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\n

CHINA<\/h2>\n

DEPARTMENT APPOINTMENTS
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Robert Campany<\/a>
\nGertrude Conway Vanderbilt Chair in the Humanities
\nProfessor of Asian Studies<\/strong>
\nReligions in China
\n259 Buttrick Hall
\n615-343-1683
\nrob.campany@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Yinghui Guo, <\/a>In Memoriam<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Yucong Hao<\/a><\/strong>
\nMellon Assistant Professor of Chinese Literature
\n<\/strong>236 Buttrick Hall\u00a0
\n<\/strong>yucong.hao@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Pengfei Li<\/a>
\n<\/a>Senior Lecturer in Chinese
\n<\/strong>254 Buttrick
\n615-322-2616
\npengfei.li@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Qing Wei<\/a>
\n<\/strong> Senior Lecturer in Chinese<\/strong>
\n253 Buttrick Hall
\n615-343-7823
\nqing.wei@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Michelle Xiang Hua Yu<\/strong><\/a>
\nLecturer in Chinese
\n<\/strong>Buttrick Hall
\nxiang.hua.yu@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

INTERDEPARTMENTAL<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brett Benson<\/a>
\nAssociate Professor of Political Science<\/strong>
\nEast Asian Political Relations
\n341 Commons Center
\n615-322-2702
\nbrett.benson@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Peter Lorge<\/a>
\nAssociate Professor of History<\/strong>
\nPremodern China; Chinese Thought; Military History
\n215 Benson Hall
\n615-322-3707
\npeter.lorge@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Tracy Miller<\/a>
\nAssociate Professor of History of Art<\/strong>
\nEast Asian Art & Architecture
\n136 Cohen Memorial Hall
\n615-322-0214
\ntracy.g.miller@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Ruth Rogaski
\n<\/a>Professor of History<\/strong>
\nModern China; History of Medicine
\n112 Benson Hall
\n615- 322-5950
\nruth.rogaski@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Lijun Song
\n<\/a>Associate Professor of Sociology<\/strong>
\n220C Garland Hall
\n615-322-1731
\nlijun.song@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

James Zainaldin<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Assistant Professor in Classical and Mediterranean Studies<\/strong>
\n215 Cohen Hall
\n615-343-2039
\njames.zainaldin@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

ASIAN AMERICA & DIASPORA<\/h2>\n

DEPARTMENT APPOINTMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mark John Sanchez <\/a>
\nAssistant Professor of Asian Ameican Studies
\n<\/strong>Philippines; Asian America; History; Labor & Migration; Human Rights & Social Movements
\n232 Buttrick Hall
\n<\/strong> mark.j.sanchez@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Maya Singhal<\/a>
\nAssistant Professor of Asian Studies<\/strong>
\nAsian American Studies
\n244 Buttrick Hall
\nmaya.singhal@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

INTERDEPARTMENTAL<\/strong><\/p>\n

Huan He<\/a>
\nAssistant Professor of English<\/strong>
\nAsian American Literary & Cultural Studies
\n327 Benson Hall
\nhuan.he@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

JAPAN<\/h2>\n

DEPARTMENT APPOINTMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gerald Figal<\/a>
\nChair
\nProfessor of Asian Studies and History
\n<\/strong>History & Cultural Studies of Japan; Okinawa
\n241 Buttrick Hall
\n615-322-4712
\n<\/strong> gerald.figal@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Nozomi Imai<\/a>
\nLecturer in Japanese
\n<\/strong>256 Buttrick Hall\u00a0
\n<\/strong> nozomi.imai@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Asami Nakano<\/a>
\nSenior Lecturer in Japanese
\n<\/strong>256 Buttrick Hall
\n<\/strong> asami.nakano@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Hideko Shimizu<\/a>
\nPrincipal Senior Lecturer in Japanese
\n<\/strong>257 Buttrick
\n615-322-7306
\n<\/strong> hideko.shimizu@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

INTERDEPARTMENTAL<\/strong><\/p>\n

Susan Dine<\/a>
\nSenior Lecturer in Asian Art & Architecture
\n<\/strong>Japanese Art
\n130 Cohen Hall
\nsusan.dine@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Yoshikuni Igarashi<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Professor of History<\/strong>
History of Japan; Japanese Cultural Studies<\/span>
242 Buttrick Hall<\/span>
615-322-3334<\/span>
yoshikuni.igarashi@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

