Ashwini Tambe (Ph.D., American University)

Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and History

Director, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program

On Sabbatical Academic Year 2024-2025

Research Interests: Transnational South Asian history; law, gender, and sexuality; global political economy; transnational feminist theory

Emmanuel Teitelbaum (Ph.D., Cornell University)

Associate Professor of Political Science & International Affairs

Research Interests: South Asian politics and development

Takae Tsujioka (Ph.D., Georgetown University)

Teaching Associate Professor of Japanese

Research Interests: Japanese language and linguistics

Miaochun Wei (Ed.D., George Washington University)

Teaching Assistant Professor in Chinese Language

Research Interests: Teaching Chinese as a world language; language assessment; language teacher professional development

Robert Weiner (Ph.D., Harvard University)

Professor of International Business, International Affairs, Public Policy & Public Administration

Faculty Director, Center for International Business Education and Research, School of Business

Research Interests: Energy security, political risk and resource nationalism; international finance; international strategy; petroleum industry; privatization; US-Chinese competition for oil

Martin K. Whyte (Ph.D., Harvard University)

John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and Sociology, Emeritus, Harvard University

Non-Resident Visiting Scholar, Sigur Center for Asian Studies

Research Interests: Grass roots social organizations and social change in China under Mao; China’s economic development patterns; continuity and change in Chinese family life; changing village and city social patterns; gender relations; demographic and health trends; post-socialist transitions in China and Eastern Europe

James Williams (Ed.D., Harvard University)

Associate Professor of International Education & International Affairs

UNESCO Chair, International Education for Development

Director, International Education Program

Research Interests: Education and development; decentralization and administrative reform; education and health; cross-cultural organizational theory; education for marginalized and conflict-affected populations; equity and achievement in large cross-national data sets; Japan

Chen Yang (Ph.D., George Mason University)

Professorial Lecturer of Chinese Studies & International Relations

Research Interests: Characteristics of Chinese language acquisition by non-native speakers; Speaking Proficiency Test (SPT); Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK); American Council on Education Evaluation and Review of Chinese Studies courses; American and China Relations

Daqing Yang (Ph.D., Harvard University)

Associate Professor of History & International Affairs

Co-Director, Memory and Reconciliation in the Asia Pacific Program

Research Interests: Japanese history and East Asian reconciliation

Liang (Larry) Yu (Ph.D., University of Oregon)

Professor of Hospitality Management

Faculty Director, Master of Tourism Administration (MTA)

Research Interests: Hotel management; tourism in Asia

Hang Zhang (Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Assistant Professor of Chinese Language & Linguistics

Research Interests: Chinese language and linguistics

Phyllis Zhang (Ed.D., Columbia University)

Associate Professor of Chinese & International Affairs

Director, M.A. in Chinese Language & Culture Program 

Research Interests: Chinese linguistics (syntax & pedagogical  grammar);technology-enhanced foreign language pedagogy; Chinese proficiency development and assessment