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Spring Quarter 2012

Buddhist Studies

Collett Cox *
T/Th 12:30-1:30 or by appointment
GWN M246 543-4965 collett
Professor; Sanskrit, Pali, comparative religion, Indian and Chinese Buddhist philosophy, history of religions
Richard G Salomon *
T/Th 10:30-11:20
GWN 247 543-8763 rsalomon
Professor; Sanskrit and Prakrit language and literature, epigraphy, ancient Indian history, Gandharan studies

Chinese

Nyan-Ping Bi

W 1:00-3:00 or by appointment

GWN M229 543-6931 npbi
Senior Lecturer; Chinese language
William G. Boltz *
F 11:00-12:00
GWN M250/225 543-4926 543-4996 boltzwm
Professor and Department Chairman; Classical Chinese, philology, script, textual criticism, mythology
Frederick Brandauer
fbrandau
Professor Emeritus of Chinese
Yuqing Cao
T 1:00-3:00 or by appointment
GWN 212 543-8657 ycao
Lecturer; Chinese Language
Chris Hamm *
M/W 11:00-11:50 or by appointment
GWN M235 543-4974 jcsong
Associate Professor; Premodern Chinese vernacular literature, modern Chinese fiction and film.
Zev Handel *

W 1:30-2:30

GWN 245 543-4863 zhandel
Associate Professor; Chinese language, historical phonology, Chinese dialectology, Tibeto-Burman languages
David R Knechtges *

T/Th 10:30-11:30 or by appointment

GWN M245 543-4286 knechtge
Professor; Han and Six Dynasties literature, fu, Wen xuan, Chinese literary history, classical prose
Jerry Norman
normansc
Professor Emeritus of Chinese
Liping Yu

W 1:00-3:00 or by appointment

GWN 214 685-0394 lyu
Senior Lecturer; Chinese Language
Anne Yue-Hashimoto *

F 2:00-3:00 or by appointment

GWN M247 543-4165 anneyue
Professor; Chinese language, linguistics, dialectology, grammar

Japanese

Paul Atkins *

M 3:30-4:20 or by appointment

GWN M227 543-4925 patkins
Associate Professor; Classical Japanese literature
Davinder Bhowmik *
Th 11:00-12:00 or by appointment
GWN M239 543-4699 dbhowmik
Associate Professor and Associate Department Chair; Modern Japanese literature
Akiko Iwata
On Leave
GWN 244 543-6628 iwata3
Lecturer; Japanese Language
Justin Jesty
W 1:00-2:00 or by appointment
GWN 244 543-6628 jestyj
Lecturer; Japanese Language
Ted Mack *
By appointment
GWN 248 543-4356 tmack
Associate Professor; Modern Japanese literature
Izumi Matsuda-Kiami

M 1:00-2:00; Th 1:30-2:30

GWN M214 543-0066 matsuda
Senior Lecturer; Japanese language and pedagogy
Itsuko Nishikawa
M 10:30-11:20 or by appointment
GWN M225 543-4995

inishi

Lecturer; Japanese language
Kaoru Ohta

M/W 10:30-11:20 or by appointment

GWN 246 543-6936 kaoru
Senior Lecturer; Japanese linguistics, syntax and morphology
Amy Snyder Ohta *

M/W 3:30-4:20 or by appointment

GWN M231 543-6315 aohta
Associate Professor; Applied linguistics, acquisition of Japanese as a second language, sociolinguistics

Korean

Heekyoung Cho *
M/W 10:30-11:20
GWN M244 543-6937 hchohcho
Assistant Professor; Korean literature
Soohee Kim
On Leave
GWN 239 543-7487 soohee
Senior Lecturer; Korean language and linguistics
Eunyoung Won
W 1:30-2:30 or by appointment
GWN 235 543-4202 woney
Lecturer; Korean language

South Asian

Bengali

Nandini Abedin
M-F 11:30-12:30 or by appointment
GWN M248 543-9170 abedin
Lecturer; Bengali

 

Hindi

Prem Pahlajrai
T 8:00-9:00, W 3:30-4:20, Th 10:30-11:20 or by appointment
GWN 231 543-4096 prem
Lecturer; Hindi language, Advaita Vedanta, Sanskrit language & literature
Heidi Pauwels *
On Leave
GWN 233 543-4235 hpauwels
Professor; Medieval and modern Hindi language and literature, Hinduism, Sanskrit language and literature
Michael C Shapiro *
By appointment
GWN 250 543-4958 hindimcs
Professor; Hindi language and literature, Indo-Aryan languages and linguistics

Sanskrit

Collett Cox *

T/Th 12:30-1:30 or by appointment

GWN M246 543-4965 collett
Professor; Sanskrit, Pali, comparative religion, Indian and Chinese Buddhist philosophy, history of religions
Tim Lenz
M/T 10:30-11:30 or by appointment
LA1 103 616-9162 tjlenz
Acting Assistant Professor; Sanskrit
Heidi Pauwels *
On Leave
GWN 233 543-4235 hpauwels
Professor; Medieval and modern Hindi language and literature, Hinduism, Sanskrit language and literature
Richard G Salomon *
T/Th 10:30-11:20
GWN 247 543-8763 rsalomon
Professor; Sanskrit and Prakrit language and literature, epigraphy, ancient Indian history, Gandharan studies

Urdu

Jameel Ahmad

Th 4:00-5:00, F 11:30-12:20 or by appointment

GWN 231 543-4096 jameel7
Lecturer; Urdu language and literature
Jennifer Dubrow *

T 3:30-4:00, Th 3:30-5:00 or by appointment

GWN 229 543-4146 jdubrow
Assistant Professor; Urdu language and literature

Southeast Asian

Indonesian

Desiana Pauli Sandjaja
T 12:30-1:30 or by appointment
GWN M248 543-9170 sandjaja
Lecturer, Indonesian Language

Thai

Wiworn Kesavatana-Dohrs
M 1:30-2:30 or by appointment
GWN M212 543-9007 dohrs
Lecturer; Thai language and literature

Vietnamese

Chi Nguyen
Th 1:30-3:30 or by appointment
GWN M233 543-4986 chin2
Lecturer; Vietnamese language
Kim Nguyen
    oriole
Senior Lecturer Emeritus; Vietnamese language and literature

Adjunct and Affliliate Faculty

Edith Aldridge * PDL A210C 685-4845 eca1
Adjunct Assistant Professor; Comparative and historical synthax
Judith M. Boltz * GWN M250 543-4926 jmboltz
Affiliate Associate Professor; Classical Chinese language
Yomi Braester* PDL C504 221-6639 yomi
Adjunct Professor; Modern Chinese literature, film, literary criticism and theory of art (Professor in the Department of Comparative Literature)
Thomas Gething THO 303 543-4836 gething
Affiliate Professor, emeritus; Thai language, Khammuang (Northern Thai)
Stevan Harrell * DEN 239 543-5344 stevehar

Adjunct Professor; (Professor of Anthropology, Curator of Asian Ethnology at the Burke Museum)

Taiping Chang Knechtges     taiping
Affiliate Assistant Professor; Chinese language and literature
Christian Novetzke THO 303C 543-6142 novetzke
Adjunct Associate Professor; Indian religion and culture (Associate Professor in Comparative Religion)
Michio Tsutsui * SIG 426B 685-2566 mtsutsui
Adjunct Professor; Technical Japanese, Japanese as a second language, linguistics, computer-assisted language learning (Associate Professor in the Human Centered Design and Engineering Program)
 

 

 

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