She earned her PhD from the State University of New York, Stony Brook. Her research focuses on East Asian Zen and Huayan Buddhism, Buddhist–Western comparative thought, Buddhism’s encounters with modernity, and Buddhist ethics. She is the author of Buddhism and Postmodernity: Zen, Huayan, and the Possibility of Buddhist Postmodern Ethics (Lexington Books, 2008) and editor of four volumes, including Buddhisms and Deconstructions (Rowman and Littlefield, 2006) and Makers of Modern Korean Buddhism (State University of New York Press, 2010), in addition to numerous journal articles and book chapters. Park is also a recipient of the Mellon Fellowship, the Korea Foundation Advanced Research Grant, and several grants for the translation of Buddhist texts.