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Department of Asian Studies: professors and courses

Course codes ANS, CHI, HIN, JPN, KOR, MAL, SAN, URD

Who teaches here

Department of Asian Studies professors and instructors
NameTeaches
Professors · 45
Manasicha Akepiyapornchai Evaluations CVAssistant professorliterature · Mīmāṃsā · Vedānta · intellectual history
ANS 307F, ANS 320J, ANS 340D, SAN 312K, SAN 506
Kamran Ali CVProfessorGender · sexuality · health · political economy
No classes listed this year
Joel Brereton Evaluations CVProfessorSanskrit Language · Religious Studies · Asian Religions · Vedic Studies
SAN 330U
Kirsten Cather Evaluations CVProfessorJapanese Literature & Film · Censorship · Suicide & Death in Modern Japan · Adaptations
ANS 320C, ANS 379
Chih-Wei Chang Evaluations CVAssistant professor of instructionChinese Language and Pedagogy
CHI 606
Sung-Sheng Yvonne Chang CVProfessorChinese Film and Literature
CHI 340
Menglan Chen Evaluations CVAssistant professorModern and contemporary Chinese media culture and art · global histories of photography · film and media studies · visual culture of knowledge/technology/science
ANS 361
Chikako H Cooke Evaluations CVAssociate professor of instructionLanguage Pedagogy · Extensive Reading · Personal Traits · Habits
JPN 317C, JPN 320L, JPN 601D
Daniele Cuneo CVAssociate professor of instruction
SAN 312L, SAN 507
Donald R Davis Jr CVProfessorSanskrit · Dharmaśāstra · Law and Religion · Medieval India
SAN 330F
Kaori M Duffey Evaluations CVAssistant professor of instructionJapanese Language and Pedagogy
JPN 320K, JPN 320L, JPN 610D
ANS 301M, ANS 301R, ANS 342F
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Department of Asian Studies professors and instructors, continued
NameTeaches
Professors · 45
Lalitha Gopalan CVAssociate professor
No classes listed this year
Andrea L Gutierrez CVAssistant professor of instruction
ANS 307D, ANS 335
Shahnaz Hassan Evaluations CVAssociate professor of instructionUrdu Language & Literature · Classical & Modern Urdu Poetry & Prose · Film · Urdu & Hindi Media (Pakistani Urdu dramas
URD 312K, URD 312L, URD 330, URD 506, URD 507, URD 604 and 1 more
Junko Hatanaka Evaluations CVAssistant professor of instruction
JPN 320K, JPN 325K, JPN 610D, JPN 611D
Heather Anne HindmanAssociate professorCritical Development · Entrepreneurialism · Expatriate Communities · Social Theory
No classes listed this year
Brian Hurley CVAssociate professorJapanese Literature · Close Reading · Intellectual History · and Economics
ANS 304C
Syed A HyderAssociate professorComparative Literature · Islam in South Asia · Urdu language and literature · Aesthetics in South Asia and the Middle East
No classes listed this year
Eun Joo Kim Evaluations CVAssistant professor of instructionKorean Language
KOR 330C, KOR 330F, KOR 606, KOR 607
Mina Kim Evaluations CVAssistant professor of instructionKorean Language · Bilingual Education
KOR 312K, KOR 312L, KOR 606, KOR 607
Shanti Kumar Evaluations CVAssociate professor
ANS 361, ANS 390
Chiu-Mi Lai CVProfessor of instruction
ANS 350E, ANS 361D
Huaiyin Li CVProfessorModern Chinese history · Contemporary Chinese economy · society · and politics
ANS 340M
Yi-Chun Lin Evaluations CVAssociate professor of instructionChinese Grammar · Language Pedagogy · Language Proficiency Testing · Chinese Language and Culture
