School of Arts and Sciences
Website:
http://asianlanguages.rutgers.edu
Program Director: Richard VanNess Simmons, 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
Shin-yi Chao, Philosophy and Religion; Ph.D., British Columbia (Canada)
Indrani Chatterjee, History; Ph.D., London
Kuang-Yu Chen, Chemistry; Ph.D., Yale
Young-mee Yu Cho, Asian Languages and Cultures; Ph.D., Stanford
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
Sumit Guha, History; Ph.D., Cambridge
Jiro Harasaki; M.A.,
Columbia
Angela Howard, Art History; Ph.D., New York
Tao Jiang, Religion; Ph.D., Temple
Suzy Kim, Asian Languages and Cultures; Ph.D., Chicago
Yeon-Soo Kim, Spanish and Portuguese; Ph.D., Yale
Cheng-Few Lee, Finance; Ph.D., SUNY (Buffalo)
Sukhee Lee, History; Ph.D., Harvard
Xun Liu, History; Ph.D., Southern California
Matt K. Matsuda, History; Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
Senko Maynard, Asian Languages and Cultures; Ph.D., Northwestern
Hiroshi Obayashi, Religion; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Nancy Rao, Music Theory; Ph.D., Michigan
Donald Roden, History; Ph.D., Wisconsin
Satoru Saito, Asian Languages and Cultures; Ph.D., Columbia
Paul Schalow, Asian Languages and Cultures; Ph.D., Harvard
Louisa Schein, Anthropology; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Robert Sewell, Library; Ph.D., Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
Richard VanNess Simmons, Asian Languages and Cultures; Ph.D.,
Washington
Weijie Song, Asian Languages and Cultures; Ph.D., Peking (China); Ph.D., Columbia
Wendy Swartz, Asian Languages and Cultures; Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
Ching-I Tu, Asian Languages and Cultures; Ph.D., Washington
Elizabeth VanderVen, History, Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
Dietrich Tschanz, Asian Languages and Cultures; Ph.D., Princeton
Janet Walker, Comparative Literature; Ph.D., Harvard
Steven Walker, Comparative Literature; Ph.D., Harvard
Odoric Wou, History; Ph.D., Columbia
Students interested in Asian studies should be aware that courses also are offered in Chinese (165), Japanese (565), and Korean (574). Courses offered in Hindi may be found in the African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures (013) section. An interdisciplinary major is available in East Asian Languages and Area Studies (214).
