Program Director
Elizabeth Lillehoj, Ph.D.
Professor History of Art & Architecture
Columbia University
Program Faculty
L. Joyce Mariano
Lecturer in Global Asian Studies
University of Minnesota
Affiliated Faculty
Nobuko Chikamatsu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Modern Languages/Japanese Studies
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Sumi Cho, J. D., Ph.D.
Professor of Law
University of California at Berkeley
June Chung, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English
University of California, Los Angeles
Camilla Fojas, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of Latin American and Latino Studies
New York University
Bill Johnson Gonzalez, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of English
Harvard University
David L. Gitomer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Director of MALS Program
Columbia University
Curt Hansman, Ph.D.
Adjunct of History of Architecture and Art
University of Kansas
Kathryn Ibata-Arens, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Political Science
Northwestern University
Li Jin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Chinese Studies, Chinese Section Head
University of South Florida
Laura Kina, M.F.A.
Associate Professor of Art, Media and Design
Vincent de Paul Professor
University of Illinois at Chicago
Lucy Xing Lu, Ph.D.
Professor of Communication
University of Oregon
Rajit Mazumder, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Kalyani Menon, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Religious Studies
Syracuse University
Yuki Miyamoto, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
University of Chicago
Sanjukta Mukherjee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Women and Gender Studies
Syracuse University
Lori Pierce, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of American Studies
University of Hawai'i
Shailja Sharma, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Charles Strain, Ph.D.
Professor Religious Studies
University of Chicago
Chi-Jang Yin, M.F.A.
Associate Professor of Art, Media, and Design
School of the Art Institute of Chicago