Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Web Site: www.rci.rutgers.edu/~easian/studies.html
Program Director: Ching-I Tu, Asian Languages and Cultures; Ph.D., Washington
Program Faculty:
Michael Adas, History; Ph.D., Wisconsin
Laura Ahearn, Anthropology; Ph.D., Michigan
Edwin Bryant, Religion; Ph.D., Columbia
Indrani Chatterjee, History; Ph.D., London
Kuang-Yu Chen, Chemistry; Ph.D., Yale
Young-mee Yu Cho, Asian Languages and Cultures; Ph.D., Stanford
Ann Choi, Asian Languages and Cultures; Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
Veneeta Dayal, Linguistics; Ph.D., Cornell
Manoranjan Dutta, Economics; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Ira Gang, Economics; Ph.D., Cornell
Peter B. Golden, History; Ph.D., Columbia
Angela Howard, Art History; Ph.D., New York
Cheng-Few Lee, Finance; Ph.D., SUNY (Buffalo)
Indra Levy, Asian Languages and Cultures; Ph.D., Columbia
Peter Li, Asian Languages and Cultures; Ph.D., Chicago
Matt K. Matsuda, History; Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
Senko Maynard, Asian Languages and Cultures; Ph.D., Northwestern
Michael Moffatt, Anthropology; Ph.D., Chicago
Hiroshi Obayashi, Religion; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Donald Roden, History; Ph.D., Wisconsin
Kazuo Sato, Economics; Ph.D., Yale
Paul Schalow, Asian Languages and Cultures; Ph.D., Harvard
Louisa Schein, Anthropology; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Richard VanNess Simmons, Asian Languages and Cultures; Ph.D., Washington
Leslie Small, Agricultural Economics and Marketing; Ph.D., Cornell
Dietrich Tschanz, Asian Languages and Cultures; Ph.D., Princeton
Janet Walker, Comparative Literature; Ph.D., Harvard
Steven Walker, Comparative Literature; Ph.D., Harvard
Ban Wang, Asian Languages and Cultures; Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
Richard Wilson, Political Science; Ph.D., Princeton
Odoric Wou, History; Ph.D., Columbia
Chun-fang Yu, Religion; Ph.D., Columbia
Students interested in Asian studies should be aware that courses also
are offered in Chinese (165), Hindi (505), Japanese (565), and Korean
(574). An interdisciplinary major is available in East Asian languages
and area studies (214).