Dr. Zoë Slatoff

Zoë Slatoff has a Ph.D. in Religion and Philosophy from Lancaster University in the U.K. and an M.A. and B.A. in Asian Languages and Cultures from Columbia University. She is the Clinical Professor of Sanskrit at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, where she teaches Sanskrit and Yoga Philosophy courses in the Yoga Studies M.A. program, as well as undergraduate courses through the Theology department. Her Ph.D. dissertation—which she is working on turning into a book—was an exploration of the intersection of Yoga and Advaita over time, centering around a translation of the Aparokṣānubhūti and its commentaries. Zoë is also the author of Yogāvatāraṇaṃ: The Translation of Yoga, a Sanskrit textbook based on classic yoga texts, which integrates traditional and academic methods of learning, from which she teaches.