Advisory Committee
2018-2019 Asian Studies Advisory Committee, back row from left to right: Hyeyoung Bang,Min Yang, Jong Kwan "Jake" Lee, Neil Englehart, Christopher Frey, Man Zhang, Vibha Bhalla, Ryoko Okamura and Brad Clark. Front row, from left to right, Kristen Rudisill, Khani Begum, Akiko Kawano Jones, and Rebecca Skinner Green.
Title: Associate Professor of Popular Culture, Asian Studies Director
Courses Taught: Introduction to Popular Culture, Global Popular Culture, Religion and Popular Culture, International Performing Arts, Indian Popular Culture
Contact Information: rudisik@bgsu.edu
245 Shatzel Hall
Title: Associate Professor, School of Educational Foundation, Leadership and Policy
Academic Interests: The relationship of wisdom and ego identity, teachers' emotionality and its impact on students' academic success, international students' social adaptability.
Classes Taught: Adolescent Development in Social Context, Internship Cross-Cultural Education, Cross-Cultural Human Development and learning Human Growth Development, Educational Psychology Applied to Adolescent Development
Contact information: hbang@bgsu.edu
419-372-4251
570 Education
Title: Associate Professor of English
Academic Interests: Modern and Contemporary Literatures, Post Colonial Literature and Theory, South Asian Studies, World Cinema, Film Theory
Courses Taught: Cinema and Nation: Postcolonial Theory, Partition and the Transnational Indian Cinema, Transnational Trends in Asian Cinemas, Iranian Women and Film, Post Colonial World Cinema, Women in Islam; Women, Islam and Literature; Muslim Women in Literature and the Media
Contact Information: khani@bgsu.edu
419-372-8143
203 East Hall
Title: Assistant Professor, Political Science
Academic Interests: Nonprofit & international development, public administration, India
Classes Taught: Nonprofit Studies and Public Administration
Contact information: abhati@bgsu.edu
419-372-6378
107 Williams Hall
Title: Professor of Theater and Film
Contact Information: bclark@bgsu.edu
419-372-7174
240 Wolfe Center
Title: Associate Professor, Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management
Academic Interests: Agritourism, sustainable tourism, tourism marketing, tourism on organic farms
Classes Taught: Introduction to Tourism and Event Planning, Event & Program Planning in Travel and Tourism, Contemporary Issues in Tourism
Contact information: hchoo@bgsu.edu
419-372-7862
113 Eppler South
Title: Adjunct Instructor, Popular Culture
Academic Interests: Indonesia, heavy metal music, folklore, proverbs, history of ideas, J.R.R. Tolkien
Classes Taught: Introduction to Folklore and Folklife, Global Popular Culture, The Fairy Tale, Folklife and Material Culture, Folklore and Folklife (graduate course)
Contact information: estherc@bgsu.edu
419-372-8204
346 Shatzel Hall
Title: 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: cjfrey@bgsu.edu
419-372-9549
559 Education
Title: Senior Lecturer of Japanese Language, Director of Summer Program in Japan and Peace Studies in Hiroshima.
Academic Interests: Language pedagogy, tea ceremony, Japanese culture and customs, 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: jakiko@bgsu.edu
419-372-7136
110 Shatzel Hall
Title: Associate Professor, Computer Science
Academic Interests: Scientific/Information Visualization, Computer Graphics, Computer Vision, High Performance Computing
Courses Taught: Operating Systems & Networks, Computer Graphics, Programming Fundamentals, Advanced Computer Graphics, Artificial Intelligence Methods, Computer Organization
Contact Information: leej@bgsu.edu
419-372-2407
223 Hayes Hall
Title: Assistant Professor of Japanese
Contact Information: oryoko@bgsu.edu
419-372-5566
119 Shatzel Hall
Title:
Professor of Popular Culture
Academic Interests: Asian popular music, Southeast Asian society and politics, cultural globalization
Courses Taught: Introduction to Popular Culture, Global Popular Music, Youth and Popular Culture, International Popular Culture, Cultural Theory and Popular Culture, Genre and Authenticity in World Popular Music Studies, Popular Music in America
Contact Information: jeremyw@bgsu.edu
419-372-8204
346 Shatzel Hall
Title: Associate Professor of International Business
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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:
mzhang@bgsu.edu
419-372-6819
3009 Business Administration Building Annex
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