He received his BA (cum laude) and his MA (summa cum laude) in Germanic Languages and Literatures from the VrijeUniversiteit Brussel, his MA in American Studies (magna cum laude) from the University of Antwerp, his MA in Comparative Literature (magna cum laude) from the State University of New York, Stony Brook, and his PhD in Literature from the University of California, San Diego (2016). In 20162017, he was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion at St. Olaf College. Currently, he is a Postdoctoral Fellow of the Research Foundation, Flanders, at Ghent University. Dr. Van Overmeire is trained in Comparative Literature, and his research focuses on the study of Zen Buddhist texts.