Willa Blythe Baker, a writer, translator, and teacher of meditation based on Himalayan Buddhist tradition. We talk a…

Embodied and Trauma-Aware Pedagogy: A Discussion with Frances Garrett

June 5, 2023

Embodied and Trauma-Aware Pedagogy

Frances Garrett
Hosted by Pierce Salguero
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In this episode I sit down with Frances Garrett, a scholar of Tibetan culture, history, and language. We talk about Frances’s interests in embodiment …

Healing Buddhist Studies (with Paula Arai)

April 14, 2023

Healing Buddhist Studies

Paula Arai
Hosted by Pierce Salguero

Dr Pierce Salguero sits down with Paula Arai, a scholar of Japanese Zen, gender, and healing ritual. Paula is an inspiration in the way she blends cri…

Buddhist Responses to COVID: A Discussion with Venerable Soorākkulame Pemaratana

February 4, 2023

Buddhist Responses to COVID

Venerable Soorākkulame Pemaratana
Hosted by Pierce Salguero

Dr Pierce Salguero sits down with Venerable Soorākkulame Pemaratana, chief abbot at the Pittsburgh Buddhist Center and a scholar of modern Buddhism in…

Zen Chaplaincy, Activism, and Scholarship

January 9, 2023

Zen Chaplaincy, Activism, and Scholarship

Wakoh Shannon Hickey
Hosted by Pierce Salguero

In this episode of the Blue Beryl Podcast, Pierce Salguero sits down with Wakoh Shannon Hickey, who is a Soto Zen priest, hospice chaplain, scholar, a…

Buddhist Medicine in Tibet: A Discussion with Bill McGrath

December 26, 2022

Buddhist Medicine in Tibet

Bill McGrath
Hosted by Pierce Salguero

In this episode, I sit down with my friend Bill McGrath, a historian of Tibetan Buddhism and medicine. He's one of the most knowledgeable people in th…