Graduate Student Profiles
Dean Accardi
Ph.D., Asian Cultures and Languages
Early modern religious formations; 14th century Kashmiri society and politics; early Islam in North India
Afrose Ahmed
M.A., Asian Studies
Urdu poetry; gender, anti-colonial and labor movements, sexuality.
Asiya Alam
Ph.D., Asian Cultures and Languages
Women's Education and Reform of Familial Practices amongst North Indian Muslims in early twentieth century
Kaitlin Althen
M.A., Asian Cultures and Languages
Islam in South Asia; religion and politics of northern India, Pakistan, Afghanistan
Emilia Bachrach
Ph.D., Asian Cultures and Languages
South Asian studies; religion
Brian Boitmann
M.A., Asian Cultures and Languages
Urdu, Bollywood cinema and its relationship to the growth of the Indian state
Libby Bowers
M.A., Asian Cultures and Languages
Hindi, Urdu, and the socio-political aspects of language in India
Max Bruce
M.A., Asian Cultures and Languages
Urdu poetry and Hindi literature. Sociolinguistics.
Reed Burnam
M.A., Asian Studies
Early South Asian religious development, culture, Sanskrit, Hindi
Ishan Chakrabarti
M.A., Asian Cultures and Languages
Medieval World - Europe, Middle East, S. Asia from 800-1700 AD; Religion; Post-structuralist theory
Hye Eun Choi
M.A., Asian Cultures and Languages
Modern Korean history focusing on nationalism and relations with Japan
Christian Current
Ph.D., Asian Cultures and Languages
South Asian healing systems and international causes for sustainibility and peace
Cary Curtiss
Ph.D., Asian Cultures and Languages
Anthropology of religion, Hinduism, history
Dhawal Doshi
M.A., Asian Cultures and Languages
Political and economic relations between China and India
Manomohini Dutta
Ph.D., Asian Cultures and Languages
Studying religious processess in the context of ancient Indian literature especially the Vedas and the Puranas.
Mariana Estrada
M.A., Asian Studies
Modern religious culture in China
Christopher Feldman
M.A., Asian Studies
Representations of religious messages and symbolism in contemporary Japanese popular culture
Shirley Field
M.A., Asian Cultures and Languages
Japan, history, westernization, Meiji Christianity, Momoyanna Christianity, new religions
Bob Gallagher
M.A., Asian Cultures and Languages
Buddhist texts in Sanskrit and Pali, and present-day Pakistan
Shaohua Guo
Ph.D., Asian Cultures and Languages
Chinese Film and Literature
Matthew Haley
M.A., Asian Studies - Korea
Political nature of popular mass culture in contemporary South Korea, how technological progress affects social change, and the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis.
Christopher Handy
Ph.D., Asian Cultures and Languages
Indian religious asceticism and Sanskrit
Scott Harvey
Ph.D., Asian Cultures and Languages
Vedas; Indo-Aryan philology
Christopher Holland
M.A., Asian Cultures and Languages
Islam, Qawwali, South Asian communities and globalization
Mei Huang
M.A., Asian Cultures and Languages
East Asian cinema, especially Chinese film from 1949 to 1966
Duc Huynh
M.A., Asian Cultures and Languages
Japanese politics; globalization and effect on industrialization in Asia on the environment
Amy Hyne
Ph.D., Asian Cultures and Languages
Sanskrit and early Saiva asceticism, texts, and art
Jeffrey Jackson
M.A., Asian Studies
Indo/US relations with emphasis on economic and military cooperation in the present and future.
Imran Khan
Ph.D., Asian Cultures and Languages
Urdu
Peter Knapczyk
Ph.D., Asian Cultures and Languages
Hindi and Urdu religious traditions
Tien-wen Lin
Ph.D., Asian Cultures and Languages
Globalization in East Asia, particularly the role popular culture plays on the East Asian cultural flow.
Yi Lu
Ph.D., Asian Cultures and Languages
Chinese film and literature
Lilla Luu
Ph.D., Asian Cultures and Languages
Astronomy/astrology in the Vedas and the connection with Vedanta thought in the Upanishads
Elliott McCarter
Ph.D., Asian Cultures and Languages
Sanskrit; The relationship between South Asian religion and kingship and its expression in art and literature; Medieval India
Maeri Megumi
Ph.D., Asian Cultures and Languages
Japanese literature and religion, theory/methodology of literature
Matthew Milligan
M.A., Asian Cultures and Languages
South Asian Buddhist Studies
Priya Nelson
M.A., Asian Cultures and Languages
Indo-Muslim History and Culture, literary trends, and Pakistani identity politics
Urmila Patil
Ph.D., Asian Cultures and Languages
Sanskrit, Brahmin communities in Maharashtra
Natasha Raheja
M.A., Asian Cultures and Languages
Contemporary movements in the Indian classical performing arts
Nikola Rajic
Ph.D., Asian Cultures and Languages
Tamil; female characters in Tamil literature and the popular appeal of female writers
Dan Rudmann
Ph.D., Asian Cultures and Languages
South Asian religion, literature, art
Blaire Schultz
Ph.D., Asian Cultures and Languages
Hindi, Sanskrit; Bhakti, religion, and philosophy
Jonathan Seefeldt
M.A., Asian Cultures and Languages
History and languages of slums, migrant workers of Delhi.
Vibha Shetiya
Ph.D., Asian Cultures and Languages
Indian epics
Yongzhen Shu
Ph.D., Asian Cultures and Languages
Chinese diaspora media, modern Chinese literature and popular culture, gender issues.
Austin Simmons
M.A., Asian Studies
Vedic Sanskrit (also classical); Hindi and Urdu language; historical linguistics; poetry
Ellie Strand
M.A., Asian Cultures and Languages
Histories of South Asian languages and literatures; religion and politics in the 20th centurey; minority religions in South Asia.
Adeem Suhail
M.A., Asian Studies
Indo-Muslim history, culture and language
Keely Sutton
Ph.D., Asian Cultures and Languages
South Indian religion and culture
Nathan Tabor
Ph.D., Asian Cultures and Languages
Urdu language and literature; aesthetics and patronage
Euhwa Tran
M.A., Asian Studies
Modern Chinese history and culture
Rachel Vought
M.A., Asian Cultures and Languages
Modern Chinese history, social and political influences on the post Tiananmen generation
Ming-huei Wang
M.A., Asian Cultures and Languages
Modern Chinese Literature and Films
Xiaoping Wang
Ph.D., Asian Cultures and Languages
Literary modes such as Realism, Romanticism, and Modernism
Lindsey Wilson
M.A., Asian Studies
Japanese economics and international relations
Ian Woolford
Ph.D., Asian Cultures and Languages
South Asian religions
Jing Yang
M.A., Asian Cultures and Languages
Chinese Literature and Film
