Faculty

All addresses are in Washington, DC 20052.

Martin Adelman
Co-Director, India Project
Theodore and James Pedas Family Professor of Intellectual Property and Technology Law
Research Interests: patent law, India
(J.D., University of Michigan)
madelman@law.gwu.edu

Prabir Bagchi
Senior Associate Dean, School of Business
Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management
Research Interests:logistics, supply chain management, production, and operations management, South Asia
(Ph.D., University of Tennessee)
bagchi@gwu.edu

Shamnad Basheer
Frank H. Marks Visiting Associate Professor of Law and Administrative Fellow
Research Interests: patents and developing countries and the interface between patents and antitrust, India
George Washington University Law School
(LL.B., National Law School of India University; B.C.L., M.Phil., Oxford University)
sbasheer@law.gwu.edu

Alasdair Bowie
Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
Research Interests: Comparative politics of Southeast Asia; politics of development (Ph.D., University of California–Berkeley)
abowie@gwu.edu

Gregg Brazinsky
Assistant Professor of History and International Affairs
Research Interests: U.S.-East Asian Relations, Korean history, East Asian history
(Ph.D., Cornell University)
brazinsk@gwu.edu

Wakana K. Cavanaugh
Lecturer, Japanese
Research Interests: Japanese language
kikuchi@gwu.edu

Elizabeth Chacko
Associate Professor of Geography and International Affairs; Program Director, Dean's Scholars in Globalization
Research Interests: Regional Development, South Asia
(Ph.D., University of California–Los Angeles)

Hsuyin Chang
Teaching Insturctor in the Chinese Language
Research Interests: Teaching Chinese as a second language
hchang@gwu.edu

Jonathan Chaves
Professor of Chinese
Research Interests: Chinese and Japanese culture and literature
(Ph.D., Columbia University)
jchaves@gwu.edu

Alice Cheang
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chinese
Research Interests: Chinese literature
(Ph.D. Harvard University)
awcheang@gwu.edu

Maggie Xiaoyang Chen
Assistant Professor of Economics and International Affairs
Research Interests: International trade, regionalism, technical barriers to trade, and intellectual property rights
(Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder)
xchen@gwu.edu

Donald C. Clarke
Professor of Law
Research Interests: Chinese legal institutions and legal issues presented by China's economic reforms
(J.D., Harvard University)
dclarke@law.gwu.edu

Peitzu (Mary Ann) Collins Li
Librarian, Taiwan Resource Center
Slavic, East European, and Asian Reading Room
(Ph.D., Howard University)
collinsli@gelman.gwu.edu

Andrew Jared Critchfield
Assistant Professor of Communication and Organizational Sciences
Research Interests: The impact of organizational culture and personal identity — especially those marginalized due to hegemonic structures — upon organizational success and effectiveness; the effects of policy and "rules" on custom and culture; China, Japan, and Mongolia
ajc@gwu.edu

William K. Cummings
Professor of International Education and International Affairs.
Research Interests: International education and development, models of socioeconomic development, Asia
(Ph.D., Harvard University)
wkcum@gwu.edu

Kavita Daiya
Assistant Professor, Department of English
Research Interests: cultural representations in various media, in relation to historical, theoretical and anthropological accounts of colonial and postcolonial experience, in India, South Asia, and around the world
(Ph.D., University of Chicago)
kdaiya@gwu.edu

Herbert Davis
Professor of Strategic Management
Research Interests: Strategic management in developing country environments; Regional areas of expertise include South and Southeast Asia
(Ph.D., Louisiana State University)
hjdavis@gwu.edu

Bruce Dickson
Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
Research Interests: Government and politics of China, Taiwan, and East Asia
(Ph.D., University of Michigan)

M. Shahe Emran
Assistant Professor of Economics and International Affairs
Research Interests: Development Economics, Public Economics, International Economics, Applied Econometrics, Bangladesh
(Ph.D., Stanford University)
semran@gwu.edu

John Finch
Assistant Professorial Lecturer, Korean Culture through Film
Research Interests: Korean culture
jfinch@gwu.edu

Molly Spitzer Frost
Associate Professorial Lecturer, Chinese
Research Interests: Chinese culture through films and literature
(Ph.D., Georgetown University)
msf@gwu.edu

R. Richard Grinker
Professor of Anthropology, International Affairs, and Human Sciences
Research Interests: Contemporary Korea, sociocultural anthropology, nationalism and ethnicity
(Ph.D., Harvard University)
rgrink@gwu.edu

Shoko Hamano
Associate Professor of Japanese
Research Interests: Japanese language and linguistics, semantics, and phonology
(Ph.D., University of Florida)
hamano@gwu.edu

I. Leopold Hanami
Assistant Professor of Japanese Language and Literatures
Research Interests: Modern and classical Japanese; classical Japanese poetry and poetics
(Ph.D., Stanford University)
hanami@gwu.edu

Balaji Hebbar
Assistant Professorial Lecturer in Religion
Research Interests: Hindu and Indian Philosophy, linguistics, world religions and religious history, Sanskrit as well as many Indologically oriented subjects and languages
(Ph.D., University of Utrecht, Netherlands)
bnhebbar@gwu.edu

