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Ahn, Yoon
Graduate Associate
yoon1001256@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
KOR 101 – Elementary Korean I
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Camp, Margaret
Associate Professor of Practice
mcamp@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
EAS 160A5 – Languages and Cultures of East Asia
JPN 304 – Introduction to Japanese Language and Linguistics
Fall 2025
JPN 436 – Japanese Sociolinguistics
JPN 536 – Japanese Sociolinguistics
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Cho, Elaine
Graduate Associate
eunsilcho@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
KOR 101 – Elementary Korean I
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Choi, Nena
Graduate Assistant
nechoi0202@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
KOR 102 – Elementary Korean II
KOR 202 – Intermediate Korean II
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Chun, Sojung
Instructor
sojeongj@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
KOR 102 – Elementary Korean II
KOR 302 – Third-Year Korean II
Summer 2025
KOR 101 – Elementary Korean I
Fall 2025
KOR 301 – Third-Year Korean I
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Dachille, Rae Erin
Associate Professor
raedachille@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
EAS 358 – Tibetan Buddhism: Liberation, Identity, and Representation
Fall 2025
EAS 240 – Imagining the Buddha: Images of Buddhism in Asia and the West
EAS 550 – Graduate Readings in Theories and Methods for the Study of Religion
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Du, Mei
Graduate Associate
meidu@arizona.edu
Summer 2025
CHN 251 – New Chinese Cinema
Spring 2025
JPN 245 – Japanese Popular Culture: Manga, Anime, and So Much More!
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Ecke, Peter M
Professor
eckep@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
EAS 587 – Assessment in Second/Foreign Language Learning
Fall 2025
EAS 579 – Second/Foreign Language Teaching and Learning
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Esaki, Brett J
Assistant Professor of Practice
esaki@arizona.edu
Fall 2025
EAS 250 – Hidden Histories of Asian Pacific Americans
JPN 245 – Japanese Popular Culture: Manga, Anime, and So Much More!
Spring 2025
JPN 245 – Japanese Popular Culture: Manga, Anime, and So Much More!
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Glaze, Shyling
Lecturer
sglaze@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
EAS 160A1 – The Worlds of Buddhism
Summer 2025
EAS 160A1 – The Worlds of Buddhism
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Gregory, Scott W
Associate Professor
scottgregory@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
CHN 331 – Taoist Traditions of China
Fall 2025
EAS 160A3 – Chinese Civilization
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Hayashi, Kaoru
Assistant Professor
kaoruhayashi@arizona.edu
Fall 2025
EAS 201 – Myth, Memory, Mind: Introduction to Traditional East Asia
JPN 446A – Power, Sexuality, and Aesthetics in Early Japanese Literature
JPN 546A – Power, Sexuality, and Aesthetics in Early Japanese Literature
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
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Ishikawa-Peck, Itsumi
Instructor
itsumi@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
JPN 102 – Elementary Japanese
JPN 201 – Intermediate Japanese
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Jameson, Alison C
Associate Professor of Practice
ajameson@arizona.edu
Fall 2025
EAS 222 – Introduction to Zen Buddhism
EAS 160A1 – The Worlds of Buddhism
Spring 2025
EAS 160A1 – The Worlds of Buddhism
EAS 222 – Introduction to Zen Buddhism
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Jia, Hongyi
Lecturer
hjia@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
CHN 202 – Intermediate Modern Chinese
CHN 302 – Third-Year Chinese II
CHN 101 – Elementary Chinese
Fall 2025
CHN 101 – Elementary Chinese
CHN 202 – Intermediate Modern Chinese
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Karatsu, Mariko
Associate Professor
karatsu@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
JPN 412 – Advanced Japanese Linguistics
JPN 422 – Advanced Practice in Japanese
JPN 512 – Advanced Japanese Linguistics
JPN 522 – Advanced Practice in Japanese
Fall 2025
JPN 101 – Elementary Japanese
JPN 301 – Advanced Japanese
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Lanza, Fabio
Professor
flanza@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
CHN 476 – Modern China
EAS 270 – War and Revolution in Modern East Asia
Fall 2025
EAS 270 – War and Revolution in Modern East Asia
EAS 376 – Communist China: History and Narrative
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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 2025
CHN 305 – Global Kung Fu Cinema
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Liu, Chia-yu
Instructor
cyliu@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
CHN 101 – Elementary Chinese
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Liu, Feng-Hsi
Professor
fliu@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
CHN 417 – Advanced Modern Chinese
CHN 517 – Advanced Modern Chinese
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Liu, Yilan
Graduate Associate
yilanliu@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
CHN 517 – Advanced Modern Chinese
CHN 417 – Advanced Modern Chinese
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McKnight, Hitomi Maruyama
Graduate Assistant
hmcknight@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
JPN 101 – Elementary Japanese
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Miura, Takashi
Associate Professor
tmiura@arizona.edu
Summer 2025
EAS 160A1 – The Worlds of Buddhism
JPN 220 – Nature, Gods, and Zen: Religion in Japanese Society
Fall 2025
EAS 160A1 – The Worlds of Buddhism
Spring 2025
JPN 220 – Nature, Gods, and Zen: Religion in Japanese Society
JPN 486 – History of Japanese Religions: Medieval
JPN 586 – History of Japanese Religions: Medieval
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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 2025
JPN 245 – Japanese Popular Culture: Manga, Anime, and So Much More!
