She received her doctorate in Anthropology from Indiana University. Her recent publications include Tibetan Art (Jaca Books, 1999) and “The Vajravali Mandala of Shalu and Sakya: The Legacy of Buton (1290-1364),” Orientations (May, 2004). Her research interests include the grazing patterns of sheep in western Tibet, and she is currently completing a translation and study of Ippolito Desideri’s Historical Notes on Tibet.