People

Agustini
Southeast Asian 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
Assistant 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

Allison Alexy
Assistant Professor of Modern Japanese Culture

aalexy@umich.edu LSA Women's Studies
1122 Lane Hall
204 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1290 734.763.2047

Japan; Anthropology

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

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

Nina Barraco
Graphic Designer

202 South Thayer Street
1141 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608
email: mlbthayerevents@umich.edu

AND

Modern Languages Building
812 Washington Street
3036 MLB
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1275 734.763.4465 and 734.764.9698

Staff

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

Kathryn Beeman
Graduate Program Coordinator

beemank@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
4111 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.763.4539

Staff

Erin L. Brightwell
Assistant Professor of Pre-modern Japanese Literature

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

Japan; History; Literature

Benjamin Brose
Associate Professor of Chinese Buddhism

bbrose@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
6151 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.763.7888

Religion; China; History

Miranda Brown
Professor of Chinese Studies; ALC Director of Undergraduate Studies

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

China; History;

Aimkamon Bunmee
Thai Language

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

Lecturer

Nachiket Chanchani
Assistant Professor of South Asian Art, Architecture, and Visual Culture

nachiket@umich.edu 855 South University Avenue, 70D Tappan Hall; Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1357 734.647.1520; 734.964.5400

Visual Culture; India; Performance

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 of South Asian Literature and Linguistics

mmdesh@umich.edu On leave Fall 2017 through Winter 2018

India; Religion; Linguistics

Kenneth DeWoskin
Professor Emeritus of Chinese Literature

kjdewosk@umich.edu

Alice Dodd
Curriculum Assistant

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

Staff

Yi-tsi Mei Feuerwerker
Professor Emerita of Chinese Literature

ymfeuer@umich.edu Asian Languages and Cultures; 202 South Thayer; Suite 6111; Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1608 734.764.8286

Nancy K. Florida
Professor of Javanese and Islamic Studies, Associate Chair

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

Performance; History; Indonesia; Literature; Staff

Zenaida Fulgencio
Filipino Language

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

Lecturer

Nikki Gastineau
Chief Administrator

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

Staff

Pinderjeet Kaur Gill
Punjabi and Hindi Language

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

Lecturer

Valerie Gleason
Meeting and Events Coordinator

Modern Languages Building
812 East Washington Street
4105 MLB
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1275
email: mlbthayerevents@umich.edu

AND

202 South Thayer Street
1141 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.764.9698 and 734.763.4465

Staff

Laura Grande
Chinese Language

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

Lecturer

Karen Gu
Chinese Language

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

Lecturer

Sangkyung Han
Korean Language

hanskpen@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
5022 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.936.8807

Lecturer

Saleh Hedayatullah
Hindi Language

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

Lecturer

Christopher L. Hill
Assistant Professor of Modern Japanese Literature

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

Japan; History; Literature

Peter Hook
Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and Indo-Aryan Languages

pehook@umich.edu

Faijul Hoque
Hindi and Bengali Language

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

Lecturer

Ken Ito
Professor Emeritus of Japanese Literature

kenkito@umich.edu

Reginald Jackson
Assistant 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

Thomas Kelly
Assistant Professor/Postdoctoral Fellow

tompk@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
5165 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.936.8807

China; Literature; Visual Culture

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

Hyun-Ju Kim
Korean Language

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

Lecturer

Soyeon Kim
Korean Language

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

Lecturer

Junko Kondo
Japanese Language

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

Lecturer

Kim Larrow
Administrative Assistant

klarrow@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
6111 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.615.8623

Staff

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
Director of the Chinese Language Program

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

Lecturer

Shuen-fu Lin
Professor Emeritus of Chinese Literature

lsf@umich.edu
202 S. Thayer, Suite 6111
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608

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; Department Chair

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

Religion; Faculty; Tibet; Staff; India; History

Arvind-Pal Mandair
Associate Professor of Sikh Studies

amandair@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
6155 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.763.6307

Religion; India; History; Literature

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

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

Performance; India; Literature

Yoshihiro Mochizuki
Japanese Language

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

Lecturer

Yuta Mori
Japanese Language

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

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
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
Assistant Professor of Modern Korean History

smoh@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
6163 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.615.8504

Korea; History; Visual Culture

Mayumi Oka
Japanese Language; Director of the Japanese Language Program

mayoka@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
5028 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.647.9990

Lecturer

Sonya Özbey
Assistant Professor of Chinese Philosophy

sozbey@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
5155 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.615.7036

Asian Languages and Cultures; Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies; Philosophy; China

Esperanza Ramirez-Christensen
Professor Emerita of Japanese Literature

qmz@umich.edu
202 S. Thayer, Suite 6111
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.647.2092

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

Yoshimi Sakakibara
Japanese Language

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

Lecturer

Ayaka Sogabe
Japanese Language

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

Lecturer

Xiaobing Tang
Helmut F. Stern Professor of Modern Chinese Studies and Comparative Literature

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

Visual Culture; Literature; China

Erick White
Assistant Professor of Thai Buddhist Studies

edwhite@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
5147 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.615.7035

Religion; Thailand; Anthropology

Patrice Whitney
Executive Secretary

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

Staff

Emily Wilcox
Assistant Professor of Modern Chinese Studies

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

China; Performance; History; Anthropology

Ashlee Wolfe
Curriculum and Student Services Manager

ashwolfe@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 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
6026 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.764.9105

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