Daena Funahashi Dept of Anthropology Political anthropology, democratic theory, critical theory, Crisis of Legitimacy, stress, Burnout, death, the uncanny, economy of excess, scientific authority, Nordic Welfare, Southeast Asia
Mark Blum Dept of East Asian Languages and Cultures Buddhism, Japan, culture and society, modernization
Xin Liu Dept of Anthropology history and/of anthropology, contemporary trends in social theory, social/cultural anthropology, comparative societies, capitalism and culture, America and China/East Asia
Miryam Sas Dept of Comparative Literature Dept of East Asian Languages and Cultures Dept of Film and Media 20th century avant-gardes, Japanese literature, film, theater and dance, East Asia, media theory, contemporary art, critical theory, gender theory, memory studies
Peter Zinoman Dept of History Vietnam, Vietnam War, Vietnamese literature, Southeast Asian history, communism, nationalism, colonialism
Sukanya Banerjee Dept of English 19th century British, South Asian, critical theory, cultural studies, narrative and the novel
Abhishek Kaicker Dept of History South Asia, Mughal, early modern, cities, history, Persian, India, politics, Asia
SanSan Kwan Dept of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies dance studies, performance studies, Asian American studies
Brandi Wilkins Catanese Dept of African American Studies Dept of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies critical race theory, African American theater, non-traditional casting, racial performativity, gender studies, sexuality studies, American popular culture
Andrew F. Jones Dept of East Asian Languages and Cultures East Asian languages and cultures, Chinese popular music, sonic culture, media technology, modern Chinese fiction, children's literature, literary translation
Keith Feldman Dept of Ethnic Studies critical theory, U.S. cultural studies, Israel-Palestine, theories of race and ethnicity, comparative diaspora studies, public humanities
Colleen Lye Dept of English postcolonial theory, marxism, critical theory, cultural studies, Asian American literature, 20th and 21st century literature, world literature
Junko Habu Dept of Anthropology Japan, anthropology, archaeology, climate change, sustainability, East Asia, Jomon hunter-gatherers
Déborah A. Blocker Dept of French Early modern French and Italian literature, history and culture, Comparative literature cultural studies, Social and political history of literature, aesthetics, philology, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Archival Studies
Leti Volpp School of Law citizenship, law and culture, identity (especially race and gender), immigration and migration, Asian American studies
Long Le-Khac Dept of Ethnic Studies relational race studies, literatures of Asian Americans and Latinxs
Angela Marino Dept of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies Latin American Studies, performance studies, Venezuela, Chicanx Latinx studies, Chicano Latino theater, political cultures, Populism, Festival and Carnival Studies, democracy, Latin America
Daniel O'Neill Dept of East Asian Languages and Cultures East Asian literatures and cinema, gender and sexuality studies, environmental humanities and media theory
You-tien Hsing Dept of Geography China, geography, political economy of development in East Asia, the process of international economic restructuring, cultural and institutional configuration in the processes of Taiwanese direct investment, growth in Chinese cities, business networks
Juana María Rodríguez Dept of Ethnic Studies race and sexual politics, LGBTQ communities, Latino/a/x and Caribbean literatures and cultures, women of color feminisms, queer activism in the Americas, transgender studies, sex work
Catherine Ceniza Choy Dept of Ethnic Studies Asian American history, Filipino American studies, race and gender, migration, nursing history, adoption studies, public impact research/scholarship, social justice research