Core Faculty
| Photo | Name | Title/Interest | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Ackbar Abbas | Professor, Comparative Literature School of Humanities Interests: China, School of Humanities Published Books | mabbas@uci.edu |
 | Emily Baum | Associate Professor, History Interests: China, School of Humanities, Modern China, History of Medicine and Psychiatry in china, Comparative Medical History Published Books | emily.baum@uci.edu |
 | Tom Boellstorff | Professor & Graduate Student Director, Anthropology Interests: Indonesia, Southeast Asia, School of Social Sciences, Digital Cultures, Queer Studies | tboellst@uci.edu |
 | Vinayak Chaturvedi | Associate Professor, History School of Humanities Editor, Journal of Asian Studies Interests: South Asia, School of Humanities Published Books | vinayak@uci.edu |
 | Sheng-Chuan Chen | Chancellor's Professor of Psychology & Social Behavior and Education Interests: China, School of Social Ecology, Psycology & Social Behavior and Education, Cross-Cultural Psychology, Socialization of Achievement, Adolescent Development, Brain Imaging of Language and Mathematical Learning | |
 | Yong Chen | Professor, History School of Humanities Associate Dean for Curriculum and Student Services Interests: China, School of Humanities, Food, Asian-American History, Late 19th and 20th Century American Social and Cultural History, China-U.S. Economy Published Books | y3chen@uci.edu |
| Kenneth S. Chew | Senior Lecturer SOE (tenured), Planning, Policy & Design School of Social Ecology Interests: School of Social Ecology, China, Historical Demography, The China-U.S. Nexus following the California Gold Rush of 1849 | chew@uci.edu | |
 | Chungmoo Choi | Associate Professor, East Asian Studies Interests: Korea, School of Humanities Published Books | cchoi@uci.edu |
| Yingyi Dong | Associate Professor, Economics School of Social Sciences Interests: China, School of Social Sciences | yyd@uci.edu | |
| Qian Du | Assistant Professor of Teaching | qiand1@uci.edu | |
 | David Fedman | Assistant Professor, History Interests: Korea, Japan, School of Humanities, Environmental History, Historical Geography, Global History, Modern War Published Books | dfedman@uci.edu |
 | Wang Feng | Professor, Sociology School of Social Sciences Interests: China, School of Social Sciences, Social Demography, Social Inequality, Contemporary Chinese Society, Post Communist Societies, Comparative Historical Demography | fwang@uci.edu |
| Kim Fortun | Professor and Chair, Anthropology Interests: India, School of Social Sciences, Environmental Problems and Science, Science and Technology, Environmental Health, Disaster | kfortun@uci.edu | |
 | James A. Fujii | Professor Emeritus Interests: Japan, School of Humanities, Modern Japanese Literature, Human-animal Relation and Cultural Studies Published Books | jafujii@uci.edu |
 | Michael Fuller | Professor, East Asian Studies, School of Humanities Interests: China, School of Humanities, Classical Chinese Poetry and Poetics, Cultural and Intellectual Contexts for Poetry, Aesthetic Theory, Linguistic Issues in Classical Chinese Published Books | mafuller@uci.edu |
 | Qitao Guo | Associate Professor of History School of Humanities Interests: China, School of Humanities, Ming and Qing Dynasties Published Books | guoq@uci.edu |
 | Martin Huang | Professor, East Asian Studies Interests: China, School of Humanities, Traditional Chinese narrative, Narrative theory, Cultural history of late imperial China & Literature Published Books | mwhuang@uci.edu |
 | Eleana Kim | Associate Professor, Anthropology School of Social Sciences Interests: Korea, School of Social Sciences, Kinship, transnationalism, Environment | |
| Jae Hong Kim | Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy School of Social Ecology Interests: School of Social Ecology, Regional Economic Development, Land Use, Economic–physical Development nexus | jaehk6@uci.edu | |
 | Kyung Hyun Kim | Professor, East Asian Studies School of Humanities Professor, Visual Studies School of Humanities Interests: Korea, School of Humanities Published Books | kyunghk@uci.edu |
 | Susan B. Klein | Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture, East Asian Studies School of Humanities Director of Religious Studies Program Interests: Japan, School of Humanities Published Books | sbklein@uci.edu |
 | Jerry Lee | Associate Professor, English Associate Professor, Anthropology Associate Professor, East Asian Studies Associate Professor, Asian American Studies Interests: Korea, School of Humanities Published Books | jwl@uci.edu |
 | Daphne Pi-Wei Lei | Professor, Drama Claire Trevor School of the Arts Interests: China, Chinese Opera, Asian and Asian-American Theatre, Intercultural, Transnational and Postcolonial Performances, Ethnic, Gender and Diasporic Studies | dlei@uci.edu |
 | Bliss Cua Lim | Associate Professor, Film & Media Studies School of Humanities Interests: Southeast Asia, School of Humanities, Philippine Cinema, Cinematic Temporality, Queer Temporality, Moving Image Archives, Postcolonial and Feminist Film Theory, Transnational Asian Cinemas Published Books | film@uci.edu |
