Program Coordinator and Staff
Steven Hopkins
Mari S. Michener Professor of Religion and Asian Studies
Division Chair, Interdisciplinary Programs
Program Coordinator, Asian Studies
Religion
Contact
Links
![Steven Hopkins at Collioure](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/assets/images/user_profiles/shopkin1/Steven%20Hopkins%20at%20Collioure%201copy_0.jpg?itok=mSCzqAyw)
Cheryl Sharp
Administrative Coordinator
Interdisciplinary Programs
Contact
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Deb Sloman
Administrative Assistant II, Classics; Administrative Assistant II, Asian Studies; Temporary Administrative Coordinator, Political Science
Classics
Interdisciplinary Programs
Contact
![Deb Sloman](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/assets/images/user_photos/dsloman1.jpg?itok=ccA8SoXs)
Program Committee
Farid Azfar
Associate Professor
On Leave - Academic Year
History
Contact
Links
Interests: Early Modern Europe, urban, sexuality
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John Bundschuh
Assistant Professor
Section Head, Japanese
Modern Languages & Literatures-Japanese
Contact
Links
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Pallabi Chakravorty
Stephen Lang Professor of Performing Arts
Dance
Contact
Links
Areas of interest: Kathak dance, Visual Anthropology, South Asia
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BuYun Chen
Associate Professor
History
Asian Studies
Contact
Links
Interests: China, East Asia, women, science and technology
![Professor BuYun Chen](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/assets/images/user_profiles/bchen5/Chen_BuYun_Thumb_2019.jpg?itok=sXmoGfGo)
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![Will Gardner](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/assets/images/user_profiles/wgardne1/Screen%20Shot%202019-10-21%20at%2010.28.14%20AM.png?itok=4l8uBKmC)
Emily Gasser ’07
Associate Professor
Department Chair, Linguistics
Linguistics
Contact
Links
P.I., Pacific Languages & Linguistics Lab
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David Harrison
Professor
On Leave - Academic Year
Linguistics
Contact
Links
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Steven Hopkins
Mari S. Michener Professor of Religion and Asian Studies
Division Chair, Interdisciplinary Programs
Program Coordinator, Asian Studies
Religion
Contact
Links
![Steven Hopkins at Collioure](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/assets/images/user_profiles/shopkin1/Steven%20Hopkins%20at%20Collioure%201copy_0.jpg?itok=mSCzqAyw)
Yoshiko Jo
Senior Lecturer
On Leave - Academic Year
Modern Languages & Literatures
Asian Studies
Contact
Links
![Yoshiko Jo](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/assets/images/user_profiles/yjo1/Screen%20Shot%202019-10-21%20at%2010.33.43%20AM.png?itok=FsZsiAQf)
Wol A Kang
Senior Lecturer
Modern Languages & Literatures
Contact
![Wol Kang](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/assets/images/user_photos/Wol%20A%202.jpg?itok=ZJsnmhKe)
Haili Kong
Professor
On Leave - Fall
Modern Languages & Literatures-Chinese
Asian Studies
Contact
![Haili Kong](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/assets/images/user_photos/haili-110px%280%29.jpg?itok=ciXIEwOX)
![Gerald Levinson](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/assets/images/user_photos/levinson_gerald_110.jpg?itok=cGGFpCJ_)
Lei Ouyang
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator, Asian American Studies
On Leave - Academic Year
Music
Asian American Studies
Asian Studies
Contact
Links
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Roseann Liu
Visiting Assistant Professor
Asian American Studies
Educational Studies
Contact
Links
anthropology of education, ethics, migration, and urban studies
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Benjamin Ridgway
Assistant Professor
Section Head, Chinese
Modern Languages & Literatures-Chinese
Asian Studies
Contact
Links
Joe Small ’05
Associate Professor
Department Chair, Dance
Dance
Contact
Links
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Kiki Speidel
Senior Lecturer
Modern Languages & Literatures
Contact
![Kirsten Speidel](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/assets/images/user_photos/Kiki%202.jpg?itok=IOhHhQKG)
![Atsuko Suda](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/assets/images/user_profiles/asuda1/Screen%20Shot%202019-10-21%20at%2010.36.32%20AM.png?itok=KAMwwCXU)
Jonathan Washington
Associate Professor
On Leave - Academic Year
Linguistics
Contact
Links
![](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/assets/images/user_profiles/jwashin1/Jonathan.jpeg?itok=Sip9tata)
Tyrene White
Richter Professor of Political Science
Political Science
Contact
Links
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.
![Tyrene White](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/assets/images/user_photos/white_tyrene_110.jpg?itok=UKtnqldX)
Tom Whitman ’82
Co-Director of the Swarthmore College Gamelan Semara Santi
Music
Contact
Links
![Thomas Whitman](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/assets/images/user_profiles/twhitma1/Tom%20Whitman%2011x110.jpg?itok=cGeaCBYf)