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Asian Studies Faculty

	Dr. Sahar Amer Professor samer@email.unc.edu 962-0112 New West 306 On leave Orientalism;cross-cultural relations between the Arab world and Europe throughout the centuries; Arabs and Muslims in France and in American today; cross-cultural constructions of gender and sexualities
	Ms. Yuki Aratake Lecturer yaratake@email.unc.edu 962-5454 New West 107 Spring 2010 office hours: MW 12-1 Japanese language instruction
	Dr. Jan Bardsley Department Chair Associate Professor bardsley@email.unc.edu 962-1534 New West 305 Spring 2010 office hours: T 2-3, W 10-11 Japanese language and literature
	Dr. Inger Brodey Adjunct Assistant Professor brodey@email.unc.edu 843-0965 Greenlaw 434 History of the novel; landscape and literature; samurai and cowboy film; narration and silence On leave
	Mr. John Caldwell Lecturer asiaweb@email.unc.edu 962-1060 New West 201 Hindi-Urdu language instruction Spring 2010 office hours: MT 1-2
	Ms. Joo Yeon Chon Teaching Associate jychon@email.unc.edu 962-1059 New West 123 Spring 2010 office hours: M 9-9:50 Korean language instruction
	Mr. Himanshu Dev Lecturer 843-7056 New West 222 Spring 2010 office hours: Hindi-Urdu language instruction
	Dr. Mark Driscoll Associate Professor mdriscol@email.unc.edu 843-9748 New West 214 Spring 2010 office hours: M 5:00-6:00, R 11:15-12:15 Japanese media and cultural studies; colonialism and postcolonialism in East Asia
	Ms. Doria El Kerdany Lecturer elkerdan@email.unc.edu 962-1037 New West 223 Spring 2010 office hours: T 10-12, W 2-3 Arabic language instruction
	Ms. Lili Fan Lecturer llfan@email.unc.edu 962-1019 New West 111 Spring 2010 office hours: MW 10-11 Chinese language instruction
	Ms. Luceil Friedman Lecturer lfried@email.unc.edu 962-6823 New West 125 Spring 2010 office hours: MW 4:15-5:15 Modern Hebrew language instruction
	Mr. Dan Gold Lecturer dgold@email.unc.edu 843-6299 Global Education Center 2014 Spring 2010 office hours:
	Dr. Eric Henry Lecturer ehenry@email.unc.edu 962-1510 New West 202 Spring 2010 office hours: MW 4-5 Ancient Chinese literature and philosophy; Vietnamese language and culture
	Dr. Kevin Hewison Professor khewison@email.unc.edu 843-0130 New West 301, Global Education Center 3105 On leave Political economy of Southeast Asia; development; Thailand
	Dr. Li-ling Hsiao Associate Professor hsiaoll@email.unc.edu 962-2544 New West 319 Spring 2010 office hours: R 9:50-10:50 Chinese language and premodern literature
	Mr. Nasser Isleem Lecturer nmisleem@email.unc.edu 843-7055 New West 223 Spring 2010 office hours: M 11:00-12:00, TR 1:45-2:45 Arabic language instruction
	Ms. Fumi Iwashita Lecturer iwashita@email.unc.edu 843-5459 New West 102 Spring 2010 office hours: MW 12:30-1:30 Japanese language instruction
	Dr. Ji-Yeon Jo Lecturer joj@email.unc.edu 962-1059 New West 123 Spring 2010 office hours: MW 12-1 Korean language instruction
