# Department of Asian Studies: professors and courses

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

Who teaches here

**49** people

Teaching 92 courses in Spring 2026 and Fall 2026.

45 professors · 1 lecturer or instructor · 3 graduate and other instructors

## Who teaches here

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**Department of Asian Studies professors and instructors**

| Name | Teaches |
| --- | --- |
| Professors · 45 |  |
| [Manasicha Akepiyapornchai](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/ma65494) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Manasicha%20Akepiyapornchai#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16270050/) Assistant professor literature · Mīmāṃsā · Vedānta · intellectual history | [ANS 307F](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/307f), [ANS 320J](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/320j), [ANS 340D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/340d), [SAN 312K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/san/312k), [SAN 506](https://utaustin.guide/courses/san/506) |
| [Kamran Ali](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/alik1) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/12953883/) Professor Gender · sexuality · health · political economy | No classes listed this year |
| [Joel Brereton](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/jpb33) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Joel%20Brereton#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/9469130/) Professor Sanskrit Language · Religious Studies · Asian Religions · Vedic Studies | [SAN 330U](https://utaustin.guide/courses/san/330u) |
| [Kirsten Cather](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/kc2356) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Kirsten%20Cather#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17351085/) Professor Japanese Literature & Film · Censorship · Suicide & Death in Modern Japan · Adaptations | [ANS 320C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/320c), [ANS 379](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/379) |
| [Chih-Wei Chang](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/cc4664) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Chih-Wei%20Chang#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17360333/) Assistant professor of instruction Chinese Language and Pedagogy | [CHI 606](https://utaustin.guide/courses/chi/606) |
| [Sung-Sheng Yvonne Chang](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/changs) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16989729/) Professor Chinese Film and Literature | [CHI 340](https://utaustin.guide/courses/chi/340) |
| [Menglan Chen](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/mc84393) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Menglan%20Chen#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17371795/) Assistant professor Modern and contemporary Chinese media culture and art · global histories of photography · film and media studies · visual culture of knowledge/technology/science | [ANS 361](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/361) |
| [Chikako H Cooke](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/chc59) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Chikako%20Cooke#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16986387/) Associate professor of instruction Language Pedagogy · Extensive Reading · Personal Traits · Habits | [JPN 317C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/jpn/317c), [JPN 320L](https://utaustin.guide/courses/jpn/320l), [JPN 601D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/jpn/601d) |
| [Daniele Cuneo](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/dc48745) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16987281/) Associate professor of instruction | [SAN 312L](https://utaustin.guide/courses/san/312l), [SAN 507](https://utaustin.guide/courses/san/507) |
| [Donald R Davis Jr](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/drdj) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16253283/) Professor Sanskrit · Dharmaśāstra · Law and Religion · Medieval India | [SAN 330F](https://utaustin.guide/courses/san/330f) |
| [Kaori M Duffey](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/kd26696) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Kaori%20Duffey#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/12960203/) Assistant professor of instruction Japanese Language and Pedagogy | [JPN 320K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/jpn/320k), [JPN 320L](https://utaustin.guide/courses/jpn/320l), [JPN 610D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/jpn/610d) |
| [Oliver Freiberger](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/of63) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Oliver%20Freiberger#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16989021/) Professor | [ANS 301M](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/301m), [ANS 301R](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/301r), [ANS 342F](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/342f) |

