APSI faculty are interdisciplinary scholars with solid foundations in the fields of anthropology, arts, cultural studies, history, language, literature, medicine, political science, religion and sociology. Faculty at Duke University teach graduate and undergraduate courses, engage in collaborative research and mentor students in APSI’s MA in East Asian Studies program.
Affiliate faculty are based at universities around the Triangle, can serve on MA students’ capstone committees and teach courses that can earn regular Duke University credit through interinstitutional agreements.
Duke University Faculty
Stanley Abe
Country Expertise: China
Subject Expertise: Chinese Buddhist art and architecture; visual theory; colonial knowledge formation
Anne Allison
Country Expertise: Japan
Subject Expertise: Contemporary and urban Japan; mass culture; children’s culture; sexuality; globalization; capitalism
Nicole Barnes
Country Expertise: China
Subject Expertise: Twentieth-century China; history of medicine in China; social history of war; women's and gender histories
Yunchuan Chen
Country Expertise: Japan, China
Subject Expertise: Japanese and Chinese linguistics; L2 acquisition of Japanese and Chinese; experimental approaches in syntax and semantics research
Leo Ching
Country Expertise: Japan, Taiwan
Subject Expertise: Modern Japanese literature; imperialism, colonial/postcolonial theories; globalization and cultural formation; popular culture; transnationalism in Asia and America
Eileen Chow
Country Expertise: China
Subject Expertise: Chinese literature; film and visual studies; popular culture (anime/manga, fandoms, media technologies); diaspora theory/history, especially global Chinatowns
Subject Expertise: Chinese literature; film and visual studies; popular culture (anime/manga, fandoms, media technologies); diaspora theory/history, especially global Chinatowns
Rey Chow
Country Expertise: China
Subject Expertise: modern fiction; film; visual culture; cultural theory
Subject Expertise: modern fiction; film; visual culture; cultural theory
Prasenjit Duara
Country Expertise: China
Subject Expertise: Chinese and Asian history; historical sociology; historical philosophy and historiography; nationalism; regionalism and environment
Subject Expertise: Chinese and Asian history; historical sociology; historical philosophy and historiography; nationalism; regionalism and environment
Bai Gao
Country Expertise: China, Japan
Subject Expertise: Economic sociology; organizational analysis; comparative historical sociology; political economy; Japanese society; Chinese society; East Asian capitalism
Subject Expertise: Economic sociology; organizational analysis; comparative historical sociology; political economy; Japanese society; Chinese society; East Asian capitalism
Gary Gereffi
Regional Expertise: Southeast Asia, Latin America
Subject Expertise: Sociology of development; multinational corporations; economic sociology; research methods in macrosociology; global commodity chains
Subject Expertise: Sociology of development; multinational corporations; economic sociology; research methods in macrosociology; global commodity chains
Joseph Grieco
Regional Expertise: Japan
Subject Expertise: Political science; international relations; international political economy; international conflict; nuclear weapons and state performance
Subject Expertise: Political science; international relations; international political economy; international conflict; nuclear weapons and state performance
Tianshu He
Country Expertise: China
Subject Expertise: Second language acquisition theories and methodologies; teaching with multimedia technology; Chinese classical language and literature
Subject Expertise: Second language acquisition theories and methodologies; teaching with multimedia technology; Chinese classical language and literature
Guo-Juin Hong
Country Expertise: China, Taiwan
Subject Expertise: Film historiography; film theory; postcolonial theory and theories of culture and globalization; film and other media of Taiwan, Hong Kong and China
Subject Expertise: Film historiography; film theory; postcolonial theory and theories of culture and globalization; film and other media of Taiwan, Hong Kong and China
Chi-Ju Hsieh
Country Expertise: China
Subject Expertise: Second language acquisition and methodology of language teaching
Subject Expertise: Second language acquisition and methodology of language teaching
Richard Jaffe
Country Expertise: Japan
Subject Expertise: Japanese Buddhism during the early modern and modern periods; Asian Buddhist modernism; pan-Asianism; nationalism during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
