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Anthropology

P. Jeffrey Brantingham

Keywords:China, Tibet

Daniel Fessler

Keywords:Asia, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Biological Anthropology

Akhil Gupta

Keywords:South Asia

Douglas Hollan

Keywords:Asia, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Health, Cultural Anthropology

Robert Lemelson

Keywords:Asia, Public Health, Human Rights, Southeast Asia, Political Violence, Indonesia, Health

Nancy Levine

Keywords:China, Asia, India, Cultural Anthropology, Buddhist Studies, Tibet, Central Asia

Min Li

Keywords:China, Southeast Asia, Archaeology

Kyeyoung Park

Keywords:Korea, Cultural Anthropology

Monica L. Smith

Keywords:South Asia

Mariko Tamanoi

Keywords:Japan, Asia

Yunxiang Yan

Keywords:China, Cultural Anthropology

Archaeology

P. Jeffrey Brantingham

Keywords:China, Tibet

Min Li

Keywords:China, Southeast Asia, Archaeology

Lothar von Falkenhausen

Keywords:China, Asia, Archaeology, Buddhist Studies

Architecture and Urban Design

Hitoshi Abe

Keywords:Japan, Asia

Jeffrey Inaba

Keywords:Japan

Art History

Lamia Balafrej

Keywords:Central Asia

Robert L. Brown

Keywords:Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Art History, Buddhist Studies

Burglind Jungmann

Keywords:Asia, Art, Art History

Hui-shu Lee

Keywords:China, Asia, Art

Saloni Mathur

Keywords:Asia, South Asia, Art History

Lothar von Falkenhausen

Keywords:China, Asia, Archaeology, Buddhist Studies

Asian American Studies Department

Victor Bascara

Keywords:Asia, Gender, Southeast Asia, Philippines, Literature, Cultural Studies

Lucy Mae San Pablo Burns

Keywords:Asia, Southeast Asia, Philippines, Cultural Studies

Keith L Camacho

Keywords:Pacific Rim

Purnima Mankekar

Keywords:India

Thu-huong Nguyen-vo

Keywords:Asia, Politics, Film, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Globalization, Literature, Economic History

Kyeyoung Park

Keywords:Korea, Cultural Anthropology

Shu-mei Shih

Keywords:China, Asia

Min Zhou

Keywords:China, Asia, Sociology, Chinese Studies, Migrations

Asian Languages & Cultures

Supa Angkurawaranon

Keywords:Asia, Art, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Language

Quyen Di Chuc Bui

Keywords:Asia, Art, Politics, Film, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Language, Literature, Language Proficiency

Robert Buswell

Keywords:Japan, Asia, Korea, Religion, Buddhist Studies

Liancheng Chief

Keywords:China, Chinese Studies

Jane Choi

Keywords:Art, Korea, Language

Nenita Domingo

Keywords:Asia, Art, Southeast Asia, Philippines, Language

John Duncan

Keywords:Asia, Korea, East Asia, History, Korean Studies

Nina Duthie

Keywords:China, Asia, History

George Dutton

Keywords:Asia, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, History, Cultural Studies

Michael Emmerich

Keywords:Japan, Japanese Literature

Michelle Fu Smith

Keywords:China

Jenjit Gasigitamrong

Keywords:Thailand

Eishi Ikeda

Keywords:Japan

Jae Eun Im Mitsunaga

Keywords:Art, Korea, Language

Shoichi Iwasaki

Keywords:Japan, Asia, Art, Language, Linguistics

Stephanie Jamison

Keywords:Asia, India, South Asia, Buddhist Studies

Seonkyung Jeon

Keywords:Art, Korea, Language

Hee Ju

Keywords:Korea

Jennifer Jung-Kim

Keywords:Korea, History

Yumiko Kawanishi

Keywords:Japan

Peter Lee

Keywords:Korea, Literature, Korean Studies

Min Li

Keywords:China, Southeast Asia, Archaeology

Gyanam Mahajan

Keywords:Southeast Asia, South Asia

Thu Ba Hoai Nguyen

Keywords:Asia, Art, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Language, Linguistics

