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Janet Gyatso is a scholar in Buddhist studies with concentration on Tibet. Her books include a study of Tibetan autobiography; and an intellectual history of medicine in early modern Tibet, the recipient of several awards.  She has also been writing on memory; sex and gender; and on the current female ordination movement in Buddhism. Her present research focuses on poetics, and a project in animal studies. Gyatso was president of the International Association of Tibetan Studies and co-chair of the Buddhism Section of the American Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ of Religion. Gyatso is Harvard Divinity School's first Hershey Professor of Buddhist Studies and is Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs.