Faculty

Advisory Committee

The Group in Asian Studies is chaired by Professor Bonnie C. Wade from the Department of Music. It is supervised by a Faculty Advisory Committee consisting of representatives of the four regional subdivisions (South and Southeast Asia are options only at the graduate level). The committee members are faculty from academic departments of the university who serve the Group voluntarily. Positions rotate informally among those whose teaching and research center on Asia. One member of the committee acts as the Chair and Head Adviser of the Group.


East Asia (China)

Martin Backstrom, Institute of East Asian Studies
Michael Nylan, History
Sophie Volpp, East Asian Languages and Cultures and Comparative Literature
Qiang Xiao, School of Journalism


Northeast Asia (Japan and Korea)

Duncan Williams, East Asian Languages and Cultures


South Asia

Bonnie Wade, Music and Chair, Group in Asian Studies


Southeast Asia

Jeffrey Hadler, South and Southeast Asian Studies