Kathleen Bailey

Political Science Department
Areas of concentration: ethnic and regional politics with a focus on the former Soviet space, especially Uzbekistan and Central Asia

Ali Banuazizi

Political Science Department
Areas of concentration: political cultures of the Middle East; comparative study of religion, ethnicity, and politics in the Middle East and Central Asia; conceptions of equality and social justice; politics of martyrdom

Sheila Blair

Fine Arts Department
Areas of concentration: Islamic art, especially the arts of Iran and Central Asia; the art and architecture produced under the Mongols; calligraphy and books

Jonathan Bloom

Fine Arts Department
Areas of concentration: Islamic art and architecture; the history of paper; art in the medieval Mediterranean world

Xu Guo Chan

Slavic & Eastern Languages and Literatures
Areas of concentration: Chinese language

Sing-Chen Lydia Chiang

Slavic & Eastern Languages and Literatures
Areas of concentration: Chinese literature and language; East Asian studies

Jeremy Clarke

History Department
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Areas of concentration: modern Chinese history with a particular focus on Catholic and Christian history

Catherine Cornille

Theology Department
Areas of concentration: theology of Religions; the theory of Inter-religious Dialogue; concrete questions in the Hindu-Christian and Buddhist-Christian dialogues; and the phenomenon of inculturation and intercultural theology

Kenji Hayao

Political Science Department
Areas of concentration: Japanese domestic politics, with a particular interest in its prime ministership; comparative politics

Christina Klein

English Department
Areas of concentration: American studies, film studies, American literature, the literature and culture of America’s encounters with Asia

Ramsay Liem

Psychology Department
Areas of concentration: community psychology; Asian American / Korean American Studies (Asian American history and ethnic identity formation)

Fang Lu

Slavic & Eastern Languages and Literatures
Areas of concentration: Chinese language

John Makransky

Theology Department
Areas of concentration: Indian Buddhist texts and how doctrines of enlightenment (buddhahood) have developed in connection with diverse forms of Buddhist meditation, philosophical analysis, and ritual practice; connections between transcendental insight, compassion and devotion in Tibetan and Indian Buddhist traditions; specific aspects of Buddhist and Christian anthropology and soteriology.

Rebecca Nedostup

History Department
Areas of concentration: Modern China; the relationship between mass politics, popular culture, and social power in the twentieth century; religion and the nation-state; and urban and spatial history

Arissa Oh

History Department
Areas of concentration: twentieth-century United States; U.S. immigration and race; Asian American history; family and kinship; Cold War social policy

Kazuko Oliver

Slavic & Eastern Languages and Literatures
Areas of concentration: Japanese language

Prasannan Parthasarathi

History Department
Areas of concentration: Modern South Asian history; British Empire; labor history; economic history

Robert S. Ross

Political Science Department
Areas of concentration: Chinese security policy, with a focus on Chinese use of force and deterrence in East Asia and U.S.-China relations

Franziska Seraphim

History Department
Areas of concentration: Modern and contemporary Japanese history: social, political, and cultural; historical memory; social movements; relations with Asia; global history

Kalpana Rahita Seshadri

English Department
Areas of concentration: post-colonial theory; Anglophone literatures of India and Africa; critical theory, with an emphasis in psychoanalysis and Marxism

Ce Shen

Graduate School of Social Work
Areas of concentration: Cross-National Studies on Social Development, Aging and Social Welfare Policy in International and Cross-Cultural Context, Consumer-Directed Care for People with Mental Illness Diagnoses, Various Quantitative Research Methods

Mari Takahashi Shiveley

Slavic & Eastern Languages and Literatures
Areas of concentration: Japanese language

Min Hyoung Song

English Department
Areas of concentration: Asian American, ethnic American, and twentieth-century American literature, with a special interest in cultural studies and literary theory

Francis Y. K. Soo

Philosophy Department
Areas of concentration: Eastern Philosophy, Chinese Philosophy, Social Philosophy

Thanh Tran

Graduate School of Social Work
Areas of concentration: Cross-Cultural Research Methodology, Evidenced-Based Research, Evaluation, Mental Health Services Research; Asian Americans

Ying Wang

Slavic & Eastern Languages and Literatures
Areas of concentration: Chinese language

Qingwen Xu

Graduate School of Social Work
Areas of concentration: Policies and Programs Concerning Immigrant and Refugee Populations, International Social Work and Social Development (China), Community Practice and Community Organization

Hyang-sook Yoon

Slavic & Eastern Languages and Literatures
Areas of concentration: Korean language

Ling Zhang

History Department
Areas of concentration: pre-modern China, Chinese economic history, environmental history

Xu Zhang

Slavic & Eastern Languages and Literatures
Areas of concentration: Chinese language