International Studies Faculty - East Asia

Area Coordinator:

Sharon Carstens Ph.D.
Professor of Anthropology and International Studies
Teaching interests: Southeast Asia and China
Research interest: Southeast Asian Chinese, Identities, Folk Religion, Transnational Media and Mandarin Bilingual Education.

Associated East Asian Faculty:

     - Associated faculty members offer undergraduate advising in region of focus and/or area of expertise.

Barbara Brower Ph.D.
Professor of Geography
Teaching interests: Geography of Central Asia.
Research interests: Cultural resource management, Himalayas and Nepal.

Michele Gamburd Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Teaching interests: South Asian anthropology.
Research interests: Gender, violence and transnationalism.

Priya Kapoor Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Communications
Teaching interests: Intercultural Speech Communication.
Research interests: Intercultural South Asian communications.

Larry Kominz Ph.D.
Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Teaching interests: Japanese languages, literature and translation skills.
Research interests: Traditional Japanese drama, literature and film.

Gil Latz Ph.D.
Professor of Geography and International Studies and Vice Provost of International Affairs
Teaching interests: Geography of Japan and the Pacific Rim.
Research interests: Political economy of East Asia and trade.

Gerry Sussman Ph.D.
Professor of International Studies and Urban Studies and Planning
Teaching interests: Political economy of urban development, information systems, and media.
Research interests: Political globalization, Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, and world systems analysis.

Ron Tammen Ph.D.
Director, Hatfield School of Government
Teaching interests: World politics.

Stephen Wadley Ph.D.
Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Teaching interests: Chinese language, language history and modern literature.
Research interests: Historical Chinese linguistics, Altaic languages.

Linda Walton Ph.D.
Professor of History and International Studies
Teaching interests: Chinese history.
Research interests: Pre-modern China, social and intellectual history and Modern East Asia.

Suwako Watanabe Ph.D.
Professor, Foreign Languages and Literature
Teaching interests: Japanese discourse analysis and communication.
Research interests: Cross-cultural communication.

Patricia Wetzel Ph.D.
Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures and Director of Institute for Asian Studies
Teaching interests: Japanese language, linguistics and pedagogy.
Research interests: Japanese sociolinguistics and anthropology.