Asian Studies
Advisory Committee
2012-2013 Asian Studies Advisory Committee
| 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. Courses 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: 419.732.8143 203 East Hall khani@bgsu.edu | Kyoo H. Kim Professor of Economics Academic Interests: Asian Economy Courses Taught: Microeconomics; Game Theory; Mathematical Economics Contact Information: 419.372.2735 3004D Business Administration Building kkim@bgsu.edu | |
| Neil A. Englehart Associate Professor of Political Science Academic Interests: Politics of East and Southeast Asia; human rights, state formation and state failure. Courses Taught: Comparative Politics; Asian Politics; and Human Rights. Contact Information: 419.372.2923 121 Williams neile@bgsu.edu | Kei Nomaguchi Associate Professor of Sociology Academic Interests: Parenthood, Parent and Children, Work and Family, Gender, Health and Well-Being Courses Taught: Sociology of the Family; Sociology of Gender, Family Theory and Research Contact Information: 419.372.8147 213 Williams knomagu@bgsu.edu | |
| Christopher J. Frey Assistant Professor of Education Academic Interests: Indigenous and immigrant education policy; Global Histories of colonial and minority education; Education in Japan; Japanese modernization. Classes Taught: History of Education; Education in a Pluralistic Society; Navajo Society; Education and Art; International Education Policy. Contact information: 419.372.9549 559 Education cjfrey@bgsu.edu | Sung-Yeon Park Associate Professor, Telecommunications Academic Interests: Media effects on body image; Consumer reviews on retail websites; the role of media in acculturation. Contact Information: 419.372.3422 316 West Hall sunpark@bgsu.edu | |
| Rebecca L. Skinner Green Associate Professor of Art History Academic Interests: World art and cultures. Courses Taught: Art of India and Southeast Asia; Art of China and Japan; Oceanic Art; Western African Art; MesoAmerican Art, Western Art; Survey of World Art; Special Topics in Art History; Critical issues in World Art. Contact Information: 419.372.8514 1010 Fine Arts rlgreen@bgsu.edu | Kristin Rudisill Assistant Professor of Popular Culture Academic Interests: South Asia, theater and dance, globalization, religion. Courses Taught: Global Popular Culture; Indian Popular Culture; Religion and Popular Culture; International Performing Arts; Popular Religion in Asia. Contact Information: 419.372.2444 246 Shatzel Hall rudisik@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. Courses Taught: Asian Civilizations; Pre-Modern Japan; Modern Japan; Modern China; World War II; Science and War; U.S. Science Policy; Readings in Modern East Asia; Comparative Public Policy. Contact Information: 419.372.8639 134 Williams wgrund@bgsu.edu | Satomi Saito Assistant Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture Academic Interests: Modern Japanese Literature and Visual Culture. Courses Taught: First, Second, and Third year Japanese; Japanese Culture; Contemporary Japanese Society; Introduction to Japanese Literature; Japanese Cinema; Japanese Popular Media. Contact Information: 419.372.5566 119 Shatzel Hall ssaito@bgsu.edu | |
| Yiju Huang Assistant Professor of Chinese Academic Interests: Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature; Chinese Language Cinema; Theories of Trauma; Memory and Justice; Film Theory; Psychoanalytical Theory; Aesthetic Theory. Courses Taught: Comtemporary Chinese Culture through Films; Intermediate Chinese; Masterpieces in East Asian Literature. Contact Information: 419.372.2268 109 Shatzel hyiju@bgsu.edu | Jeremy Wallach Associate Professor of Popular Culture Academic Interests: Asian traditional and popular music, globalization, Southeast Asia, post-colonial theory. Courses Taught: Asian Popular Music, Global Popular Culture. Contact Information: 419.372.8204 346 Shatzel Hall jeremyw@bgsu.edu | |
| Akiko Kawano Jones Director, Asian Studies Program; Senior Lecturer of Japanese Language; Director of Summer Program in Japan and Peace Studies in Hiroshima. Academic Interests: Language pedagogy; Japanese culture and customs; tea ceremony, study abroad in Japan. Courses Taught: Japanese Language (beginning through third year); Japanese Business Language and Culture; Japanese Culture and Tea Ceremony; Summer Study in Japan. Contact Information: 419.372.7136 110 Shatzel jakiko@bgsu.edu | Gi Woong Yun Associate Professor of Telecommunications Academic Interests: On-line Community; Telecommunications in Asia; Health Communication; Science Communication; Internet Research Method; Web Log Data Mining. Courses Taught: Interactive Communication Technologies; Interactive Communication Technologies; Media Research; Online Communities and Social Environments. Contact Information: 419.372.8638 321 West Hall gyun@bgsu.edu | |
| Man Zhang Associate Professor of International Business Academic Interests: International entrepreneurship; born global firms; international performance, information technology capability; international strategies. Courses Taught: Introduction to International Business; Online Introduction to International Business and Global Management; International Management. Contact Information: 419.372.6819 3009 Business Administration Building Annex mzhang@bgsu.edu |
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