Faculty List
Professors
James B. Brow
Professor
jbrow@mail.utexas.edu | 471-0058 | EPS 2.202
Education
Ph.D., University of WashingtonSung-Sheng Yvonne Chang
Professor
yvonne@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 475-6036 | WCH 4.124
Education
Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests
Chinese film and literatureKathryn G Hansen
Professor
kgh@uts.cc.utexas.edu | 475-6035 | WCH 4.122
Education
Ph.D., University of California-BerkeleyRobert D King
Research Professor
rking@mail.utexas.edu | 471-9016 | CAL 507
Education
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Interests
Tribal linguistics and sociolinguistics of IndiaGail Minault
Professor
gminault@mail.utexas.edu | 512-475-7214 | GAR 3.118
Education
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Interests
History of India and Pakistan; women's history, history of Islamic artJ. Patrick Olivelle
Professor
jpo@uts.cc.utexas.edu | 512-475-6032 | WCH 4.112
Education
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Interests
Sanskrit; Ancient Indian religious historyStephen H Phillips
Professor
phillips@mail.utexas.edu | 471-5080 | WAG 301
Education
Ph.D., Harvard University
Interests
Indian Philosophy; philosophy of religion; theory of valueHerman Van Olphen
Professor and Director of the Hindi-Urdu Flagship
hvo@mail.utexas.edu | 512-475-6037 | WCH 4.130
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Hindi Language and linguistics; language and nationalismAssociate Professors
Itty Abraham
Associate Professor
ittya@mail.utexas.edu | 512-232-7234 | BAT 4.150
Education
Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Interests
International relations, science and technology studies, and postcolonial theoryKamran Asdar Ali
Associate Professor
asdar@mail.utexas.edu | 471-7531, 471-3550 | EPS 1.116
Education
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins UniversityJoel P. Brereton
Department Chair
jpb@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-6024 | WCH 4.114
Education
Ph.D., Yale University
Interests
Sanskrit; Religious studies, Asian religions, Vedic studiesS. Akbar Hyder
Associate Professor
shyder@mail.utexas.edu | 475-6031 | WCH 4.134
Education
Ph.D., Harvard University
Interests
Islam in South Asia, Urdu language and literature, Aesthetics in South Asian and the Middle East.Shanti Kumar
Associate Professor
shantikumar@mail.utexas.edu | 232-3498 | WWH 404
Education
Ph.D., Indiana University-BloomingtonJanice Leoshko
Associate Professor
jleoshko@mail.utexas.edu | 232-2581 | DFA 2.110
Education
Ph.D., Ohio State University
Interests
South and Southeast Asian art history and Buddhist artHuaiyin Li
Associate Professor
hli@mail.utexas.edu | 512-475-7910 | GAR 3.202
Education
Ph.D., 2000, University of California, Los AngelesPatricia Maclachlan
Associate Professor and Director of the Center for East Asian Studies
pmaclachlan@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 232-1724 | BAT 3.150
Education
Ph.D., Columbia University
Interests
Consumerism in advanced industrial democracies, with a focus on Japan. Currently researching the reform of the Japanese postal system and the political power of the commissioned postmastersMark Metzler
Associate Professor
mmetzler@mail.utexas.edu | 512-475-7262 | GAR 3.404
Education
Ph.D., 1998, University of California, BerkeleyRobert M Oppenheim
Associate Professor
rmo@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 471-7279 | WCH 5.134
Education
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Interests
Korean culture and historyMartha A Selby
Associate Professor
ms@uts.cc.utexas.edu | 475-6040 | WCH 5.114
Education
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Interests
Representations of women, birth, and disease in classical Indian medicine. Sanskrit poetry and poetics, Prakrit and Old Tamil poetry, and Sanskrit medical literature.Cynthia M. Talbot
Associate Professor
ctalbot@mail.utexas.edu | 475-7207 | GAR 3.106
Education
Ph.D., 1988, University of Wisconsin
Interests
Classical and medieval history of South AsiaJohn W. Traphagan
Associate Professor
jtrap@uts.cc.utexas.edu | 512-232-0874 | BUR 426
Education
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Interests
Medical anthropology, gender and aging, globalization, family and kinship, religion and ritualKamala Visweswaran
Associate Professor
kvis@mail.utexas.edu | 471-8516 | EPS 1.206
Education
Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests
