Faculty and Staff

Hasan earned his BA in Literary Arts from Brown University, and his MA in Buddhist Classics from Dharma Realm Buddhist University. In addition to leading the Summer Program, he serves as DRBU’s Associate Director of Recruiting and Enrollment. Before coming to DRBU, he spent several years working in education, including at the University of Virginia’s Young Writers Workshop, and at Great Hearts Veritas Academy in Phoenix, AZ, where he served as director of the after-school program. His passions include literature, philosophy, painting, and exploring the beautiful natural world of Northern California.

Blake Plante is an alumni of DRBU. After graduating from Pomona College in 2019, he traveled around Europe and Asia for a year as a Watson Fellow to explore spiritual movement practices. After some extended stays in monasteries, he completed his MA at DRBU. Currently, he teaches Meditation and P.E. for the Instilling Goodness & Developing Virtue Boy’s School, where he also serves as weekend Dorm Supervisor. He’s worked with many summer programs before, including the Great Books Summer Program at Haverford, Pepperdine, and Stanford, EXPLO at Yale, and the Claremont Debate Union at Claremont McKenna College. His hobbies include meditating, writing, yoga, and taking hikes in nature.