Faculty List
Professors
Sung-Sheng (Yvonne) Chang
Professor
yvonne@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-6036 | WCH 4.124
Education
Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests
Chinese Area IV and LiteratureRowena Fong
Professor, Ruby Lee Piester Centennial Professor in Services to Children and Families
rfong@austin.utexas.edu | (512) 471-1393 | School of Social Work: 3.122G
Education
Ed.D., Harvard UniversityHuaiyin Li
Professor
hli@utexas.edu | 512-475-7910 | GAR 3.202
Education
Ph.D., 2000, University of California, Los Angeles
Interests
Modern Chinese history; Contemporary Chinese economy, society, and politics; Imperial China; Chinese culture and religion; Gender and family; Agrarian studieS; Comparative studies of development and globalizationAssociate Professors
Kirsten Cather
Associate Professor
kcather@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-0031 | WCH 5.104B
Education
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Interests
Japanese literature and film; censorship; fictional and non-fictional representations of suicide; literary and filmic adaptationsMadeline Y. Hsu
Associate Professor; Director, Center for Asian American Studies
myhsu@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-9469 | GAR 3.222
Education
Ph.D., Yale University, 1996
Interests
Asian American studies, migration, transnationalism, and ethnic studiesWard Keeler
Associate Professor
ward.keeler@gmail.com | 512-471-8520 | SAC 4.128
Education
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Interests
Anthropology and expressive culture, including music, theatre, and literature; language and culture; postcoloniality; Java and Bali (Indonesia), and Burma.Patricia Maclachlan
Associate Professor
pmaclachlan@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-1724 | BAT 3.150
Education
Ph.D., Columbia University
Interests
Interest group behavior in Japan; Japanese postal politics and reform; consumerism in advanced industrial democracies; comparative political institutions.Mark Metzler
Associate Professor
mmetzler@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 475-7262 | GAR 3.404
Education
Ph.D., University of California, BerkeleyRobert M Oppenheim
Associate Professor, Director of Center for East Asian Studies
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 anthropologyNancy K. Stalker
Associate Professor
nancy.stalker@mail.utexas.edu | 512-475-6044 | WCH 5.128
Education
Ph.D., 2002, Stanford University
Interests
20th century cultural history, new religious movements, genderJohn W. Traphagan
Associate Professor
john.traphagan@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-0874 | BUR 533
Education
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Interests
Medical anthropology, gender and aging, globalization, family and kinship, religion and ritualWei-Hsin Yu
Associate Professor
whyu@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-8339 | MAI
Education
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Interests
Gender; Social OrganizationsAssistant Professors
Wenhong Chen
Assistant Professor
wenhong_chen@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-4952 | CMA 6136
Education
Ph.D., University of TorontoHeather Hindman
Assistant Professor
h.hindman@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-1667 | WCH 5.103
Education
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Interests
Critical development, entrepreneurialism, expatriate communities, social theory, global labor and genderSu Yeong Kim
Assistant Professor
projectfamily@gmail.com | (512) 471-5524 | SEA 2.322C
Education
Ph.D. HDFS, University of California, DavisNhi T. Lieu
Assistant Professor
nlieu@mail.utexas.edu | 512-232-2792 | BUR 444
Education
Ph.D., American Culture, 2004, University of MichiganDavid M Sena
Assistant Professor
dsena@utexas.edu | 512-471-7965 | WCH 5.104C
Education
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Interests
Early Chinese history, language, and cultureYun-Chiahn Sena
Assistant Professor
ysena@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-4970 | DFA 2.118
Education
Ph.D., University of ChicagoChien-hsin Tsai
Assistant Professor
tsai@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-1302 | WCH 5.104A
Education
Ph.D., Harvard UniversitySenior Lecturers
Yukie Aida
Senior Lecturer
aiday@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-6042 | WCH 5.124
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas at AustinCamilla H Hsieh
Senior Lecturer
camilla@utexas.edu | 512-475-6046 | WCH 5.132
Education
Ph.D., The University of Texas
Interests
Chinese language pedagogyChiu-Mi Lai
Senior Lecturer
cmlai@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-6054 | WCH 5.112
Education
Ph.D., University of WashingtonKyung Park
Senior Lecturer
pkyung@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-6045 | WCH 5.130
Education
MA, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
Interests
Korean LanguageNaoko Suito
Senior Lecturer
n.suito@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-6043 | WCH 5.126
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas
Interests
Japanese language; Curriculum and Instruction, Instructional TechnologyWen-Hua Teng
Senior Lecturer
whteng@utexas.edu | 512-475-6045 | WCH 5.130
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Pedagogical grammar of Chinese; curriculum design; technology-enhanced CFL pedagogyLecturers
Chih-Wei (Elsa) Chang
Lecturer
elsa.chang@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-6041 | WCH 5.116
Education
MA, Univeristy of Texas at AustinJeanette C Chen
Lecturer
jeanettechen@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-6041 | WCH 5.116
Interests
LanguagesJunko Hatanaka
Lecturer
jhatanaka@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-6042 | WCH 5.124
Education
MA in Japanese, MS in Rhetoric and Technical Communications, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Michigan Technological UniversityMin Jung Jee
Lecturer
mjjee@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-6049 | WCH 5.138
Education
Ph.D, The University of Texas at AustinAkemi Katayama
Lecturer
akataya@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-6043 | WCH 5.126
Education
MA, 2012, MA, 1996, The University of Alberta, Portland State University
Interests
Second language acquisition and language pedagogyYi-Chun Lin
Lecturer
yichunlin@mail.utexas.edu | 512-475-6049 | WCH 5.138
Education
M.A., Graduate Institute of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, National Taiwan Normal University.Midori Tanaka
Lecturer
midori@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-6033 | WCH 4.114
Education
MA, University of Oregon
Interests
Japanese language and lingustics; pedagogyOther faculty
Tracy Dahlby
Professor, Frank A. Bennack, Jr. Chair in Journalism
tracy.dahlby@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-6272 | CMA 5.150F