	Mr. Charles Joukhadar Lecturer 962-1037 cjoukhad@email.unc.edu New West 223 Spring 2010 office hours: M 11-12, T 3-4, W 12-1 Arabic language instruction
	Ms. Zahra Kamarei Adjunct Instructor zkamarei@email.unc.edu 962-2323 365 Phillips Spring 2010 office hours: Persian language instruction
	Ms. Yuko Kato Lecturer ykato@email.unc.edu 843-7501 New West 101 Spring 2010 office hours: MW 2:30-3:30 Japanese language instruction
	Ms. Haeyoung Kim Teaching Associate 843-4136 haeykim@email.unc.edu Hill Annex 1 Spring 2010 office hours: T 2-2:50 Korean language instruction
	Dr. Steve Levine Adjunct Professor Emeritus silevine@email.unc.edu Modern Chinese history; East Asian international relations; Chinese politics
	Dr. Wendan Li Associate Professor wli@email.unc.edu 843-7500 New West 318 Spring 2010 office hours: TR 2-3 Chinese language and linguistics; second language acquisition; discourse analysis
	Dr. Pamela Lothspeich Assistant Professor ploth@email.unc.edu 843-4864 New West 108 Spring 2010 office hours: TR 11-12
	Ms. Xiaoqing Ma Lecturer 843-4136 xiaoqing@email.unc.edu Hill Annex 5 Spring 2010 office hours: M 1-3 Chinese language instruction
	Ms. Young Mae Park Lecturer ympark@email.unc.edu 962-1018 New West 110 On leave Chinese language instruction
	Mr. Michael Rulon Teaching Associate 843-2289 mrulon@email.unc.edu Dey 342 Spring 2010 office hours: MW 2-3 Arabic language instruction
	Mr. Katsu Sawamura Lecturer katsuhik@email.unc.edu 962-5454 New West 107 Spring 2010 office hours: TR 12:30-1:30 Japanese language instruction
	Dr. J.P. Seaton Professor Emeritus jpseaton@email.unc.edu New West 124 Chinese language and literature, especially poetry
	Dr. Yaron Shemer Assistant Professor Levine-Sklut Fellow in Jewish Studies yshemer@email.unc.edu 962-5428 New West 109 Spring 2010 office hours: T 3:30-4:30, R 9:45-10:45 Middle Eastern and Mizrahi (Arab-Jewish) film; contemporary Israeli culture; modern Hebrew instruction
	Dr. Afroz Taj Associate Professor taj@email.unc.edu 962-1060 New West 201 On leave Hindi-Urdu language instruction
	Dr. Robin Visser Associate Professor rvisser@email.unc.edu 962-1027 New West 124 Spring 2010 office hours: TR 12-1 Chinese language and modern literature; urban studies; visual culture
	Dr. Nadia Yaqub Associate Professor yaqub@email.unc.edu 843-8149 New West 210 On leave Arabic language and literature; oral Arabic poetry
	Dr. Gang Yue Associate Professor yuegang@email.unc.edu 962-1511 New West 121 On leave Chinese language and modern literature
	Ms. Hang Zhang Lecturer hangz@email.unc.edu 962-1018 New West 110 Spring 2010 office hours: T 1-3 Chinese language instruction
	Ms. Lei Zhang Teaching Associate 843-4136 zhangl@email.unc.edu Hill Annex 5 Spring 2010 office hours: MW 2:50-3:30 Chinese language instruction
	Ms. Yi Zhou Lecturer yizh@email.unc.edu 962-1019 New West 111 Spring 2010 office hours: M 3-4, T 11-12 Chinese language instruction
	Dr. Canguzel Zulfikar Lecturer canguzel@email.unc.edu GEC 3023 Spring 2010 office hours: M 11-12 Turkish language instruction