Alfred J. Hiltebeitel
Professor of Religion and Human Sciences
Chair, Department of Religion
Faculty director for the South India Term Abroad (SITA) program
Research Interests: The great epics of India, regional folk epics, South Asian history and the history of religions
(Ph.D., University of Chicago, Divinity School)
beitel@gwu.edu

Peter Hotez
Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine
Research Interests: Vaccine development for parasitic and tropical diseases, the role of vaccines in international diplomacy, China
(Ph.D., Rockefeller University)
mtmpjh@gwumc.edu

Karl F. Inderfurth
John O. Rankin Professor of the Practice of International Affairs
Director, Graduate Program in International Affairs
Research Interests: U.S.-South Asian Relations, National Security Council, United Nations and Peacekeeping, disarmament, security affairs
(M.A., Princeton University)
ambkfi@gwu.edu

Shivraj Kanungo
Associate Professor of Management Science.
Research Interests: Outsourcing and software development, India
(Ph.D., The George Washington University)
kanungo@gwu.edu

D. Christopher Kayes
Assistant Professor of Management Science
Research Interests: How Japanese and U.S. managers learn across cultures
(Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University)
dckayes@gwu.edu

Dane Kennedy
Elmer Louis Kayser Professor of History and International Affairs
Research Interests: British Empire, colonialism in Africa and India, Modern Britain
(Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley)
dkennedy@gwu.edu

James A. Kilpatrick
Adjunct Professor of Economics & International Affairs
Research Interests: Economies of Japan and China; Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
(Ph.D., University of Michigan)
kilptrk@gwu.edu

Young C. Kim
Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science and International Affairs
Senior Counselor, Sigur Center for Asian Studies Program
Research Interests: Japanese and Korean domestic politics and foreign relations, Russian relations with East Asia, East Asian foreign relations
(Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania)
yckim@gwu.edu

Young-Key Kim-Renaud
Professor of Korean Language and Culture and International Affairs
Chair, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures
Research Interests: Korean language, linguistics, literature, Asian humanities
(Ph.D., University of Hawai'i)
kimrenau@gwu.edu

Joel Kuipers
Professor of Anthropology, International Affairs, and Human Sciences
Research Interests: Cultures of Southeast Asia, Southeast Asian development
(Ph.D., Yale University)
kuipers@gwu.edu

Young Hoon Kwak
Assistant Professor of Management Science
Research Interests: Korea, Project Management and Control, Risk Management, Technology Management, Construction Management
(Ph.D., University of California���Berkeley)
kwak@gwu.edu

Davis Lin-Chuan Lee
Associate Professor of Chinese and International Affairs
Research Interests: Chinese language and linguistics
(Ph.D., Georgetown University)
davisgwu@gwu.edu

Jin Liu
Adjunct Instructor, Chinese
Research Interests: Chinese language

Lynda Maddox
Professor of Marketing and Advertising
Research Interests: China, advertising, consumer behavior, communications, focus group research, marketing management, experiential learning
(Ph.D., Southern Illinois University)
maddox@gwu.edu

Edward A. McCord
Associate Professor of History & International Affairs
Research Interests: Modern Chinese history; socio-political history; civil-military relations
(Ph.D., University of Michigan)
mccord@gwu.edu

Shawn McHale
Director, Sigur Center for Asian Studies
Director, Asian Studies Program
Associate Professor of History & International Affairs
Research Interests: Southeast Asian history, colonialism
(Ph.D., Cornell University)
mchale@gwu.edu

Marilyn Merritt
Associate Research Professor, Department of Anthropology
Research Interests: Language and media in public places and spaces; creativity, interdisciplinarity, and social change; situated discourse analysis; ritual and civility; education and visual literacies; cross-cultural understanding and scientific collaboration, India
(Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania)
marilyn@merritt.to

Thomas Michael
Assistant Professor of Religion and Honors
Research Interests: East Asian religions
(Ph.D., University of Chicago)
tmichael@gwu.edu

Barbara Miller
Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs
Director, Culture in Global Affairs Research and Policy Program
Research Interests: Medical anthropology, South Asia
(Ph.D., Syracuse University)
barbar@gwu.edu

Mike Mochizuki
Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
Japan-U.S. Relations Chair in Memory of Gaston Sigur
Research Interests: Japanese foreign policy and domestic politics, U.S.-Japan relations, international relations in East Asia
(Ph.D., Harvard University)
mochizuk@gwu.edu

Henry R. Nau
Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
Director, U.S.-Japan Economic Agenda
Director, U.S.-Japan Legislative Exchange Program
Research Interests: U.S. foreign economic policy, international political economy, science, technology, and international affairs
(Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, SAIS)
nau@gwu.edu

Deepa Ollapally
Associate Director of The Sigur Center for Asian Studies
Research Interests: South Asian regional security, comparative politics of South Asia, nuclear nonproliferation, terrorism, gender and international security
(Ph.D., Columbia University)
deepao@gwu.edu

