Matthew Hayes, Ph.D.

Matthew Hayes is the Librarian for Japanese Studies and Asian American Studies in the Global Studies Department. His work includes research consultations, instruction, collections management, and web-based guides. He is an active member of several professional organizations and centers, including the Council on East Asian Libraries (CEAL) and the Association for Asian Studies (AAS), and is actively involved with Duke's Asia/Pacific Studies Institute (APSI) and Departments of Religious Studies and Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (AMES). He has served on several committes in the North American Coordinating Council of Japanese Library Resources (NCC).

Matthew is also a researcher in modern Japanese esoteric Buddhism. His current research investigates insitutionalized changes to preaching practices in the Shingon school at the turn of the 20th century. He is currently co-editing a volume of translations and essays related to the Mantra of Light (Kōmyō Shingon).