**Show all 49 peopleDepartment of Asian Studies professors and instructors, continued**

| Name | Teaches |
| --- | --- |
| Professors · 45 |  |
| [Lalitha Gopalan](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/lg5675) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17386718/) Associate professor | No classes listed this year |
| [Andrea L Gutierrez](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/alg3485) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17388613/) Assistant professor of instruction | [ANS 307D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/307d), [ANS 335](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/335) |
| [Shahnaz Hassan](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/sh234) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Shahnaz%20Hassan#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17371889/) Associate professor of instruction Urdu Language & Literature · Classical & Modern Urdu Poetry & Prose · Film · Urdu & Hindi Media (Pakistani Urdu dramas | [URD 312K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/urd/312k), [URD 312L](https://utaustin.guide/courses/urd/312l), [URD 330](https://utaustin.guide/courses/urd/330), [URD 506](https://utaustin.guide/courses/urd/506), [URD 507](https://utaustin.guide/courses/urd/507), [URD 604](https://utaustin.guide/courses/urd/604) and 1 more |
| [Junko Hatanaka](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/jhata) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Junko%20Hatanaka#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17254639/) Assistant professor of instruction | [JPN 320K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/jpn/320k), [JPN 325K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/jpn/325k), [JPN 610D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/jpn/610d), [JPN 611D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/jpn/611d) |
| [Heather Anne Hindman](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/anthropology/faculty/hh8995) Associate professor Critical Development · Entrepreneurialism · Expatriate Communities · Social Theory | No classes listed this year |
| [Brian Hurley](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/bh32338) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16265428/) Associate professor Japanese Literature · Close Reading · Intellectual History · and Economics | [ANS 304C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/304c) |
| [Syed A Hyder](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/hydersa) Associate professor Comparative 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](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/ek8764) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Eun%20joo%20Kim#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17357129/) Assistant professor of instruction Korean Language | [KOR 330C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/kor/330c), [KOR 330F](https://utaustin.guide/courses/kor/330f), [KOR 606](https://utaustin.guide/courses/kor/606), [KOR 607](https://utaustin.guide/courses/kor/607) |
| [Mina Kim](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/mk24559) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Mina%20Kim#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17378813/) Assistant professor of instruction Korean Language · Bilingual Education | [KOR 312K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/kor/312k), [KOR 312L](https://utaustin.guide/courses/kor/312l), [KOR 606](https://utaustin.guide/courses/kor/606), [KOR 607](https://utaustin.guide/courses/kor/607) |
| [Shanti Kumar](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/sk6854) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Shanti%20Kumar#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16280843/) Associate professor | [ANS 361](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/361), [ANS 390](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/390) |
| [Chiu-Mi Lai](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/cl6694) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16257690/) Professor of instruction | [ANS 350E](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/350e), [ANS 361D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/361d) |
| [Huaiyin Li](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/hl4958) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/14621191/) Professor Modern Chinese history · Contemporary Chinese economy · society · and politics | [ANS 340M](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/340m) |
| [Yi-Chun Lin](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/yl9956) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Yi-Chun%20Lin#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17388529/) Associate professor of instruction Chinese Grammar · Language Pedagogy · Language Proficiency Testing · Chinese Language and Culture | [CHI 312K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/chi/312k), [CHI 312L](https://utaustin.guide/courses/chi/312l), [CHI 320L](https://utaustin.guide/courses/chi/320l), [CHI 330](https://utaustin.guide/courses/chi/330) |
| [Yongfeng Liu](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/yl28726) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Yongfeng%20Liu#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/9710660/) Assistant professor of instruction Chinese Language & Culture | [CHI 312L](https://utaustin.guide/courses/chi/312l), [CHI 326](https://utaustin.guide/courses/chi/326), [CHI 607](https://utaustin.guide/courses/chi/607) |
| [Zeltzyn Rubi Sanchez Lozoya](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/zrs252) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Zeltzyn%20Sanchez%20Lozoya#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16987644/) Assistant professor of instruction Cinema from the Global South · Indian cinema and film cultures · women filmmakers · streaming platforms | [ANS 361](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/361), [HIN 506](https://utaustin.guide/courses/hin/506), [HIN 507](https://utaustin.guide/courses/hin/507) |
| [Yi Lu](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/yl672) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Yi%20Lu#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17382692/) Assistant professor of instruction Chinese films · popular culture · film distribution · media industry studies | [CHI 320K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/chi/320k), [CHI 604](https://utaustin.guide/courses/chi/604), [CHI 612](https://utaustin.guide/courses/chi/612) |
| [Patricia Maclachlan](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/verdun) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Patricia%20Maclachlan#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/10510631/) Professor Comparative Politics · Politics of Japan and East Asia | [ANS 355C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/355c), [ANS 355E](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/355e) |
| [Madhavi Mallapragada](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/mm27898) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17392182/) Associate professor Cultural 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](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/akm823) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Alice%20McCoy-Bae#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/13872547/) Assistant professor of instruction Korean Language Pedagogy | [KOR 312K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/kor/312k), [KOR 312L](https://utaustin.guide/courses/kor/312l), [KOR 320K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/kor/320k), [KOR 320L](https://utaustin.guide/courses/kor/320l), [KOR 604](https://utaustin.guide/courses/kor/604), [KOR 612](https://utaustin.guide/courses/kor/612) |
