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 film and literatureKathryn Hansen
Professor
kgh@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-6035 | WCH 5.104A
Education
Ph.D., University of California, BerkeleyHuaiyin 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; gender and family; agrarian studies; Chinese culture and religions; and comparative studies of development and globalization.Gail Minault
Professor
gminault@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-7214 | GAR 3.118
Education
Ph.D., 1972, University of Pennsylvania
Interests
History of India and Pakistan; women's history, history of Islamic artPatrick Olivelle
Professor
jpo@uts.cc.utexas.edu | 512-475-6032 | WCH 5.120A
Education
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Interests
Sanskrit; Ancient Indian religious historyStephen Phillips
Professor
phillips@mail.utexas.edu | 471-5080 | WAG 301
Education
Ph.D., Harvard University
Interests
Indian Philosophy; philosophy of religion; theory of valueMartha Selby
Department Chair and Professor
ms@uts.cc.utexas.edu | 512-475-6040 | WCH 4.134A
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.Rupert Snell
Professor and Director of Hindi Urdu Flagship Program
rupertsnell@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-7955 | WCH 4.104C
Education
Ph.D., University of London
Interests
Poetics and aesthetics in pre-modern Hindi; poetry in Braj Bhasha and Awadhi dialects.Associate Professors
Kamran Asdar Ali
Associate Professor
asdar@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-7531, 471-3550 | SAC 5.126
Education
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins UniversityJoel Brereton
Associate Professor
jpb@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-6024 | WCH 4.122
Education
Ph.D., Yale University
Interests
Sanskrit; Religious studies, Asian religions, Vedic studiesKirsten Cather
Associate Professor
kcather@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-0031 | WCH 4.112
Education
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Interests
Censorship of literature and film in modern Japan, modern adaptations of premodern Japanese literature, suicide and death in modern Japan.Oliver Freiberger
Associate Professor
of@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-8239 | WCH 4.104A
Education
Ph.D., Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
Interests
Indian Buddhism; asceticism; comparison in the study of religionS. Akbar Hyder
Associate Professor
shyder@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-6031 | WCH 4.104E
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 | 512-232-3498 | CMA 5.124
Education
Ph.D., Indiana University-BloomingtonJanice Leoshko
Associate Professor
jleoshko@mail.utexas.edu | 232-2581 | DFA 2.130
Education
Ph.D., Ohio State University
Interests
South and Southeast Asian art history and Buddhist artPatricia 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@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-7262 | GAR 3.404
Education
Ph.D., 1998, 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 4.130
Education
Ph.D., 2002, Stanford University
Interests
20th-century cultural history, new religious movements, genderCynthia Talbot
Associate Professor
ctalbot@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-9303 | GAR 3.106
Education
PhD, 1988, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Interests
Medieval and early modern history of South AsiaJohn 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 ritualKamala Visweswaran
Associate Professor
kvis@mail.utexas.edu | 471-8516 | SAC 5.156
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
Kaushik Ghosh
Assistant Professor
cayocan@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-0052 | EPS 1.148
Education
Ph.D., Princeton UniversityHeather Hindman
Assistant Professor
h.hindman@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-1667 | WCH 4.104G
Education
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Interests
Critical development, entrepreneurialism, expatriate communities, social theory, global labor and genderMadhavi Mallapragada
Assisant Professor
madhavim@austin.utexas.edu | CMA 5.148
Education
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-MadisonDavid 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 cultureChien-hsin Tsai
Assistant Professor
tsai@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-1302 | WCH 5.104B
Education
Ph.D., Harvard UniversitySenior Lecturers
Yukie Aida
Senior Lecturer
aiday@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-6049 | WCH 5.110
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Japanese language pedagogy / students beliefs about their own language performancesEdeltraud Harzer
Senior Lecturer
harzer@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-3575 | WCH 5.135
Education
Ph.D., University of Washington
Interests
Sanskrit, Indian philosophy and literatureCamilla 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 LanguageSankaran Radhakrishnan
Senior Lecturer
radha@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-6048 | WCH 5.103
Education
Ph.D., Annamalai University
Interests
Tamil language (modern and classical) and literatures (modern and classical); south Indian culture/history; Tamil teaching/learning material productionGautami Shah
Senior Lecturer
gshah@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-6033 | WCH 4.104GA
Education
M.S., Purdue University
Interests
Language pedagogy (Hindi); Contemporary South Asian literature with a focus on communal conflicts, gender issues, caste, religion and immigrant experiences; Curriculum development; Innovative use of technology in language teaching; Program development; Less commonly taught languagesJishnu Shankar
Senior Lecturer
jshankar@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-1219 | WCH 4.104B
Education
Doctorate, Syracuse University
Interests
Aghor Tradition of India; Comparing Religious Practices in South Asian TraditionsNaoko Suito
Senior Lecturer
n.suito@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-8497 | WCH 5.105
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas
Interests
Japanese language; Curriculum and Instruction, Instructional TechnologyWen-Hua Teng
Senior Lecturer
whteng@utexas.edu | 512-475-6047 | WCH 5.128
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 Austin
Interests
Chinese languageVidhu Chaturvedi
Lecturer
vidhu@austin.utexas.edu | Work: 512-471-0304, Cell: 512-924-4630 | WCH 5.114
Education
MA, Banaras Hindu University, (Varanasi, India)
Interests
1.Preparation of Instructional Materials, 2. Vocabularies (Love words and nuances of their meanings and usage), 3. Classical and Popular Hindi Films, especially from 1940s, 50s, 60s and 70s 4. Popular and Classical Hindi Literature and 5. Language in the Socio Cultural Context and 6. Influence of Socio-Cultural Environment in the Formation, Structure and Expressions of Language.Jeanette C Chen
Lecturer
jeanettechen@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-6041 | WCH 5.116
Interests
LanguagesShahnaz Hassan
Lecturer
snzhasan@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-0304 | WCH 5.114
Education
B.A., University of the Punjab
Interests
Urdu language and literatureJunko 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 | 512-475-6043 | WCH 5.126
Education
Ph.D, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Second Language Acquisition, Technology assisted language learning and teaching, Korean languageAkemi 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 | 512-475-6042 | WCH 5.124
Education
M.A., Graduate Institute of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, National Taiwan Normal University.Afsar Mohammad
Lecturer
afsar@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-1843 | WCH 5.136
Education
Ph.D, University of Wisconsin-MadisonTomoko Sakuma
Lecturer
t.sakuma@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-6041 | WCH 5.116
Education
Ph. D., University of Texas at AustinMidori Tanaka
Lecturer
midori@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-7104 | WCH 5.138
Education
MA, University of Oregon
Interests
Japanese language and linguistics; pedagogyMadhavan Unnithan
Lecturer
unnithan@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-7104 | WCH 4.138
Education
Ph.D., University of Kerala
Interests
MalayalamProfessors Emeriti
Kathryn Hansen
Professor
kgh@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-6035 | WCH 5.104A
Education
Ph.D., University of California, BerkeleyRobert Hardgrave, Jr.
Louann and Larry Temple Centennial Professor Emeritus in the Humanities
Education
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Interests
South Asia: domestic and international politics (India specialty), comparative ethnic conflict, British India: European images and artists' representationRobert King
Professor Emeritus
rking@mail.utexas.edu | 512-923-3502 | CAL 507
Education
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Interests
Sociolinguistics of IndiaPatrick Olivelle
Professor
jpo@uts.cc.utexas.edu | 512-475-6032 | WCH 5.120A
Education
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Interests
Sanskrit; Ancient Indian religious historyHerman Van Olphen
Professor Emeritus
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