Subject Expertise: Japanese Buddhism during the early modern and modern periods; Asian Buddhist modernism; pan-Asianism; nationalism during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
Lisa A. Keister
Country Expertise: China
Subject Expertise: Economic sociology; organizations; social stratification and inequality; and Chinese business
Subject Expertise: Economic sociology; organizations; social stratification and inequality; and Chinese business
Eunyoung Kim
Country Expertise: Korea
Subject Expertise: Second language acquisition (pragmatic development of Korean learners); Korean for academic purposes; Korean teacher training program development
Subject Expertise: Second language acquisition (pragmatic development of Korean learners); Korean for academic purposes; Korean teacher training program development
Hae-Young Kim
Country Expertise: Korea
Subject Expertise: Second language acquisition; interface between morpho-syntax and discourse semantics; bilingualism; heritage language teaching; language pedagogy; Korean curricular development
Subject Expertise: Second language acquisition; interface between morpho-syntax and discourse semantics; bilingualism; heritage language teaching; language pedagogy; Korean curricular development
Hsiao-Mei Ku
Country Expertise: China
Subject Expertise: Classical and contemporary Chinese music in solo, chamber and orchestral formats; mutual influence of East and West culture and heritage
Subject Expertise: Classical and contemporary Chinese music in solo, chamber and orchestral formats; mutual influence of East and West culture and heritage
Miree Ku
Country Expertise: Korea
Subject Expertise: Bibliography and research methods in Korean studies; history, literature and culture of Korea
Subject Expertise: Bibliography and research methods in Korean studies; history, literature and culture of Korea
Naoko Kurokawa
Country Expertise: Japan
Subject Expertise: Japanese linguistics and sociolinguistics; discourse analysis; foreign language pedagogy
Subject Expertise: Japanese linguistics and sociolinguistics; discourse analysis; foreign language pedagogy
Nayoung Aimee Kwon
Country Expertise: Korea, Japan
Subject Expertise: Korean and Japanese literature; history and film; theories of empire and nation; translation studies; colonial/postcolonial discourses; Asian-Pacific trans-cultural movements; nexus of Asian and Asian-American studies; global visual cultures
Subject Expertise: Korean and Japanese literature; history and film; theories of empire and nation; translation studies; colonial/postcolonial discourses; Asian-Pacific trans-cultural movements; nexus of Asian and Asian-American studies; global visual cultures
Carolyn Kun Shan Lee
Country Expertise: China
Subject Expertise: Chinese language pedagogy; Chinese film studies; language acquisition
Subject Expertise: Chinese language pedagogy; Chinese film studies; language acquisition
Xi Lian
Country Expertise: China
Subject Expertise: China's modern encounter with Christianity; Protestantism and Chinese modernity; Christianity and China's minority peoples
Subject Expertise: China's modern encounter with Christianity; Protestantism and Chinese modernity; Christianity and China's minority peoples
Ralph Litzinger
Country Expertise: China
Subject Expertise: Cultural politics of ethnicity; social and political theory; conservation politics; development and environmentalism
Subject Expertise: Cultural politics of ethnicity; social and political theory; conservation politics; development and environmentalism
Kang Liu
Country Expertise: China
Subject Expertise: Aesthetics; literary theory; cultural studies; Marxism; popular culture; Chinese studies
Subject Expertise: Aesthetics; literary theory; cultural studies; Marxism; popular culture; Chinese studies
Yan Liu
Country Expertise: China
Subject Expertise: Second language acquisition and reading; biliteracy development and teaching; learning Chinese as a foreign, second or heritage language
Subject Expertise: Second language acquisition and reading; biliteracy development and teaching; learning Chinese as a foreign, second or heritage language
Edmund (Eddy) Malesky
Country Expertise: Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar
Subject Expertise: Political economy of development; foreign direct investment; causes and effects of authoritarian institutions and governance reform
Subject Expertise: Political economy of development; foreign direct investment; causes and effects of authoritarian institutions and governance reform
Melanie Manion
Country Expertise: China
Subject Expertise: Political science; contemporary authoritarianism; bureaucracy; corruption; information; representation; state management of social media
