Eric P. Cunningham (19xx-Present), is Professor of History at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. A specialist in modern Japanese intellectual history, in 1999 he received an MA in modern Japanese literature from the University of Oregon and in 2004 a PhD in history from the same institution. Cunningham's research interests include Zen Buddhism, Catholicism, psychedelia, and eschatology. He is also the author of Zen Past and Present (2011).