Yoshie Tomozumi Nakamura (Ed.D., Columbia University)

Associate Professor of Human and Organizational Learning

Research Interests: Social networks among leaders; Japanese women’s leadership; Leadership values development

Mika Natif (Ph.D., New York University)

Associate Professor of Art History

Research Interests: Mughal art and architecture; Mughal women; Islamic art; Central Asia; Images in Islam; Gender and sexuality in Islamic Art

Deepa Ollapally (Ph.D., Columbia University)

Research Professor of International Affairs

Associate Director, The Sigur Center for Asian Studies

Director, Rising Powers Initiative

Research Interests: International relations of South Asia; India-China relations; Indo-Pacific regional security; identity and foreign policy of rising powers

Miok Pak (Ph.D., Georgetown University)

Assistant Professor of Korean Linguistics and Language

Research Interests: Korean linguistics; syntax and semantics on the topics of clause types, interpretation of imperative subjects, speech styles, politeness, and honorifics

Sebastien Peyrouse (Ph.D., National Institute of Oriental Languages and Cultures)

Research Professor of International Affairs

Research Interests: Political systems, economic development, and religion in Central Asia; Central Asia’s geopolitical positioning toward China, India and South Asia

Tashi Rabgey (Ph.D., Harvard University)

Research Professor of International Affairs

Director, Tibet Governance Lab

Research Interests: State theory and legal pluralism; international legal theory and territorial politics; Chinese constitutionalism and nationality law; public policy and governance in Tibet; Sino-Tibetan relations; Greater China

Pradeep Rau (D.B.A., Kent State University)

Professor of Marketing

Research Interests: India; marketing research; marketing strategy; international marketing

Sean Roberts (Ph.D., University of Southern California)

Associate Professor of the Practice of International Affairs & Anthropology

Director, International Development Studies Program

Research Interests: Development theory; democracy development; media and development; culture and politics; indigenous rights; Central Asia; former Soviet Union; and China

Eric Schluessel (Ph.D., Harvard University)

Associate Professor of History and International Affairs

Research Interests: Xinjiang; modern Chinese history

On Sabbatical Fall 2023

Jennifer Seager (Ph.D., University of California, Irvine)

Assistant Professor of Global Health

Research Interests: Gender and health among adolescents and young adults in Sub-Saharan Africa and South and Southeast Asia; female sexual and reproductive health, including maternal and child health

David Shambaugh (Ph.D., University of Michigan)

Gaston Sigur Professor of Asian Studies, Political Science & International Affairs

Director, China Policy Program

Research Interests: Modern and contemporary Chinese history; China’s domestic politics; China’s foreign relations; China’s military and security; and international relations of Asia.

On Sabbatical Academic Year 2023-2024

David Shinn (Ph.D., George Washington University)

Adjunct Professor of International Affairs

Research Interests: Africa, China-Africa, Turkey-Africa, Gulf States-Africa, US Africa policy

Stephen C. Smith (Ph.D., Cornell University)

Professor of Economics & International Affairs

Chair, Department of Economics

Research Interests: Development economics; economics of participation; economics of organization

Janet Steele (Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University)

Associate Professor of Media & Public Affairs

Interim Director, Sigur Center for Asian Studies

Interim Co-Director, East Asia National Resource Center

Research Interests: History of journalism; ideology and professional practices of journalism; press in modern Indonesia; narrative journalism; media in the developing world

Robert Sutter (Ph.D., Harvard University)

Professor of Practice of International Affairs

Research Interests: Politics and foreign relations of Taiwan; international politics of East Asia; U.S. policy towards Asia