Asian Studies Core Faculty

CHINA

Brett Benson, Assistant Professor of Political Science
International relations theory; East Asian political relations
Office: 007 Calhoun Hall
Phone: 615-322-2702
Email: brett.benson@vanderbilt.edu

Robert Campany, Professor of Asian Studies
Religions and religious practice in China
Office: 230 Buttrick Hall
Phone: 615-322-2527
Office Hours: By appointment
Email: rob.campany@vanderbilt.edu

Ling Hon Lam, Assistant Professor of Asian Studies
Pre-modern Chinese literature; Chinese film
Office: 252 Buttrick
Phone: 322-2616
Office Hours: F 1:00 PM-3:00 PM
Email: ling.hon.lam@vanderbilt.edu

Peter Lorge, Assistant Professor of History
History of pre-modern China; Chinese thought; Comparative military history
Office: 218 Benson Hall
Phone: 615-322-3707
Office Hours: M 3:00 PM-4:00 PM, T 1:45 PM-2:25 PM, and by appointment
Email: peter.lorge@vanderbilt.edu

Tracy Miller, Associate Professor of History of Art, Asian Studies Program
East Asian art history, history of Asian architecture
Office: 136 Cohen Memorial Hall
Phone: 615-322-0214
Office Hours: T 2:30 PM-4:00 PM, and by appointment
Email: tracy.g.miller@vanderbilt.edu

Ruth Rogaski, Associate Professor of History and Director, Asian Studies Program
History of modern China; history of medicine
Office: 260 Buttrick Hall
Phone: 615- 343-1714
Office Hours: W 10:00 AM-12:00 PM, and by appointment
Email: ruth.rogaski@vanderbilt.edu

Lijun Song, Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and the Center for Medicine, Health and Society
Office: 220 C Garland Hall
Phone: 615-322-1731
Office Hours: MW 4:00 PM-5:00 PM
Email: lijun.song@vanderbilt.edu

CHINESE LANGUAGE LECTURERS

Xianmin Liu, Senior Lecturer in Chinese; Chinese Language Program Coordinator
Office: 254 Buttrick Hall
Phone: 615-343-7824
Office Hours: M 2:30 PM-3:30 PM, W 4:00 PM-5:00 PM
Email: xianmin.liu@vanderbilt.edu

Yinghui Guo, Lecturer in Chinese
Office: 251 Buttrick Hall
Phone: 615-343-4021
Office Hours: TR 11:10 AM-12:00 PM
Email: guoyinghui828@gmail.com

Jing Liu, Lecturer in Chinese
Office: 253 Buttrick
Phone: 615-343-7823
Office Hours: MW 4:10 PM-5:00 PM
Email: jing.liu@vanderbilt.edu

Qing Wei, Lecturer in Chinese
Office: 253 Buttrick Hall
Phone: 615-343-7823
Office Hours: F 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Email: qing.wei@vanderbilt.edu

 

JAPAN

James E. Auer, Director, Center for U.S.-Japan Studies and Cooperation
Lecturer in the History Department and Asian Studies Program
Office: 163 Peabody
Phone: 615-343-6980, 615-343-6982
Office Hours: MWF AM and PM by appointment, TR PM by appointment
Email: james.e.auer@vanderbilt.edu

Gerald Figal, Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies
History of Japan; Japanese cultural studies
Office: 241 Buttrick Hall
Phone: 615-322-4712
Office Hours: TR 11:00 AM-12:00 PM, and by appointment
Email: gerald.figal@vanderbilt.edu

Yoshikuni Igarashi, Associate Professor of History
History of Japan; Japanese cultural studies
Office: 242 Buttrick Hall
Phone: 615-322-3334
Office Hours: M 1:00 PM-2:00 PM, T 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Email: yoshikuni.igarashi@vanderbilt.edu

JAPANESE LANGUAGE LECTURERS

Keiko Rose Nakajima, Senior Lecturer in Japanese
Office: 256 Buttrick Hall
Phone: 615-322-2027
Office Hours: M 3:00 PM-4:00 PM, F 11:00 AM-12:00 PM, and by appointment
Email: keiko.r.nakajima@vanderbilt.edu

Akio Hasegawa, Lecturer in Japanese
Office: 255 Buttrick Hall
Phone 615-343-4012
Office Hours: TR 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Email: akio.hasegawa@vanderbilt.edu

Yasuko Shiomi, Lecturer in Japanese
Office: 255 Buttrick
Phone: 615-343-4012
Office Hours: T 12:10 PM-1:00 PM, F 2:10 PM-3:00 PM, and by appointment
Email: yasuko.shiomi@vanderbilt.edu

 

SOUTH/SOUTHEAST ASIA

Leo Coleman, Visiting Professor of Asian Studies
Urban anthropology, South Asia; technology and nationalism
Office: 105 Vaughn Home
Email: leo.c.coleman@Vanderbilt.Edu

Samira Sheikh, Assistant Professor of History  
History of South Asia
Office: 223 Benson Hall
Phone:  615-322-4740
Office Hours: T 1:00 PM-3:00 PM
Email: samira.sheikh@vanderbilt.edu

Tony K. Stewart, Professor of Religious Studies and Chair, Department of Religious Studies
South Asian Religions
Office: 301b Garland Hall
Phone: 615-322-4885
Email: tony.k.stewart@Vanderbilt.Edu

Ben Tran, Assistant Professor of Asian Studies
Vietnamese Literature
Office: 258 Buttrick Hall
Phone: 615-322-7303
Office Hours: R 1:00 PM-3:00 PM
Email: ben.tran@vanderbilt.edu

 

Affiliated Faculty

Xiu Cravens, Associate Dean for International Affairs at Peabody
Assistant Professor, Department of Leadership Policy and Organizations in Peabody College
Office: 210E Payne
Phone: 615-322-5521
Email: xiu.cravens@vanderbilt.edu

Raymond A. Friedman , Brownlee O. Currey Professor of Management (Owen Graduate School of Management)
Phone: 615-322-3992
Email: raymond.a.friedman@Vanderbilt.Edu

Paul Lim , Associate Professor of the History of Christianity
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Affiliated Faculty, Department of History
Phone: 615-343-3975
Email: paul.lim@vanderbilt.edu

Courtney Martin , Assistant Professor, History of Art
Office: 124 Cohen Memorial Hall
Phone: 615-322-0125
Email: courtney.j.martin@vanderbilt.edu

Stanley I. Thangaraj , Research Associate, Sociology Department
Office: 201 Garland Hall
Phone: 615-322-7626
Email: stanley.i.thangaraj@Vanderbilt.Edu

 

McTyeire Coordinators

Leo Liu, Chinese Language Coordinator
Email: yi.liu@vanderbilt.edu

Shintaro Yamada, Japanese Language Coordinator
Email: shintaro.yamada@vanderbilt.edu

 

Support Staff

Yuh-Fen Benda, Library Assistant, Cataloging and Authorities
Chinese and Japanese collection
Office: 700 Baker Building
Phone: (615) 343-2091
Email: yuh-fen.benda@Vanderbilt.Edu

Peter Brush, Librarian, EAS Bibliographer
Office: 804 General Library
Phone: 615-343-4838
Email: peter.brush@vanderbilt.edu

Hannah Shipp, Administrative Assistant 
Office: 230 Buttrick Hall 
Phone: 615-322-7329
Email: hannah.shipp@vanderbilt.edu