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Jeffner
Allen, Professor, Philosophy, Ph.D., 1973, Duquesne University:
Transcultural and feminist theory, post-colonial studies, lesbian studies,
experimental writing. Phone: (607) 777-2672; Office: LT 1304; Email:
jeffn@binghamton.edu.
Bat-Ami
Bar On, Professor, Philosophy, Ph.D., 1981, Ohio State University:
Theories of violence and trauma, social and political philosophy, feminist
ethico-political theory. Phone: (607) 777-6198; Office: LT 1208; Email:
ami@binghamton.edu.
James
Burns, Assistant Professor, Music, Ph.D., 2004, School of Oriental
and African Studies, London: Ethnomusicology
in Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America and China. Phone: (607) 777-2595;
Office: FA 116; Email:
Herbert
Bix, Professor, History and Sociology, Ph.D., 1972, Harvard University:
Japanese history, history of war crimes. Phone: (607) 777-2926; Office:
LT 814; Email: hbix@binghamton.edu.
Elisa
Camiscioli, Assistant Professor, History, Ph.D. 2000, University
of Chicago: Modern France, race and gender history/theory, colonial
culture. Phone: (607) 777-2386 ; Office: LT803; Email: ecamis@binghamton.edu.
John
W. Chaffee, Professor, History and Director, Asian and Asian American
Studies. Ph.D., 1979, University of Chicago: Chinese history, Song history,
Women's Sino-Western relations. Phone: (607) 777-4938; Office: LSG 621;
Email: chaffee@binghamton.edu.
Manas
Chatterji, Professor, School of Management, Ph.D. 1963, Wharton
School, University of Pennsylvania: Marketing. Phone: (607) 777-2475;
Office: AA 232; Email: mchatter@binghamton.edu.
Lubna
Chaudhry, Assistant Professor, School of Education and Human
Development, PhD, 1995, University of California, Davis: Feminist
theory and research
and critical theory, South Asian women and social movements. Phone:
(607) 777-2296; Office: AB G32; Email: chaudhry@binghamton.edu.
Zu
Yan Chen, Associate Professor, German Russian East Asian Languages,
Ph.D., 1989, University of Wisconsin, Madison: Chinese literature, Tang
poetry. Phone: (607) 777-3028; Office: LT 1114 ; Email: zychen@binghamton.edu.
Sungdai
Cho, Associate Professor, German Russian East Asian Languages, Ph.D.
1995, University of Hawaii: Korean linguistics and culture. Phone: (607)
777-3950; Office: LT 1406; Email:
sundy@binghamton.edu.
Arleen de Vera, Assistant Professor, History
and Asian and Asian American Studies, Ph.D., 2002, University of California,
Los Angeles: Nationalism, empire, gender and class, Asian American history.
(607) 777-3336; Office: LT 604; Email: adevera@binghamton.edu.
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Frederic
Deyo, Professor, Sociology, Ph.D., 1974, University of Chicago:
East and Southeast Asian societies and economies. Phone: (607) 777-2385;
Office: LT 417; Email: fdeyo@binghamton.edu.
Fa-Ti
Fan, Associate Professor, History, Ph.D., 1999, University of Wisconsin,
Madison: Modern China, nationalism and imperialism in East Asian, history
of science, enironmental history. Phone: (607) 777-2494; Office: LT
817; Email: ffan@binghamton.edu.
Fran
Goldman, Assistant to Director. Ph.D., 1996, Binghamton University:
Public policy, public administration, organizational behavior, human
resource management. Phone: (607) 777-4938; Office: LSG 623; E-mail:
frances@binghamton.edu.
Charles Goodman, Assistant Professor, Philosophy and Asian
and Asian American Studies, Ph.D., 2002 , University of Michigan: Indian
Buddhist philosophy and metaphyics. Phone (607) 777-2610; Office: LT
1214; E-mail: cgoodman@binghamton.edu.
Shin-Yi
Hsu, Professor, Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies,
Ph.D., 1967, University of California, Los Angeles: Cartography, remote
sensing and GIS, East Asia. Phone: (607) 777-2755; Office: SW 227B;
Email: standar@binghamton.edu.

Gerald Kadish, Professor, History, Ph.D., 1964, University of Chicago:
Ancient history, Egypt, pre-modern Japanese history. Phone: (607) 777-2488;
Office: LT 609; Email: kadishg@binghamton.edu.
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Nicholas
Kaldis, Assistant Professor, German Russian East Asian Languges,
Ph.D., 1998, Ohio State University: Chinese literature, cinema and language.
Phone: (607) 777-5796; Office: LT 1102; Email: nkaldis@binghamton.edu.
Robert
Ji-Song Ku, Visiting
Associate Professor and Associate Director, Asian and Asian American
Studies, Ph.D., 1998, City University of New York: 20th Century American
literature and culture, Asian American literature and culture, colonial/postcolonial
studies, moderism, literary theory, multi-ethnic studies, anglophone
creole literature and Asian diasporas. Phone (607) 777-4517; Office
LSG 622; Email: jku@binghamton.edu.
