Faculty and Staff

Assistant Professor of Anthropology with Term

Medical anthropology, ethics, subjectivity, politics of care, sensory and reflexive ethnography

JR Howard 345

Office Hours:

Mon/Wed/Fri by appointment (email)

Professor of History

Japanese History, Environmental History

Miller Center 427

Office Hours:

Fall 2025: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 11:20-1 & by appointment

Professor of Sociology, SOAN Department Chair

Migration, Development, Debt/Indebtedness, Microfinance

JR Howard 365

Office Hours:

Wednesday: 12:30-2:00pm / and by appointment 

Associate Professor of History

Modern Britain & Ireland, British Empire, South Asia

Miller Center 409

Office Hours:

Spring 2026: Monday, Wednesday, 12:00-3:00 pm & by appointment.

Professor of Chinese, Chinese Section Head

Miller Center for the Humanities 307

Office Hours:

Tuesdays 10am-11a, & 2pm-3pm
Wednesdays 3pm-4pm
Thursdays 10am-11am

Assistant Professor with Term of Anthropology, Director of Asian Studies

Tibet and Himalayan studies; space/place and visual theory; borderlands; experiential learning

JR Howard 371

Office Hours:

Tuesday drop-in from 1:00pm-3:00pm / other times by appointment only

Professor of Anthropology and Asian Studies

China

JR Howard 364

Office Hours:

Monday: 4:45-5:45pm / Thursday: 3:30-5:00pm / and by appointment

Assistant Professor of Music

Music and Politics, Social Movements, South Asia, Francophonie, Creative Economies, Mobility, Ritual, Film

Evans

Instructor of Chinese

Miller Center for the Humanities 321

Office Hours:

Fridays 12:30–1:30PM & 3:00–4:00PM

Students have the option of meeting with me in person during my office hours in my office at Miller 321 or via zoom 

Students are also welcome to schedule appointments with me if the office hours conflict with their schedules.

Instructor of Japanese, Japanese Section Head

Miller Center 318

Office Hours:

Tuesday 10:00-11:00am & Wednesday from 2:30 to 4:30pm

Professor of Art History

Fields Center 307

Office Hours:

Mondays 4:30-5:30 pm; Fridays 10:30-11:30 am; and by appointment

Department Chair and Professor of Religious Studies

Japanese Religions

John R. Howard Hall 233

Office Hours:

Tuesday 10am-11am, Thursday 2:30pm-3:30pm or by Google Calendar appointment.

Dean of the College, Associate Professor of Japanese

Postwar Japanese Fiction

Albany Quadrangle 201

Office Hours:

Tuesday, 9-10 am (in Dovecote Cafe) or by appt.

Visiting Instructor of Asian Studies

Miller Center