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Affiliated Faculty: East Asia

Ina Asim

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  • Affiliation: faculty
  • Title: Associate Professor
  • Phone: 541-346-6161
  • Office: 317 McKenzie Hall
  • Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies

Steven Brown

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  • Affiliation: faculty
  • Title: Professor of Comparative Literature
  • Phone: 541-346-4016
  • Office: 354 PLC
  • Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies, English
  • Interests: posthumanism, horror cinema, Surrealist film and animation, sound design in film, Japanese popular culture, and critical theory.

Daniel Buck

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  • Affiliation: faculty
  • Title: Associate Professor
  • Phone: 541-346-2353
  • Office: 109 Condon Hall
  • Office Hours: Th 10:30—12:30 or by appointment
  • Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies
  • Interests: Geography/Asian Studies, Economic Geography, Development, Political Economy, Environment/Society, East Asia and China.

Roy Chan

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  • Affiliation: faculty
  • Title: Associate Professor, Chinese Literature
  • Additional Title: Director of Graduate Studies, East Asian Languages & Literatures
  • Office: 426 Friendly Hall
  • Office Hours: Fall 2023: Thursdays 9:30-11:30 am (email in advance appreciated)
  • Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies, Comparative Literature
  • Teaching Level: Doctoral, Masters, Undergraduate
  • Interests: Modern Chinese and Russian Literatures, Critical Theory, Formalism, Affect Studies, Sociolinguistic Literary Criticism

Scott DeLancey

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  • Affiliation: emeritus
  • Title: Professor Emeritus
  • Phone: 541-346-3901
  • Office: 370 Straub Hall
  • Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies
  • Website: Website

Rachel DiNitto

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  • Affiliation: faculty
  • Title: Professor, Japanese Literature
  • Additional Title: Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS), East Asian Languages & Literatures
  • Phone: 541-346-4012
  • Office: 301 Friendly Hall
  • Office Hours: Tuesday 3:00-5:00 via Zoom or by appointment. Zoom link: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/3687608212
  • Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies, Cinema Studies Program
  • Teaching Level: Doctoral, Masters, Undergraduate
  • Interests: Japanese literature, nuclear issues, environmental humanities

Maram Epstein

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  • Affiliation: faculty
  • Title: Professor, Chinese Literature
  • Additional Title: Director, Center for Asian Pacific Studies
  • Office: 303 Friendly Hall
  • Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies

Tara Fickle

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  • Affiliation: faculty
  • Title: Associate Professor, English Department
  • Phone: 541-346-3979
  • Office: 372 PLC
  • Office Hours: Not teaching in ENG department Spring term
  • Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies, IRES, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
  • Teaching Level: Doctoral, Masters, Undergraduate
  • Interests: Asian American Literaray and Cultural Studies, American Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies, Cultural Studies, Digital Humanies, Film, Television and Media Studies, Literary and Critical Theory, Race, Ethnicity and Indigeneity, Visual Culture
  • Website: Website

Alisa Freedman

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  • Title: Professor, Japanese Literature, Cultural Studies, and Gender
  • Additional Title: Editor-in-Chief, U.S.-Japan Women's Journal
  • Phone: 541-979-7794
  • Office: 404 Friendly Hall
  • Office Hours: Fridays, 10:30-12:00 on Zoom (Please email for an appointment.)
  • Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies
  • Interests: Modern Japanese literature, popular culture, youth culture, visual media, digital culture, urban studies, and gender

Andrew Goble

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  • Affiliation: faculty
  • Title: Professor
  • Phone: 541-346-4800
  • Office: 361 McKenzie Hall
  • Office Hours: Winter 23, Monday and Wednesday 2:00-4:00 p.m.
  • Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies, Religious Studies
  • Interests: Japan

Bryna Goodman

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  • Affiliation: emeritus
  • Title: Professor
  • Phone: 541-346-4825
  • Office: 331 McKenzie Hall
  • Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies
  • Interests: China

