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Pattaratorn Chirapravati, Ph.D., Asian Studies Director   Department of Art

Kadema Hall 186
(916) 278-3880
pchirapravati@csus.edu
Education: Ph.D., Southeast Asian Art history, Cornell University, 1994.
Area of Specialty: Southeast Asian Art history, SEA history, the mainland SEA (i.e., Thailand, Cambodia and Burma), Indian Art and Philosophy, Buddhist art. Research interests are on the political uses of religious icons and the interpretation of religious practices from art works.

Office hours by appointment only:
Monday and Wednesday, 1:30-2:30pm in Kadema Hall 186, 278-3880
Friday, 11:00am-12:00pm in Benicia Hall 1016, 278-7373



EunMi Cho, Ph.D.   Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation, School Psychology, and Deaf Studies
Alpine Hall 121
(916) 278-7547
eunmicho@csus.edu
Personal Web Page
Education: Ph.D., International/Multicultural Education, University of San Francisco.
Area of Specialty: Bilingual Special Education, research and teacher trainings on special education issues in Asian countries.


James Chopyak, Ph.D.   Department of Music
Capistrano Hall 125
(916) 278-7493
jchopyak@csus.edu
Education: Ph.D., Columbia Pacific University.
Area of Specialty: Ethnomusicology


David Corner, Ph.D.   Department of Philosophy
Mendocino Hall 3014
(916) 278-6970
dcorner@csus.edu
Personal Web Page
Education: Ph.D., Philosophy, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Area of Specialty: Philosophy of religion, Asian philosophy, philosophical underpinnings of Asian religions, Indian philosophy and religion.


Joel Dubois, Th.D.   Department of Humanities & Religious Studies

Mendocino Hall 4014
(916) 278-7267
jdubois@csus.edu
Personal Web Page
Education: Th.D., Comparative Religion, Harvard Divinity School, 2001.
Area of Specialty: Hinduism, Buddhism, and comparative religions.


Jeffrey Dym, Ph.D.   Department of History
Tahoe Hall 3099
(916) 278-4425
dym@csus.edu
Personal Web Page
Education: Ph.D., History, University of Hawaii, 1998.
Area of Specialty: Modern Japanese cultural history.


Minjeong Kang, Ph.D.   Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
Mariposa Hall 3009
(916) 278-6460
mkang@csus.edu
Education: Ph.D., Design, Housing and Apparel, University of Minnesota.
Area of Specialty: Fashion from Asian and Western cultural perspectives, fashion design and merchandising in the global marketplace, fashion consumer behavior in Asia and Western countries.


Greg Kim-Ju, Ph.D.   Department of Psychology
Amador Hall 351A
(916) 278-6738
kimju@csus.edu
Personal Web Page
Education: Ph.D., Cultural Psychology, Boston College, 2002.
Area of Specialty: Korean national identity and civic engagement.


Brian S. Lim, Ph.D.   Department of Teacher Education
Eureka Hall 302
(916) 278-6738
lim@skymail.csus.edu
Personal Web Page
Education: Ph.D., Bilingual and Mathematics Education, University of Washington.
Area of Specialty: Recruit CSUS language students from Korea as well as coordinate the CCE overseas teacher professional training program.


Qiaoming Amy Liu, Ph.D.   Department of Sociology
Amador Hall 455D
(916) 278-7572
liuqa@csus.edu
Personal Web Page
Education: Ph.D., Iowa State University.
Area of Specialty: Survey, Needs Assessment, Program Evaluations, and Opinion Polls; Asian Studies and Asian American Studies; Race Relations; Family and Aging; Health and Mental Health; Public Policies


Kazue Masuyama, Ph.D.   Department of Foreign Languages
Mariposa Hall 2063
(916) 278-5784
kmasuyama@csus.edu
Personal Web Page
Education: Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo, 2002.
Area of Specialty: Educational technology,second language acquisition, Japanese language pedagogy, and foreign language teacher training.


Kisun Nam, Ph.D., MSSW   Division of Social Work
Mariposa Hall 5029
(916) 278-7069
knam@saclink.csus.edu
Education: Ph.D., Social Welfare, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2008.
Area of Specialty: Public Policy Analysis, Welfare and Child Support Program, Poverty, Food Insecurity, Comparative Social Welfare Policy.