CHI 312K, CHI 312L, CHI 320L, CHI 330
Yongfeng Liu Evaluations CVAssistant professor of instructionChinese Language & Culture
CHI 312L, CHI 326, CHI 607
Zeltzyn Rubi Sanchez Lozoya Evaluations CVAssistant professor of instructionCinema from the Global South · Indian cinema and film cultures · women filmmakers · streaming platforms
ANS 361, HIN 506, HIN 507
Yi Lu Evaluations CVAssistant professor of instructionChinese films · popular culture · film distribution · media industry studies
CHI 320K, CHI 604, CHI 612
Patricia Maclachlan Evaluations CVProfessorComparative Politics · Politics of Japan and East Asia
ANS 355C, ANS 355E
Madhavi Mallapragada CVAssociate professorCultural Studies of Race and Ethnicity in Media · Asian Americans in/and Media · Online Cultures · Immigration and Transnationalism
No classes listed this year
Alice Kyung McCoy-Bae Evaluations CVAssistant professor of instructionKorean Language Pedagogy
KOR 312K, KOR 312L, KOR 320K, KOR 320L, KOR 604, KOR 612
Youjeong Oh Evaluations CVAssociate professorCritical Urban Studies in East Asia · Colonization and Decolonization · Development and Social Movement · Media
ANS 330E, ANS 361C, ANS 361E, ANS 361J
Yukie Okada Evaluations CVAssistant professor of instruction
JPN 326, JPN 610D
Robert M Oppenheim CVProfessorKorean Anthropology and History · Science/Tech/Society · Heritage · Objects/Materiality
ANS 358F
Shelby Elizabeth Oxenford Evaluations CVAssistant professor of instructionPostwar and contemporary Japanese · Korean · and comparative East Asian literature · film
ANS 305C, ANS 361, ANS 379
Dalpat Singh Rajpurohit Evaluations CVAssistant professorHindi Language · Literary and Religious Cultures of Early Modern India · Dādū Panth and Poet-Saint Sundardās (1596-1689) · Modern Hindi Literature
ANS 302K, ANS 340U, HIN 330C, HIN 330E
Ryosuke Sano Evaluations CVAssistant professor of instructionJapanese language and pedagogy
JPN 317C, JPN 601D, JPN 611D
Darsana Manayathu Sasi Evaluations CVAssociate professor of instructionMalayalam Language & Literature · Language Pedagogy · Translation
MAL 312K, MAL 312L, MAL 330, MAL 330J, MAL 506, MAL 507
Gautami Hiru Shah Evaluations CVProfessor of instructionIssues of Inclusivity · Translanguaging and Language Pedagogy · Gender Issues · Caste
HIN 312K, HIN 312L, HIN 604, HIN 612
Alexander Sogo Evaluations CVAssistant professor of instruction; Director of the JapanLab
ANS 340C, ANS 361
Saori Suto Evaluations CVAssistant professor of instructionContent-Based Language Learning
JPN 317C, JPN 325K, JPN 601D
Midori Tanaka Evaluations CVAssociate professor of instructionJapanese Linguistics and Pedagogy
JPN 327, JPN 601D
Luke Christopher Waring Evaluations CVAssistant professorEarly Chinese literature and cultural history (1250 BCE-220 CE)
ANS 302C, ANS 320E, ANS 395, CHI 322
Shohko Yanagisawa Evaluations CVAssistant professor of instructionJapanese Language
JPN 330, JPN 601D, JPN 611D
Li Yang Evaluations CVAssociate professor of instructionChinese language · film · and popular culture
ANS 301M, CHI 606, CHI 607
Lecturers and instructors · 1
ANS 302D, ANS 361N
Graduate and other instructors · 3
Aditi Jain CV
ANS 301R
Martin Miller Evaluations CVPostdoctoral Fellow in Religion and HealthAnthropology of Science and Technology · Environmental Anthropology · Secularism Studies · History of Biology
ANS 323C
Syed Baqar Mehdi Rizvi CV
ANS 302K