| [Youjeong Oh](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/yo2239) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Youjeong%20Oh#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17372815/) Associate professor Critical Urban Studies in East Asia · Colonization and Decolonization · Development and Social Movement · Media | [ANS 330E](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/330e), [ANS 361C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/361c), [ANS 361E](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/361e), [ANS 361J](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/361j) |
| [Yukie Okada](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/yo2883) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Yukie%20Okada#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/13864943/) Assistant professor of instruction | [JPN 326](https://utaustin.guide/courses/jpn/326), [JPN 610D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/jpn/610d) |
| [Robert M Oppenheim](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/rmo89) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/10295869/) Professor Korean Anthropology and History · Science/Tech/Society · Heritage · Objects/Materiality | [ANS 358F](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/358f) |
| [Shelby Elizabeth Oxenford](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/seo675) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Shelby%20Oxenford#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/13869990/) Assistant professor of instruction Postwar and contemporary Japanese · Korean · and comparative East Asian literature · film | [ANS 305C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/305c), [ANS 361](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/361), [ANS 379](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/379) |
| [Dalpat Singh Rajpurohit](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/dr36347) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Dalpat%20Rajpurohit#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16275089/) Assistant professor Hindi Language · Literary and Religious Cultures of Early Modern India · Dādū Panth and Poet-Saint Sundardās (1596-1689) · Modern Hindi Literature | [ANS 302K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/302k), [ANS 340U](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/340u), [HIN 330C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/hin/330c), [HIN 330E](https://utaustin.guide/courses/hin/330e) |
| [Ryosuke Sano](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/rs64395) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Ryosuke%20Sano#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17360871/) Assistant professor of instruction Japanese language and pedagogy | [JPN 317C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/jpn/317c), [JPN 601D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/jpn/601d), [JPN 611D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/jpn/611d) |
| [Darsana Manayathu Sasi](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/dm44399) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Darsana%20Manayathu%20Sasi#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17371948/) Associate professor of instruction Malayalam Language & Literature · Language Pedagogy · Translation | [MAL 312K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/mal/312k), [MAL 312L](https://utaustin.guide/courses/mal/312l), [MAL 330](https://utaustin.guide/courses/mal/330), [MAL 330J](https://utaustin.guide/courses/mal/330j), [MAL 506](https://utaustin.guide/courses/mal/506), [MAL 507](https://utaustin.guide/courses/mal/507) |
| [Gautami Hiru Shah](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/gs23295) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Gautami%20Shah#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16990939/) Professor of instruction Issues of Inclusivity · Translanguaging and Language Pedagogy · Gender Issues · Caste | [HIN 312K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/hin/312k), [HIN 312L](https://utaustin.guide/courses/hin/312l), [HIN 604](https://utaustin.guide/courses/hin/604), [HIN 612](https://utaustin.guide/courses/hin/612) |
| [Alexander Sogo](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/acs6979) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Alexander%20Sogo#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17380650/) Assistant professor of instruction; Director of the JapanLab | [ANS 340C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/340c), [ANS 361](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/361) |
| [Saori Suto](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/ss95787) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Saori%20Suto#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16982799/) Assistant professor of instruction Content-Based Language Learning | [JPN 317C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/jpn/317c), [JPN 325K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/jpn/325k), [JPN 601D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/jpn/601d) |
| [Midori Tanaka](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/midori) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Midori%20Tanaka#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16987496/) Associate professor of instruction Japanese Linguistics and Pedagogy | [JPN 327](https://utaustin.guide/courses/jpn/327), [JPN 601D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/jpn/601d) |
| [Luke Christopher Waring](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/lw28529) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Luke%20Waring#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17365926/) Assistant professor Early Chinese literature and cultural history (1250 BCE-220 CE) | [ANS 302C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/302c), [ANS 320E](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/320e), [ANS 395](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/395), [CHI 322](https://utaustin.guide/courses/chi/322) |
| [Shohko Yanagisawa](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/sy9944) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Shohko%20Yanagisawa#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/14606013/) Assistant professor of instruction Japanese Language | [JPN 330](https://utaustin.guide/courses/jpn/330), [JPN 601D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/jpn/601d), [JPN 611D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/jpn/611d) |
| [Li Yang](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/lucyyang) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Li%20Yang#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17378535/) Associate professor of instruction Chinese language · film · and popular culture | [ANS 301M](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/301m), [CHI 606](https://utaustin.guide/courses/chi/606), [CHI 607](https://utaustin.guide/courses/chi/607) |
| Lecturers and instructors · 1 |  |
| [Lisa Min](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/asianstudies/faculty/minls) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Lisa%20Min#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17374316/) Lecturer | [ANS 302D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/302d), [ANS 361N](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/361n) |
| Graduate and other instructors · 3 |  |
| Aditi Jain [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16989554/) | [ANS 301R](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/301r) |
| [Martin Miller](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/rs/faculty/mgm2634) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Martin%20Miller#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17434783/) Postdoctoral Fellow in Religion and Health Anthropology of Science and Technology · Environmental Anthropology · Secularism Studies · History of Biology | [ANS 323C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/323c) |
| Syed Baqar Mehdi Rizvi [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16279970/) | [ANS 302K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/302k) |

