Program Coordinator and Staff
Steven P. Hopkins
Mari S. Michener Professor of Religion
2021 Guggenheim Fellow
Coordinator of Asian Studies
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Cheryl Sharp
Administrative Coordinator
Interdisciplinary Programs
Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program
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Debbie Sloman
Administrative Assistant in Classics, Interdisciplinary Programs
Classics
Interdisciplinary Programs
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Program Committee
Farid Azfar
Associate Professor
History
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Interests: Early Modern Europe, urban, sexuality

Pallabi Chakravorty
Professor
Stephen Lang Professor of Performing Arts
Absent on leave, 2022-23
Music & 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



Emily Gasser
Associate Professor
Director of Pacific Languages & Linguistics Lab
On leave Spring 2023
Linguistics
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K. David Harrison
Professor
On leave Fall 2022 and Spring 2023
Linguistics
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Steven P. Hopkins
Mari S. Michener Professor of Religion
2021 Guggenheim Fellow
Coordinator of Asian Studies
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Wol A Kang
Senior Lecturer
Coordinator of the Chinese Language
Chinese
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Haili Kong
Professor, Section Head
Chinese
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Gerald Levinson
Jane Lang Professor of Music
Composition, Music Theory
On Leave Spring 2023
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Bakirathi Mani
Professor, Department of English Literature
Co-Director, Asian American Studies
Asian American Studies
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Lei X. Ouyang
Chair, The Music Program in the Dept. of Music and Dance
Associate Professor - Music
Music & Dance
Asian Studies
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Tomoko Sakomura
Interim Vice President for Student Affairs and Professor of Art History
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Kiki Speidel
Senior Lecturer
Chinese
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Jonathan Washington
Associate Professor and Acting Chair, Spring 2023
Director of Phonetics Lab
Linguistics
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Tyrene White
Richter Professor of 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.

