Zoran Lazovic

My name is Zoran Lazovic and I am a third year PhD student at the Religious Studies Department, University of California Santa Barbara. Currently I am working on my dissertation under the mentorship of Professor Jose Cabezón. I earned a B.Sc. in Psychology at University of Belgrade and M.A. in Buddhist Studies at Naropa University, Boulder, Colorado. My areas of specialization are Indian Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, History and Theory of Religions, and Sanskrit and Tibetan Languages. My research interests include the development of a theoretical model of Buddhist praxis based on the works of Georges Bataille, Michel Foucault and Henri Lefebvre, and the application of that model on the genre of Buddhist practice manuals. During the fall of 2007 I will begin fieldwork in India and Tibet, where I will continue the translation into English of a pivotal 16th century text called 108 Profound Instructions, a cook book of assorted recipes for enlightenment.

Jelena Mirkovic

Jelena Mirkovic- Introduction

I am a PhD candidate in Medical Physics and Medical Engineering at Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology.

I got my undegraduate degree in Chemistry and Biology in South Carolina.

I am from Belgrade, Serbia, but currently live in Cambridge, Massachussets.

Ana Andjelic, Introduction

My name is Ana Andjelic, and I am doing my Ph.D. in Sociology of Media at The New School in New York. I work with dissertation advisers on Columbia University. At Columbia, I work at the two research centers, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI) and Center for Organizational Innovation (COI). The main areas of my professional and academic interests are digital media, social media, digital branding, relations between media technologies and social organization, changes in media industry, social consequences of ubiquitous connectedness between people, and new forms of social behavior. I am currently doing the fieldwork for my dissertation at the digital marketing company Razorfish, here in New York. In the past, I worked at Human Rights Watch, Committee to Protect Journalists, Freedom House, and Stanhope Center for Communication Policy Research on the freedom of expression and media regulation issues. My past research projects include management of media in transitional societies, development of strategies of media assistance, media ownership concentration issues, and protection of freedom of the press in South East Europe. I received M.A. degree in Media Studies from The New School, and B.A degree in Psychology from University of Belgrade, Serbia. I live in New York.