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Aidana Bolatbekkyzy

Affiliation: student
Title: PhD candidate
E-mail: aidanab@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4084
Office: Friendly Hall 114
City: Eugene
Teaching Level: Undergraduate
Adviser: Rachel DiNitto
Interests: confinement literature

Roy Chan

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Associate Professor, Chinese Literature
Additional Title: Director of Graduate Studies, East Asian Languages & Literatures
E-mail: rbc@uoregon.edu
Office: 426 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Spring 2024: Tuesdays 2:00-3:00 pm (email in advance appreciated)
Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies, Comparative Literature
Teaching Level: Doctoral, Masters, Undergraduate
Interests: Modern Chinese and Russian Literatures, Critical Theory, Formalism, Affect Studies, Sociolinguistic Literary Criticism

Weijun Chen

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Senior Instructor II, Chinese Language
E-mail: wjchen@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-8501
Office: 172 Gerlinger Annex

Ai-Ting Chung

Affiliation: gtf
Title: Japanese GE
E-mail: aitingc@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4656
Office: UO Annex, Ste 3
Affiliated Departments: East Asian Languages
Teaching Level: Undergraduate
Interests: Visual cultural studies, cinema, anime

Xiaoyan Deng

Affiliation: graduate student
Title: PhD candidate
E-mail: xiaoyand@uoregon.edu
Office: Friendly 27
Office Hours: Tuesdays 11am-12pm
Affiliated Departments: Chinese
Teaching Level: Undergraduate
Adviser: Roy Chan
Interests: Modern Chinese theatre and literature, Chinese film

Rachel DiNitto

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Professor, Japanese Literature
Additional Title: Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS), East Asian Languages & Literatures
E-mail: rdinitto@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4012
Office: 301 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Monday 11:00-11:50, Wednesday 3:30-4:30 or by appointment. Friendly Hall 301
Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies
Teaching Level: Doctoral, Masters, Undergraduate
Interests: Japanese literature, nuclear issues, environmental humanities

Stephen Durrant

Affiliation: emeritus
Title: Professor Emeritus, Chinese Literature
E-mail: sdurrant@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4041
Office: 308 Friendly Hall
Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies

Brita Ellis

Affiliation: officer of administration
Title: Academic Programs Manager
E-mail: bellis5@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-9782
Office: Friendly 114E
Affiliated Departments: School of Global Studies and Languages

Maram Epstein

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Professor, Chinese Literature
Additional Title: Director, Center for Asian Pacific Studies
E-mail: maram@uoregon.edu
Office: 303 Friendly Hall
Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies

Michael Fishlen

Affiliation: emeritus
Title: Associate Professor Emeritus, Chinese Literature
E-mail: fishlen@uoregon.edu
Office: 308 Friendly Hall
Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies

Alisa Freedman

Title: Professor, Japanese Literature, Cultural Studies, and Gender
Additional Title: Editor-in-Chief, U.S.-Japan Women's Journal
E-mail: alisaf@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-979-7794
Office: 404 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Fridays, 10:30-12:00 on Zoom (Please email for an appointment.)
Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies
Interests: Modern Japanese literature, popular culture, youth culture, visual media, digital culture, urban studies, and gender

Teppei Fukuda

Affiliation: graduate student
Title: Graduate Student (doctoral)
E-mail: tfukuda@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4084
Office: Friendly Hall 114
City: Eugene
Teaching Level: Undergraduate
Interests: Japanese aesthetics related to seasons, Japanese poetry, Manga, Japanese Onomatopoeia, Translation

Yukari Furikado-Koranda

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Senior Instructor II, Japanese Language
E-mail: furikado@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4002
Office: 313 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: W/F 12:15pm-1:45pm or by appointment

Denise Gigliotti

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Senior Instructor II, Chinese Language
E-mail: dhg@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3552
Office: 213 Villard Hall
Office Hours: M/W/F 12:00-12:50
Teaching Level: Undergraduate
Interests: Chinese langauge pedagogy, Chinese language, literature, media

Alison Groppe

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Associate Professor, Chinese Literature
E-mail: amgroppe@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-7015
Office: 317 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2021: Tuesday 230-430pm
Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies

Xiangchen Gu

Affiliation: graduate student, gtf, student employee
Title: graduate student
E-mail: xgu7@uoregon.edu
Office: Friendly Hall 27
Office Hours: 3-4pm, R
Interests: Early China

Luke Habberstad

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Associate Professor, Early Chinese Literature and Religion
Additional Title: Program Head & Director of Asian Studies Program
E-mail: lukehabb@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4006
Office: 401 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Tuesdays, 2-4 pm
Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies

Reiko Hashimoto

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Senior Instructor II, Japanese Language
E-mail: rhashimo@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4089
Office: 413 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: MW 11:00 - 12:30