## Who teaches each course

**Department of Asian Studies: who teaches each course**

| Course | Taught by |
| --- | --- |
| [ANS 301M](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/301m) | Oliver Freiberger, Li Yang |
| [ANS 301R](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/301r) | Oliver Freiberger, Aditi Jain |
| [ANS 302C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/302c) | Luke Christopher Waring |
| [ANS 302D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/302d) | Lisa Min |
| [ANS 302K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/302k) | Dalpat Singh Rajpurohit, Syed Baqar Mehdi Rizvi |
| [ANS 304C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/304c) | Brian Hurley |
| [ANS 305C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/305c) | Shelby Elizabeth Oxenford |
| [ANS 307D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/307d) | Andrea L Gutierrez |
| [ANS 307F](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/307f) | Manasicha Akepiyapornchai |
| [ANS 320C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/320c) | Kirsten Cather |
| [ANS 320E](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/320e) | Luke Christopher Waring |
| [ANS 320J](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/320j) | Manasicha Akepiyapornchai |

**Show all 92 coursesDepartment of Asian Studies: who teaches each course, continued**

| Course | Taught by |
| --- | --- |
| [ANS 323C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/323c) | Martin Miller |
| [ANS 330E](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/330e) | Youjeong Oh |
| [ANS 335](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/335) | Andrea L Gutierrez |
| [ANS 340C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/340c) | Alexander Sogo |
| [ANS 340D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/340d) | Manasicha Akepiyapornchai |
| [ANS 340M](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/340m) | Huaiyin Li |
| [ANS 340U](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/340u) | Dalpat Singh Rajpurohit |
| [ANS 342F](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/342f) | Oliver Freiberger |
| [ANS 350E](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/350e) | Chiu-Mi Lai |
| [ANS 355C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/355c) | Patricia Maclachlan |
| [ANS 355E](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/355e) | Patricia Maclachlan |
| [ANS 358F](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/358f) | Robert M Oppenheim |
| [ANS 361](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/361) | Menglan Chen, Shanti Kumar, Zeltzyn Rubi Sanchez Lozoya, Shelby Elizabeth Oxenford, Alexander Sogo |
| [ANS 361C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/361c) | Youjeong Oh |
| [ANS 361D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/361d) | Chiu-Mi Lai |
| [ANS 361E](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/361e) | Youjeong Oh |
| [ANS 361J](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/361j) | Youjeong Oh |
| [ANS 361N](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/361n) | Lisa Min |
| [ANS 379](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/379) | Kirsten Cather, Shelby Elizabeth Oxenford |
| [ANS 390](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/390) | Shanti Kumar |
| [ANS 395](https://utaustin.guide/courses/ans/395) | Luke Christopher Waring |
| [CHI 312K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/chi/312k) | Yi-Chun Lin |
| [CHI 312L](https://utaustin.guide/courses/chi/312l) | Yi-Chun Lin, Yongfeng Liu |
| [CHI 320K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/chi/320k) | Yi Lu |
| [CHI 320L](https://utaustin.guide/courses/chi/320l) | Yi-Chun Lin |
| [CHI 322](https://utaustin.guide/courses/chi/322) | Luke Christopher Waring |
| [CHI 326](https://utaustin.guide/courses/chi/326) | Yongfeng Liu |
| [CHI 330](https://utaustin.guide/courses/chi/330) | Yi-Chun Lin |
| [CHI 340](https://utaustin.guide/courses/chi/340) | Sung-Sheng Yvonne Chang |
| [CHI 604](https://utaustin.guide/courses/chi/604) | Yi Lu |
| [CHI 606](https://utaustin.guide/courses/chi/606) | Chih-Wei Chang, Li Yang |