Women's movements in South Asia, human rights, Subaltern Studies, Transnational and Diaspora studies, feminist ethnography, and Indian literature in translationAssistant 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.Oliver Freiberger
Assistant Professor
ofreiberger@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-8239 | WCH 5.110
Education
Ph.D., University of Göttingen, Germany
Interests
Indian Buddhism, asceticismKaushik Ghosh
Assistant Professor
cayocan@mail.utexas.edu | 471-0052 | EPS 1.148
Education
Ph.D., Princeton UniversityRoger Hart
Assistant Professor
rhart@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 475-7258 | GAR 3.216
Education
Ph.D., 1997, University of California, Los AngelesHeather Hindman
Assistant Professor
h.hindman@mail.utexas.edu | 471-1667 | WCH 5.103
Education
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Interests
Critical development, expatriate communities, social theory, global labor and genderMadhavi Mallapragada
Assisant Professor
madhavim@mail.utexas.edu | 471-9239 | CMA 6.172
Education
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-MadisonDavid M Sena
Assistant Professor
davidsena@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 471-7965 | WCH 5.104C
Education
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Interests
Classical Chinese and ancient ChinaYun-Chiahn Sena
Assistant Professor
ysena@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 232-2319 | DFA
Education
Ph.D., University of ChicagoNancy 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, genderChien-hsin Tsai
Assistant Professor
chtsai@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-1302 | WCH 5.105
Education
Ph.D., Harvard UniversitySenior Lecturers
Yukie Aida
Senior Lecturer
y.aida@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 475-6042 | WCH 5.124
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Japanese language pedagogyEdeltraud Harzer
Senior Lecturer
harzer@uts.cc.utexas.edu | 232-3575 | WCH 5.135
Education
Ph.D., University of Washington
Interests
Sanskrit, Indian philosophy and literatureCamilla H Hsieh
Senior Lecturer
camilla@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 475-6046 | WCH 5.132
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas
Interests
Chinese language pedagogyChiu-Mi Lai
Senior Lecturer
cmlai@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 475-6054 | WCH 5.112
Education
Ph.D., University of WashingtonHoang H Ngo
Senior Lecturer
nhh10161@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 475-6033 | WCH 4.114
Education
Ph.D., Vietnam National University, HanoiNaoko 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 InstructionWen-Hua Teng
Senior 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 testingLecturers
Elsa Chih-Wei Chang
Lecturer
elsa_cwc@yahoo.com | (512) 475-6041 | WCH 5.116
Interests
Chinese languageJeanette C Chen
Lecturer
jeanettechen@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 475-6041 | WCH 5.116
Interests
Chinese languageShahnaz Hassan
Lecturer
snzhasan@mail.utexas.edu | 471-0304 | HRH 3.102
Education
B.A., University of the Punjab
Interests
UrduAkemi Katayama
Lecturer
akataya@mail.utexas.edu | 512-475-6043 | WCH 5.126
Education
MA, Portland State University
Interests
Second language acquisition and language pedagogyKyung Park
Lecturer
pkyung@mail.utexas.edu | 475-6045 | WCH 5.130
Education
MA, Yonsei University, Seoul, KoreaSankaran Radhakrishnan
Senior Lecturer
radha@mail.utexas.edu | 512-475-6048 | WCH 5.136
Education
Ph.D., Annamalai University
Interests
Tamil language and literature; south Indian culture/historyJeeyoung Shin
Lecturer
jshin@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 475-6048 | WCH 5.136
Education
Ph. D, Indiana UniversityMidori Tanaka
Lecturer
midori@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 475-6033 | WCH 4.114
Education
MA, University of Oregon
Interests
Japanese language and linguistics; pedagogyRadhakrishnan Unnithan
Lecturer
unnithan@mail.utexas.edu | 232-7104 | WCH 3RD FL
Education
Ph.D., University of Kerala
Interests
MalayalamOther faculty
Rupert Snell
Adjunct Professor
rupertsnell@mail.utexas.edu | 471-7955 | WCH 5.104A
Education
Ph.D., University of London
Interests
Poetics and aesthetics in pre-modern Hindi; poetry in Braj Bhasha and Awadhi dialects.Professors Emeriti
Robert L. Hardgrave, Jr.
Professor Emeritus
rlh@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-7251 | BAT 2.116
Education
Ph.D., University of Chicago



