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David R. Cummiskey

Professor of Philosophy

biomedical ethics, Buddhist moral and political philosophy, clinical medical ethics, intercultural bioethics, intercultural ethics, Kantian ethics and consequentialism, moral philosophy, political philosophy, rawls and political liberalism

Rafael Alexandre Mello

Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics

international development, international political economy, international relations, international theory, Latin American Politics, Latin American social theory, politics of the Global South

Trian Nguyen

Associate Professor of Art and Visual Culture

Asian art history, Daoist ceremonial paintings, East Asian ceramic, Thich Quang Duc’s self-immolation and his impact, Vietnamese Buddhist sculpture

Alison Melnick

Associate Professor of Religious Studies

18th Century Tibetan History, Asian religious history, Chinese borderland religions, Gender and Authority in Tibet, gender and religion, Hagiography in Asian contexts, Privilege studies, Religion and Gender in Asia, Religions of China, Religions of South Asia, Tibetan religion, Tibetan religion and history

Liang Wu

Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Anthropocene Studies, Anthropology of Labor, Asia-Pacific Studies, blue humanities, globalization, marine anthropology, maritime anthropology, Mobility Studies, oceanic anthropology, political ecology, political economy, Science and Technology Studies (STS), Transatlantic Studies, Urban Studies

Yunkyoung Garrison

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Asian American psychology, Clinical Supervision, community engagement, Counseling Psychology, immigrant and refugee mental health, Immigrant Career and Mental Health, Race and Racism, Social Class and Classism, Sociopolitical Deveolpment, the myth of meritocracy, The Myth of Meritocracy, Women of Color

Mayumi Fukushima

Assistant Professor of Politics

asymmetric security alliances, extended nuclear deterrence, international politics of East Asia, international relations, international security, international security alliances, nuclear deterrence, technology and conflicts

David R. George Jr.

Senior Lecturer in Hispanic Studies

19th and 20th century Iberian literatures and cultures, Asian studies, European studies, film and TV literary adaptations, Global Hispanophone Studies, Hispano-Asian studies, Iberian studies, Japanese studies, media studies, nineteenth-century studies, realist novel, travel narrative, travel writing

Wesley B. Chaney

Associate Professor of History

Zhenzhen Lu

Assistant Professor of Chinese

archival research, chinese language pedagogy, cultural studies, dramatic literature, late imperial China, literature and history, manuscript studies, material culture, performance studies, popular culture, vernacular literatures of East Asia