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Camp, Margaret
Associate Professor
mcamp@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
EAS 160A5 – Languages and Cultures of East Asia
Spring 2025
EAS 160A5 – Languages and Cultures of East Asia
JPN 304 – Introduction to Japanese Language and Linguistics
Winter 2024
JPN 245 – Japanese Popular Culture: Manga, Anime, and So Much More!
Choi, Nena
Graduate Assistant
nechoi0202@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
KOR 201 – Intermediate Korean I
KOR 101 – Elementary Korean I
Chun, Sojung
Instructor
sojeongj@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
KOR 301 – Third-Year Korean I
KOR 101 – Elementary Korean I
Spring 2025
KOR 102 – Elementary Korean II
KOR 302 – Third-Year Korean II
Dachille, Rae Erin
Associate Professor
raedachille@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
EAS 240 – Imagining the Buddha: Images of Buddhism in Asia and the West
EAS 359 – Buddhism and Healing
Spring 2025
EAS 358 – Tibetan Buddhism: Liberation, Identity, and Representation
Diao, Wenhao
Interim Department Head
wdiao@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
EAS 579 – Second/Foreign Language Teaching and Learning
Dunlap, Quinn
Graduate Assistant
qdunlap@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
JPN 245 – Japanese Popular Culture: Manga, Anime, and So Much More!
Ecke, Peter M
Professor
eckep@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
EAS 587 – Assessment in Second/Foreign Language Learning
Erler, Brianna Alexis
Graduate Assistant
berler@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
JPN 101 – Elementary Japanese
Esaki, Brett J
Assistant Professor of Practice
esaki@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
EAS 250 – Hidden Histories of Asian Pacific Americans
JPN 355 – From Godzilla to Hello Kitty! US-Japan Popular Culture
JPN 245 – Japanese Popular Culture: Manga, Anime, and So Much More!
Spring 2025
JPN 245 – Japanese Popular Culture: Manga, Anime, and So Much More!
Glaze, Shyling
Lecturer
sglaze@arizona.edu
Winter 2024
CHN 241 – Introduction to Chinese Religions
Spring 2025
CHN 331 – Taoist Traditions of China
EAS 160A1 – The Worlds of Buddhism
Fall 2024
EAS 160A1 – The Worlds of Buddhism
Gregory, Scott W
Associate Professor
scottgregory@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
CHN 345 – Buddhists, Bandits, and Beauties: Masterworks of Chinese Fiction from the 1500s to the Digital Age
Fall 2024
CHN 522 – Introduction to Classical Chinese
CHN 422 – Introduction to Classical Chinese
Hawke, Frank
Instructor
frankhawke@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
EAS 451 – The United States and East Asia: 1840 to the Present
Hayashi, Kaoru
Assistant Professor
kaoruhayashi@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
EAS 201 – Myth, Memory, Mind: Introduction to Traditional East Asia
JPN 405 – Classical Japanese
JPN 505 – Classical Japanese
Spring 2025
JPN 311 – Death in Traditional Japanese Literature
JPN 447 – Incorporeal and Ambiguous Bodies: Monstrous and Ghostly Tales in Premodern Japanese Literature
JPN 547 – Incorporeal and Ambiguous Bodies: Monstrous and Ghostly Tales in Premodern Japanese Literature
Ishikawa-Peck, Itsumi
Instructor
itsumi@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
JPN 202 – Intermediate Japanese
JPN 102 – Elementary Japanese
Spring 2025
JPN 102 – Elementary Japanese
JPN 201 – Intermediate Japanese
Jameson, Alison C
Associate Professor of Practice
ajameson@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
EAS 222 – Introduction to Zen Buddhism
EAS 160A1 – The Worlds of Buddhism
Fall 2024
EAS 222 – Introduction to Zen Buddhism
EAS 160A1 – The Worlds of Buddhism
Jia, Hongyi
Lecturer
hjia@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
CHN 101 – Elementary Chinese
CHN 202 – Intermediate Modern Chinese
Spring 2025
CHN 101 – Elementary Chinese
CHN 202 – Intermediate Modern Chinese
CHN 302 – Third-Year Chinese II
Karatsu, Mariko
Associate Professor
karatsu@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
JPN 522 – Advanced Practice in Japanese
JPN 512 – Advanced Japanese Linguistics
JPN 422 – Advanced Practice in Japanese
JPN 412 – Advanced Japanese Linguistics
Fall 2024
JPN 511 – Introduction to Japanese Linguistics
JPN 411 – Introduction to Japanese Linguistics
Lanza, Fabio
Professor
flanza@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
CHN 476 – Modern China
Fall 2024
EAS 376 – Communist China: History and Narrative
Li, Dian
Professor
dianl@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
CHN 251 – New Chinese Cinema
CHN 465 – Chinese/English Translation: Theory and Practice
CHN 565 – Chinese/English Translation: Theory and Practice
Fall 2024
CHN 305 – Global Kung Fu Cinema
Li, Xiaoxuan
Graduate Associate
xiaoxuanli@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
EAS 160A3 – Chinese Civilization
Liu, Chia-yu
Instructor
cyliu@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
CHN 101 – Elementary Chinese
Fall 2024
CHN 301 – Third-Year Chinese I
Liu, Feng-Hsi
Professor
fliu@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
CHN 301 – Third-Year Chinese I
CHN 515 – Advanced Modern Chinese
CHN 415 – Advanced Modern Chinese
Spring 2025
CHN 517 – Advanced Modern Chinese
CHN 417 – Advanced Modern Chinese
Liu, Yilan
Graduate Associate
yilanliu@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
CHN 517 – Advanced Modern Chinese
CHN 417 – Advanced Modern Chinese
Fall 2024
CHN 515 – Advanced Modern Chinese
CHN 415 – Advanced Modern Chinese
McKnight, Hitomi Maruyama
Graduate Assistant
hmcknight@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
JPN 101 – Elementary Japanese
Midon, Gregg
Graduate Associate
greggmidon@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
EAS 201 – Myth, Memory, Mind: Introduction to Traditional East Asia
Miura, Takashi
Associate Professor
tmiura@arizona.edu
Winter 2024
EAS 160A1 – The Worlds of Buddhism
Spring 2025
JPN 586 – History of Japanese Religions: Medieval
JPN 486 – History of Japanese Religions: Medieval
JPN 220 – Nature, Gods, and Zen: Religion in Japanese Society
Fall 2024
JPN 585 – History of Japanese Religions: Ancient
JPN 485 – History of Japanese Religions: Ancient
Nakano, Chieko
Lecturer
chiekon@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
EAS 160A1 – The Worlds of Buddhism
JPN 245 – Japanese Popular Culture: Manga, Anime, and So Much More!