Steffi H. Hung

Affiliation: gtf
Title: PhD
E-mail: hhung@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4090
Office: 27 Friendly Hall
Affiliated Departments: East Asian Languages

Kaori Idemaru

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Professor, Japanese Linguistics
E-mail: idemaru@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4007
Office: 302 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: on leave in Fall 22 and Winter 23
Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies
Website: Website

Rika Ikei

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Senior Instructor II, Japanese Language
E-mail: rika@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4035
Office: 408 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: WF 9:00-10:30 AM or by appointment
Affiliated Departments: Japanese
Teaching Level: Undergraduate

Zhuo Jing-Schmidt

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Professor
Additional Title: PI and Director of Oregon Chinese Flagship Program
E-mail: zjingsch@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4023
Office: 318 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Tuesday 10AM-12PM
Affiliated Departments: East Asian Languages
Programs, Research and Outreach: Secondary Special Education and Transition Program
Teaching Level: Doctoral, Masters, Undergraduate
Interests: Cognitive Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Historical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Research Website: Research

Yeojin Jung

Affiliation: graduate employee
Title: PhD student
Additional Title: GE, teaching Korean
E-mail: yeojinj@uoregon.edu
Office: 305 Friendly Hall
Affiliated Departments: Linguistics
Teaching Level: Undergraduate
Adviser: Prof. Kaori Idemaru
Interests: Foreign-accented speech perception, Second language acquisition, Psycho-/neurolinguistics

Dong Hoon Kim

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Associate Professor of Cinema Studies
E-mail: donghoon@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4108
Office: 104 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 24: Fridays 1-2:30p.m. or by appointment
Affiliated Departments: East Asian Languages, English

Jina Kim

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Associate Professor, Korean Literature & Culture
E-mail: jinak@uoregon.edu
Office: 403 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2023:Friday 12:00 (Noon)-2:00 pm Global Scholars Hall 105
Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies, Clark Honors College
Interests: Modern Korean literature, Comparative literature, Sound studies, Transmedia, Korean diaspora

Stephen Kohl

Affiliation: emeritus
Title: Associate Professor Emeritus, Japanese Literature
E-mail: kohl@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4006
Office: 308 Friendly Hall
Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies

Nayoung Kwon

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Associate Professor, Korean Linguistics
Additional Title: Korean Sector Representative
E-mail: nkwon@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4179
Office: Friendly Hall 425
Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies, Clark Honors College
Website: Website

Flora Lam

Affiliation: graduate student
Title: Graduate Student
E-mail: floral@uoregon.edu
Office: FR027
Teaching Level: Undergraduate
Adviser: Kaori Idemaru
Interests: second language acquisition, bilingualism, multilingualism

Wendy Larson

Affiliation: emeritus
Title: Professor Emerita, Chinese Literature
E-mail: walarson@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4012
Office: 301 Friendly Hall
Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies

Joonpyo Lee

Affiliation: graduate student
Title: Graduate Student
E-mail: jlee37@uoregon.edu
Office: 30 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: F 2:00 - 2:50
Adviser: Luke Habberstad
Interests: Textual Critique, Early Chinese Historical Wiring, Chinese Classics Studies (經學), Chinese Classics (儒家經傳), Excavated Texts

Changhoon Lee

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Pro tem Korean Language Instructor
E-mail: clee23@uoregon.edu
Office: Friendly 203

Ya-Jo Li

Title: PHD student
E-mail: yachiaol@uoregon.edu
Phone: 5415143962
Office: Friendly 308
City: Eugene
Teaching Level: Undergraduate
Interests: Gender study, Chinese women history (especially Medieval China) and Ming-Qing fictions

Susanna Lim

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Associate Professor of Literature, Russian Studies, and Korean Studies
Additional Title: Director of REEES Graduate Studies
E-mail: susannal@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0691
Office: 1715 Franklin Blvd., Rm 101
City: Eugene
Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies
Teaching Level: Masters, Undergraduate
Interests: Korean Studies, Korean Literature, Korean Popular Culture, Race Studies, Race in South Korea, Russian Studies, Koryo Saram, Diaspora, Post-colonialism
Website: Website

Xiaoyu Liu

Title: Ph.D. Candidate
E-mail: xliu12@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4090
Office: 27 Friendly Hall
Affiliated Departments: East Asian Languages
Teaching Level: Undergraduate
Interests: Chinese Linguistics, Psycholinguistics (eye-tracking, self-paced reading), second language acquisition, bilingualism & Chinese language pedagogy

Fengjun Mao

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Senior Instructor II, Chinese Language
E-mail: fjmao@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-8501
Office: 172 Gerlinger Annex
Office Hours: M/W 2-3 pm or by appointment