Mitch Numark, Ph.D.   Department of History
Tahoe Hall 3055
(916) 278-5630
mnumark@csus.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2006.
Area of Specialty: South Asian History.


James DeShaw Rae, Ph.D., Asian Studies Vice-Director Department of Government
Tahoe Hall 3123
(916) 278-7866
rae@csus.edu
Personal Web Page
Education: Ph.D., Political Science, University of Hawai'i, 2005.
Area of Specialty: Politics and Society of China and Southeast Asia, Nation-building in Southeast Asia. Research interests focus on human rights and international law, specifically efforts to promote peace, justice, and reconciliation in post-conflict societies such as Cambodia and East Timor.


Lewis Robinson, Ph.D.   Department of Foreign Languages
Mariposa Hall 2051A
(916) 278-4998
robinsonl@csus.edu
Education: Ph.D., Oriental Languages, 1982.


Richard Shek, Ph.D.   Department of Humanities & Religious Studies
Mendocino Hall 2022
(916) 278-5331
rshek@csus.edu
Education: Ph.D., History, UC-Berkeley, 1980.
Area of Specialty: Chinese cultural and religious history, with a cross-disciplinary approach based on literature, philosophy, religion, and material culture.


Dong Shen, Ph.D.   Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
Mariposa Hall 3031
(916) 278-5326
dshen@csus.edu
Personal Web Page
Education: Ph.D., Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University, 1999.
Area of Specialty: Cross-cultural studies in consumer behavior and consumer psychology, international trade in textiles and clothing, Chinese culture.


James Sobredo, Ph.D.   Department of Ethnic Studies
Amador Hall 563A
(916) 278-7566
sobredo@csus.edu
Personal Web Page
Education: Ph.D., Ethnic Studies, UC-Berkeley, 1998.
Area of Specialty: Filipino American experience, immigration and settlement patterns of Chinese, Japanese, Filipinos, Koreans, Asian Indians and Southeast Asians (Vietnamese, Cambodians, Laotians).


Cindi Sturtz Sreetharan, Ph.D.   Department of Anthropology
Mendocino Hall 4036
(916) 278-6567
csturtz@saclink.csus.edu
Personal Web Page
Education: Ph.D., Anthropology, UC-Davis, 2001.
Area of Specialty: Japan, gender, linguistic ideology, sociolinguistics, standardization, and (Japan's) minority groups.


Raghuraman Trichur, Ph.D.   Department of Anthropology
Mendocino Hall 4012
(916) 278-7266
rtrichur@saclink.csus.edu
rt@ureach.com
Education: Ph.D., Anthropology, Temple University, 2000.
Area of Specialty: South Asia, Political Economy, Colonialism, Nationalism, Globalization, Tourism and Violence.


Michael G. Vann, Ph.D. Department of History
Tahoe Hall 3087
(916) 278-4163 (please do NOT leave voicemail)
mikevann@csus.edu
Personal Web Page
Education: Ph.D., French Colonial History, 1999.
President, French Colonial Historical Society, http://www.frenchcolonial.org
Area of Specialty: Imperialism and Colonization in Southeast Asia with an emphasis on France in Vietname, History of Race, World History, Film and History, History of Disease, and History of Violence.


Seunghee Wie, Ph.D.   Nutrition and Food Concentration, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
Mariposa Hall 3035
(916) 278-7108
wie@skymail.csus.edu
Personal Web Page
Education: Ph.D., Hospitality and Foodservice Management, Kansas State University, 2000.
Area of Specialty: Food Safety and Sanitation, Foodservice Management, Food Wastes, Food Rescue Program, Knowledge Sharing in Foodservice Industry.


Julie Yen, Ph.D.   Department of English
Calaveras Hall 160
(916) 278-6176
julie.yen@csus.edu
Personal Web Page
Education: Ph.D., British literature, Critical Theory, Asian American Literature, Composition, Brown University.
Area of Specialty: Visible Knowledge Project, The Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne, Asian American literature, Applications of computer technology in higher education.


Yan "Joni" Zhou, Ph.D.   Department of Economics
Tahoe Hall 3020
(916) 278-7653
zhouy@saclink.csus.edu
Education: Ph.D., Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Area of Specialty: International economics and macroeconomics, economic issues in China and India.