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Asian Studies Program Faculty

Ying Wang, Chair Asian Studies Program
Associate Professor in Chinese Language & Literature & Chair of Asian Studies Program
Phone: 413-538-2281
Office: 118 Ciruti Center
Office hours: Tuesday & Thursday 11:00AM-12:00PM and by appointment
Specialization: East Asia
Kay Klippel
Senior Administrative Assistant
Phone: 413-538-2885
Office: 112 Ciruti
Office hours: Mon. 9:15-5:00, Tues. 9:15-3:00, Wed. 9:00-3:00, Thurs. 9-2:30, Fri. 9:00-12:00
Heba Arafah
Five College Lecturer in Arabic Language
Phone: 413-538-3564
Office: Ciruti 122
Office hours: Monday 2:30-3:30PM and by appointment
Fumiko Brown
Five College Lecturer in Japanese Language
Phone: 413-538-2468
Office: 125 Ciruti Center
Office hours: Friday 11:00AM-11:50AM and by appointment
Specialization: East Asia
Mohammed Jiyad (leave 2011-12)
Five College Senior Lecturer in Arabic Language
Specialization: Middle East
Alice Kao
Teaching Associate in Chinese Language
Phone: 413-538-2647
Office: 29 Ciruti Center
Office hours: Monday & Wednesday 10:00-11:00AM and by appointment
Specialization: East Asia
Lin Li
BLCU Visiting Lecturer in Chinese Language
Office: Torrey D-2
Office hours: Tuesday, Thursday 10:00-11:00AM and by appointment
Specialization: East Asia
Suk Massey
Five College Lecturer in Korean
Phone: 413-585-3684
Office: Ciruti 29
Office hours: Tuesday 10:00AM-12:00PM and by appointment
Naoko Nemoto
Associate Professor of Japanese Language
Phone: 413-538-2886
Office: 116 Ciruti Center
Office hours: Monday 4:15-5:15PM and Friday 1:30-2:30PM and by appointment
Specialization: East Asia
Indira Viswanathan Peterson
David B. Truman Professor of Asian Studies & Five College Fortieth Anniversary Professor
Phone: 413-538-2376
Office: 129 Ciruti Center
Office hours: Monday 4:15-5:30PM and by appointment
Specialization: South Asia
Lisha Xu
Lecturer in Chinese
Phone: 413-538-3376
Office: 128 Ciruti Center
Office hours: Monday, Wednesday 2:15-3:15PM and by appointment
Specialization: East Asia

Affiliated Asian Studies Program Faculty

Nancy Campbell
Professor of Art
Phone: 413-538-2477
Office: 304A Art Building
Specialization: East Asia
Calvin Chen
Luce Associate Professor of Politics
Phone: 413-538-2668
Office: 108 Skinner Hall
Specialization: East Asia
Kavita S. Datla
Assistant Professor of History
Phone: 413-538-2794
Office: 313 Skinner Hall
Specialization: South Asia
Satyananda J. Gabriel
Professor of Economics
Phone: 413-538-2818
Office: 119 Skinner Hall
Specialization: East and South Asia
Rie Hachiyanagi
Associate Professor of Art
Phone: 413-538-3293
Office: 305A Art Building
Specialization: East Asia
Sohail Hashmi
Associate Professor of International Relations on the Alumnae Foundation
Phone: 413-538-2693
Office: 111 Skinner Hall
Specialization: Middle East
Kavita Khory
Professor of Politics
Phone: 413-538-2429
Office: 105 Skinner Hall
Specialization: South Asia
Jonathan Lipman
Felicia Gressitt Bock Professor of Asian Studies
Phone: 413-538-2368
Office: 208 Skinner Hall
Specialization: East Asia
Susanne Mrozik
Associate Professor of Religion
Phone: 413-538-3445
Office: 201C Skinner Hall
Specialization: South Asia
Richard Payne
Assistant Professor of History
Phone: 413-538-3414
Office: 311 Skinner
Joshua Hotaka Roth
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Phone: 413-538-2954
Office: 119 Porter Hall
Specialization: East Asia
Nadya Sbaiti
Five College Assistant Professor of History
Phone: 413-538-2322
Office: 304 Skinner Hall
Specialization: Middle East
Ajay J. Sinha
Associate Professor of Art History
Phone: 413-538-2473
Office: 207 Art Building
Specialization: East and South Asia
Amina Steinfels
Assistant Professor of Religion
Phone: 413-538-2292
Office: 207 Skinner Hall
Specialization: South Asia