Faculty
CHINA
DEPARTMENT APPOINTMENTS
Robert Campany
Gertrude Conway Vanderbilt Chair in the Humanities
Professor of Asian Studies
Religions in China
259 Buttrick Hall
615-343-1683
rob.campany@vanderbilt.edu
Yinghui Guo
Senior Lecturer in Chinese
254 Buttrick Hall
615-322-7317
yinghui.guo@vanderbilt.edu
Xianmin Liu
Principal Senior Lecturer in Chinese
252 Buttrick Hall
615-343-7824
xianmin.liu@vanderbilt.edu
Pengfei Li
Senior Lecturer in Chinese
254 Buttrick
615-322-2616
pengfei.li@vanderbilt.edu
Qing Wei
Senior Lecturer in Chinese
253 Buttrick Hall
615-343-7823
qing.wei@vanderbilt.edu
INTERDEPARTMENTAL
Brett Benson
Associate Professor of Political Science
East Asian Political Relations
341 Commons Center
615-322-2702
brett.benson@vanderbilt.edu
Peter Lorge
Associate Professor of History
Premodern China; Chinese Thought; Military History
215 Benson Hall
615-322-3707
peter.lorge@vanderbilt.edu
Tracy Miller
Associate Professor of History of Art
East Asian Art & Architecture
136 Cohen Memorial Hall
615-322-0214
tracy.g.miller@vanderbilt.edu
Ruth Rogaski
Associate Professor of History
Modern China; History of Medicine
112 Benson Hall
615- 322-5950
ruth.rogaski@vanderbilt.edu
Lijun Song
Associate Professor of Sociology
220C Garland Hall
615-322-1731
lijun.song@vanderbilt.edu
Meng Zhang
Assistant Professor of History
127 Benson
615-322-7638
meng.zhang.1@vanderbilt.edu
ASIAN AMERICA & DIASPORA
DEPARTMENT APPOINTMENTS
Mark John Sanchez
Assistant Professor of Asian Ameican Studies
Philippines; Asian America; History; Labor & Migration; Human Rights & Social Movements
232 Buttrick Hall
mark.j.sanchez@vanderbilt.edu
Vivian Shaw
Mellon Assistant Professor of Asian Ameican Studies
Sociology of Asian America; Global-Comparative Environmental Inequalities & Social Movements; Race & Ethnicity; Gender
236 Buttrick Hall
vivian.shaw@vanderbilt.edu
INTERDEPARTMENTAL
Huan He
Assistant Professor of English
Asian American Literary & Cultural Studies
327 Benson Hall
huan.he@vanderbilt.edu
JAPAN
DEPARTMENT APPOINTMENTS
Gerald Figal
Chair
Professor of Asian Studies and History
History & Cultural Studies of Japan; Okinawa
241 Buttrick Hall
615-322-4712
gerald.figal@vanderbilt.edu
Nozomi Imai
Lecturer in Japanese
256 Buttrick Hall
nozomi.imai@vanderbilt.edu
Asami Nakano
Senior Lecturer in Japanese
256 Buttrick Hall
asami.nakano@vanderbilt.edu
Hideko Shimizu
Senior Lecturer in Japanese
257 Buttrick
615-322-7306
hideko.shimizu@vanderbilt.edu
INTERDEPARTMENTAL
Yoshikuni Igarashi
Professor of History
History of Japan; Japanese Cultural Studies
242 Buttrick Hall
615-322-3334
yoshikuni.igarashi@vanderbilt.edu
Susan Dine
Senior Lecturer in Asian Art & Architecture
Japanese Art
130 Cohen Hall
susan.dine@vanderbilt.edu
KOREA
DEPARTMENT APPOINTMENTS
We Jung Yi
Assistant Professor of Asian Studies
Modern Korean Literature; Cultural History; Film & Media
234 Buttrick Hall
615-343-2220
wejung.yi@vanderbilt.edu
Seok Bae Jang
Senior Lecturer in Korean
251 Buttrick Hall
615-343-0434
seok.jang@vanderbilt.edu
Ji You Whang
Senior Lecturer in Korean
246 Buttrick Hall
ji.you.whang@vanderbilt.edu
Heuijung Hur
Lecturer in Korean
INTERDEPARTMENTAL
Boyoung Chang
Mellon Assistant Professor in History of Art & Architecture
Modern & Contemporary Korean Photography
137 Cohen Memorial Hall
615-343-7160
boyoung.chang@vanderbilt.edu
Bohyeong Kim
Assistant Professor of Communication Studies
Korean Digital Culture
bohyeong.kim@vanderbilt.edu
SUPPORT STAFF
Yuh-Fen Benda
Asian Studies Librarian
800 FJ Central Library
615-343-2091
yuh-fen.benda@vanderbilt.edu
SOUTH/SOUTHEAST ASIA
DEPARTMENT APPOINTMENTS
Mabel Denzin Gergan
Assistant Professor of Asian Studies
Postcolonial Environmentalism; Race & Ethnicity in South Asia
233 Buttrick Hall
m.d.gergan@vanderbilt.edu
Ben Tran
Associate Professor of Asian Studies and English
Vietnamese & SE Asian Literature; Asian American Literature
258 Buttrick Hall
615-322-7303
ben.tran@vanderbilt.edu
Divya Chaudhry
Senior Lecturer in Hindi-Urdu
237 Buttrick
divya.chaudhry@vanderbilt.edu
Elliott McCarter
Senior Lecturer in Hindi-Urdu
255 Buttrick
615-875-9042
e.c.mccarter@vanderbilt.edu
Eric Gurevitch
National Endowment for the Humanities Collaborative Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow
260 Buttrick Hall
eric.m.gurevitch@vanderbilt.edu
INTERDEPARTMENTAL
Calynn Dowler
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
Religious & Environmental Anthropolgy of West Bengal
Garland Hall
615-343-9791
calynn.dowler@vanderbilt.edu
Adeana McNicholl
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
Buddhist Traditions of South and Southeast Asia
301D Garland Hall
615-322-0095
adeana.mcnicholl@vanderbilt.edu
Akshya Saxena
Assistant Professor of English
South Asian Anglophone Literature & Media
425 Benson Hall
615-875-8137
akshya.saxena@vanderbilt.edu
Samira Sheikh
Associate Professor of History
History of South Asia
223 Benson Hall
615-322-4740
samira.sheikh@vanderbilt.edu
Anand V. Taneja
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Islamic Traditions of South Asia
308 Garland Hall
615-343-9132
anand.v.taneja@vanderbilt.edu
AFFILIATED FACULTY
James E. Auer
Emeritus Director of the James E. Auer U.S.-Japan Center
615-727-1411
james.e.auer@vanderbilt.edu
Associate Dean of International Students &Affairs
Professor of the Practice
Peabody College
Department of Leadership Policy & Organizations
210E Payne
615-322-5521
xiu.cravens@vanderbilt.edu
Raymond A. Friedman
Brownlee O. Currey Professor of Management
615-322-3992
raymond.a.friedman@vanderbilt.edu
Paul Lim
Associate Professor of the History of Christianity and History
615-343-3975
paul.lim@vanderbilt.edu