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Martin Adelman (J.D., University of Michigan)
Co-Director, India Project
Theodore and James Pedas Family Professor of Intellectual Property and Technology Law
Research Interests: patent law, India
George Washington University Law School
700 20th St. NW
Tel: 202-994-7703
Fax: 202-994-3377
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Prabir Bagchi (Ph.D., University of Tennessee)
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
Duques Hall Suite 660, 2201 G Street, NW
Tel: (202) 994-2197
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Shamnad Basheer (LL.B., National Law School of India University; B.C.L., M.Phil., Oxford University)
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
2000 H Street, NW
Tel: 202-994-0999
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Alasdair Bowie (Ph.D., University of California–Berkeley)
Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
Research Interests: Comparative politics of Southeast Asia; politics of
development
Monroe Hall 423, 2115 G St, NW
Tel: 202-994-7370
Fax: 202-994-7743
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Gregg Brazinsky (Ph.D., Cornell University)
Assistant Professor of History and International Affairs
Research Interests:
U.S.-East Asian Relations, Korean history, East Asian history
Phillips 305, 801 22nd Street, NW
Tel: 202-994-0987
Fax: 202-994-6231
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Wakana K. Cavanaugh
Lecturer, Japanese
Research Interests: Japanese language
Rome 461, 801 22nd Street, NW
Tel: 202-994-6723
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Elizabeth Chacko (Ph.D., University of California–Los Angeles)
Associate Professor of Geography and International Affairs; Program Director, Dean's Scholars in Globalization
Research Interests: Regional Development, South Asia
1957 E Street, NW, Suite 512
Tel: 202-994-5328
Fax: 202-994-2484
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Hsuyin Chang
Teaching Insturctor in the Chinese Language
Research Interests: Teaching Chinese as a second language
Rome 454, 801 22nd Street, NW
Tel: 202-994-7103
Fax: 202-994-1512
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Jonathan Chaves (Ph.D., Columbia University)
Professor of Chinese
Research Interests: Chinese and Japanese culture and literature
Rome 468, 801 22nd Street, NW
Tel: 202-994-6474
Fax: 202-994-1512
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Alice Cheang (Ph.D. Harvard University)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chinese
Research Interests: Chinese literature
Rome 463, 801 22nd Street, NW
Tel: 202-994-5051
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Maggie Xiaoyang Chen (Ph.D.,
University of Colorado, Boulder)
Assistant Professor of Economics and International Affairs
Research Interests:
International trade, regionalism, technical barriers to trade, and intellectual property rights
Old Main 223, 1922 F Street, NW
Tel: 202-994-0192
Fax: 202-994-6147
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Donald C. Clarke (J.D., Harvard University)
Professor of Law
Research Interests:
Chinese legal institutions and legal issues presented by China's economic reforms
2000 H Street, NW
Tel:
202-994-2830
Fax: 202-318-4479
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Peitzu (Mary Ann) Collins Li
Librarian, Taiwan Resource Center
Slavic, East European, and Asian Reading Room
Gelman Library
2130 H St. NW
Room 707E
Tel: 202-994-6014
Fax:
202-994-7845
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Andrew Jared Critchfield (Ph.D.,
Howard University)
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
600 21st Street, NW
Tel: 202-994-1874
Fax: 202-994-1881
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William K. Cummings (Ph.D., Harvard University)
Professor of International Education and International Affairs.
