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Area Coordinator:
Patricia M. Thornton Ph.D.
Professor of International Studies
Teaching interests: politics and society of East Asia
Research interest: modern and contemporary Chinese politics and culture
Core Faculty:
Mel Gurtov Ph.D.
Professor Political Science and International Studies
Teaching interests: Politics and foreign policies in East Asia.
Research interests: China's foreign and military policies.
Larry Kominz Ph.D.
Professor of Japanese and Director of the Institute for Asian Studies
Teaching interests: Japanese languages, literature and translation
skills.
Research interests: Traditional Japanese dream, literature and
film.
Gil Latz Ph.D.
Professor of Geography and International Studies
Teaching interests: Geography of Japan and the Pacific Rim.
Research interests: Political economy of East Asia and trade.
Junghee Lee Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Art History
Teaching interests: East Asian art history and Buddhist art.
Research interests: Buddhist art.
Jonathan Pease Ph.D.
Professor of Foreign Language and Literature
Teaching interests: Chinese language.
Research interests: Early Chinese literature and poetry.
Ma-Je Rhee Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Korean, Japanese and International Studies
Teaching interests: Korean and Japanese language and literature.
Research interests: Japan-Korea relationship.
Patricia M. Thornton Ph.D.
Professor of International Studies
Teaching interests: politics and society of East Asia
Research interest: modern and contemporary Chinese politics and culture
Linda Walton Ph.D.
Professor of History and International Studies
Teaching interests: Chinese history.
Research interests: Pre-modern China, social and intellectual
history and Modern East Asia.
Patricia Wetzel Ph.D.
Professor of Japanese
Teaching interests: Japanese language, linguistics and pedagogy.
Research interests: Japanese sociolinguistics and anthropology.
Associated Faculty:
Barbara Brower Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Geography
Teaching interests: Geography of Central Asia.
Research interests: Cultural resource management, Himalayas and Nepal.
Sharon Carstens Ph.D.
Professor of Anthropology
Teaching interests: South Asian anthropology.
Research interests: Chinese ethnicity in Malaysia
Michele Gamburd Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Teaching interests: South Asian anthropology.
Research interests: Gender, violence and transnationalism.
Priya Kapoor Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Communications
Teaching interests: Intercultural Speech Communication.
Research interests: Intercultural South Asian communications.
Antonia Levi Ph.D.
Associate Professor University Studies
Teaching interests: Japanese History and Modern East Asia.
Gerald Sussman Ph.D.
Professor of Urban Studies and Planning
Teaching interests: Political economy of development.
Research interests: Globalization and world systems analysis.
Ron Tammen Ph.D.
Director, Hatfield School of Government
Teaching interests: World politics.
Sully Taylor Ph.D.
Associate Professor, business Administration
Teaching interests: Business issues in Asia.
Research interests: Human Resources issues in Japan.
Stephen Wadley Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chinese
Teaching interests: Chinese language, language history and modern literature..
Research interests: Historical Chinese linguistics, Altaic languages.
Suwako Watanabe Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Foreign Languages and Literature
Teaching interests: Japanese discourse analysis and communication.
Research interests: Cross-cultural communication.
Dilafruz Williams Ph.D.
Professor of Education
Teaching interests: Philosophy of education, urban schools, environmental
education and cooperative learning.
Xiaoqin Sun-Irminger
Teaching interests: Multi-language and literacy development and
language education issues; Teacher training; Bilingual programs and
models; Underachievement issues among minority students in the
U.S.; Sociolinguistics; and Language assessment.
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