Miok Pak
Teaching Insturctor in Korean Language
Research Interests: Korean language syntax, semantics, morphology, pedagogy and second language acquisition
(Ph.D., Georgetown University)
pakm@gwu.edu

Yoon-Shik Park
Professor of International Finance
Research Interests: Korea, international banking, international financial markets, multilateral development banks, financial institutions
(Ph.D., The George Washington University)
yspark@gwu.edu

Judith Plotz
Professor of English and Human Sciences
Research Interests: British romanticism, children's literature, Indian literature in English
(Ph.D., Harvard University)
jplotz@gwu.edu

Pradeep Rau
Professor of Marketing
Research Interests: India, marketing research, marketing strategy, international marketing
(D.B.A., Kent State University)
prau@gwu.edu

Mitsuyo Sato
Lecturer, Japanese
Research Interests: Japanese language
satom@gwu.edu

Amy Searight
Gaston Sigur Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
Research Interests: Japanese politics and foreign policy, international political economy, East Asian regional economic relations
(Ph.D., Stanford University)
searight@gwu.edu

Rika Seya
Lecturer, Japanese
Research Interests: Japanese language
rikaseya@gwu.edu

David Shambaugh
Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
Director, China Policy Program
Research Interests: Chinese politics and foreign policy, U.S.-China relations, China's military and security, international relations of the Asia-Pacific region
(Ph.D., University of Michigan)
shambaug@gwu.edu

Robert J. Shepherd
Assistant Professor, Anthropology, Honors & International Affairs
Research Interests: Tourism, cultural heritage issues, side effects of market changes in China
(Ph.D., George Mason University)
rshepher@gwu.edu

Richard F. Southby
Executive Dean and Distinguished Professor of Global Health in the Office of the Provost and Vice President for Health Affairs
President, Asia Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health
Research Interests: Comparative health systems and public health policy
(Ph.D., Monash University)
sphrfs@gwumc.edu

Ronald Spector
Professor of History & International Affairs
Research Interests: 20th Century war and diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific
(Ph.D., Yale University)
spector@gwu.edu

Janet Steele
Associate Professor of Media and Public Affairs
Research Interests: History of journalism, ideology and professional practices of journalism, press in modern Indonesia, narrative journalism, media in the developing world
(Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University)
jesteele@gwu.edu

Inder Sud
Adjunct Professor of the Practice of International Affairs
Research Interests:economic development in developing countries, South Asia
(Ph.D., Stanford University)
isud@gwu.edu

Robert Sutter
Adjunct Professor of International Affairs
Research Interests: Politics and foreign relations of Taiwan, international politics of East Asia, U.S. policy towards Asia
(Ph.D., Harvard University)
sutterr@georgetown.edu

Takako Suzuki
Librarian, Japan Resource Center
Slavic, East European, and Asian Reading Room
Gelman Library
tasuzuki@gwu.edu

Emmanuel Teitelbaum
Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
Research Interests: South Asian politics and development
(Ph.D., Cornell University)
ejt@gwu.edu

Bing-Sheng Teng
Associate Professor of Strategic Management
Research Interests: China, strategic management, strategic alliances, cooperative and competitive strategies, risk issues in management, strategic decision making, international management
(Ph.D., City University of New York)
teng@gwu.edu

Richard Thornton
Professor of History and International Affairs
Research Interests: U.S. foreign policy, Sino-Russian relations
(Ph.D., University of Washington)
rthornto@gwu.edu

Takae Tsujioka
Teaching Insturctor in the Japanese Language
Research Interests: Japanese language
tsujioka@gwu.edu

John Wang
Lecturer, East Asian Calligraphy
Research Interests: East Asian calligraphy
wangjo@gwu.edu

Miaochun Wei
Teaching Instructor in the Chinese Language
Research Interests: Language pedagogy, second language acquisition, pragmatics
mwei@gwu.edu

Richard Windsor
Professor and Director, Doctoral Program in Behavioral Science
Research Interests: Evaluation of health promotion-disease prevention programs, China
sphraw@gwumc.edu

Mei Wu
Lecturer, Chinese
Research Interests: Chinese language

Daqing Yang
Associate Professor of History and International Affairs
Research Interests: Japanese history and East Asian reconciliation
(Ph.D., Harvard University)
yanghist@gwu.edu

Jiawen Yang
Associate Professor of International Business & International Affairs
Research Interests: Business environment in China
(Ph.D., New York University)
jwyang@gwu.edu

Guofang Yi
Lecturer, Chinese
Research Interests: Chinese language
gfangyi@gwu.edu

Liang (Larry) Yu
Associate Professor of Hospitality Management
Research Interests: Hotel management, tourism in Asia
(Ph.D., University of Oregon)
lyu@gwu.edu

Phyllis Ni Zhang
On Leave, Academic Year 2007-08
Assistant Professor of Chinese and International Affairs
Research Interests: Chinese language and culture, pedagogy and technology
(Ed.D., Columbia University)
zhang@gwu.edu

Jing Zhong
Librarian, China Documentation Center
zhong@gwu.edu