The Group in Asian Studies is supervised by an 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 executive committee acts as the chair and head adviser of the Group.
Martin Backstrom, Institute of East Asian Studies
Michael Nylan, Department of History
Sophie Volpp, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures and Department of Comparative Literature
Qiang Xiao, School of Journalism
Duncan Williams, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures; Department of Buddhist Studies; and Chair, Center for Japanese Studies
Bonnie Wade, Department of Music and Chair, Group in Asian Studies
Munis Faruqui, Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies
Jeffrey Hadler, Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies