Our Faculty and Staff

Faculty

Hiroo Aridome

Senior Lecturer in Japanese Language

Sakura Christmas

Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies

Christopher Heurlin

Professor Government and Asian Studies

Guo Jue

Marvin H. Green, Jr. Assistant Professor of History and Asian Studies, on leave for the 2026-27 academic year

Xiaoke Jia

Senior Lecturer in Chinese Language

John H. Kim

Assistant Professor of Asian Studies

Belinda Kong

Professor of Asian Studies and English

Henry C.W. Laurence

Professor of Government and Asian Studies

Zihan Qin

Lecturer in Chinese Language

Claire Robison

Associate Professor of Religion and Asian Studies

Vyjayanthi Ratnam Selinger

Stanley F. Druckenmiller Associate Professor of Asian Studies

Rachel Sturman

Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies, Director of Asian Studies Program

Shu-chin Tsui

Bowdoin Professor of Asian Studies and Cinema Studies

Peggy Wang

Stanley F. Druckenmiller Associate Professor of Asian Culture

Staff

Jen Conner

Academic Program Coordinator

Sree Padma Holt

Research Affiliate in Asian Studies

Contributing Faculty

Connie Y. Chiang

Rusack Professor of History and Environmental Studies and Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Inclusion

Shruti Devgan

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Faculty Emeriti

John Holt

William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of the Humanities in Religion and Asian Studies Emeritus