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Anita Anantharam
Center for Women's Studies and Gender Research
- PhD, University of California, Berkeley, assistant professor
- Area of teaching: Transnational feminism, postcolonial theory, Hindi and Urdu language and literature, and Marxist-feminist analyses of literaryand visual cultures of the South Asian Diaspora
- Office: 203 Ustler Hall; 273-0383
- Email: aanita.ufl.edu
Cynthia Chennault
Languages, Literatures & Cultures Department
- PhD, Stanford University, 1979; Associate Professor
- Area of Specialization Chinese Literature-- medieval Chinese poetry and social history
- Area of Teaching Language, Literature (in translation
and original)
Office: 353 Pugh Hall, 392-2014 - Email: cchenna@ufl.edu
Elinore L. Fresh
Languages, Literatures and Cultures Department
- MA, University of Hawaii, 1990; ABD University of Hawaii; Senior Lecturer
- Area of Specialization/Research: Classical Chinese Literature
- Area of teaching: Mandarin Chinese and Chinese culture, business Chinese
- Office: 356 Pugh; 273-2957
- Email: efresh@ufl.edu
S. Yumiko Hulvey
Languages, Literatures and Cultures Department
- PhD, University of California, Berkeley 1989; Associate Professor
- Area of Specialization/Research: Classical Japanese literature (prose & poetry), modern literature by women, myth, and the fantastic.
- Area of teaching: Women writers of classical and modern Japanese literature, medieval war tales, classical Japanese poetry, modern Japanese literature written in the fantastic mode, and all levels of Japanese language (currently teaching 3rd year Japanese)
- Office: 322 Pugh Hall, 392-4916
- Email: yhulvey@ufl.edu
Sarah Kovner
- Ph.D., Columbia University, 2004; Visiting Assistant Professor
- Area of Specialization/Research: Japan/Asia
- Area of Teaching: Japan and Korea, Gender and Sexuality, Asia
- Office: 019 Keene-Flint Hall, 273-3362
- Email: Kovner@ufl.edu
John Krigbaum
- PhD, New York University, 2001; Assistant Professor
- Research and Teaching: biological anthropology, human evolution, southeast Asia, Malaysia
- Office: B374 Turlington Hall, 392-2253, x243
- Email: krigbaum@ufl.edu
Susan Kubota
Languages, Literatures & Cultures
Lecturer, M.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1976)
- Specialization: contemporary Japanese
- Area of Teaching: Japanese Literature, Language, Society, Folklore, Culture
- Office: 334 Pugh Hall, 392-1581
- Email: Susan Kubota
Guolong Lai
- PhD, University of California, Los Angeles 2002; Assistant Professor
- Area of Specialization/Research: Chinese art and archaeology, historic preservation
- Area of teaching: Chinese art and archaeology, Asian monuments and social memory
- Office: FAC 125; 273-3072
Fax: 392-8453 - Email: gllai@ufl.edu
Sean MacDonald
Languages, Literatures & Cultures
- PhD, Assistant Professor of Chinese
- Area of Specialization/Research: 20th century and contemporary Chinese fiction and cinema
- Area of teaching: Chinese newspaper, modern fiction in translation
- Office: 304 Pugh Hall; 392-7083
Fax: 392-1443
- Email: seanmacdonald@ufl.edu
Joseph A. Murphy
Interim Director
Languages, Literatures & Cultures
- PhD, Cornell, 1995; Asst. Professor
- Area of teaching: Modern Japanese lit, Japanese film, 20th century media, cultural studies
- Office: 339 Pugh Hall; 392-0275
- Email: murphy7312@ufl.edu
Vasudha Narayanan
- PhD, University of Bombay, 1978, Professor
- Area of Specialization/Research: The Sri Vaishnava tradition; Women in the Hindu tradition
- Hinduism in the Diaspora; Islamic literature in Tamil
- Office: 104 Anderson Hall, 392-1625
- Email: vasu@religion.ufl.edu
Jason Neelis
- Ph.D., University of Washington, 2001, Assistant Professor Department of Religion
- Areas of Research and Teaching: South Asian Buddhism, early Buddhist manuscripts and and inscriptions, Sanskrit, Prakrit, and Pali languages; courses in Asian religions, Indian Buddhism, Buddhist texts, Hindu texts and ritual contexts
- Office: 130 Anderson, 392-1625 x240
- Email: jneelis@ufl.edu
- http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/jneelis/
Scott Nygren
Department of English, Film and Media Studies
- PhD, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1982; Assoc. Professor
- Area of Specialization: Japanese and Asian Film
- Teaching: Film and Media Studies
- Office: 4309 TUR, 392-6650 x247
- Email: nygren@ufl.edu
Andrea Pham
Languages, Literatures & Cultures Department
- Ph.D., University of Toronto, 2001; Assistant Professor
- Area of Specialization/Research: Phonology, Phonology-phonetics interface, Asian tones, Vietnamese linguistics, Second Language Acquisition, Language Change.