Alison Groppe

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  • Affiliation: faculty
  • Title: Associate Professor, Chinese Literature
  • Phone: 541-346-7015
  • Office: 317 Friendly Hall
  • Office Hours: Fall 2021: Tuesday 230-430pm
  • Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies

Luke Habberstad

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  • Affiliation: faculty
  • Title: Associate Professor, Early Chinese Literature and Religion
  • Additional Title: Program Head & Director of Asian Studies Program
  • Phone: 541-346-4006
  • Office: 401 Friendly Hall
  • Office Hours: Thursdays, 2-4 pm
  • Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies

Jeff Hanes

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  • Affiliation: emeritus
  • Title: Professor Emeritus
  • Phone: 541-346-4837
  • Office: 340X McKenzie Hall
  • Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies

Kaori Idemaru

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  • Affiliation: faculty
  • Title: Professor, Japanese Linguistics
  • Phone: 541-346-4007
  • Office: 302 Friendly Hall
  • Office Hours: on leave in Fall 22 and Winter 23
  • Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies
  • Website: Website

Zhuo Jing-Schmidt

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  • Affiliation: faculty
  • Title: Professor
  • Additional Title: PI and Director of Oregon Chinese Flagship Program
  • Phone: 541-346-4023
  • Office: 318 Friendly Hall
  • Office Hours: Wednesday 3-5PM
  • Affiliated Departments: East Asian Languages
  • Programs, Research and Outreach: Secondary Special Education and Transition Program
  • Teaching Level: Doctoral, Masters, Undergraduate
  • Interests: Cognitive Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Historical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
  • Research Website: Research

Dong Hoon Kim

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  • Affiliation: faculty
  • Title: Associate Professor, Korean Film, Literature and Cultural Studies
  • Phone: 541-346-4108
  • Office: 104 PLC
  • Office Hours: Spring 23: Mondays noon-1:30 p.m. or by appointment
  • Affiliated Departments: East Asian Languages, English

Charles Lachman

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  • Affiliation: emeritus
  • Title: Associate Professor Emeritus
  • Phone: 541-346-2130
  • Office: 168 Lawrence Hall
  • City: Eugene
  • Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies, Religious Studies

Gyoung-Ah Lee

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  • Affiliation: faculty
  • Title: Professor
  • Additional Title: Director of Graduate Studies
  • Phone: 541-346-5077
  • Office: 349 Hendricks Hall
  • Office Hours: Thur 2-4pm
  • Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies
  • Interests: Environmental archaeology, paleoethnobotany, ethnobotany, origins of agriculture, East Asian archaeology
  • Research Website: Research
  • Website: Website

David Li

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  • Affiliation: emeritus
  • Title: Professor Emeritus
  • Additional Title: Collins Professor of the Humanities Emeritus
  • Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies

Susanna Lim

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  • Affiliation: faculty
  • Title: Associate Professor of Literature, Russian Studies, and Korean Studies
  • Additional Title: Director of REEES Graduate Studies
  • Phone: 541-346-0691
  • Office: 1715 Franklin Blvd., Rm 101
  • City: Eugene
  • Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies
  • Teaching Level: Masters, Undergraduate
  • Interests: Korean Studies, Korean Literature, Korean Popular Culture, Race Studies, Race in South Korea, Russian Studies, Koryo Saram, Diaspora, Post-colonialism
  • Website: Website

Seungahn Nah

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  • Affiliation: faculty
  • Title: Professor
  • Phone: 541-346-2101
  • Office: 202 Allen Hall
  • Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies, Sociology
  • Teaching Level: Masters, Undergraduate

HyeRyoung Ok

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  • Affiliation: faculty
  • Title: Instructor
  • Phone: 541-346-7644
  • Office: 245 PLC
  • Office Hours: Spring 23: Tuesdays 12-1pm
  • Affiliated Departments: Digital Humanities, English

