Portrait of Noa Ronkin

Noa Ronkin, DPhil

  • Associate Director for Communications and External Relations

Shorenstein APARC
Stanford University
Encina Hall E301
Stanford, CA 94305-6055

(650) 724-5667 (voice)

Biography

Noa Ronkin joined APARC in 2018 and serves as the Center’s associate director for communications and external relations. She collaborates with the Center’s leadership to bring the work and expertise of APARC faculty and researchers to audiences including policymakers, industry leaders, and academics in the United States and in Asia. She also assists APARC programs to meet their goals and research mission.

Noa started her career at Stanford as a postdoctoral teaching fellow with the University’s freshman liberal arts program Introduction to the Humanities and later served as associate director of the McCoy Center for Ethics in Society. She subsequently worked as a fundraiser and communications manager at the software-for-good nonprofit Benetech and ran a communications and content marketing consultancy.

Noa earned her DPhil in Buddhist Studies from the University of Oxford, and her MA in Philosophy and a dual BA in Philosophy and Psychology from Tel Aviv University. She is the author of Early Buddhist Metaphysics: The Making of a Philosophical Tradition (Routledge, 2005) and of several articles on the Theravada Buddhist Abhidhamma tradition.

 

In The News

Stanford architectural columns in the Main Quad with text about APARC's Fall 2024 fellowships on contemporary Taiwan
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Stanford’s Asia-Pacific Research Center Invites Applications for Fall 2024 Postdoctoral and Visiting Scholar Positions on Contemporary Taiwan

One postdoctoral fellow position and one visiting scholar position beginning in Autumn Quarter 2024 are available to scholars and professionals interested in interdisciplinary research on contemporary Taiwan.
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Advancing Energy Security: APARC and Ban Ki-moon Foundation to Host Second Annual Trans-Pacific Sustainability Dialogue

The second annual convening of the Trans-Pacific Sustainability Dialogue will gather social science researchers and scientists from Stanford University and across the Asia-Pacific region alongside young leaders, policymakers, and practitioners, to expedite energy security solutions, investment, and policy support. Held in Seoul, Republic of Korea, on September 12-14, 2023, the dialogue features award-winning actor and director Cha In-pyo as honorary ambassador.
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Stanford architectural columns with text "Call for Applications: Fall 2024 Fellowships" and APARC logo.
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APARC Invites Fall 2024 Asia Studies Fellowship Applications

The Center offers a suite of fellowships for Asia researchers to begin in fall quarter 2024. These include postdoctoral fellowships on Asia-focused health policy, contemporary Japan, and the Asia-Pacific region, postdoctoral fellowships and visiting scholar positions with the Stanford Next Asia Policy Lab, and fellowships for experts on Southeast Asia.
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