JPN 421 – Advanced Practice in Japanese Language
JPN 521 – Advanced Practice in Japanese Language
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Nitta, Reiko
Instructor
nitta@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
JPN 102 – Elementary Japanese
JPN 202 – Intermediate Japanese
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Oh, Subin
Graduate Assistant
osubin@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
KOR 202 – Intermediate Korean II
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Park, Sandra H.
Assistant Professor
sandrapark@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
EAS 202 – Symbol, Society, and Social Change--Contemporary East Asia
KOR 319 – Shamans, Martyrs, and Heretics: Religion and the Korean Peninsula
Fall 2025
KOR 275 – History of Korea through 1945
KOR 319 – Shamans, Martyrs, and Heretics: Religion and the Korean Peninsula
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Pei, Zelin
Graduate Associate
zelinp@arizona.edu
Summer 2025
EAS 376 – Communist China: History and Narrative
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Raamat, Gwyen
Graduate Assistant
graamat@arizona.edu
Fall 2025
EAS 376 – Communist China: History and Narrative
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Ren, Hai
Professor
hren@arizona.edu
Fall 2025
CHN 510B – The Anthropology of Contemporary China
CHN 245 – Chinese Popular Culture
CHN 410B – The Anthropology of Contemporary China
Spring 2025
EAS 456 – Humanities and the Global Creative Economy
EAS 556 – Humanities and the Global Creative Economy
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Ryu, Jieun
Assistant Professor of Practice
jryu@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
KOR 102 – Elementary Korean II
KOR 402 – Advanced Korean Language Study II
Summer 2025
KOR 101 – Elementary Korean I
KOR 102 – Elementary Korean II
Fall 2025
KOR 101 – Elementary Korean I
KOR 201 – Intermediate Korean I
KOR 301 – Third-Year Korean I
KOR 401 – Advanced Korean Language Study I
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Schlachet, Joshua
Assistant Professor
jschlachet@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
JPN 462C – The History of Modern Japan, Meiji to the Present
JPN 562C – The History of Modern Japan, Meiji to the Present
JPN 272 – Japanese Civilization
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Slemmon, Andrew
Graduate Associate
aslemmon@arizona.edu
Summer 2025
EAS 376 – Communist China: History and Narrative
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Suematsu, Daiki
Instructor
dsuemats@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
JPN 101 – Elementary Japanese
JPN 202 – Intermediate Japanese
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Takeno, Tetsuya
Instructor
takeno@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
JPN 101 – Elementary Japanese
JPN 302 – Advanced Japanese
Summer 2025
JPN 101 – Elementary Japanese
JPN 102 – Elementary Japanese
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Wang, Yuwei
Graduate Associate
wangyw@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
CHN 101 – Elementary Chinese
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Welter, Albert
Professor
awelter@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
EAS 160A3 – Chinese Civilization
EAS 351 – Zen, Tea, and Poetry: A Blending of Genres
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Wu, Jiang
Professor
jiangwu@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
EAS 444 – East Asia and Global Capitalism
EAS 484 – History of East Asian Buddhism
EAS 584 – History of East Asian Buddhism
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Yang, Shu-Chien
Graduate Assistant
scyang@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
CHN 302 – Third-Year Chinese II
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Yang, Sunyoung
Associate Professor
sunyoungyang@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
KOR 245 – K-pop, Webtoons, Ethnic Food, and More: Understanding Korean Popular Culture
Summer 2025
KOR 245 – K-pop, Webtoons, Ethnic Food, and More: Understanding Korean Popular Culture
Fall 2025
KOR 251 – Introduction to Korea through Films
KOR 352 – Class, Gender, and Family in Korea
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Yi, Linfei
Graduate Associate
yil@arizona.edu
Summer 2025
EAS 160A5 – Languages and Cultures of East Asia
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Zhang, Xia
Instructor
zhangx@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
CHN 102 – Elementary Chinese
CHN 201 – Intermediate Modern Chinese
Summer 2025
CHN 102 – Elementary Chinese
Fall 2025
CHN 102 – Elementary Chinese
CHN 201 – Intermediate Modern Chinese
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Zhou, Xiaowen
Graduate Associate
xiaowenzhou@arizona.edu
Spring 2025
JPN 245 – Japanese Popular Culture: Manga, Anime, and So Much More!