Maneesha
Lal,
Assistant Professor, History and Asian and Asian American Studies, Ph.D.,
1996, University of Pennsylvania: Modern South Asian history, comparative
history of medicine, women and gender, postcolonial theory and historiography,
science, medicine and empire. Phone: (607) 777-4414 ; Office: LT 702;
Email: mlal@binghamton.edu.
Monika
Mehta,
Assistant Professor, English, Ph.D., 2001, University of Minnesota:
comparative literature, film studies and feminist studies. Phone: (607)
777-2318; Office: LGN 28; Email: mmehta@binghamton.edu.
Siddhartha,
Mitra, Assistant Professor, Geological Sciences and Environmental
Studies, Ph.D., 1997, Virginia Institute of Marine Science at the College
of William and Mary: Organic geochemistry, environmental organic chemistry,
chemical oceanography, and marine chemistry, Asian river systems. Phone:
(607) 777-3404; Office: S1 271; Email: smitra@binghamton.edu.
Rosmarie
Morewedge, Associate Professor and Chair, German Russian East Asian
Languages, Ph.D., 1974, University of California, Los Angeles: Medieval
studies, folklore, pedagogy, German cultural studies. Phone: (607) 777-2657;
Office: LT 1402 ; Email: rmorewed@binghamton.edu.
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Keiko
Oda, Lecturer, German Russian East Asian Languages, MA. 1998, University
of Wisconsin, Madison: Pedagogy, Japanese language. Phone: (607) 777-3667;
Office: LT 1410; Email: koda@binghamton.edu.
Ravi
Palat, Associate Professor, Sociology, Ph.D., 1989, Binghamton University:
Asia and world-systems analysis, colonialism, ethnicity. Phone: (607)
777-4756; Office: LT 304; Email: palat@binghamton.edu.
Michael
Pettid, Assistant Professor, German, Russian and East Asian Languages,
Ph.D., 1999, University of Hawaii, Manoa: Korean literature. Office:
LT 1509A; Phone: (607) 777-3862; Email: mpettid@binghamton.edu.
Mahua
Sarkar, Associate Professor, Sociology. Ph.D., 1999, John Hopkins
University: South Asia, gender and nationalism, international development,
post-colonial theories. Phone: (607) 777-2276; Office: LT 413; Email:
msarkar@binghamton.edu.
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Shalini
Shankar, Assistant Professor, Anthropology and Asian and Asian
American Studies, Ph.D., 2003, New York University: Sociocultural and
linguistic anthropology of consumption (commodities, media, and new
media technology), language use (language ideology, identity, and code-switching),
South Asian diaspora, urban & suburban US, ethnicity and multiculturalism,
education and social reproduction. Phone: (607) 777-2860; Office: S1
233: Email: sshankar@binghamton.edu.
David
Stahl, Assistant Professor, German Russian East Asian Languages
and Asian and Asian American Studies, Ph.D., 1994, Yale University:
Japanese memory and representation of the Asia-Pacific War, Japanese
literature and film. Phone: (607) 777-3876; Office: LT 1408A; Email:
dstahl@binghamton.edu.
Rumiko
Sode, Assistant Professor, German Russian East Asian Languages.
Ph.D. 1999, Ohio State University: Japanese linguistics, general linguistics,
Japanese language pedagogy. Phone: (607) 777-3426; Office: LT 1409A;
Email: rsode@binghamton.edu.
Nancy
Um, Assistant Professor, Art History, Ph.D., 2001, University of
California, Los Angeles: Islamic art and architecture. Phone: (607)
777-5864; Office: FA 220A; E-mail: nancyum@binghamton.edu.
Susan
Wolcott, Associate Professor, Economics, Ph.D., 1988, Stanford University:
Economic history, development, South Asian economic history. Phone:
(607) 777-2339; Office: LT 903; Email: swolcott@binghamton.edu.
Zili
Yang,
Associate Professor, Economics, Ph.D., 1993, Yale University: Energy
economics, environmental economics, econometrics, Chinese economy. Phone:
(607) 777-4726; Office: LT 1005; Email: zlyang@binghamton.edu.
Bong
J. Yoon, Professor, Economics. Ph.D. 1978, University of Illinois:
Labor-econometrics, microeconomics, East Asian economies. Phone: (607)
777-2987; Office: LT 1014; Email: yoon@binghamton.edu.
Lisa
Yun, Assistant Professor, English and Associate Director, Asian
and Asian American Studies. Ph.D., 1998, Univesrsity of Texas: Literary
studies, Asian American literature, Asian diasporas. Phone: (607) 777-6405;
Office: LN 1150; Email: lisayun@binghamton.edu.
Hong
Zhang, Senior Lecturer, German, Russian
and East Asian Languages, M.M., 1990, Binghamton University: Voice,
Chinese, pedagogy. Phone: (607) 777-3871, Office: LT 1116, Email: hzhang@binghamton.edu