People

Agustini
Indonesian Language, Director of the Southeast Asian Language Program

agustini@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
5167 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.764.9259

Lecturer

Juhn Ahn
Associate Professor of Buddhist and Korean Studies

jahn@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
5145 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.764.8652

Religion; Korea; History

Syed Ekhteyar Ali
Hindi and Urdu Languages; Director of the South Asian Language Program

ekhteyar@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
5026 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.647.8647

Lecturer

Umar Anjum
Urdu Language

uanjum@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
5020 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608

Lecturer

Micah Auerback
Associate Professor of Japanese Religion

auerback@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
6147 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.647.2091

Religion; Korea; Japan; History

William Baxter
Professor of Chinese Linguistics

wbaxter@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
5163 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.763.3704

China; Linguistics

Peter Braden
China

petebrad@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
5165 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608

Lecturer

David Brick
Assistant Professor of Sanskrit Literature

djbrick@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
5139 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.763.1592

Literature; India; Religion; History

Erin L. Brightwell
Associate Chair and Associate Professor of Pre-modern Japanese Literature

elbright@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
5135 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.615.7742

Literature; Japan; China; History; Staff

Benjamin Brose
Department Chair; Professor of Buddhist and Chinese Studies

bbrose@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
6111 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.615.6571

Religion; China; History; Staff

Miranda Brown
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and Professor of Chinese Studies

mdbrown@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
5016 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.647.2159

History; China

Aimkamon Bunmee
Thai Language

aimkamon@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
6026 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.764.9105

Lecturer

Yuhjoo Byun
Korean Language

yjbyun@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
6020 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608

Lecturer

Jeehyae Chung
Korean Language

jeechung@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
6165 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608

Lecturer

Deirdre De La Cruz
Associate Professor of Southeast Asian Studies; Associate Professor of History

ddelac@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
6167 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.615.8504

Religion; Performance; History; Philippines

Madhav Deshpande
Professor Emeritus of South Asian Literature and Linguistics

mmdesh@umich.edu

India; Religion; Linguistics

Kenneth DeWoskin
Professor Emeritus of Chinese Literature

kjdewosk@umich.edu

Lakisha Evans
Executive Secretary

alc-admin@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
6111 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.615.6571

Staff

Nancy K. Florida
Professor Emertia of Indonesian Languages and Literatures

nflorida@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
6012 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.763.3239

Performance; History; Indonesia; Literature

Nick Ford
Financial Specialist Associate

mlbbo-lsa@umich.edu 1543 Chemistry Building 734.647.0567

Staff

Pinderjeet Kaur Gill
S.B.S.C. Collegiate Lecturer, Hindi and Punjabi Languages

pjgill@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
6076 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.763.5306

Lecturer

Irene Gonzaga
Filipino Language

igonzaga@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
6022 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.936.8806

Lecturer

Karen Gu
Chinese Language

guk@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
5072 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.936.8809

Lecturer

Chenxing Han
Khyentse Visitor (2023-2024 academic year)

cxinghan@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
6018 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608

Michael Hawkins
Southeast Asia

mikehaw@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
5165 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608

Lecturer

Christopher L. Hill
Associate Professor of Modern Japanese Studies

hillcl@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
5125 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.647.2094

Japan; History; Literature

Kimie Hoffmeyer
Japanese Language

kimihoff@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
6018 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.763.7153

Lecturer

Peter Hook
Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and Indo-Aryan Languages

pehook@umich.edu

Faijul Hoque
Bengali Language

drhoque@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
6072 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.647.9892

Lecturer

Haibo Hu
Chinese Language

haibohu@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
5155 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608

Lecturer

Akiko Imamura
Director, Japanese Language Program

aimamura@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
5028 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734-763-5830

Lecturer

Ken K. Ito
Professor Emeritus of Japanese Literature

kenkito@umich.edu

Reginald Jackson
Associate Professor of Pre-modern Japanese Literature

rjalc@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
5127 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.764.2023

Japan; Visual Culture; Performance; Literature

Hunjin Jung
Korean Language

junghj@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
5018 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.763-0402

Lecturer

S.E. Kile
Assistant Professor of Chinese Literature

kiles@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
6159 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.763.9178

Performance; China; Literature

Jiyoung Kim
Korean Language

jiyounki@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
5022 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.936.8808

Lecturer

Soyeon Kim
Korean Language, Director of the Korean Language Program

ksoyeon@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
6028 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.647.5625

Lecturer

Yamato Kitahashi
Japanese Language

ykitahas@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
5155 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.615-7036

Lecturer

Qiuli Zhao Levin
Chinese Language

qiuliz@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
6076 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.763.5306

Lecturer

Kening Li
Chinese Language, Director of the Chinese Language Program

keningli@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
5024 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.764.9108