Research Interests:
International education and development, models of socioeconomic development, Asia
GSEHD Education Leadership/International Education
2134 G Street, NW, Suite 303
Tel: 202-994-4698
Fax: 202-994-0148
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Kavita Daiya (Ph.D., University of Chicago)
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
801 22nd St. NW, Rome 668
Tel: 202-994-6637
Fax: 202-994-7915
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Herbert Davis (Ph.D., Louisiana State University)
Professor of Strategic Management
Research Interests:
Strategic management in developing country environments; Regional areas of expertise include South and Southeast Asia
Funger 615
Tel: 202-994-1755
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Bruce Dickson (Ph.D., University of Michigan)
Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
Research Interests: Government and politics of China, Taiwan, and East Asia
Monroe Hall 480, 2115 G St, NW
Tel: 202-994-4186
Fax: 202-994-7743
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M. Shahe Emran (Ph.D., Stanford University)
Assistant Professor of Economics and International Affairs
Research Interests:
Development Economics, Public Economics, International Economics, Applied Econometrics, Bangladesh
Old Main 226, 1922 F Street, NW
Tel: 202-994-6922
Fax: 202-994-7743
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John Finch
Assistant Professorial Lecturer, Korean Culture through Film
Research Interests: Korean culture
Rome Hall 451, 801 22nd Street, NW
Tel: 202-994-2003
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Molly Spitzer Frost (Ph.D., Georgetown University)
Associate Professorial Lecturer, Chinese
Research Interests: Chinese culture through films and literature
Rome Hall 451, 801 22nd Street, NW
Tel: 202-994-2003
Fax: 202-994-1512
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R. Richard Grinker (Ph.D., Harvard University)
Professor of Anthropology, International Affairs, and Human Sciences
Research Interests: Contemporary Korea, sociocultural anthropology, nationalism
and ethnicity
Building X 202, 2112 G Street, NW
Tel: 202-994-6984
Fax: 202-994-6075
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Shoko Hamano (Ph.D., University of Florida)
Associate Professor of Japanese
Research Interests: Japanese language and linguistics, semantics, and
phonology
Rome 464, 801 22nd Street, NW
Tel: 202-994-9277
Fax: 202-994-1512
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I. Leopold Hanami (Ph.D., Stanford University)
Assistant Professor of Japanese Language and Literatures
Research Interests: Modern and classical Japanese; classical Japanese poetry
and poetics
Rome 469, 801 22nd Street, NW
Tel: 202-994-0050
Fax: 202994-1512
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Harry Harding (Ph.D., Stanford University)
University Professor of International Affairs
Research Interests: Chinese domestic politics and foreign policy, U.S.-China
relations, U.S. policy toward the Asia-Pacific, APEC
1957 E Street, NW, Suite 503
Tel: 202-994-1715
Fax: 202-994-6096
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Balaji Hebbar (Ph.D., University of Utrecht, Netherlands)
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
2106 G Street, NW, Rm 203
Tel: 202-994-6816
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Alfred J. Hiltebeitel (Ph.D., University of Chicago, Divinity School)
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
2106 G Street, NW
Tel: 202-994-1674
Fax: 202-994-9379
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Peter Hotez (Ph.D., Rockefeller University)
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
Ross Hall 736, 2300 I Street, NW
Tel:
202-994-3532
Fax: 202-994-2913
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Karl F. Inderfurth (M.A., Princeton University)
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
1957 E Street, NW, Suite 501
Tel: 202-994-2619
Fax: 202-994-5477
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Shivraj Kanungo (Ph.D., The George Washington University)
Associate Professor of Management Science.
Research Interests: Outsourcing and software development, India
Funger Hall 415E
Tel: 202-994-3734
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D. Christopher Kayes (Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University)
Assistant Professor of Management Science
Research Interests: How Japanese and U.S. managers learn across cultures
Funger Hall 313
Tel:
202-994-4795
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Dane Kennedy (Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley)
Elmer Louis Kayser Professor of History and International Affairs
Research Interests:
British Empire, colonialism in Africa and India, Modern Britain
Phillips 312, 801 22nd Street, NW
Tel: 202-994-6229
Fax: 202-994-6231
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James A. Kilpatrick (Ph.D., University of Michigan)
Adjunct Professor of Economics & International Affairs
Research Interests: Economies of Japan and China; Asia Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC)
Old Main Suite 208, 1922 F Street, NW
Fax: 202-994-6147
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Young C. Kim (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania)
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
1957 E Street, NW, Suite 503X
Tel: 202-994-8851
Fax: 202-994-6096
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Young-Key Kim-Renaud (Ph.D., University of Hawai'i)
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
Rome 467, 801 22nd Street, NW
Tel: 202-994-7107
Fax: 202-994-1512
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Joel Kuipers (Ph.D., Yale University)
Professor of Anthropology, International Affairs, and Human Sciences
Research Interests: Cultures of Southeast Asia, Southeast Asian development
Building X Room 201, 2112 G Street, NW
Tel: 202-994-6545
Fax: 202-994-6097
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Young Hoon Kwak (Ph.D., University of California–Berkeley)
Assistant Professor of Management Science
Research Interests:
Korea, Project Management and Control, Risk Management, Technology Management, Construction Management
Funger Hall 411
Tel:
202-994-7115
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Davis Lin-Chuan Lee (Ph.D., Georgetown University)
Associate Professor of Chinese and International Affairs
Research Interests: Chinese language and linguistics
Rome 466, 801 22nd Street, NW
Tel: 202-994-6728
Fax: 202-994-1512
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Jin Liu
Adjunct Instructor, Chinese
Research Interests: Chinese language
Rome 462, 801 22nd Street, NW
Tel: 202-994-0060
Lynda Maddox (Ph.D., Southern Illinois University)
Professor of Marketing and Advertising
Research Interests:
China, advertising, consumer behavior, communications, focus group research, marketing management, experiential learning
Funger Hall 301D
Tel:
202-994-8204
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Edward A. McCord (Ph.D., University of Michigan)
Associate Professor of History & International Affairs
Research Interests: Modern Chinese history; socio-political history;
civil-military relations
1957 E Street, NW, Suite 503K
Tel: 202-994-5785
Fax: 202-994-6096
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Shawn McHale (Ph.D., Cornell University)
On Leave, Academic Year 2007-08
Associate Professor of History & International Affairs
Research Interests: Southeast Asian history, colonialism
1957 E Street, NW, Suite 503
Office Hours: Monday 3-4:30, Wednesday 3:45-4:45, or by appointment.