Thu-huong Nguyen-vo

Keywords:Asia, Politics, Film, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Globalization, Literature, Economic History

Yoko Nogami

Keywords:Japan

Sung-Deuk Oak

Keywords:Korea, History, Christianity

David Schaberg

Keywords:China, Art, Politics, History, Language, Literature

Gregory Schopen

Keywords:China, Japan, Asia, Religion, India, Buddhist Studies

Yan Shen

Keywords:China

Shu-mei Shih

Keywords:China, Asia

Sung-Ock Sohn

Keywords:Korea

Xiaoxin Sun

Keywords:China

Asako Hayashi Takakura

Keywords:Japan, Asia

Timothy Tangherlini

Keywords:Asia, Korea, East Asia

Hongyin Tao

Keywords:China

Juliana Wijaya

Keywords:Asia, Art, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Language

Yinghui Wu

Keywords:China

Yu-wen Yao

Keywords:China

Jaeeun Yoon

Keywords:Art, Korea, Language

Bioengineering

Ren Sun

Keywords:China

Center for East-West Medicine

Ka Kit Hui

Keywords:China

Community Health Sciences

Gilbert Gee

Keywords:Southeast Asia

Jessica Gipson

Keywords:China, Southeast Asia, Tibet

May C. Wang

Keywords:China, Public Health, Child nutrition and health

Comparative Literature

Aamir R. Mufti

Keywords:Politics, South Asia, Literature

Shu-mei Shih

Keywords:China, Asia

Cotsen Institute of Archaeology

Stephen Acabado

Keywords:Education Abroad, Southeast Asia, Philippines, Cultural Anthropology, Archaeology, Cambodia

Department of Anthropology

Stephen Acabado

Keywords:Education Abroad, Southeast Asia, Philippines, Cultural Anthropology, Archaeology, Cambodia

Yunxiang Yan

Keywords:China, Cultural Anthropology

Department of Art

Russell Ferguson

Keywords:Japan, Art

Department of Asian Languages & Cultures

Stephanie Balkwill

Keywords:China

Michael Berry

Keywords:China, Asia, Film, Literature

Torquil Duthie

Keywords:Japan, Asia, Japanese Literature

Christopher P. Hanscom

Keywords:Korea, Literature

Namhee Lee

Keywords:Asia, Korea

Seiji Lippit

Keywords:Japan, Japanese Literature

Department of Ethnomusicology

Anna Morcom

Keywords:Asia, Film, India, Music, Tibet, Afghanistan

Department of Gender Studies

Purnima Mankekar

Keywords:India

Sharon Traweek

Keywords:Japan, Asia

Department of History

Andrea Goldman

Keywords:China

Nile Green

Keywords:South Asia, Central Asia

Katsuya Hirano

Keywords:Japan

Kevin Y. Kim

Keywords:Korea, East Asia, History

Vinay Lal

Keywords:India, History

William Marotti

Keywords:Japan, East Asia, History, Japanese Studies

Geoffrey Robinson

Keywords:Asia, Politics, Development, Human Rights, Southeast Asia, Political Violence, Genocide, Indonesia, History, NGO, Political Economy

Michael Salman

Keywords:Asia, Southeast Asia, Philippines, History

Sanjay Subrahmanyam

Keywords:Asia, Southeast Asia, India, South Asia, History, Central Asia

Sharon Traweek

Keywords:Japan, Asia

Richard von Glahn

Keywords:China, Asia, Economic History

Hollian Wint

Keywords:India

R. Bin Wong

Keywords:China, Asia

Damon Woods

Keywords:Southeast Asia

Department of Slavic, East European & Eurasian Languages & Cultures

Ronald Vroon

Keywords:Russia, Literature, Central Asia

Department of Sociology

Victor Agadjanian

Keywords:Central Asia

Kevan Harris

Keywords:Middle East, Central Asia

Patrick Heuveline

Keywords:Asia, Southeast Asia, Political Violence, Genocide, Cambodia, Children and the Family, Formal Demography