Subject Expertise: Political science; contemporary authoritarianism; bureaucracy; corruption; information; representation; state management of social media
Sucheta Mazumdar
Country Expertise: China, India
Subject Expertise: Chinese history; comparative Asian history; Asian-American history; rural economic development; migration; theories of race and ethnicity
Subject Expertise: Chinese history; comparative Asian history; Asian-American history; rural economic development; migration; theories of race and ethnicity
Giovanna Merli
Country Expertise: China
Subject Expertise: Health policy (Global Health and HIV/AIDS); social policy; demography
Subject Expertise: Health policy (Global Health and HIV/AIDS); social policy; demography
David Need
Country Expertise: Tibet Autonomous Region, China
Subject Expertise: Tibetan Buddhism; Buddhism and modernity; modern Tibetan language poetry; ethnic minority identity in China
Subject Expertise: Tibetan Buddhism; Buddhism and modernity; modern Tibetan language poetry; ethnic minority identity in China
Simon Partner
Country Expertise: Japan
Subject Expertise: Twentieth-century Japanese history focusing on the growth of consumer markets; technology and social change; Japanese rural society
Subject Expertise: Twentieth-century Japanese history focusing on the growth of consumer markets; technology and social change; Japanese rural society
Gareth Price
Country Expertise: Taiwan
Subject Expertise: Sociolinguistics; language policy; political sociology
Subject Expertise: Sociolinguistics; language policy; political sociology
Carlos Rojas
Country Expertise: China
Subject Expertise: Visual culture; gender studies; popular culture; theories of corporeality; diaspora studies
Subject Expertise: Visual culture; gender studies; popular culture; theories of corporeality; diaspora studies
Azusa Saito
Country Expertise: Japan
Subject Expertise: Language Pedagogy; curriculum development
Subject Expertise: Language Pedagogy; curriculum development
Kristina Troost
Country Expertise: Japan
Subject Expertise: Medieval Japanese history; social and economic history of Japan (premodern and modern); bibliography and research methods in Japanese studies
Subject Expertise: Medieval Japanese history; social and economic history of Japan (premodern and modern); bibliography and research methods in Japanese studies
Gennifer Weisenfeld
Country Expertise: Japan
Subject Expertise: Modern and contemporary Japanese art history; design and visual culture; the impact of Japan's modern sociopolitical transformations on artistic production and practice; the cultural formations of nation and empire building; Japanese modernism and the avant-garde; the visual culture of disaster; commercial design
Subject Expertise: Modern and contemporary Japanese art history; design and visual culture; the impact of Japan's modern sociopolitical transformations on artistic production and practice; the cultural formations of nation and empire building; Japanese modernism and the avant-garde; the visual culture of disaster; commercial design
Ara Wilson
Country Expertise: Thailand
Subject Expertise: Women's studies and cultural anthropology; urban Southeast Asia; capitalist modernity; sexuality; gender; globalizing Asia
Subject Expertise: Women's studies and cultural anthropology; urban Southeast Asia; capitalist modernity; sexuality; gender; globalizing Asia
Yi (Daniel) Xu
Country Expertise: China, Taiwan, Korea
Subject Expertise: Innovation; productivity; exporting and industry dynamics, with a special focus on East Asian emerging economies
Subject Expertise: Innovation; productivity; exporting and industry dynamics, with a special focus on East Asian emerging economies
Giovanni Zanalda
Country Expertise: Korea
Subject Expertise: Economics; economic history; international economics and finance
Subject Expertise: Economics; economic history; international economics and finance
Yi Zeng
Country Expertise: China
Subject Expertise: Aging and human development; geriatrics; population research
Subject Expertise: Aging and human development; geriatrics; population research
Luo Zhou
Country Expertise: China
Subject Expertise: Bibliography and research methods in Chinese studies; history of book collections in China
Subject Expertise: Bibliography and research methods in Chinese studies; history of book collections in China
Associate Faculty
Richard Burton (Professor Emeritus)
Country Expertise:
Subject Expertise: Business; organizational design; management strategy; technology policy
Donald Horowitz (Professor Emeritus)
Regional Expertise: Southeast Asia
Subject Expertise: Law and political science; ethnic conflict; law and conflict management; constitutional and democratic theory; constitutional design; Islamic law