Lecturer

Xiaomeng Li
Chinese Language

xmengli@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
6165 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.764.9111

Lecturer

Shuen-fu Lin
Professor Emeritus of Chinese Literature

lsf@umich.edu

Jinyi Li-Stevenson
Chinese Language

jinyili@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
6080 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.763.7152

Lecturer

Qian Liu
Chinese Language

qianlw@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
6020 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.763.7386

Lecturer

Wei Liu
Chinese Language

weilyao@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
6022 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.936.8806

Lecturer

Donald S. Lopez Jr.
Arthur E. Link Distinguished University Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor

dlopez@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
Suite 5012
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.615.1331

Religion; Faculty; Tibet; India; History

Arvind-Pal S. Mandair
Director of Graduate Studies and Tara Singh and Balwant Kaur Chattha and Gurbax Singh and Kirpal Kaur Brar Sikh Studies Professor; Faculty Associate A/PIA

amandair@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
6016 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.647.9842

Religion; India; World Philosophies; Decolonial Theory

Christi A. Merrill
Associate Professor of South Asian Literature and Postcolonial Theory; Associate Professor of Comparative Literature

merrillc@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
5131 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.647.2096

Performance; India

Yoshihiro Mochizuki
Japanese Language

mochiey@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
6072 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.647.9892

Lecturer

Donald Munro
Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Chinese

dmunro@umich.edu

Thuy-Anh T. Nguyen
Vietnamese Language

tanguyen@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
6024 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.647.8648

Lecturer

Markus Nornes
Director of Undergraduate Studies and Professor of Asian Cinema

nornes@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
5123 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.647.2093

Visual Culture; Japan

Se-Mi Oh
Associate Professor of Modern Korean History

smoh@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
6163 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608

Korea; History; Visual Culture; Humanities; Urban Studies

Sonya Özbey
Assistant Professor of Chinese Philosophy

sozbey@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
6139 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.764.0214

Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies; Philosophy; China

Julianne Purcell
Chief Administrator

alc-chiefadmin@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
6111 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.764.8287

Staff

Esperanza Ramirez-Christensen
Professor Emerita of Japanese Literature

qmz@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
5048 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.647.1520

David Rolston
Associate Professor of Chinese Literature

drolston@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
5151 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.647.2097

Literature; Performance; China

Youngju Ryu
Associate Professor of Modern Korean Literature

yjryu@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
6145 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.647.2173

Visual Culture; Literature; Korea

Sunia Sadeghi
Student Services Coordinator

ssadeghi@umich.edu 202 S. Thayer St
4111 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104 734.615.6572

Staff

Yoshimi Sakakibara
Japanese Language

ysakaki@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
6080 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.763.7152

Lecturer

Christopher Schad
Japanese Language

cjschad@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
5020 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.615.5025

Lecturer; Asian Languages and Cultures

Zari Smith
Curriculum Coordinator

alc-curriculumassistant@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
4111 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608
734.764.3001

Staff

Ayaka Sogabe
Japanese Language

asogabe@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
5072 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.936.8809

Lecturer

Wendy Sutton
Public Relations Coordinator

mlbthayerevents@umich.edu 812 East Washington Street
3034 MLB
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1275 734.763.1338

Staff

Twila Tardif (谭霞灵）
Professor of Psychology

twila@umich.edu 2014 East Hall
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1043 734.615.4101

China; Cultural Studies

Megan Taylor
Graduate Program Coordinator

alc-gradservices@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
4111 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608
734-763-4539

Staff

Rebekah Turner
Research Administrator

rrturner@umich.edu 530 Church St
1044 East Hall
Ann Arbor MI 48109-1048 734-936-0935

Staff

Sangseraima Ujeed
Assistant Professor of Tibetan Buddhism Studies

sujeed@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
5159 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.647.5628

Tibet; Religion; Literature; Cultural Studies; China; History; Mongolia

Premlata (Pinki) Vaishnava
Hindi and Urdu Languages

pinkiv@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
5022 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.936.8808

Lecturer

Trent Walker
Assistant Professor of Southeast Asian Studies and Thai Professor of Theravada Buddhism

ttwalker@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
5147 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608

Religion; Thailand

Lauren Westog
Administrative Coordinator

alc-admin@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
6111 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608

Staff

Ardella Williams
Curriculum & Student Services Manager

alc-studentservicesmanager@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
4111 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.764.0315

Staff

Masae Yasuda
Japanese Language

mxyasuda@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
5018 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.763.0402

Lecturer

Xiaoying (Iris) Yu
Chinese Language

irisying@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
6024 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.647.8648

Lecturer

Yan Zhong
Chinese Language

yanzho@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
6084 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.647.8657

Lecturer

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