Fall 2024
JPN 245 – Japanese Popular Culture: Manga, Anime, and So Much More!
JPN 521 – Advanced Practice in Japanese Language
JPN 421 – Advanced Practice in Japanese Language
Nanjo, Rika
Graduate Assistant
rnanjo@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
JPN 102 – Elementary Japanese
Nitta, Reiko
Instructor
nitta@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
JPN 301 – Advanced Japanese
JPN 201 – Intermediate Japanese
Spring 2025
JPN 102 – Elementary Japanese
JPN 202 – Intermediate Japanese
Osuka, Sora Skye
Graduate Associate
osukasor@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
JPN 245 – Japanese Popular Culture: Manga, Anime, and So Much More!
Park, Sandra H.
Assistant Professor
sandrapark@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
EAS 384 – Religion and Conflict in East Asia: Philosophical and Sociological Perspectives
KOR 251 – Introduction to Korea through Films
Spring 2025
EAS 202 – Symbol, Society, and Social Change--Contemporary East Asia
KOR 319 – Shamans, Martyrs, and Heretics: Religion and the Korean Peninsula
Pietz, David
Professor
dpietz@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
EAS 270 – War and Revolution in Modern East Asia
Spring 2025
EAS 270 – War and Revolution in Modern East Asia
Raamat, Gwyen
Graduate Assistant
graamat@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
EAS 376 – Communist China: History and Narrative
Ren, Hai
Professor
hren@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
CHN 410B – The Anthropology of Contemporary China
CHN 245 – Chinese Popular Culture
CHN 510B – The Anthropology of Contemporary China
Spring 2025
EAS 556 – Humanities and the Global Creative Economy
EAS 456 – Humanities and the Global Creative Economy
Ryu, Jieun
Assistant Professor of Practice
jryu@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
KOR 101 – Elementary Korean I
KOR 401 – Advanced Korean Language Study I
Spring 2025
KOR 101 – Elementary Korean I
KOR 202 – Intermediate Korean II
KOR 402 – Advanced Korean Language Study II
Schlachet, Joshua
Assistant Professor
jschlachet@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
JPN 562C – The History of Modern Japan, Meiji to the Present
JPN 462C – The History of Modern Japan, Meiji to the Present
JPN 272 – Japanese Civilization
Fall 2024
JPN 562B – The History and Culture of Edo Japan (1600-1868)
JPN 462B – The History and Culture of Edo Japan (1600-1868)
JPN 362A – The Culture of Food and Health in Japan
Su, Huafan
Graduate Associate
suhuafan@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
EAS 201 – Myth, Memory, Mind: Introduction to Traditional East Asia
Suematsu, Daiki
Instructor
dsuemats@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
JPN 202 – Intermediate Japanese
JPN 101 – Elementary Japanese
Fall 2024
JPN 201 – Intermediate Japanese
JPN 101 – Elementary Japanese
Takeno, Tetsuya
Instructor
takeno@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
JPN 101 – Elementary Japanese
JPN 302 – Advanced Japanese
Fall 2024
JPN 101 – Elementary Japanese
Wang, Yuwei
Graduate Associate
wangyw@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
CHN 101 – Elementary Chinese
Welter, Albert
Professor
awelter@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
CHN 383 – The Future of China's Past: Finding the Way in Chinese Philosophy and its Modern Influences
CHN 483 – Confucianism: The Classical Period
CHN 583 – Confucianism: The Classical Period
Spring 2025
EAS 160A3 – Chinese Civilization
EAS 351 – Zen, Tea, and Poetry: A Blending of Genres
Wu, Jiang
Professor
jiangwu@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
EAS 584 – History of East Asian Buddhism
EAS 484 – History of East Asian Buddhism
EAS 444 – East Asia and Global Capitalism
Xing, Yang
Graduate Associate
yangxing@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
EAS 160A1 – The Worlds of Buddhism
Yang, Shu-Chien
Graduate Assistant
scyang@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
CHN 302 – Third-Year Chinese II
Yang, Sunyoung
Associate Professor
sunyoungyang@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
KOR 245 – K-pop, Webtoons, Ethnic Food, and More: Understanding Korean Popular Culture
Zhang, Huiqi
Graduate Associate
huiqizhang@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
JPN 245 – Japanese Popular Culture: Manga, Anime, and So Much More!
Zhang, Xia
Instructor
zhangx@arizona.edu
Fall 2024
CHN 102 – Elementary Chinese
CHN 201 – Intermediate Modern Chinese
Spring 2025
CHN 102 – Elementary Chinese
CHN 201 – Intermediate Modern Chinese