Andrew Olendzki is currently a professor at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is the chair of its pioneering graduate program in Mindfulness Studies. Trained as a Buddhist scholar in both Sanskrit and Pali textual studies, he has also been a lifelong practitioner, serving as the first executive director of the Insight Meditation Society and then at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies for more than two decades. He has created a number of online learning programs, including the Integrated Dharma Program and the daily DhammaWheel (with Tricycle magazine); most recently he has developed BuddhaWord, an online meditation app based on the texts of the Pali Canon. He has published extensively, including the books Unlimiting Mind (Wisdom 2010) and Untangling Self (Wisdom 2016).
