Marvin Belzer
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Academic Interests: meditation, Asian philosophy, personal identity, logic
Classes taught:
Meditation: Practice and Theory, Indian and Chinese Philosophy, Introduction to Logic.
Recent Publications:
"Parfit and Lewis on Survival of Fission and What Matters in Survival: Why Parfit won the Debate"
"Shantila's Inside Logic"
"Dialogues on Personal Identity and Morality"
Contact Information:
419-372-7216
325 Shatzel Hall
mbelzer@bgsu.edu
Personal Site

Stephen S. Chang
Associate Professor of Geography
Academic Interests: Cultural Geography, Regional development, East Asia
Classes taught: World Regional, Culturla Geography, Conservation Ecology.
Contact Information:
419-372-2028
308B Hanna Hall
schang@bgnet.bgsu.edu

Neil A. Englehart
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Academic Interests: Politics of East and Southeast Asia, human rights, state formation and state failure
Classes taught: Comparative Politics, Asian Politics, Human Rights
Recent Publications:
"Is Regime Change Enough For Burma? The Problem of State Capacity."
"A Tradition of Knowledge About Myanmar: J.S. Furnivall on Colonial Rule."
Constructing Human Rights in the Age of Globalization
Contact Information:
419-372-2923
109 Williams Hall
neile@bgsu.edu

Christopher J. Frey
Assistant Professor of Education
Academic Interests: Indigenous and immigrant education policy, Nineteenth-century Ainu schools, history of American Indian literacy, Church Missionary Society in Japan, Nikkei-Brazilian education policy, global and international education, colonial education
Classes Taught: History of Education, Education in a Pluralistic Society
Recent publications:
"Blood Relatives? Citizenship, Immigration, and Language Education Policies in Germany and Japan"
"Language, Sovereignty, and the Cultural Contestation for Navajo Schools in the Era of No Child Left Behind"
Contact Information:
419-372-9549
559 Education Building
cjfrey@bgsu.edu
personal site: http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/edhd/edfi/bios/freyc/

Rebecca L. Green
Associate Professor and Chair, Art History
Academic Interests:
non-Western art and cultures
Classes taught:
Art of India and Southeast Asia, Art of China and Japan, Oceanic Art, Art Music and Culture in Bali Indonesia, Art Music and Culture in Ghana West Africa, Western African Art, Art and Power in Africa, Women and Art in Africa, Pre-Columbian Art, Western Art I, Arts of the Non-Western World, Special Topics in Art History,
Recent Publications:
"Betsileo Textiles: Negotiating Identity Between the Living and the Dead,"
"Ancestral Dreams: Re-Visiting the Past, Re-Living the Present, Re-Creating the Future,"
Once is Never Enough: Textiles, Ancestors, and Reburials in Highland Madagascar
Contact Information:
419-372-8514
1010 Fine Arts Center
rlgreen@bgsu.edu

Walter E. Grunden
Walter E. Grunden
Associate Professor of History
Graduate Chair, Department of History
Academic Interests: Modern China and Japan, Science and Technology Policy, World War II and Cold War
Classes taught: Asian Civilizations, Pre-modern Japan, Modern Japan, Modern China, World War II, Science and War, U.S. Science Policy (Graduate), Readings in Modern East Asia (Graduate), Comparative Public Policy (Graduate)
Recent Publications: Secret Weapons and World War II: Japan in the Shadow of Big Science (University Press of Kansas, 2005)
Contact Information:
Department of History
131 Williams Hall
419-372-8639
wgrund@bgnet.bgsu.edu

David Harnish
Professor of Ethnomusicology
Academic Interests: Performing arts, Religion, Anthropology, History, Popular Culture, Cultural Politics
Classes taught: Music in Indonesian Culture, Music in Japanese Culture, Introduction to Ethnomusicology, Balinese Gamelan, Music in World Cultures
Recent Publications:
Bridges to the Ancestors: Music, Myth, and Cultural Politics at an Indonesian Festival (University of Hawi'i Press, 2006)
"New Lines, Shifting Identities: Interpreting Change at the Lingsar Festival in Lombok, Indonesia" (Ethnomusicology 49 (1): 1-24)
"Teletubbies in Paradise: Tourism, Indonesianization, and Modernization in Balinese Music" (Yearbook for Traditional Music 37:
103-123)
Contact Information:
419-372-8487
101 Moore Musical Arts building
dharnis@bgnet.bgsu.edu

Gary Hess
Distinguished Research Professor of History
Academic Interests: Interests: U.S. foreign relations, especially American-Asian relations, Vietnam War
Classes taught: Vietnam War, US & World 1890-1945, US & World since 1945:Cold War & Beyond
Recent Publications:
Vietnam & U.S.: Origins & Legacy of War
Presidential Decisions for War: Korea, Vietnam, Persian Gulf
The United States at War, 1941-45
Contact Information:
419-372-6806
139 Williams Hall
ghess@bgnet.bgsu.edu

Akiko Kawano Jones
Director, Asian Studies Program
Lecturer of Japanese Language
Director of Summer Program in Japan
Academic Interests: Language pedagogy, Japanese culture and customs, Tea ceremony, study abroad in Japan
Classes taught: Japanese language, Japanese business language and culture, Japanese culture and Tea ceremony, Summer study in Japan
Contact Information:
419-372-7136
110 Shatzel Hall
jakiko@bgsu.edu

Kyoo H. Kim
Professor of Economics
Academic Interests: Asian Economy
Classes taught: Microeconomics, Game Theory, Mathematical Economics
Recent Publications:
"Revenue and Optimality in Unequal-Sized Share Auctions"
"The Korean Financial Crisis and Net Foreign Investment."
"Foreign Direct Investment in Korean Economy"
Contact Information:
419-372-2735
3004 D Business Administration Building
kkim@bgsu.edu

Benjamin N. Muego
Professor of Political Science
Academic Interests: American Foreign Policy, US Constitutional Law, Chinese Foreign Policy, Viet Nam, the Philippines, Singapore, the Military in Southeast Asia and Issues on Development and Modernization
Classes taught: American Government, Asian Studies, US Constitutional Law, US Foreign Policy, US Judicial Process, International Relations, Comparative Politics (non-Western), Ethnic Studies, International Organizations (Model United Nations) and Public Administration.
Recent Publications:
American Government: A Non-Visual Text for the MTV Generation;
Spectator Society: The Philippines Under Martial Rule; Self-Study Guide on the Philippines;
"A Nation in Turmoil: the Philippines Under Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo," Southeast Asian Affairs 2005
Contact Information:
104 Hanna Hall
Bowling Green State University or
320-D West Building
Bowling Green State University-Firelands
One University Drive, Huron, Ohio 44839-9791
419-372-0670
bmuego@bgsu.edu
http://www.firelands.bgsu.edu/~bmuego/vietnam

Kristen Rudisill
Assistant Professor of Popular Culture
Academic Interests: South Asia, theater and dance, globalization, religion
Classes taught: Global Popular Culture, Indian Popular Culture, Religion and Popular Culture, International Performing Arts
Recent Publications:
“A Traditional Tamil Brahmin Marriage in Washington DC: Performance of Culture and the Ideal Self”
“Mohammad bin Tughlaq: A Fourteenth Century Muslim Sultan in 1960s South India”
“Pygmalion: Changes of Class and Culture”
“Bharata Natyam and Terukkuttu: E. Krishna Iyer’s Revival Efforts”
Contact Information:
419-372-0258
101 Popular Culture Building
rudisik@bgsu.edu

Jeremy Wallach
Assistant Professor of Popular Culture
Academic Interests: Asian traditional and popular music, globalization, Muslim Southeast Asia, postcolonial theory.
Classes taught: global popular culture, genre and authenticity in world popular music, youth and popular culture, global popular music, music as popular culture, cultural theory and popular culture.
Recent Publications:
"Modern Noise, Contested Genres: Popular Music in Indonesia, 1997-2001."
"Underground Rock Music and Democratization in Indonesia."
"Of Gongs and Cannons: Music and Power in Island Southeast Asia."
Contact Information:
419-372-8204
108 Popular Culture Building
jeremyw@bgnet.bgsu.edu

Gi Woong Yun
Assistant Professor of Telecommunications
Academic Interests: On-line Community, Telecommunications in Asia, Health Communication, Science Communication, Internet Research Method, Web Log Data Mining
Classes taught: Interactive Communication Technologies I, Interactive Communication Technologies II, Media Research, Online Communities and Social Environments
Recent Publications:
The effects of brand familiarity in alignment advertising
Effects of New Communication Technology on Supply Chain Management.
Contact Information:
419-372-8638
321 West Hall
gyun@bgsu.edu