Robbie Marshall

Affiliation: staff
Title: Graduate Coordinator | ASU 1
E-mail: robertm1@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0195
Office: 114D | Friendly Hall
City: Eugene
Office Hours: Monday - Friday | 8:30 am - 4:30 pm | Thursdays Virtual

Kumiko McDowell

Title: PhD candidate
E-mail: kumikom@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1855
Office: 121 Knight Library
City: Eugene
Adviser: Glynne Walley
Interests: Japanese pre-modern culture

Sayaka Merriam

Affiliation: graduate student
Title: PhD Student
E-mail: sayakam@uoregon.edu
Adviser: Glynne Walley
Interests: Japanese Literature, Translation Studies

Lee Moore

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Adjunct Professor
E-mail: lmoore@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1766
Office: 427 Friendly Hall
Teaching Level: Undergraduate
Interests: Modern Chinese Literature, Museology, Identity
Research Website: Research
Website: Website

Naoko Nakadate

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Senior Instructor II, Japanese Language
E-mail: naoko@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0047
Office: 410 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: M&T 10:00-11:30 or by appointment
Teaching Level: Undergraduate

Karen Neal

Affiliation: staff
Title: UG Coordinator
E-mail: kjneal@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4051
Office: 114 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: M-F: 8:00am - 12:00pm

Yoko O'Brien

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Senior Instructor II, Japanese Language
E-mail: yobrien@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3050
Office: 415 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: MW 2:00-3:30
Teaching Level: Undergraduate

Melissa Palma

Affiliation: staff
Title: Intercultural Experience and Career Readiness Coordinator, School of Global Studies and Languages
Additional Title: College of Arts and Sciences ASU 1
E-mail: mpalma3@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-9780

Kylie Yihua Post

Affiliation: administrative faculty
Title: Assistant Director, Chinese Flagship Program
E-mail: kpost@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-632-2173
Office: 427 Friendly Hall
Affiliated Departments: College of Arts and Sciences

Shan Ren

Affiliation: student
Title: PhD
E-mail: sren@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4656
Office: UO Annex, Ste 3
City: Eugene
Teaching Level: Undergraduate
Adviser: Glynne Walley
Interests: Early modern Japanese literature

Lisa Ross

Affiliation: staff, officer of administration
Title: Associate Director
E-mail: lgillis@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4005
Office: 107 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: M-F 8-5
Affiliated Departments: Food Studies, Judaic Studies Program, Yamada Language Center

Tim Strikwerda

Affiliation: student
Title: PhD Student
E-mail: tstrikwe@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4656
Office: UO Annex, Ste 3
Adviser: Rachel DiNitto
Interests: Postwar Japanese literature, film, and cultural history.

Sabrina Yunzhu Tao

Affiliation: graduate student
Title: PhD Candidate
E-mail: ytao@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4090
Office: 27 Friendly Hall
Teaching Level: Undergraduate
Adviser: Alison Groppe
Interests: Modern Chinese and Sinophone literature, film, music, and popular culture

Marci Viano-Davis

Affiliation: staff
Title: Operations Manager
Additional Title: ASU 1 - School of Global Studies and Languages
E-mail: marcid@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4019
Office: 116 Friendly
City: Eugene
Office Hours: 9-3 M-F
Affiliated Departments: African Studies, Asian Studies

Glynne Walley

Title: Associate Professor, Japanese Literature
E-mail: glynne@uoregon.edu
Office: 423 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Spring 2024: Tuesdays 4-6 pm
Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies, Translation Studies
Research Website: Research
Website: Website

Yugen Wang

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Professor, Chinese Literature, Department Head
E-mail: ygwang@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3503
Office: 304 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Spring 2024, WED 11-1
Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies, Comparative Literature, School of Global Studies and Languages

Xiaoyu Wang

Affiliation: student employee
Title: PhD candidate
Additional Title: Japanese GE
E-mail: xwang12@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4656
Office: UO Annex, Ste 3
Teaching Level: Undergraduate
Interests: Okinawan literature, minority literature, Japanese television drama

Sunhee Woo

Affiliation: instructor
Title: Korean language instructor
Additional Title: Renewable non-tenure-track faculty
E-mail: swoo@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-7166
Office: 308 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Tue,Thur 12:00~1:00 p.m.
Affiliated Departments: East Asian Languages
Teaching Level: Undergraduate

Jean Wu

Title: Senior Instructor II, Chinese Language
Additional Title: Chinese Flagship Academic Director
E-mail: jeanywu@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4098
Office: 402 Friendly Hall

Leting Zheng

Affiliation: student
Title: PhD student
E-mail: letingz@uoregon.edu
Phone: 720-592-8541
Teaching Level: Undergraduate
Interests: Modern Chinese literature, Children's studies, visual culture, gender studies