Tel: 202-994-2760
Fax: 202-944-6096
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Marilyn Merritt (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania)
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
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Thomas Michael (Ph.D., University of Chicago)
Assistant Professor of Religion and Honors
Research Interests: East Asian religions
2106 G Street, NW
Tel: 202-994-1675
Fax: 202-994-9379
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Barbara Miller (Ph.D., Syracuse University)
Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs
Director, Culture in Global Affairs Research and Policy Program
Research Interests: Medical anthropology, South Asia
Building X 101, 2112 G Street, NW
Tel: 202-994-7257
Fax: 202-994-4253
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Mike Mochizuki (Ph.D., Harvard University)
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
1957 E Street, NW, Suite 503
Tel: 202-994-7074
Fax: 202-994-6096
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Henry R. Nau (Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, SAIS)
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
1957 E Street, NW, Suite 501
Tel: 202-994-3167
Fax: 202-994-5477
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Deepa Ollapally (Ph.D., Columbia University)
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
1957 E Street, NW, Suite 503R
Tel: 202-994-8854
Fax: 202-994-6096
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Miok Pak (Ph.D., Georgetown University)
Teaching Insturctor in Korean Language
Research Interests: Korean language syntax, semantics, morphology, pedagogy and second language acquisition
Rome 467, 801 22nd Street, NW
Tel:
202-994-4524
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Yoon-Shik Park (Ph.D., The George Washington University)
Professor of International Finance
Research Interests:
Korea, international banking, international financial markets, multilateral development banks, financial institutions
Funger Hall 401U
Tel:
202-994-8215
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Judith Plotz (Ph.D., Harvard University)
Professor of English and Human Sciences
Research Interests: British romanticism, children's literature, Indian literature in English
801 22nd St NW Rome Hall 662
Tel: 202-994-1458
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Pradeep Rau (D.B.A., Kent State University)
Professor of Marketing
Research Interests:
India, marketing research, marketing strategy, international marketing
Funger Hall 303
Tel:
202-994-4989
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Mitsuyo Sato
Lecturer, Japanese
Research Interests: Japanese language
Rome 461, 801 22nd Street, NW
Tel: 202-994-6723
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Amy Searight (Ph.D., Stanford University)
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
1957 E Street, NW, Suite 503J
Tel: 202-994-0272
Fax: 202-994-6096
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Rika Seya
Lecturer, Japanese
Research Interests: Japanese language
Rome 461, 801 22nd Street, NW
Tel: 202-994-6723
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David Shambaugh (Ph.D., University of Michigan)
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
1957 E Street, NW, Suite 503G
Tel: 202-994-5887
Fax: 202-994-6096
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Robert J. Shepherd (Ph.D., George Mason University)
Assistant Professor, Anthropology, Honors & International Affairs
Research Interests: Tourism, cultural heritage issues, side effects of market changes in China
2112 G Street, NW, Building X 203
Tel: 202-994-4395
Fax: 202-994-6097
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Richard F. Southby (Ph.D., Monash University)
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
Suite 810H
2175 K Street, NW
Tel: 202-416-0429
Fax: 202-416-0400
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Ronald Spector (Ph.D., Yale University)
Professor of History & International Affairs
Research Interests: 20th Century war and diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific
Phillips 332, 801 22nd Street, NW
Tel: 202-994-6425
Fax: 202-994-6231
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Janet Steele (Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University)
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
Media and Public Affairs,
Room 421
Tel: 202-994-2004
Fax: 202-994-5806
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Inder Sud (Ph.D., Stanford University)
Adjunct Professor of the Practice of International Affairs
