Program Coordinator and Staff
Steven Hopkins
Mari S. Michener Professor of Religion and Asian Studies
Department Chair, Religion
Program Coordinator, Asian Studies
Religion
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Cheryl Sharp
Administrative Coordinator
Interdisciplinary Programs
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Deb Sloman
Administrative Assistant II, Classics; Administrative Assistant II, Asian Studies
Classics
Interdisciplinary Programs
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Program Committee
Farid Azfar
Associate Professor
On Leave - Academic Year
History
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Interests: Early Modern Europe, urban, sexuality
Pallabi Chakravorty
Stephen Lang Professor of Performing Arts
Dance
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Areas of interest: Kathak dance, Visual Anthropology, South Asia
BuYun Chen
Associate Professor
History
Asian Studies
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Interests: China, East Asia, women, science and technology
Will Gardner
Professor
Section Head, Japanese
Modern Languages & Literatures-Japanese
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Emily Gasser ’07
Associate Professor
Department Chair, Linguistics
Linguistics
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P.I., Pacific Languages & Linguistics Lab
Steven Hopkins
Mari S. Michener Professor of Religion and Asian Studies
Department Chair, Religion
Program Coordinator, Asian Studies
Religion
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Wol A Kang
Senior Lecturer
Modern Languages & Literatures
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Haili Kong
Professor
On Leave - Fall
Modern Languages & Literatures-Chinese
Asian Studies
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Lei Ouyang
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator, Asian American Studies
On Leave - Academic Year
Music
Asian American Studies
Asian Studies
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Roseann Liu
Assistant Professor
Educational Studies
Asian American Studies
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race, inequality, and education
Benjamin Ridgway
Assistant Professor
Chinese
Modern Languages & Literatures-Chinese
Asian Studies
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Tomoko Sakomura
Provost & Dean of the Faculty
Professor
On Leave
Provost's Office
Art History
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Joe Small ’05
Associate Professor
Department Chair, Dance
Dance
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Kiki Speidel
Senior Lecturer
Modern Languages & Literatures
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Tyrene White
Richter Professor of Political Science
Political Science
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Tyrene White's current research is on the local political influence of Chinese NGO's and on the use of litigation to improve the status of Chinese women. She teaches courses on contemporary China, East Asia, and population issues, and introductory courses in comparative politics.
Tom Whitman ’82
Co-Director of the Swarthmore College Gamelan Semara Santi
Music