Ching Kwan Lee

Keywords:China

Ka-Yuet Liu

Keywords:China, Asia, Public Health

Wei-Hsin Yu

Keywords:Japan, Gender, East Asia, Sociology, Formal Demography

Min Zhou

Keywords:China, Asia, Sociology, Chinese Studies, Migrations

Lynne Zucker

Keywords:Japan, Sociology

Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences

An Yin

Keywords:China

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Paul Barber

Keywords:Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Environment

Economics

Deepak K. Lal

Keywords:Economics, Africa, Politics, India, Globalization, Economic Theory, Indian Ocean diaspora

Electrical Engineering

M. C. Frank Chang

Keywords:China

Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment

Alex L. Wang

Keywords:China, Law, Environment

Epidemiology

Roger Detels

Keywords:China, Asia, Southeast Asia, Health

Pamina Gorbach

Keywords:Asia, Southeast Asia, Health

Li Li

Keywords:China, Vietnam, Thailand

Zuo-feng Zhang

Keywords:China

Ethnomusicology

Münir Beken

Keywords:Central Asia

Amy Catlin-Jairazbhoy

Keywords:India, South Asia, Music

Abhiman Kaushal

Keywords:South Asia, Music

Katherine In-Young Lee

Keywords:Politics, Korea, East Asia, Music

Chi Li

Keywords:China, Music

Mohsen Mohammadi

Keywords:Middle East, Near East, India, Music, History, Afghanistan, Iran

Rahul Neuman

Keywords:South Asia

Helen Rees

Keywords:China, Asia, Southeast Asia, Music

I Nyoman Wenten

Keywords:Asia, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Music

Djoko Walujo Wimboprasetyo

Keywords:Asia, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Music

Fowler Museum at UCLA

Joanna Barrkman

Keywords:Southeast Asia, Cultural Anthropology

Gender Studies

Ju Hui Judy Han

Keywords:Korea

Geography

C. Cindy Fan

Keywords:China, Asia

Lieba Faier

Keywords:Geography, Japan, Asia, Southeast Asia, Philippines

Helga Leitner

Keywords:Geography, Europe, Southeast Asia, Globalization, Environment, Immigration

Yue Li

Keywords:China, Environment, Amazonia

Yongwei Sheng

Keywords:China

Eric Sheppard

Keywords:Development, Indonesia, Globalization, Governance

Yongkang Xue

Keywords:Geography, China, Asia

Global Studies

Michael Thies

Keywords:Japan, Asia

Graduate School of Education and Information Studies

Robert Rhoads

Keywords:China, Argentina

Health Policy and Management

Corrina Moucheraud

Keywords:Public Health, India, Maternal health, Nepal

Ninez Ponce

Keywords:Asia, Los Angeles, Public Health, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand, Health Economics, Health, Migrations

Information Studies

Michelle Caswell

Keywords:Asia, Human Rights, Southeast Asia, Genocide, Cambodia

Sarah Roberts

Keywords:Southeast Asia

Ramesh Srinivasan

Keywords:India

Institute for Society and Genetics

Bharat Venkat

Keywords:India

International and Area Studies

Michael Thies

Keywords:Japan, Asia

Linguistics

Sun-Ah Jun

Keywords:Korea

Kie Zuraw

Keywords:Asia, Southeast Asia, Philippines, Linguistics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Vijay Dhir

