East Asian Languages and Cultures

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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

Champa Lhunpo

Master of Sutra and Tantra, 1986
Specialization: Tibetan language.

2115 Wescoe
785-864-9132

Lou, Haining

Position: GTA, Chinese
2125 Wescoe
Th 4:00-5:00pm
785-864-3634
haining.lou@gmail.com

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

Staff

Jennifer Newlin

Administrative Associate Senior
E-mail: ealc@ku.edu
2118 Wescoe

Graduate Teaching Assistants

Brennan, Cammie

Position: GTA, ECIV
2116 Wescoe
785-864-9298
cammiebrennan@gmail.com

Brown, Aun-Drey

Position: GTA, ECIV
2116 Wescoe
MWF 1:00-1:50pm
785-864-9298
aundreybrown@ku.edu

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

Lee, Ji-Yeon

Position: GTA, Korean
2114 Wescoe
Th 12:30-1:20pm
785-864-9296
jylee9@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

Tu, Yao

Position: GTA, Chinese
2112 Wescoe
T/Th 10:50-12:20pm
785-864-9132
tuyao@ku.edu

Xu, Hongying

Position: GTA, Chinese
2125 Wescoe
Th 10:30-12:30pm
785-864-3634
xu131@ku.edu

Yakefu, Mayila

Position: Program Asst, Uyghur
2115 Wescoe
WF 10:00-10:50am, MW 12:00-12:50pm
785-864-9297
mylyakup@ku.edu