Who teaches each course

Department of Asian Studies: who teaches each course
CourseTaught by
ANS 301MOliver Freiberger, Li Yang
ANS 301ROliver Freiberger, Aditi Jain
ANS 302CLuke Christopher Waring
ANS 302DLisa Min
ANS 302KDalpat Singh Rajpurohit, Syed Baqar Mehdi Rizvi
ANS 304CBrian Hurley
ANS 305CShelby Elizabeth Oxenford
ANS 307DAndrea L Gutierrez
ANS 307FManasicha Akepiyapornchai
ANS 320CKirsten Cather
ANS 320ELuke Christopher Waring
ANS 320JManasicha Akepiyapornchai
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Department of Asian Studies: who teaches each course, continued
CourseTaught by
ANS 323CMartin Miller
ANS 330EYoujeong Oh
ANS 335Andrea L Gutierrez
ANS 340CAlexander Sogo
ANS 340DManasicha Akepiyapornchai
ANS 340MHuaiyin Li
ANS 340UDalpat Singh Rajpurohit
ANS 342FOliver Freiberger
ANS 350EChiu-Mi Lai
ANS 355CPatricia Maclachlan
ANS 355EPatricia Maclachlan
ANS 358FRobert M Oppenheim
ANS 361Menglan Chen, Shanti Kumar, Zeltzyn Rubi Sanchez Lozoya, Shelby Elizabeth Oxenford, Alexander Sogo
ANS 361CYoujeong Oh
ANS 361DChiu-Mi Lai
ANS 361EYoujeong Oh
ANS 361JYoujeong Oh
ANS 361NLisa Min
ANS 379Kirsten Cather, Shelby Elizabeth Oxenford
ANS 390Shanti Kumar
ANS 395Luke Christopher Waring
CHI 312KYi-Chun Lin
CHI 312LYi-Chun Lin, Yongfeng Liu
CHI 320KYi Lu
CHI 320LYi-Chun Lin
CHI 322Luke Christopher Waring
CHI 326Yongfeng Liu
CHI 330Yi-Chun Lin
CHI 340Sung-Sheng Yvonne Chang
CHI 604Yi Lu
CHI 606Chih-Wei Chang, Li Yang
CHI 607Yongfeng Liu, Li Yang
CHI 612Yi Lu
HIN 312KGautami Hiru Shah
HIN 312LGautami Hiru Shah
HIN 330CDalpat Singh Rajpurohit
HIN 330EDalpat Singh Rajpurohit
HIN 506Zeltzyn Rubi Sanchez Lozoya
HIN 507Zeltzyn Rubi Sanchez Lozoya
HIN 604Gautami Hiru Shah
HIN 612Gautami Hiru Shah
JPN 317CChikako H Cooke, Ryosuke Sano, Saori Suto
JPN 320KKaori M Duffey, Junko Hatanaka
JPN 320LChikako H Cooke, Kaori M Duffey
JPN 325KJunko Hatanaka, Saori Suto
JPN 326Yukie Okada
JPN 327Midori Tanaka
JPN 330Shohko Yanagisawa
JPN 601DChikako H Cooke, Ryosuke Sano, Saori Suto, Midori Tanaka, Shohko Yanagisawa
JPN 610DKaori M Duffey, Junko Hatanaka, Yukie Okada
JPN 611DJunko Hatanaka, Ryosuke Sano, Shohko Yanagisawa
KOR 312KMina Kim, Alice Kyung McCoy-Bae
KOR 312LMina Kim, Alice Kyung McCoy-Bae
KOR 320KAlice Kyung McCoy-Bae
KOR 320LAlice Kyung McCoy-Bae
KOR 330CEun Joo Kim
KOR 330FEun Joo Kim
KOR 604Alice Kyung McCoy-Bae
KOR 606Eun Joo Kim, Mina Kim
KOR 607Eun Joo Kim, Mina Kim
KOR 612Alice Kyung McCoy-Bae
MAL 312KDarsana Manayathu Sasi
MAL 312LDarsana Manayathu Sasi
MAL 330Darsana Manayathu Sasi
MAL 330JDarsana Manayathu Sasi
MAL 506Darsana Manayathu Sasi
MAL 507Darsana Manayathu Sasi
SAN 312KManasicha Akepiyapornchai
SAN 312LDaniele Cuneo
SAN 330FDonald R Davis Jr
SAN 330UJoel Brereton
SAN 506Manasicha Akepiyapornchai
SAN 507Daniele Cuneo
URD 312KShahnaz Hassan
URD 312LShahnaz Hassan
URD 330Shahnaz Hassan
URD 506Shahnaz Hassan
URD 507Shahnaz Hassan
URD 604Shahnaz Hassan
URD 612Shahnaz Hassan
Bachelor’s degrees2 programs
Master’s degrees2 programs
Doctoral degrees1 program
Pay after graduationUp to $58,300
Median pay after graduation by field
Field of study1 year out4 years out
Area StudiesMaster’s · Asian studies$58,300—
Area StudiesBachelor’s · Asian studies$39,900$57,000

Median earnings of graduates who received federal student aid, from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard: 1 year out is 2020–21 pay (2022 dollars), 4 years out is 2019–20 pay (2021 dollars). Fields group related programs.

About the department

Department of Asian Studies is part of College of Liberal Arts, led by Dean David Sosa. Its course codes are ANS, CHI, HIN, JPN, KOR, MAL, SAN and URD.

SourcesUT catalog, HB 2504

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