- Area of Teaching: Vietnamese language.
- 343 PughHall, 392-7084
- Email: apham@.ufl.edu
Mario Poceski
- PhD, University of California, Los Angeles 2000; Assistant Professor
- Area of Specialization/Research: Chinese Buddhism
- Area of teaching: Buddhist studies, Chinese religions
- Office: 107F Anderson Hall; 392-1625 ex. 233
- Email: mpoceski@religion.ufl.edu
Malini Schueller
- PhD, Purdue University 1986, Professor
- Area of Specialization: 19th- & 20th-Century American Literature, Post-colonial Theory, Feminist Theories
- Area of Teaching: Post-colonial theory, Asian American studies, and race studies.
- Office: 4113 Turlington Hall, (352) 392-6650, ext. 284
- email: mschuell@english.ufl.edu
Cynthia Hsien Shen
African and Asian Languages and Literatures Department
- Ph.D., Cornell University , Instructor
- Area of Teaching: Chinese Language
- Office: 341 Pugh Hall
Phone: 846-2855 - Email: cshen@aall.ufl.edu
- http://plaza.ufl.edu/cshen
Chuan-kang Shih
- Assistant Professor
- Office: 1112 Turlington Hall
Phone: 392-2253 - Email: ckshih@ufl.edu
Benjamin Smith
Political Science and Asian Studies
- Assistant Professor
- Box 117325 Anderson Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611
352-392-0262 ext. 233 - bbsmith@polisci.ufl.edu
- http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/bbsmith
Jason Stueber
- Cofrin Curator of Asian Art
- Phone: 392-9826 x140
P .O. Box 112700 - Email: jsteuber@harn.ufl.edu
Maureen Turim
- PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1978; Professor
- Specialization: Film History & Theory
- Teaching: Asian cultures and film
- Office: 392-6650 x258
- Email: mturim@english.ufl.edu
Ratree P. Wayland
- PhD, Cornell University, 1997; Assistant Professor
- Area of Specialization/Research: Phonetics, Second Language Acquisition, Sound Symbolism
- Area of teaching: Phonetics, Second Language Acquisition
- Office location and phone number: 4131E Turlington Hall, 392-0639 ext. 235
- Email: ratree@ufl.edu
Ann Wehmeyer
Languages, Literatures and Cultures Department
- PhD, University of Michigan, 1987; Department Chair and Associate Professor
- Area of Specialization/Research: Japanese language and Linguistics
- Area of teaching: Japanese language, Linguistics, Folklore
- Office: 301 and 320 Pugh Hall, 392-8149
- Email: awehmeye@ufl.edu
- http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/wehmeyer/index.htm
Library Resources
David Hickey
- MA, Chinese Studies, University of Michigan, 1975;
ABD, Chinese Literature and Language, Georgetown University; 1987; MA, Library Science, Michigan (1976). Associate Librarian; Library Asian Studies Coordinator - Area of specialization: China, emphasis on modern literature and history
- Office: First Floor Library West, Room 140R.
352-392-9075 Ext. 312
352-392-8118 (fax) - Email: cdhickey@ufl.edu
- Chinese Studies collection:
http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/cm/chinese/chi.html - Japanese Studies collection:
http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/cm/japanese/jpn.html
Faculty and Staff
Joseph A. Murphy
Interim Director
- Ph.D., Cornell, 1995; Associate Professor
- Office: 339 Pugh Hall; PO Box 115565; Phone: 392-0275
- Fields: Modern Japanese literature, Japanese film, 20th Century media, cultural studies
- Email: murphy7312@ufl.edu
Patricia P. Bartlett
Coordinator for Education and Training
- B.S., Biological Sciences, Colorado State University, Colorado
- Office: 419 Grinter Hall; PO Box 117365; 392-2464
- Email: patbart@ufl.edu
Bodo Randrianasolo
Program Assistant
- MA, Anthropology, Washington University, Missouri
- Office: 417 Grinter Hall; PO Box 117365; 392-2868
- Email: bodoran@ufl.edu