| [CHI 607](https://utaustin.guide/courses/chi/607) | Yongfeng Liu, Li Yang |
| [CHI 612](https://utaustin.guide/courses/chi/612) | Yi Lu |
| [HIN 312K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/hin/312k) | Gautami Hiru Shah |
| [HIN 312L](https://utaustin.guide/courses/hin/312l) | Gautami Hiru Shah |
| [HIN 330C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/hin/330c) | Dalpat Singh Rajpurohit |
| [HIN 330E](https://utaustin.guide/courses/hin/330e) | Dalpat Singh Rajpurohit |
| [HIN 506](https://utaustin.guide/courses/hin/506) | Zeltzyn Rubi Sanchez Lozoya |
| [HIN 507](https://utaustin.guide/courses/hin/507) | Zeltzyn Rubi Sanchez Lozoya |
| [HIN 604](https://utaustin.guide/courses/hin/604) | Gautami Hiru Shah |
| [HIN 612](https://utaustin.guide/courses/hin/612) | Gautami Hiru Shah |
| [JPN 317C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/jpn/317c) | Chikako H Cooke, Ryosuke Sano, Saori Suto |
| [JPN 320K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/jpn/320k) | Kaori M Duffey, Junko Hatanaka |
| [JPN 320L](https://utaustin.guide/courses/jpn/320l) | Chikako H Cooke, Kaori M Duffey |
| [JPN 325K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/jpn/325k) | Junko Hatanaka, Saori Suto |
| [JPN 326](https://utaustin.guide/courses/jpn/326) | Yukie Okada |
| [JPN 327](https://utaustin.guide/courses/jpn/327) | Midori Tanaka |
| [JPN 330](https://utaustin.guide/courses/jpn/330) | Shohko Yanagisawa |
| [JPN 601D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/jpn/601d) | Chikako H Cooke, Ryosuke Sano, Saori Suto, Midori Tanaka, Shohko Yanagisawa |
| [JPN 610D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/jpn/610d) | Kaori M Duffey, Junko Hatanaka, Yukie Okada |
| [JPN 611D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/jpn/611d) | Junko Hatanaka, Ryosuke Sano, Shohko Yanagisawa |
| [KOR 312K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/kor/312k) | Mina Kim, Alice Kyung McCoy-Bae |
| [KOR 312L](https://utaustin.guide/courses/kor/312l) | Mina Kim, Alice Kyung McCoy-Bae |
| [KOR 320K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/kor/320k) | Alice Kyung McCoy-Bae |
| [KOR 320L](https://utaustin.guide/courses/kor/320l) | Alice Kyung McCoy-Bae |
| [KOR 330C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/kor/330c) | Eun Joo Kim |
| [KOR 330F](https://utaustin.guide/courses/kor/330f) | Eun Joo Kim |
| [KOR 604](https://utaustin.guide/courses/kor/604) | Alice Kyung McCoy-Bae |
| [KOR 606](https://utaustin.guide/courses/kor/606) | Eun Joo Kim, Mina Kim |
| [KOR 607](https://utaustin.guide/courses/kor/607) | Eun Joo Kim, Mina Kim |
| [KOR 612](https://utaustin.guide/courses/kor/612) | Alice Kyung McCoy-Bae |
| [MAL 312K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/mal/312k) | Darsana Manayathu Sasi |
| [MAL 312L](https://utaustin.guide/courses/mal/312l) | Darsana Manayathu Sasi |
| [MAL 330](https://utaustin.guide/courses/mal/330) | Darsana Manayathu Sasi |
| [MAL 330J](https://utaustin.guide/courses/mal/330j) | Darsana Manayathu Sasi |
| [MAL 506](https://utaustin.guide/courses/mal/506) | Darsana Manayathu Sasi |
| [MAL 507](https://utaustin.guide/courses/mal/507) | Darsana Manayathu Sasi |
| [SAN 312K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/san/312k) | Manasicha Akepiyapornchai |
| [SAN 312L](https://utaustin.guide/courses/san/312l) | Daniele Cuneo |
| [SAN 330F](https://utaustin.guide/courses/san/330f) | Donald R Davis Jr |
| [SAN 330U](https://utaustin.guide/courses/san/330u) | Joel Brereton |
| [SAN 506](https://utaustin.guide/courses/san/506) | Manasicha Akepiyapornchai |
| [SAN 507](https://utaustin.guide/courses/san/507) | Daniele Cuneo |
| [URD 312K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/urd/312k) | Shahnaz Hassan |
| [URD 312L](https://utaustin.guide/courses/urd/312l) | Shahnaz Hassan |
| [URD 330](https://utaustin.guide/courses/urd/330) | Shahnaz Hassan |
| [URD 506](https://utaustin.guide/courses/urd/506) | Shahnaz Hassan |
| [URD 507](https://utaustin.guide/courses/urd/507) | Shahnaz Hassan |
| [URD 604](https://utaustin.guide/courses/urd/604) | Shahnaz Hassan |
| [URD 612](https://utaustin.guide/courses/urd/612) | Shahnaz Hassan |

