Asia, Pacific, and Diaspora Studies Faculty
Director
Program Faculty
Kuniko Ashizawa Adjunct Professorial Lecturer SIS | General Academics & Research
Dr. Ashizawa's research interests include Japan’s foreign, security and ODA policy, U.S.-Japan-China relations, regional institution-building in Asia, and the role of the concept of state identity in …
Vibhanshu Shekhar Adjunct Professorial Lecturer CAS | Critical RGC Studies
Quynh Vo Professorial Lecturer CAS | Critical RGC Studies
Dr. Quynh Vo is a Professorial Lecturer in the Department of Critical Race, Gender, and Culture Studies and a faculty affiliate of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½. Her…
Kathryn Weathersby Adjunct Professorial Lecturer CAS | Critical RGC Studies
Sara Wilson Adjunct Professorial Lecturer CAS | Literature
Sara Wilson is a scholar of twentieth-century Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ poetry and poetics. Her work focuses on the transpacific poetics of Asian Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ and Beat writers. Her current research project examines how wh…
Lily Wong Associate Professor CAS | Literature
Lily Wong is an Associate Professor in the departments of Literature (LIT) and Critical Race Gender & Culture Studies (CRGC) at Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½. She also serves as an Associate Director of Faculty…
Affiliated Faculty
C. Anne Claus Associate Professor CAS | Anthropology
C. Anne Claus is a cultural anthropologist who researches environmental issues in contemporary seascapes, primarily in Japan. Her academic work investigates how the interplay of international and loca…
Priya Doshi Associate Dean for Faculty and Inclusive Excellence DOF | Deputy Provost & Dean of Faculty Office
Priya Lothe Doshi is Associate Dean of Faculty and Inclusive Excellence in Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½'s Office of the Provost. Working with the Dean of Faculty, Professor Doshi supports faculty affairs polic…
Leena Jayaswal Professor SOC | Film & Media Arts
Leena Jayaswal is a documentary filmmaker, award-winning photographer and Professor in the School of Communication at Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ in Washington DC, where she is the director of the new BA in P…
Ying-Chen Peng Associate Professor CAS | Art
Dr. Peng specializes in late imperial and modern Chinese art history with a focus on gender issues and globalization of material culture. Before joining the Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ she worked at the Natio…
Malini Ranganathan Associate Professor SIS | Environment, Development & Health
Malini Ranganathan is Associate Professor in the School of International Service at Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½, and a political ecologist and geographer by training. She is a faculty affiliate of three un…
Other faculty members throughout the university have a deep expertise in Asian and/or Asian diasporic areas of research and teaching. Students are encouraged to take their relevant courses as part of their study in the APDS program.