Asian Studies
Faculty & Staff
Program faculty regularly teach in the Asian Studies program. Affiliate faculty do not often teach in the program but have expertise in one or more aspects of Asia.
Co-Directors
Chong Eun Ahn, PhD, History
John Bowen, PhD, Geography
Program Faculty
Seokhoon Ahn, PhD, Communication
Junyuan Chen, PhD, World Languages and Cultures
Jeffrey Dippmann, PhD, Philosophy and Comparative Religion
Michael Johnson, PhD, World Languages and Cultures
Eun-Young Lee, PhD, Communication
Yong Joo Lee, PhD, Finance and Supply Chain Management
Marilyn Levine, PhD, History
Amin Mansouri,PhD, History
Joshua Nelson-Ichido, PhD, Communication
M. Eliatamby-O’Brien, PhD, English
Hideki Takei, DBA, Information Technology Management
Penglin Wang, PhD, Anthropology
Associate Faculty
Jiyoun Chung, PhD, Music
Koushik Ghosh, PhD, Economics
Kyung Hee “Kate” Im, MFA, Art + Design
Volha Isakava, PhD, World Languages and Cultures
Yoon Kim, MA, World Languages and Cultures
Yongqi Tang, MFA, Art + Design
Fen Wang, PhD, Information Technology Management
Staff
Kristy Magdlin, History
Ash Perron, Undergraduate Studies and Interdisciplinary Program Support
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