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Pattaratorn Chirapravati, Ph.D., Asian Studies Director |
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Kadema Hall 186 Office hours: Benicia 1016, Wednesday 11:00 - 12:00 and Friday 11:00 - 12:30; Kadema 186, Wednesday 11:00 - 12:00. 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. |
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EunMi Cho, Ed.D.Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation, School Psychology, and Deaf Studies |
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Eureka Hall 403 Education: Ph.D., International/Multicultural Special Education, University of San Francisco. Area of Specialty: Bilingual Special Education, research and teacher trainings on special education issues in Asian countries. |
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James Chopyak, Ph.D. |
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Capistrano Hall 125 Education: Ph.D., Columbia Pacific University. Area of Specialty: Ethnomusicology |
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Chia-Jung Chung, Ph.D. |
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Eureka Hall 324 Education: Ph.D., Curriculum & Instruction, University of Iowa. Area of Specialty: Educational Technology, Science Education, Educational Technology and Teacher Education Issues in Asian Countries. |
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David Corner, Ph.D. |
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Mendocino Hall 3014 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. |
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Jay Bouton Crain, Ph.D.Department of Anthropology, Professor Emeritus Education: Ph.D., Cornell University Area of Specialty: Social Anthropology (Borneo, Trobriand Islands), Medical Anthropology (Singapore, Java) |
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Joel Dubois, Th.D. |
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Mendocino Hall 4014 Education: Th.D., Comparative Religion, Harvard Divinity School, 2001. Area of Specialty: Hinduism, Buddhism, and comparative religions. |
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Jeffrey Dym, Ph.D. |
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Tahoe Hall 3099 Office hours: Tuesday and Thursday, 9:00 - 10:00; Wednesday, 4:00 - 5:00. Education: Ph.D., History, University of Hawaii, 1998. Area of Specialty: Modern Japanese cultural history. |
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Minjeong Kang, Ph.D. |
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Mariposa Hall 3009 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. |
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Greg Kim-Ju, Ph.D., Asian Studies Vice-Director |
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Amador Hall 351A Education: Ph.D., Cultural Psychology, Boston College, 2002. Area of Specialty: Korean national identity and civic engagement. |
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Brian S. Lim, Ph.D. |
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Eureka Hall 302 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. |
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Qiaoming Amy Liu, Ph.D. |
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Amador Hall 455D 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 |
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Kazue Masuyama, Ph.D. |
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Mariposa Hall 2063 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. |
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Sujatha Moni, Ph.D. |
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Amador Hall 560B Education: Ph.D., Comparative Literature from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Areas of Specialty: Women’s & Gender Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Drama & Performance theory, Literatures of India, South Asia, Psychoanalysis. |
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Kisun Nam, Ph.D., MSSW |
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Mariposa Hall 5029 Education: Ph.D., Social Welfare, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2008. Area of Specialty: Public policy analysis, welfare and child support programs, poverty, food insecurity, comparative social welfare policy. |
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Mitch Numark, Ph.D. |
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Tahoe Hall 3055 Education: Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2006. Area of Specialty: South Asian History. |
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Myung Hae Park, MFA |
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Mariposa Hall 5013 Education: MFA, Graphic Design, Iowa State University. Area of Specialty: User Interface Design, Graphic Design History, Wayfinding, Branding, Typography. |
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James DeShaw Rae, Ph.D. |
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Tahoe Hall 3123 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. |
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Lewis Robinson, Ph.D. |
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Mariposa Hall 2051A Education: Ph.D., Oriental Languages, 1982. |
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Richard Shek, Ph.D. |
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Mendocino Hall 2022 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. |
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Dong Shen, Ph.D. |
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Mariposa Hall 3031 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. |
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James Sobredo, Ph.D. |
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Amador Hall 563A 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). |
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Cindi Sturtz Sreetharan, Ph.D. |
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Mendocino Hall 4036 Education: Ph.D., Anthropology, UC-Davis, 2001. Area of Specialty: Japan, gender, linguistic ideology, sociolinguistics, standardization, and (Japan's) minority groups. |
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Raghuraman Trichur, Ph.D. |
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Mendocino Hall 4012 Education: Ph.D., Anthropology, Temple University, 2000. Area of Specialty: South Asia, Political Economy, Colonialism, Nationalism, Globalization, Tourism and Violence. |
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Michael G. Vann, Ph.D |
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Tahoe Hall 3087 Education: Ph.D., French Colonial History, 1999. 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. |
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Seunghee Wie, Ph.D.Nutrition and Food Concentration, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences |
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Mariposa Hall 3035 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. |
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Julie Yen, Ph.D. |
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Calaveras Hall 160 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. |
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Yan "Joni" Zhou, Ph.D. |
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Tahoe Hall 3020 Education: Ph.D., Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz. Area of Specialty: International economics and macroeconomics, economic issues in China and India. |
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