East Asian Languages and Cultures
Department Faculty
Childs, Margaret
Associate Professor, Chair
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania. 1983.
Specialization: Pre-modern Japanese literature, Japanese language teaching.
2105 Wescoe
785-864-9128
mgchilds@ku.edu
Gerbert, Elaine
Associate Professor
Ph.D.,Yale University. 1990.
Specialization: Modern Japanese literature, Play in Japan, Translation, Japanese language teaching.
2101 Wescoe
785-864-9127
gerbert@ku.edu
Li, Yan
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Southern California. 2003.
Specialization: Chinese linguistics, second language acquisition, Chinese language teaching.
2111 Wescoe
785-864-9130
yanli@ku.edu
McMahon, Keith
Professor
Ph.D., Princeton University. 1984.
Specialization: Late Ming to early modern fiction, gender and sexuality, Chinese language teaching.
kmcmahon@ku.edu
Website
Mitsugi, Sanako
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University. 2011.
Specialization: Psycholinguistics, L2 sentence processing, second language acquisition.
2108 Wescoe
785-864-9129
mitsugi@ku.edu
Website
Williams, Crispin
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of London
Specialization: Early Chinese paleography, language and culture; Chinese language teaching.
2110 Wescoe
785-864-9206
clw@ku.edu
Xiao, Hui (Faye)
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Champagne-Urbana, 2009
Specialization: Modern and
Contemporary Chinese literature and film.
2109 Wescoe
785-864-9079
hxiao@ku.edu
Yun, Kyoim
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Indiana University. 2007.
Specialization: Korean folklore, Korean language teaching, popular culture in East Asia.
kyun@ku.edu
Lecturers
Lee, Ji-Yeon
Lecturer and Academic Program Associate
Ph.D., University of Kansas. 2009.
Specialization: Korean language teaching.
2099 Wescoe
785 864-9061
jylee9@ku.edu
Champa Lhunpo
Master of Sutra and Tantra, 1986
Specialization: Tibetan language.
2115 Wescoe
785-864-9132
Lou, Haining
Position: Chinese language.
2125 Wescoe
785-864-3634
hlou@ku.edu
Mizumura, Ayako
PhD Sociology, University of Kansas 2009
Specialization: Contemporary Asian Societies; Japanese language
2113 Wescoe
785-864-9133
mizu@ku.edu
Pan,Yue
M.A., University of Southern California, 2005 and Renmin University 2001
Specialization: Chinese language
Wescoe 2099
785 864-9061
yuepan@ku.edu
Peterson, Deborah
M.A., Chinese Language and Literature, University of Chicago
Specialization: Chinese language, East Asian culture.
2098 Wescoe
785-864-1337
dpeters@ku.edu
Staff
Jennifer Newlin
Administrative Associate Senior
E-mail: ealc@ku.edu
2118 Wescoe
Morgan Swartzlander
Graduate Program Coordinator
E-mail: mswartz@ku.edu
3107 Wescoe
Graduate Teaching Assistants
Brennan, Cammie
Position: GTA, ECIV
2116 Wescoe
785-864-9298
cammiebrennan@gmail.com
Jiang, Zhuojun
Position: GTA, Chinese
2112 Wescoe
Th 3:00-5:00pm
785-864-9132
jessie07@ku.edu
Kim, So-young
Position: GTA, Korean
2114 Wescoe
M 10:00-11:00am
785-864-9296
syk0645@ku.edu
Li, Yingjie
Position: GTA, Chinese
2125 Wescoe
T 9:45-10:45am
785-864-3634
kupear@ku.edu
Liu, Jiang
Position: GTA, Chinese
2112 Wescoe
W 11:00-12:00pm, 2:00-3:00pm
785-864-9132
liujiang@ku.edu
Serj, Battsetseq
Position: GTA, Mongolian
2115 Wescoe
W 8:00-10:00am
785-864-9297
serjb@ku.edu
Takami, Naoko
Position: GTA, Japanese
2124 Wescoe
T/Th 11:00-12:00pm
785-864-3187
takamin130@gmail.com
Yakefu, Mayila
Position: Program Asst, Uyghur
2115 Wescoe
WF 10:00-10:50am, MW 12:00-12:50pm
785-864-9297
mylyakup@ku.edu
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