The first paper, “Navigating Power in the Sino-Tibetan Borderlands: Naxi Mu Chieftain and the Xitan Temple on Mt. Jizu” was presented as part of the Transregional Encounters in Yunnan panel: Connecting East Asian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Buddhism, Buddhism Unit. This panel was co-organized by Dr. Megan Bryson, an associate professor at the University of Tennessee, and Lu Huang. The second paper, "Debunking Biological Determinism: Metaphysical Realism and Queerness in Sarvāstivāda Abhidharma" was presented in the Gender Metaphysics in Buddhist Doctrines and Narratives panel, which belongs to Buddhist Critical-Constructive Reflection Unit and Buddhist Philosophy Unit.

Lu Huang is a PhD Candidate in the religion department, and is the organizer for the Works In Progress Series workshops for the department.