KOREA<\/h2>\n

DEPARTMENT APPOINTMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

We Jung Yi <\/strong><\/a>
\n Assistant\u00a0Professor of Asian Studies
\n<\/strong>Modern Korean Literature; Cultural History; Film & Media
\n234 Buttrick Hall
\n<\/strong>615-343-2220
\n<\/strong> wejung.yi@vanderbilt.edu<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Seok Bae Jang<\/a>
\nPrincipal Senior Lecturer in Korean
\n<\/strong>252 Buttrick Hall
\n615-343-0434
\nseok.jang@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Ji You Whang<\/a>
\nSenior Lecturer in Korean
\n<\/strong>251 Buttrick Hall
\nji.you.whang@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Heuijung Hur<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Senior Lecturer in Korean
\n<\/strong>253 Buttrick Hall
\n<\/strong>heuijung.hur@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

INTERDEPARTMENTAL<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cody Black<\/a>
\nNational Endowment for the Humanities Collaborative Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow
\n<\/strong>260 Buttrick Hall
\n<\/strong>cody.black@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Bohyeong Kim<\/strong> <\/a>
\nAssistant Professor of Communication Studies<\/strong>
\nKorean Digital Culture
\nbohyeong.kim@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

POSTDOCS<\/h2>\n

Yisheng Tang<\/strong><\/a>
\nCollaborative Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

SOUTH\/SOUTHEAST ASIA<\/h2>\n

DEPARTMENT APPOINTMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Divya Chaudhry<\/strong><\/a>
\nPrincipal Senior Lecturer in Hindi-Urdu
\n<\/strong>237 Buttrick
\ndivya.chaudhry@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Mabel Denzin Gergan<\/strong><\/a>
\nAssistant Professor of Asian Studies
\n<\/strong>Postcolonial Environmentalism; Race & Ethnicity in South Asia
\n233 Buttrick Hall
\nm.d.gergan@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Bairam Khan<\/a><\/strong>
\nSenior Lecturer in Hindi-Urdu<\/strong>
\n245 Buttrick Hall<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Ben Tran<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Associate Professor of Asian Studies and English
\n<\/strong>Vietnamese & SE Asian Literature; Asian American Literature<\/span>
258 Buttrick Hall<\/span>
615-322-7303<\/span>
ben.tran@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

INTERDEPARTMENTAL<\/strong><\/p>\n

Calynn Dowler<\/a>
\n<\/a>Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
\n<\/strong>Religious & Environmental Anthropolgy of West Bengal
\n<\/strong>Garland Hall
\n615-343-9791
\n<\/strong> calynn.dowler@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Adeana McNicholl<\/strong><\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/a> Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
\n<\/strong>Buddhist Traditions of South and Southeast Asia
\n301D Garland Hall
\n615-322-0095
\nadeana.mcnicholl@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Isidora Miranda<\/strong><\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/a> Assistant Professor of the Practice in
\nMusicology and Ethnomusicology<\/strong>
\n3118 Blair
\n615-322-7667
\nisidora.miranda@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Akshya Saxena<\/strong><\/a>
\nAssistant Professor of English<\/strong>
\nSouth Asian Anglophone Literature & Media
\n425 Benson Hall
\n615-875-8137
\nakshya.saxena@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Samira Sheikh<\/a>
\n<\/strong> Associate Professor of History<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>History of South Asia
\n223 Benson Hall
\n615-322-4740
\nsamira.sheikh@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Anand V. Taneja<\/a>
\nAssociate Professor of Religious Studies
\n<\/strong>Islamic Traditions of South Asia
\n308 Garland Hall
\n615-343-9132
\nanand.v.taneja@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

AFFILIATED FACULTY<\/h2>\n

Xiu Cravens<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Associate Dean of International Students &Affairs<\/strong>
\nProfessor of the Practice
\nPeabody College
\nDepartment of Leadership Policy & Organizations<\/strong><\/p>\n

210E Payne
\n615-322-5521
\nxiu.cravens@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Raymond A. Friedman<\/a>
\n<\/strong> Brownlee O. Currey Professor of Management<\/strong>
\n615-322-3992
\nraymond.a.friedman@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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