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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!
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Nena Choi

Choi, Nena

Graduate Assistant

nechoi0202@arizona.edu

Fall 2024

KOR 201 – Intermediate Korean I
KOR 101 – Elementary Korean I
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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
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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
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Diao, Wenhao

Interim Department Head

wdiao@arizona.edu

Fall 2024

EAS 579 – Second/Foreign Language Teaching and Learning
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Dunlap, Quinn

Graduate Assistant

qdunlap@arizona.edu

Fall 2024

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
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Erler, Brianna Alexis

Graduate Assistant

berler@arizona.edu

Fall 2024

JPN 101 – Elementary Japanese
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Brett Esaki

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!
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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
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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
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Hawke, Frank

Instructor

frankhawke@arizona.edu

Spring 2025

EAS 451 – The United States and East Asia: 1840 to the Present
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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
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itsumi@arizona.edu

Fall 2024

JPN 202 – Intermediate Japanese
JPN 102 – Elementary Japanese

Spring 2025

JPN 102 – Elementary Japanese
JPN 201 – Intermediate Japanese
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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
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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
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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
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Lanza, Fabio

Professor

flanza@arizona.edu

Spring 2025

CHN 476 – Modern China

Fall 2024

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 2024

CHN 305 – Global Kung Fu Cinema
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Li, Xiaoxuan

Graduate Associate

xiaoxuanli@arizona.edu

Fall 2024

EAS 160A3 – Chinese Civilization
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Liu, Chia-yu

Instructor

cyliu@arizona.edu

Spring 2025

CHN 101 – Elementary Chinese

Fall 2024

CHN 301 – Third-Year Chinese I
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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
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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
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Hitomi McKnight

McKnight, Hitomi Maruyama

Graduate Assistant

hmcknight@arizona.edu

Fall 2024

JPN 101 – Elementary Japanese
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Midon, Gregg

Graduate Associate

greggmidon@arizona.edu

Fall 2024

EAS 201 – Myth, Memory, Mind: Introduction to Traditional East Asia
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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
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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 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
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Arizona

Nanjo, Rika

Graduate Assistant

rnanjo@arizona.edu

Fall 2024

JPN 102 – Elementary Japanese
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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
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Oh, Subin

Graduate Assistant

osubin@arizona.edu

Fall 2024

KOR 201 – Intermediate Korean I
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Osuka, Sora Skye

Graduate Associate

osukasor@arizona.edu

Fall 2024

JPN 245 – Japanese Popular Culture: Manga, Anime, and So Much More!
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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
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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
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Raamat, Gwyen

Graduate Assistant

graamat@arizona.edu

Fall 2024

EAS 376 – Communist China: History and Narrative
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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
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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
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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
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Su, Huafan (苏桦凡) is currently a PhD student in the Department of East Asian Studies with a concentration on Chinese films. She received her master’s degree in literary and comparative studies from Hong Kong Baptist University, where she completed her master’s project on Italian films. Her research interests include contemporary Chinese films and literature, culture, and critical theory.

Su, Huafan

Graduate Associate

suhuafan@arizona.edu

Fall 2024

EAS 201 – Myth, Memory, Mind: Introduction to Traditional East Asia
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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
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Takeno, Tetsuya

Instructor

takeno@arizona.edu

Spring 2025

JPN 101 – Elementary Japanese
JPN 302 – Advanced Japanese

Fall 2024

JPN 101 – Elementary Japanese
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Wang, Yuwei

Graduate Associate

wangyw@arizona.edu

Spring 2025

CHN 101 – Elementary Chinese
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Albert Welter

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
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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
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Xing, Yang

Graduate Associate

yangxing@arizona.edu

Fall 2024

EAS 160A1 – The Worlds of 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
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Zhang, Huiqi

Graduate Associate

huiqizhang@arizona.edu

Fall 2024

JPN 245 – Japanese Popular Culture: Manga, Anime, and So Much More!
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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