Asian Studies - Core Faculty

Name	Title/Interest	Email
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