Glenn Wallis is an independent scholar and Director of Incite Seminars in Philadelphia. He has taught at several universities, including Brown University, and the University of Georgia. His most recent books include A Critique of Western Buddhism: Ruins of the Buddhist Real and Cruel Theory and Sublime Practice: Toward a Revaluation of Buddhism (with Tom Pepper and Matthias Steingass). Wallis blogs at Speculative Non-Buddhism. He holds a Ph.D. in Buddhist studies from Harvard University.