 | Catherine Liu | Undergraduate Director, Film & Media Studies School of Humanities Interests: School of Humanities, Surveillance, Global Media and Sport, Populism, New Taiwanese Cinema, Frankfurt School, Intellectual History of Cultural Studies, Academic Conflict, Psychoanalysis, Populism Published Books | liu@uci.edu |
 | Margherita Long | Associate Professor, East Asian Studies Interests: Japan, School of Humanities, Japanese Literature and Film, Ecocriticism, Peace Activism, Feminist Theory, Eco-Documentary Published Books | margherita.long@uci.edu |
 | Sanjoy Mazumdar | Professor, Planning, Policy & Design School of Social Ecology Interests: School of Social Ecology, Environmental Studies and Design, Organizational Analysis, Management and Planning, Social and Behavioral Aspect | mazumdar@uci.edu |
 | Sylvia Nam | Assistant Professor, Anthropology School of Social Sciences Interests: Korea, Southeast Asia, Urban Studies, Property, Transnational Expertise | sylvia.nam@uci.edu |
 | Alka Patel | Associate Professor, Art History Interests: South Asia, School of Humanities, South Asian Islamic Art, Architecture and Culture, Indian Ocean Commercial and Social History, Historiography of South Asian and Islamic World Published Books | alka.patel@uci.edu |
 | Kavita Philip | Associate Professor, History School of Humanities Interests: South Asia, School of Humanities, South Asia History of Science & Technology Published Books | kphilip@uci.edu |
 | R. Radhakrishnan | Chancellor's Professor, English Chancellor's Professor, Comparative Literature School of Humanities Interests: South Asia, School of Humanities Published Books | rradhakr@uci.edu |
 | Kamal Sadiq | Associate Professor, Political Science Interests: India, Southeast Asia, Social Movements and Collective Action, Political Sociology, China's Political Transition | kamal@uci.edu |
 | Bert M. Scruggs | Associate Professor, East Asian Studies Interests: China, School of Humanities, Chinese Language and Literature Published Books | bms@uci.edu |
| David A. Smith | Professor, Sociology School of Social Sciences Planning, Policy and Design School of Social Ecology Interests: Korea, School of Social Sciences, World Systems Analysis, Urbanization, Development, Comparative-Historical Sociology, Dependent Development in East Asia, Global Cities | dasmith@uci.edu | |
 | Dorothy Solinger | Professor, Political Science School of Social Sciences Interests: China, School of Social Sciences, Chinese Domestic Politics and Political Economy, Comparative Politics, East Asian Politics | dorjsoli@uci.edu |
 | Yang Su | Associate Professor of Sociology School of Social Sciences Interests: China, School of Social Sciences, Social Movements and Collective Action, Political Sociology, China's Political Transition | su.yang@uci.edu |
 | Serk-Bae Suh | Associate Professor, East Asian Studies School of Humanities Interests: Korea, Japan, School of Humanities, Modern Korean Literature Published Books | suhsb@uci.edu |
 | Robert Uriu | Associate Professor, Political Science Interests: Japan, School of Social Sciences, International relations, International Political Economy, International Politics of East Asia (particularly Japan) | rmuriu@uci.edu |
 | Anne Walthall | Professor Emerita Interests: Japan, School of Humanities, Early Modern Japan, peasant culture, especially peasant uprisings and women, Tokyo, palace women in Japan and around the world Published Books | walthall@uci.edu |
| Feng Wang | Professor, Sociology School of Social Sciences Interests: China, School of Social Sciences, Comparative demographic, economic, and social processes, Social inequality in state socialisms, Contemporary Chinese Society | fwang@uci.edu |
 | Jeffrey Wasserstrom | Chancellor's Professor, History School of Humanities Professor (by Courtesy) School of Law Historical Writing Mentor, Literary Journalism School of Humanities Interests: China, School of Humanities, Protest, Globalization, Gender, Urban Published Books | jwassers@uci.edu |
 | Bert Winther-Tamaki | Chair, Art History School of Humanities Professor, Visual Studies Interests: Japan, School of Humanities, History of Modern Japanese Art and Visual Culture., Ecocriticism. Asian American Art, History of interactions between Japanese and American art worlds, Art and Globalization Published Books | dewinthe@uci.edu |
 | Roberta Wue | Associate Professor, Art History Interests: China, School of Humanities, 19th and 20th Century Chinese Art, Photography Published Books | rwue@uci.edu |
 | Hu Ying | Professor and Chair, East Asian Studies School of Humanities Interests: China, School of Humanities, Modern Chinese Literature and Culture, Translation Study, Feminist Theories Published Books | huying@uci.edu |
 | Mei Zhan | Assistant Professor, Anthropology Interests: China, School of Social Sciences, Medical Anthropology, Science and Technology Studies, Theory and Methodology, Chinese Medicine, Globalization Published Books | mzhan@uci.edu |