Konchog Tseten

Adjunct Lecturer in Tibetan

Email: kt2590@columbia.edu

Educational Background

MA: Tibetan Medicine, Qinghai Tibetan Medical College
BA: Northwest Normal University

Classes Taught

TIBT UN1410 First Year Classical Tibetan I
TIBT UN1411 First Year Classical Tibetan II

Research Interests

Tibetan Language

Konchog Tseten is originally from Rebgong (Qinghai, PRC) where he earned his language teaching certificate at the Rebgong Prefecture Teacher Training School. He later earned a BA at Northwest Normal University and a Master’s Degree in Tibetan medicine from Qinghai Tibetan Medical College. He taught Tibetan language for two years at the Gendun Chophel Middle School and has assisted researchers and anthropologists in collecting and interpreting field materials in Amdo (Tibet). Since 2015 he has taught Classical Tibetan language at Columbia University. He is currently a student of eastern medicine at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, NYC.