2023-24 Executive Committee
![Patricia Berger](https://ieas.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/berger_patricia_0.jpg?itok=zk7hCVrn×tamp=1549913472)
Patricia Berger
Professor, History of Art
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Lisandro Claudio
Associate Professor, Southeast Asian Studies |Chair, Center for Southeast Asia Studies
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Sanjyot Mehendale
Lecturer, Near Eastern Studies
Chair, P.Y. and Kinmay W. Tang Center for Silk Road Studies
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Dylan Davis
Associate Director, Institute of East Asian Studies
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Penny Edwards
Research interests: Colonial and postcolonial studies, Buddhism, Cambodia and Burma
![Andrew F. Jones](https://ieas.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/jones_andrew_0.jpg?itok=OihxuNEt×tamp=1549920628)
Andrew F. Jones
Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures
![Sophie Volpp](https://ieas.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/volpp_sophie.jpg?itok=Yh91Bvkm×tamp=1545422487)
Sophie Volpp
Associate Professor, East Asian Languages & Cultures | Chair, Center for Chinese Studies
![Jinsoo An](https://ieas.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/an_jinsoo_0.jpg?itok=viwMqkb4×tamp=1545341308)
Jinsoo An
Assoc. Professor, East Asian Languages & Cultures | Chair, Center for Korean Studies
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Junko Habu
Professor, Anthropology | Chair, Center for Japanese Studies
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Robert Sharf
Professor, Buddhist Studies; East Asian Languages and Cultures |
Chair, Center for Buddhist Studies