Fall, 2011

Khani Begum
Associate Professor of English, Academic Interests: Modern and Contemporary Literatures, Post Colonial Literature and Theory, South Asian Studies, World Cinema and Film theory. Recent Publication: "The Dialogics of a New Orientalist Discourse: Telling Tales of Iranian Womanhood" in Women and Islam (Series title, Women and Religion) Ed. Zayn Kassam, ABC-Clio, 2010. Classes taught: Cinema and Nation: Postcolonial Theory, Partition and the Transnational Indian Cinema, Transnational Trends in Asian Cinemas, Iranian Women and Film, Postcolonial World Cinema, Women in Islam, Women, Islam, and Literature, Muslim Women in Literature and the Media. Contact Information: 419-372-8143 302 E. Hall khani@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

Rebecca L. Green 

Associate Professor and Chair, Art History. Academic Interests: World art and cultures.
Courses 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, MesoAmerican Art, Western Art I, Survey of World Art, Special Topics in Art History, 
Selected Publications include: 
Once is Never Enough: Textiles, Ancestors, and Reburials in Highland Madagascar (1998); "Ancestral Dreams: Re-Visiting the Past, Re-Living the Present, Re-Creating the Future" in Memory and Representation: Constructed Truths and Competing Realities (2001); "Betsileo Textiles: Negotiating Identity Between the Living and the Dead" in Unwrapping A Little-Known Textile Tradition: The Field Museum's Madagascar Textile Collection (2005); "Conceptions of Identity and Tradition in Highland Malagasy Clothing," in Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body & Culture (2009); and "From Cemetery to Runway: Dress and Identity in Highland Madagascar," in Contemporary African Fashion (2010). Contact Information: 
419-372-8514, 
1010 Fine Arts Center, 
rlgreen@bgsu.edu.


Walter E. Grunden
Associate Professor of History, 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
134 Williams Hall
419-372-8639 

wgrund@bgnet.bgsu.edu

Yiju Huang
Assistant Professor of Chinese
Research Interests: * Areas of Specialization: Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature * Chinese Language Cinema * Topical interests: Theories of Trauma, Memory, and Justice * Film Theory * Psychoanalytical Theory * Aesthetic Theory
Recent Courses: Contemporary Chinese Culture through Films; Intermediate Chinese; Masterpieces in East Asian Literature
Selected publications: "By Way of Melancholia: Remembrance of Tiananmen Square Incident in Summer Palace," Asian Cinema 21(1) (Spring/Summer 2010): 165-78.
"(Re) Creating Modern Chinese Music: Yang Ying, Erhu, and World Music," Modern Art Asia 2 (Feb 2010). "Weaving a Dark Parody: A Psychoanalytical Reading of Zhang Yimou's Curse of the Golden Flower," Film International (Vol. 6, Issue 2).
Contact information: Shatzel Hall 109, hyiju@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

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

Sung-Yeon Park
Assistant Professor Communications, Research interests: Media effects on body image; Consumer reviews on retail Web sites; The role of media in acculturation
Published journals: Communication Research, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Sex Roles, Journal of Interactive Marketing, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, and others. Editorial review board member, Communication Research. Contact Information: 419-372-3422 316 West Hall, sunpark@bgsu.edu

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, Popular Religion in Asia Recent Publications: "My School Rocks! Dancing Disney's High School Musical in India," "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

Satomi Saito
Assistant Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture. Academic Interests: Modern Japanese Literature and Visual Culture. Classes Taught: Second and Third Year Japanese, Asian Civilization, Japanese Culture, Contemporary Japanese Society, Introduction to Japanese Literature, Japanese Cinema, Japanese Popular Media. Contact Information: ssaito@bgsu.edu 419-372-5566 119 Shatzel Hall

Jeremy Wallach 

Associate Professor of Popular Culture, Academic Interests: Asian traditional and popular music, globalization, Southeast Asia, postcolonial theory. 
Classes taught: Asian popular music, global popular culture. 
Recent Publications: 
Modern Noise, Fluid Genres: Popular Music in Indonesia, 1997-2001, 
"Living the Punk Lifestyle in Jakarta," "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@bgsu.edu

Gi Woong Yun 

Associate Professor of Telecommunications, Academic Interests: Online social media, Telecommunications in Asia, Health Communication, Science Communication, Internet Research Method, and Web Log Data Mining, Classes taught: Interactive online media, online social media, and media research methods. Recent Publications: Online market place, selective posting online, and framing online blogs. Contact Information: 419-372-8638 321 West Hall gyun@bgsu.edu

Man Zhang 

Associate Professor of international business; Academic Interests: international entreprenuriship, born global firms, international performance, information technology capability, international strategies; Classes taught: introduction to international business, online introducation of international business, and global management, international management. Selected published journals:Mulnational business reviews, Information Systems Journal, Journal of Business Research, Global Management of Information Technology, American Journal of Business, Journal of International Entreprenuriship,etc. Contact Information: 419-372-6819; Office:BAA3009; mzhang@bgsu.edu