Stephen Boyanton is a writer, translator, and scholar. He received his BA in Anthropology from the University of Florida (1995). Afterwards, he spent four years living in China before returning the U.S. to pursue an MA in Religious Studies at the University of Virginia (2004) and an M.S. in Chinese medicine from the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, San Diego (2008). He began his dissertation research on a Fulbright Fellowship at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine 北京中醫藥大學 in 2011-12 and in 2015 completed his Ph.D. in East Asian history at Columbia University. He currently lives in Atlanta, GA, where he teaches history at Georgia State University’s Clarkston campus. His translation of classical Chinese poetry appeared in the journal, Ancient Exchanges. He wrote the chapter “The Canonicity of the Yellow Emperor’s Inner Classic: Han through Song” for the Routledge Guide to Chinese Medicine, and his article “Genre and Medicine in the Tang-Song Transition: Toward a Medical Poetics” will be included in the forthcoming edited volume, From Tang to Song: Transitions and Creations in China’s Middle Period.
2026 Courses
Dao de Jing, Oct. 12-Dec. 6 (8 wks)
2025 Courses
Introduction to Buddhism in Comparative and Baha’i Perspectives