Faculty List
Core Faculty
Rowena Fong
Professor
rfong@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-1393 | SSW 2.240
Education
Ed.D., Harvard UniversityHeather Hindman
Assistant Professor
Education
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Interests
Critical development, entrepreneurialism, expatriate communities, social theory, global labor and genderMadeline Y. Hsu
Director, Associate Professor
myhsu@austin.utexas.edu | 475-7850 | GAR 3.222
Education
Ph.D., Yale University, 1996
Interests
Migration, Transnationalism and Diaspora, Chinese Overseas, and Ethnic Studies.Julia H. Lee
Assistant Professor
jxlee@utexas.edu | 471-6095 | CAL 315
Education
Ph.D., 2005, University of California, Los Angeles
Interests
Asian American Literature; African American Literature; and Twentieth-century American LiteratureNhi T. Lieu
Assistant Professor
nlieu@mail.utexas.edu | 512 232 2792 | BUR 444
Education
Ph.D., American Culture, 2004, University of Michigan
Interests
Cultural Studies and Media Representations, 20th century U.S. Immigration, Social Theories on Popular Amusements, Transnationalism, Cultural Politics, and Comparative Beauty Cultures.Madhavi Mallapragada
Assistant Professor
madhavim@austin.utexas.edu | 471-9239 | CMA 6.172
Education
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Interests
online articulations of racialized, brown, and transnational cultural identities within a South Asian American contexRobert M Oppenheim
Associate Professor
rmo@austin.utexas.edu | (512) 471-7279 | WCH 5.134
Education
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Interests
Korean anthropology and history; science/tech/society; heritage; objects/materiality; history of anthropologyNaomi Paik
Assistant Professor
naomi.paik@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-2876 | BUR 440
Education
Ph.D., American Studies, 2009, Yale University
Interests
Comparative ethnic studies; transnational U.S. cultural studies; Asian American studies; social and cultural approaches to legal studies; postcolonial studies and theories of race and imperialism; transnational feminist theory; carceral spaces; labor, race, and migration.Sharmila Rudrappa
Associate Professor
rudrappa@austin.utexas.edu | 232-6310 | BUR 574
Education
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Interests
Comparative Race and Ethnicity, Feminist Theory, Labor, Immigration, and Citizenship.Snehal Shingavi
Assistant Professor
snehal.shingavi@utexas.edu | 471-8114 | PAR 27
Education
Ph.D., 2008, University of California, Berkeley
Interests
Anglophone South Asian literature, Hindi/Urdu literature, Literature in Translation and Translation Theory, Theories of “the nation” (anticolonialism, nationalism, statism, postcolonialism, postnationalism, cosmopolitanism, globalization, transnationalism, internationalism), Classical MarxismEric Tang
Assistant Professor, Associate Director, UT Community Engagement Center
erictang@mail.utexas.edu | 471-4380 | JES 232BC
Education
Ph.D., 2006, American Studies, New York University
Interests
Racism & Anti-racism; The Poetics of Displacement; Urban unrest; Activist researchAffiliated Faculty
Mia Carter
Faculty
miaC@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-8733 | PAR 123
Education
Ph.D., English and Modern Studies, 1992, University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeWenhong Chen
Assistant Professor
wenhong_chen@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-4952 | CMA 6.136
Education
Ph.D., University of TorontoSu Yeong Kim
Assistant Professor
projectfamily@gmail.com | 512-471-5524 | SEA 2.322C
Education
Ph.D. HDFS, University of California, DavisShanti Kumar
Associate Professor
shantikumar@mail.utexas.edu | 512-232-3498 | CMA 5.124
Education
Ph.D., Indiana University-BloomingtonArthur Sakamoto
Faculty
asakamoto@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-1748 | CLA3.506
Education
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, MadisonTeaching Affiliates
Alexander Cho
Assistant Instructor
Education
M.A., Media Studies, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Social media, critical race theory, critical mixed race studies, gender and sexuality studiesSarah Steinbock-Pratt
Assistant Instructor
sarahsteinbockpratt@utexas.edu