Roxann Prazniak

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  • Affiliation: faculty
  • Title: Professor
  • Additional Title: Robert D. Clark Honors College
  • Phone: 541-346-3345
  • Office: 310 Chapman Hall
  • Office Hours: Wednesday and Friday 3:30 - 5:30
  • Teaching Level: Undergraduate
  • Website: Website

Eric Priest

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  • Affiliation: faculty
  • Title: Professor
  • Phone: 541-346-0414
  • Office: 330B Knight Law Center
  • Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies
  • Programs, Research and Outreach: Business Law

Jeff Schroeder

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  • Affiliation: faculty
  • Title: Associate Professor
  • Phone: 541-346-4165
  • Office: 332 Susan Campbell
  • Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies, Clark Honors College, History

Xiaobo Su

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  • Affiliation: faculty
  • Title: Professor
  • Additional Title: Department Head
  • Phone: 541-346-4568
  • Office: 175 Condon Hall
  • Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies
  • Interests: Tourism and urban development, international political economy, China and Southeast Asia

Ying Tan

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  • Title: Associate Professor
  • Phone: 541-346-1416
  • Office: 102 Millrace 1
  • City: Eugene
  • Interests: Art & Technology
  • Website: Website

Mark T. Unno

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  • Affiliation: faculty
  • Title: Professor of Religious Studies, Religious Studies Department Head
  • Additional Title: East Asian Religions, Japanese Buddhism, Classical Japanese Buddhism, Early Chinese Thought, Comparative Ethics, Buddhism and Psychotherapy
  • Phone: 541-346-4973
  • Office: 334 Susan Campbell Hall
  • Office Hours: Mondays 4:30pm-5:15pm on Zoom, Tuesdays 1:00pm-1:45pm on Zoom and by appointment
  • Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies
  • Website: Website

Tuong Vu

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  • Affiliation: faculty
  • Title: Professor
  • Phone: 541-346-4866
  • Office: 940 PLC
  • City: Eugene
  • Office Hours: On leave 2023-2024
  • Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies
  • Programs, Research and Outreach: Wayne Morse Center
  • Teaching Level: Doctoral
  • Interests: Comparative Politics, Ideology, Revolution, Communism, Nationalism, East and Southeast Asia
  • Research Website: Research
  • Website: Website

Akiko Walley

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  • Affiliation: faculty
  • Title: Maude I. Kerns Associate Professor of Japanese Art
  • Phone: 541-346-1800
  • Office: 237A Lawrence Hall
  • City: Eugene
  • Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies
  • Interests: Japanese Art

Glynne Walley

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  • Title: Associate Professor, Japanese Literature
  • Office: 423 Friendly Hall
  • Office Hours: Winter 2024: by appointment
  • Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies, Translation Studies
  • Research Website: Research
  • Website: Website

Yugen Wang

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  • Affiliation: faculty
  • Title: Professor, Chinese Literature, Department Head
  • Phone: 541-346-3503
  • Office: 304 Friendly Hall
  • Office Hours: Winter 2024, WED 11-1
  • Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies, Comparative Literature, School of Global Studies and Languages

Jiabin Wu

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  • Affiliation: faculty
  • Title: Associate Professor
  • Phone: 541-346-5778
  • Office: 475 PLC
  • Office Hours: Fall 2022: 12:30pm-1:30pm Monday 12:30pm-1:30pm Tuesday
  • Interests: Game Theory, Experimental Economics, Political Economy
  • Website: Website

Yizhao Yang

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  • Affiliation: faculty
  • Title: Professor
  • Additional Title: SCI-China Program Director
  • Phone: 541-346-0833
  • Office: 115 Hendricks Hall
  • City: Eugene
  • Affiliated Departments: Environmental Studies
  • Teaching Level: Doctoral, Masters, Undergraduate

Kyu Ho Youm

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  • Affiliation: faculty
  • Title: Professor, Jonathan Marshall First Amendment Chair
  • Phone: 541-346-2178
  • Office: 205 Allen Hall
  • City: Eugene