Asian Studies Faculty and Staff

Asian Studies Faculty

Samuel Yamashita
Samuel H. Yamashita
Henry E. Sheffield Professor of History; Coordinator of Asian Studies
Prof. Arash Khazeni
Arash Khazeni
Professor of History; Chair of History; Coordinator of Middle Eastern Studies
Prof. Tahir Andrabi
Tahir R. Andrabi
Stedman-Sumner Professor of Economics
Collin Beck
Colin J. Beck
Professor of Sociology; On leave Spring 2025
Eileen Cheng
Eileen J. Cheng
Professor of Chinese; Coordinator of the Chinese Section; Faculty Director of Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages and International Relations
Angelina Chin
Angelina Chin
Professor of History; On leave for the 2024-2025 academic year
Pey-Yi Chu
Pey-Yi Chu
Associate Professor of History; On leave Fall 2024
Prof. Peter Flueckiger
Peter A. Flueckiger
Professor of Japanese; On leave for the 2024-2025 academic year
Prof. Manisha Goel
Manisha Goel
Associate Professor of Economics; On leave for the 2024-2025 academic year
Kyoko Kurita
Kyoko Kurita
Professor of Japanese; Chair of Asian Languages and Literatures; Coordinator of the Japanese Section
Jun Lang
Jun Lang
Assistant Professor of Asian Languages and Literatures
Tom Le
Tom Le
Associate Professor of Politics; Chair of Politics
Stephen Marks
Stephen Marks
Associate Dean of the College; Elden Smith Professor of Economics
Zhiru Ng
Zhiru Ng
Professor of Religious Studies; On leave for the 2024-2025 academic year
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Kun Nie
Visiting Assistant Professor of Asian Languages and Literatures
Joanne Nucho
Joanne Nucho
Associate Professor of Anthropology; On leave for the 2024-2025 academic year
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Gibb Schreffler
Gibb Schreffler
Associate Professor of Music; Ethnomusicology; Applied Music Coordinator
Hung Cam Thai
Hung Cam Thai
Professor of Sociology and Asian American Studies; Chair of Anthropology; Chair of Sociology
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Ousmane Traoré
Makhroufi Ousmane Traoré
Associate Professor of History and Intercollegiate Department of Africana Studies
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Daniel Watling
Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
Prof. Ken Wolf
Kenneth Baxter Wolf
Professor of Classics and John Sutton Miner Professor of History; Chair of the Faculty; Coordinator of Late Antique-Medieval Studies
Feng Xiao
Feng Xiao
Associate Professor of Asian Languages and Literatures; On leave for the 2024-2025 academic year
YanShuo Zhang
Yanshuo Zhang
Assistant Professor of Asian Languages and Literatures

Asian Studies Affiliated Faculty

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Emily Chao
Professor of Anthropology (Pitzer)
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Minju Kim
Professor of Korean (CMC)
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Albert Park
Associate Professor and Co-Principal Investigator EnviroLab Asia (CMC)
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Seo Young Park
Associate Professor of Anthropology (Scripps College)

Asian Studies Emeriti Faculty

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David Elliott
Emeritus Professor of Politics
Prof. Zayn Kassam
Zayn Kassam
Emerita Professor of Religious Studies
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Robert Woods
Emeritus Professor of History
Prof. Jianhsin Wu
Jianhsin Wu
Emerita Adjunct Professor of Chinese

Asian Studies Staff

Cecilia Owen
Cecilia Owen
Academic Coordinator of International Relations