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Patricia Maclachlan, Director WCH 5.120, Mailcode G9300, Austin, TX 78712 • 512-475-6011

Faculty List

Professors

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Sung-Sheng Yvonne Chang

Professor

yvonne@mail.utexas.edu  |  (512) 475-6036  |  WCH 4.124

Education   

Ph.D., Stanford University

Interests

  Chinese Area IV and Literature

Rowena Fong

Ruby Lee Piester Centennial Professor in Services to Children and Families

rfong@mail.utexas.edu  |  (512) 471-1393  |  School of Social Work: 3.122G

Education   

Ed.D., Harvard University
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Arthur Sakamoto

Professor

asakamoto@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-232-6338  |  BUR 458

Education   

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

Interests

  Demography; Social Organizations

Associate Professors

Lalitha Gopalan

Associate Professor

lalithagopalan@mail.utexas.edu  |  (512) 471-9374  |  CMA 6.174

Madeline Y. Hsu

Associate Professor; Director, Center for Asian American Studies

myhsu@mail.utexas.edu  |  475-7850  |  GAR 3.222

Education   

Ph.D., Yale University, 1996

Interests

  Asian American studies, migration, transnationalism, and ethnic studies

Huaiyin Li

Associate Professor

hli@mail.utexas.edu  |  512-475-7910  |  GAR 3.202

Education   

Ph.D., 2000, University of California, Los Angeles
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Patricia Maclachlan

Associate Professor; Director, Center for East Asian Studies

pmaclachlan@mail.utexas.edu  |  (512) 232-1724  |  BAT 3.150

Education   

Ph.D., Columbia University

Mark Metzler

Assoc Professor

mmetzler@mail.utexas.edu  |  (512) 475-7262  |  GAR 3.404

Education   

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Robert M Oppenheim

Assistant Professor

rmo@mail.utexas.edu  |  (512) 471-7279  |  WCH 5.134

Education   

Ph.D., University of Chicago

Interests

  Korean culture and history

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Nancy 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, gender

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Wei-Hsin Yu

Assistant Professor

whyu@mail.utexas.edu  |  471-8339  |  BUR 566

Education   

Ph.D., University of Chicago

Interests

  Gender; Social Organizations

Assistant Professors

Kirsten Cather

Assistant Professor

kcather@mail.utexas.edu  |  (512) 471-0031  |  WCH 5.104B

Education   

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Interests

  Censorship of literature and film in modern Japan, modern adaptations of premodern Japanese literature.

Roger Hart

Affiliate faculty

rhart@mail.utexas.edu  |  (512) 475-7258  |  GAR 3.216

Education   

Ph.D., 1997, University of California, Los Angeles

William Hurst

Affiliate faculty

whurst@austin.utexas.edu  |  512-232-7208  |  BAT 3.108

Education   

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Su Yeong Kim

Assistant Professor

suyeongkim@mail.utexas.edu  |  (512) 471-5524  |  SEA 2.322C

Education   

Ph.D. HDFS, University of California, Davis

David M Sena

Assistant Professor

davidsena@mail.utexas.edu  |  (512) 471-7965  |  WCH 5.104C

Education   

Ph.D., University of Chicago

Yun-Chiahn Sena

Lecturer

ysena@mail.utexas.edu  |  (512) 232-2319  |  DFA

Education   

Ph.D., University of Chicago

Chien-hsin Tsai

Affiliate faculty

chtsai@mail.utexas.edu  |  512-471-1302  |  WCH 5.105

Education   

Ph.D., Harvard University

Senior Lecturers

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Yukie Aida

Senior Lecturer

y.aida@mail.utexas.edu  |  (512) 475-6042  |  WCH 5.124

Education   

Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
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Camilla H Hsieh

Senior Lecturer

camilla@mail.utexas.edu  |  (512) 475-6046  |  WCH 5.132

Education   

Ph.D., University of Texas

Interests

  Chinese language, social and personality psychology

Chiu-Mi Lai

Senior Lecturer

cmlai@mail.utexas.edu  |  (512) 475-6054  |  WCH 5.112

Education   

Ph.D., University of Washington

Hoang H Ngo

Senior Lecturer

nhh10161@mail.utexas.edu  |  (512) 475-6033  |  WCH 4.114

Education   

Ph.D., Vietnam National University, Hanoi

Interests

   Vietnamese Linguistics and Literature

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Naoko Suito

Senior Lecturer

n.suito@mail.utexas.edu  |  (512) 475-6043  |  WCH 5.126

Education   

Ph.D., University of Texas

Interests

  Japanese language; curriculum and instruction

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Wen-Hua Teng

Lecturer

whteng@mail.utexas.edu  |  (512) 475-6045  |  WCH 5.130

Education   

Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin

Interests

  Chinese language; Communicative strategy and listening comprehension testing

Lecturers

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Elsa Chih-Wei Chang

Lecturer

elsa_cwc@yahoo.com  |  (512) 475-6041  |  WCH 5.116

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Jeanette C Chen

Lecturer

jeanettechen@mail.utexas.edu  |  (512) 475-6041  |  WCH 5.116

Interests

  Language

Chikako H Cooke

Lecturer

hirayama_cooke@mail.utexas.edu  |  (512) 475-6046  |  WCH 5.132

Kyung Park

Lecturer

pkyung@mail.utexas.edu  |  475-6045  |  WCH 5.130

Education   

MA, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

Jeeyoung Shin

Lecturer

jshin@mail.utexas.edu  |  (512) 475-6048  |  WCH 5.136

Education   

Ph. D, Indiana University
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Midori Tanaka

Lecturer

midori@mail.utexas.edu  |  (512) 475-6033  |  WCH 4.114

Education   

MA, University of Oregon

Interests

  Japanese language and lingustics; pedagogy

Other faculty

Tracy Dahlby

Director, School of Journalism; Frank A. Bennack, Jr. Chair in Journalism

tracy.dahlby@austin.utexas.edu  |  (512) 571-1845  |  CMA A6.144

Education   

MA, Harvard University

Robert Khan

Visiting Professor

rokhan@mail.utexas.edu  |  (512) 232-2469  |  WCH 5.120A

Meng-Fen Su

East Asian Studies Librarian

msu@mail.utexas.edu  |  (512) 495-4325  |  PCL 4.114

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