Fredric Jameson
Country Expertise: France
Subject Expertise: Comparative literature; critical theory; nineteenth and twentieth-century novel; literature and the political; postmodernism; Marxist methodology
Arie Lewin (Professor Emeritus)
Country Expertise: China, Japan
Subject Expertise: Business strategy in times of disorder; new organizational forms; global strategic partnerships and alliances
Maureen Maguire Lewis
Country Expertise: China, India
Subject Expertise: Communication principles and skills; cross-cultural negotiation strategies; Korean and Chinese curriculum materials for secondary schools; writing and editing for business professionals
Nan Lin (Professor Emeritus)
Country Expertise: China
Subject Expertise: Sociology; social networks; life stress process (especially social support as resources); social stratification and mobility; Chinese societies
Margaret McKean (Professor Emerita)
Country Expertise: Japan
Subject Expertise: Political science and environmental policy; institutions, elections, and decision-making; environmental and resource politics
Emerson Niou
Country Expertise: China
Subject Expertise: International relations; political economy; East Asian politics; Chinese local elections and the formation of alliances in anarchic international systems
Subject Expertise: International relations; political economy; East Asian politics; Chinese local elections and the formation of alliances in anarchic international systems
Purnima Shah
Country Expertise: India
Subject Expertise: Asian dance-theatre; ritual and gender in performance; postcolonial implications on traditional dance and theatre performance; role-playing and expressive elements in Indian dance-theatre; Indian dance in the diaspora
Denis Simon
Country Expertise: China
Subject Expertise: Business innovation and high technology development; foreign investment and corporate strategy; commercial and technology trends
Edward Tiryakian (Professor Emeritus)
Regional Expertise: European Union
Subject Expertise: Sociology of religion; modern nationalist movements; cultural and political aspects of globalization
David Wong
Country Expertise: China
Subject Expertise: Philosophy; ethical theory, moral psychology, comparative ethics; Confucian, Daoist, and Buddhist comparative philosophy
Affiliated Faculty
David Ambaras
Associate Professor of History, NC State, Raleigh
Barbara Ambros
Professor of Religious Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill
Cemil Aydin
Associate Professor of History, UNC-Chapel Hill
Janice B. Bardsley
Professor of Asian Studies, UNC–Chapel Hill
Inger Brodey
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, Affiliate faculty in the Department of Asian Studies, Affiliate faculty in Global Studies, and Director of the Comparative Literature Program-UNC-Chapel Hill
Yixin Chen
Assistant Professor of History, UNC–Wilmington
Mark Driscoll
Associate Professor, Department of Asian Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill
W. Miles Fletcher
Professor of History, UNC-Chapel Hill
Gail Henderson
Professor and Chair, Department of Social Medicine Adjunct Professor, Sociology , UNC–Chapel Hill
Michael Hunt
(Emeritus) Professor of History, UNC–Chapel Hill
Nathaniel Isaacson
Associate Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, NC State, Raleigh
Kyong-Dong Kim
Professor of Sociology, College of Social Sciences, Seoul, Korea
Jonathan Kramer
Teaching Professor of Music and Arts Studies and Director, Music, NC State, Raleigh
Hyun-Chin Lim
Professor of Sociology, Seoul National University, Korea
Levi McLaughlin
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, North Carolina State University
John Mertz
Associate Professor of Japanese Language and Literature, NC State, Raleigh
Chung-In Moon
Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Yonsei University. Seoul, Korea
Christopher Nelson
Associate Professor of Anthropology, UNC-Chapel Hill
Donald Nonini
Professor of Anthropology, UNC–Chapel Hill
Anthony Oberschall
Professor of Sociology, UNC–Chapel Hill
Morgan Pitelka
Professor of Asian Studies and Director of Carolina Asia Center, UNC-Chapel Hill
Eika Tai
Professor of Japanese, NC State, Raleigh
Michael Tsin
Associate Professor of Modern Chinese History, UNC-Chapel Hill
John Tucker
Visiting Professor of Japanese, Duke University; Director, Asian Studies Program, Professor of Asian History, Department of History, Harriot College of Arts and Sciences East Carolina University, Greenville
James White
(Emeritus) Professor of Political Science, UNC–Chapel Hill
Pamela Winfield
Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Elon University
Gang Yue
Associate Professor of Asian Studies, UNC–Chapel Hill
