James P. Buchanan was educated at Yale
University and University of Chicago where
he completed a PhD in comparative religions and
comparative value systems. He has also studied
at the Sorbonne in Paris, The University of
Moscow, and the University of Beijing. His
teaching and research have focused upon
ethics, global systems, comparative religions,
interfaith dialogue and the application of inter-
cultural values to a range of issues connected
with globalization. Before coming to Xavier
University, he taught at the University of Montana
(where he helped create the Mansfield Center),
Bucknell University, the University of Chicago, the
Chinese University of Hong Kong, and was part of
the team that created the academic programs
at The Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology. Returning to the USA, he held the
Carolyn Werner Gannett Chair in Ethics and
Humanities at The Rochester Institute of
Technology and The National Endowment for the
Humanities Chair at Hamilton College.