Research Interests:economic development in developing countries, South Asia
1957 E. Street, NW, Suite 501
Tel: 202-994-0194
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Robert Sutter (Ph.D., Harvard University)
Adjunct Professor of International Affairs
Research Interests: Politics and foreign relations of Taiwan, international
politics of East Asia, U.S. policy towards Asia
Tel:
202-687-8487
Fax: 202-687-7397
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Takako Suzuki
Librarian, Japan Resource Center
Slavic, East European, and Asian Reading Room
Gelman Library
2130 H Street, NW
Tel: 202-994-6848
Fax: 202-994-5154
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Emmanuel Teitelbaum (Ph.D., Cornell University)
Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
Research Interests: South Asian politics and development
Monroe Hall 411, 2115 G St, NW
Tel: 202-994-9125
Fax: 202-994-7743
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Bing-Sheng Teng (Ph.D., City University of New York)
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
Funger Hall 607
Tel:
202-994-3736
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Richard Thornton (Ph.D., University of Washington)
Professor of History and International Affairs
Research Interests: U.S. foreign policy, Sino-Russian relations
Phillips 331, 801 22nd Street, NW
Tel: 202-994-6230
Fax: 202-994-6231
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Takae Tsujioka
Teaching Insturctor in the Japanese Language
Research Interests: Japanese language
Rome 465, 801 22nd Street, NW
Tel: 202-994-6727
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John Wang
Lecturer, East Asian Calligraphy
Research Interests: East Asian calligraphy
Rome 451, 801 22nd Street, NW
Tel: 202-994-2003
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Miaochun Wei
Teaching Instructor in the Chinese Language
Research Interests: Language pedagogy, second language acquisition, pragmatics
Rome 455, 801 22nd Street, NW
Tel: 202-994-4393
Fax: 202-994-1512
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Richard Windsor (Ph.D., University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana)
Professor and Director, Doctoral Program in Behavioral Science
Research Interests: Evaluation of health promotion-disease prevention programs, China
2175 K Street, NW, #7019
Tel: 202-416-0086
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Mei Wu
Lecturer, Chinese
Research Interests: Chinese language
Rome 462, 801 22nd Street, NW
Tel: 202-994-0060
Daqing Yang
(Ph.D., Harvard University)
Associate Professor of History and International Affairs
Research Interests: Japanese history and East Asian reconciliation
Phillips 327, 801 22nd Street, NW
Tel: 202-994-8262
Fax: 202-994-6231
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Jiawen Yang (Ph.D., New York University)
Associate Professor of International Business & International Affairs
Research Interests: Business environment in China
Funger 401B
Tel: 202-994-8709
Fax: 202-994-7422
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Guofang Yi
Lecturer, Chinese
Research Interests: Chinese language
Rome 462, 801 22nd Street, NW
Tel: 202-994-0060
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Liang (Larry) Yu (Ph.D., University of Oregon)
Associate Professor of Hospitality Management
Research Interests:
Hotel management, tourism in Asia
Funger Hall 301U
Tel: 202-994-8740
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Phyllis Ni Zhang (Ed.D., Columbia University)
On Leave, Academic Year 2007-08
Assistant Professor of Chinese and International Affairs
Research Interests:
Chinese language and culture, pedagogy and technology
Rome 463, 801 22nd Street, NW
Tel: 202-994-5051
Fax: 202-994-1512
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Jing Zhong
Librarian, China Documentation Center
Gelman Library, Rm707D
2130 H St., NW
Tel: 202-994-0624
Fax: 202-994-7845
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Sigur Center Staff
Deepa Ollapally
Acting Director
1957 E Street, NW, Suite 503R
Tel: (202) 994-8854
Fax: (202) 994-6096
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Ikuko Turner
Financial/Office Manager
1957 E Street, NW, Suite 503S
Tel: (202) 994-4360
Fax: (202) 994-6096
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Erin Robinson
Executive Assistant/ Program Coordinator
1957 E Street, NW, Suite 503Q
Tel: (202) 994-5874
Fax: (202) 994-6096
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Grace Lim
Assistant Financial Manager
1957 E Street, NW, Suite 503T3
Tel: (202) 994-2775
Fax: (202) 994-6096
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