Asian Studies Staff

	Ms. Lori Harris Department Manager leharris@email.unc.edu 843-5340 New West 114 Office hours: M-F 10:00-6:00
	Ms. Ash Barnes Office Assistant elphaba@email.unc.edu 962-4294 New West 113 Office hours: M-F 8:00-4:30

Affiliated Faculty

Dr. Barbara Ambros	Assistant Professor, Religious Studies bambros@email.unc.edu 118 Saunders Hall 962-3931 East Asian Buddhism; Shinto; pilgrimage and sacred space in Japan; ethnicity and religion in Asian diaspora communities in Japan
Dr. Glaire Anderson	Assistant Professor, Art glaire@email.unc.edu Hanes Art Center 203 843-6048 Islamic art, architecture, and urbanism; villas, gardens, and court cultures; Orientalism and visual culture, and the Historiography of Islamic Art
Ms. Hsi-Chu Bolick	East Asian bibliographer bolick@email.unc.edu 962-1278 Davis Library
Dr. Daniel Botsman	Associate Professor, History botsman@unc.edu 455 Hamilton Hall 962-5553 Social history of Tokugawa and Meiji era Japan, gender and Japanese history, the history of prisons and punishment
Dr. Peter Coclanis	Professor, History coclanis@email.unc.edu 843-6300 419 Hamilton Hall Economic and business history; integrated world markets for tropical and semitropical commodities, with a special emphasis on rice
Dr. Carl Ernst	Professor, Religious Studies cernst@email.unc.edu 962-3924 107 Saunders Hall Islamic studies; mysticism; South Asian and Middle Eastern studies
Dr. W. Miles Fletcher	Professor, History wmfletch@email.unc.edu 962-5577 453 Hamilton Hall Intellectual & political history of Japan; history of Japanese business
Dr. Pika Ghosh	Associate Professor, Art pghosh@email.unc.edu 962-0731 204 Hanes Art Center South Asian art history
Dr. Banu Gokariksel	Assistant Professor, Geography banug@email.unc.edu 307 Saunders Hall 843-5835 Modernity, cultural politics, and urban space in contemporary Istanbul and Jakarta
Dr. Guang Guo	Professor, Sociology guang_guo@unc.edu 962-1246 216 Hamilton Hall Chinese society and demography
Dr. Gail Henderson	Professor, Social Medicine gail_henderson@med.unc.edu 843-8268 347A MacNider Sociology of health care in the People's Republic of China
Dr. Michael Hunt	Professor, History mhhunt@email.unc.edu 962-2384 460 Hamilton Hall U.S.-Chinese international relations
Dr. Norris Johnson	Professor, Anthropology norris_johnson@unc.edu 962-2389 305B Alumni Hall Japan; shrine and temple architecture; gardens; premodern history
Dr. Lawrence Kessler	Professor Emeritus, History ldk@email.unc.edu Modern and late Qing Chinese history; American missionaries in China
Dr. Michelle King	Assistant Professor, History mtking@email.unc.edu 475 Hamilton Hall 962-5043 Chinese history in the late imperial period and the twentieth century, gender in Chinese history and European travel writing
Dr. Charles Kurzman	Associate Professor, Sociology kurzman@email.unc.edu 962-1241 227 Hamilton Hall Iranian Revolution and other Islamic movements
Dr. Allan Life	Associate Professor, English arlife@email.unc.edu 962-4024 417 Greenlaw Victorian literature; art and literature in Victorian India
Dr. Lauren Leve	Assistant Professor, Religious Studies leve@email.unc.edu 112 Saunders Hall 962-3925 Ethnography of religion; Buddhism in south and southeast Asia; personhood and identity; gender and feminist theory; globalism, nationalism, and postcoloniality; anthropology of religion; religions of south Asia and Nepal
Dr. Melinda Meade	Professor, Geography meade@email.unc.edu 962-3922 217 Saunders Hall Health and population in Southeast Asia
Dr. Chris Nelson	Assistant Professor, Anthropology ctnelson@email.unc.edu 843-3499 409C Alumni Hall History and memory; Okinawa
Dr. Donald Nonini	Professor, Anthropology dnonini@email.unc.edu 962-8092 204C Alumni Hall Overseas Chinese in Malaysia; economic anthropology
Dr. James Peacock	Professor, Anthropology peacock@unc.edu 966-4106 306A Alumni Hall Religion and indigenous culture; Indonesia and elsewhere in Southeast Asia
Dr. Steven Rosefielde	Professor, Economics stevenr@email.unc.edu 966-5371 300D Gardner Hall Western and Asian economic systems
Dr. Yasmin Saikia	Assistant Professor, History saikia@email.unc.edu 962-3961 501 Hamilton Hall South Asian history
Dr. Omid Safi	Professor, Religious Studies omid@email.unc.edu 130 Saunders Hall 962-4890 Progressive Islamic thought; social and intellectual history of pre-modern Islam; Islamic mysticism
Dr. Sarah Shields	Associate Professor, History sshields@email.unc.edu 962-8078 422 Hamilton Hall Islamic civilization
Dr. Jennifer Smith	Assistant Professor, Linguistics jlsmith@email.unc.edu 962-1474 322 Dey Hall Japanese linguistics
Dr. Michael Tsin	Associate Professor, History tsin@email.unc.edu 962-5554 454 Hamilton Hall Modern Chinese history; coloniality and modernities
Dr. Thomas Tweed	Professor, Religious Studies tatweed@email.unc.edu 962-3934 125C Saunders Hall Asian religions in the West
Dr. Margaret Wiener	Associate Professor, Anthropology mwiener@email.unc.edu 962-2399 409A Alumni Hall Colonial and postcolonial Southeast Asia; the politics of knowledge and the past; contemporary popular culture; the culture of power
Dr. Xinshu Zhao	Associate Professor, Journalism & Mass Communication zhao@email.unc.edu 962-1465 234 Carroll Hall Mass media in China

Last updated: 1 December 2009