Skip to main content Dr. Natasha Mikles
- Assistant Professor at Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts
Service Activities
Ongoing
- Editor, Journal of Gods and Monsters.
August 2019 - Present.
- Organizer, Gods and Monsters Conference (with Joseph Laycock).
June 2025 - Present.
- Coordinator / Organizer, Death, Dying, and Beyond Unit.
November 22, 2024 - Present.
- University Mentor, Religious Studies NTT Lecturer Mentor.
June 1, 2023 - Present.
- Undergraduate Advisor, Religious Studies Advisor.
September 1, 2022 - Present.
- Officer, International Association of Tibetan Studies.
July 15, 2021 - Present.
- University Mentor, Religious Studies Student Association.
January 2019 - Present.
2024
- Coordinator / Organizer, International Seminar of Young Tibetologists.
September 2018 - November 2024.
- Co-Chair, New Directions in the Study of Religion, Monsters, and the Minstrous.
November 1, 2020 - November 30, 2024.
- Officer, International Seminar of Young Tibetologists.
September 2015 - September 6, 2024.
2021
- Organizer, Dr. Jenna Reinbold Public Talk.
December 2020 - October 2021.
- Sexual Harassment Policy Committee Member, International Association of Tibetan Studies.
January 1, 2021 - May 30, 2021.
2020
- Member, Committee on Religious Studies Major.
August 2017 - March 2020.
2019
- Organizer, Of Gods and Monsters Conference (with Joseph Laycock).
September 2018 - April 2019.
2018
- Member, Committee on Research.
August 2017 - August 2018.
- Reviewer / Referee, W.W. Norton & Company.
February 2018 - March 2018.
- Organizer, Dr. Courtney Bruntz Public Talk.
November 2017 - March 2018.
2017
- Reviewer / Referee, Nova Religio.
October 2017.
2016
- Editorial Assistant, University of Virginia Publishing.
September 1, 2016 - December 1, 2016.
- Reviewer / Referee, Nova Religio.
April 5, 2016.
2014
- Coordinator / Organizer, Symposium on the Tibetan Book.
November 2014.
- Respondent to Bibliography Panel, Symposium on the Tibetan Book.
November 2014.
- Coordinator / Organizer, University of Virginia History of Religions Women’s Group.
January 2012 - October 2014.
- Leadership Coordinator, University of Virginia Buddhist Studies Group.
September 2012 - June 2014.
- Coordinator / Organizer, Graduate Buddhist Studies Conference at the University of Virginia.
November 2012 - March 2014.
2013
- Student Participant, Teaching Resource Center’s Search Committee.
July 2013.
- Attendee / Participant, Institute for Global Humanities’ Summer Coding Camp.
June 2013 - July 2013.
- Coordinator and Moderator, University of Virginia Tibet Day.
February 2013.
2012
- Participant, Critical Language Scholarship Program, Beijing - Chinese.
2012.
- Coordinator / Organizer, 2012 North American Graduate Student Conference in Buddhist Studies.
September 2012.
- Moderator, Session on Challenging Religious Institutions.
April 2012.
2011
- International Student, Tibet University, Lhasa, PRC.
September 2010 - March 2011.
- International Student - Chinese, Tibet University, Lhasa, PRC.
September 2010 - March 2011.
2010
- Participant, UVa Summer Language Institute - Chinese.
2010.
2009
- Participant, University of Wisconsin South Asia Summer Language Institute - Tibetan.
2009.
2008
- Participant, UVa Summer Language Institute - Tibetan.
2008.