Keywords:Asia, India, South Asia, Engineering

Music Industry

Thomas Hodgson

Keywords:India, Music, Emigration

Musicology

Thomas Hodgson

Keywords:India, Music, Emigration

Near Eastern Languages and Cultures

Domenico Ingenito

Keywords:Iran, Central Asia

Political Science

Tejas Parasher

Keywords:Politics, India

Michael L. Ross

Keywords:Asia, Politics, Development, Southeast Asia, Indonesia

Michael Thies

Keywords:Japan, Asia

James Tong

Keywords:China, Politics

Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences

Lobsang Rapgay

Keywords:Buddhist Studies

Psychology

James W. Stigler

Keywords:China, Japan, Education

Samueli School of Engineering

Jason Cong

Keywords:China

School of Medicine

Ka Kit Hui

Keywords:China

School of Public Health

Roger Detels

Keywords:China, Asia, Southeast Asia, Health

Gilbert Gee

Keywords:Southeast Asia

Jessica Gipson

Keywords:China, Southeast Asia, Tibet

Pamina Gorbach

Keywords:Asia, Southeast Asia, Health

Li Li

Keywords:China, Vietnam, Thailand

Corrina Moucheraud

Keywords:Public Health, India, Maternal health, Nepal

Anne Pebley

Keywords:India, Tibet, Guatemala

Ninez Ponce

Keywords:Asia, Los Angeles, Public Health, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand, Health Economics, Health, Migrations

Stuart Schweitzer

Keywords:China

May C. Wang

Keywords:China, Public Health, Child nutrition and health

Zuo-feng Zhang

Keywords:China

Social Welfare

Ailee Moon

Keywords:Korea

UCLA Anderson School of Management

Bhagwan Chowdhry

Keywords:South Asia

Hengchen Dai

Keywords:China

Michael Darby

Keywords:Japan, Economic Theory

Christopher Erickson

Keywords:Asia, Pacific Rim, Labor, Development, Southeast Asia, Globalization, NGO, Political Economy, Immigration

Jason Hsu

Keywords:China

Sanford Jacoby

Keywords:Economics, Japan, Asia

Edward Leamer

Keywords:Economics, China, Economic Theory, Econometrics, Mexico, Argentina

Jason Lee

Keywords:Korea

Marvin Lieberman

Keywords:Japan

Robert M. McCann

Keywords:Southeast Asia, Thailand

Jerry Nickelsburg

Keywords:Asia

Mariko Sakakibara

Keywords:Japan

Avanidhar Subrahmanyam

Keywords:South Asia

Christopher S. Tang

Keywords:China, Singapore

William Yu

Keywords:Economics, China

Shi Zhang

Keywords:China

UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library

Jade Alburo

Keywords:Asia, Religion, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia, Singapore

Tomoko Bialock

Keywords:Japanese Studies

Hong Cheng

Keywords:China

Sanghun Cho

Keywords:Korea

Janine Henri

Keywords:Asia, Art, South Asia

UCLA Law

Alex Wang

Keywords:China, Law, Environment

Alex L. Wang

Keywords:China, Law, Environment

UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs

Ananya Roy

Keywords:South Asia

Manisha Shah

Keywords:Indonesia, India, Mexico, Ecuador

UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television

George Huang

Keywords:China

Gina Kim

Keywords:Korea, Film

Suk-Young Kim

Keywords:Asia, Russia, Korea, Film, Literature, Cultural Studies

Sean Metzger

Keywords:China, Film, Cultural Studies

Jasmine Trice

Keywords:Southeast Asia, Philippines

Urban Planning

Stephen Commins

Keywords:Africa, Gender, Development, India, Globalization, Human Capital Development, NGO, Poverty Reduction, Governance, Mexico

Randall Crane

Keywords:China

Kian Goh

Keywords:Southeast Asia

Paavo Monkkonen

Keywords:China, Japan, Mexico

Vinit Mukhija

Keywords:India

Rui Wang

Keywords:China, Asia

World Arts & Cultures/Dance

Anurima Banerji

Keywords:Dance, Asia, India, South Asia, Indian Ocean diaspora

David Gere

Keywords:South Asia

Peter Nabokov

Keywords:India

Janet O'Shea

Keywords:Dance, South Asia

Viji Prakash

Keywords:Dance, South Asia

Aparna Sharma

Keywords:Asia, Film, India, South Asia, Indian Ocean diaspora

Cheng-Chieh Yu

Keywords:China

Asia Pacific Faculty Directory

UCLA Faculty with research and teaching interests on Asia, listed by regional specialization:

All Asia Faculty

Central Asia

China

Japan

Korea

Southeast Asia

South Asia

Buddhism