**Bachelor’s degrees 2 programs**

- [Asian cultures and languages (Students specialize in Chinese, Hindi/Urdu, Japanese, Korean, Malayalam, Sanskrit, or Tamil.)](https://catalog.utexas.edu/undergraduate/liberal-arts/) BA
- [Asian studies](https://utaustin.guide/majors/asian-studies) BA [Catalog](https://catalog.utexas.edu/undergraduate/liberal-arts/)

**Master’s degrees 2 programs**

- [Asian cultures and languages](https://catalog.utexas.edu/graduate/areas-of-study/liberal-arts) MA
- [Asian studies](https://utaustin.guide/majors/asian-studies) MA [Catalog](https://catalog.utexas.edu/graduate/areas-of-study/liberal-arts)

**Doctoral degrees 1 program**

- [Asian cultures and languages](https://catalog.utexas.edu/graduate/areas-of-study/liberal-arts) PhD

**Pay after graduation Up to $58,300Median pay after graduation by field**

| Field of study | 1 year out | 4 years out |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Area Studies Master’s · Asian studies | $58,300 | — |
| Area Studies Bachelor’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.

**Sources UT catalog, HB 2504**

UT’s catalog lists colleges, deans, departments, and degree programs. UT’s public course records list instructors and CVs by section.

- [UT Austin undergraduate catalog 2026-2028](https://catalog.utexas.edu/undergraduate/colleges-schools/)
- [UT Austin HB 2504 public course information](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/nlogon/)

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