Asian Studies East Asia

Ina Asim

Associate Professor
Asian Studies, Food Studies, History, Medieval Studies
Phone: 541-346-6161
Office: 317 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205

Steven Brown

Professor of Comparative Literature
Asian Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies, Comparative Literature
Phone: 541-346-4016
Office: 354 PLC, 1249 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: 3:30-5:30 on Tuesday (by appt.) via Zoom.
Research Interests: posthumanism, horror cinema, Surrealist film and animation, sound design in film, Japanese popular culture, and critical theory.

Daniel Buck

Associate Professor
Asian Studies, Food Studies, Geography, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-2353
Office: 109 Condon Hall, 1251 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1251
Office Hours: M 12-1:50pm, or by appointment
Research Interests: Geography/Asian Studies, Economic Geography, Development, Political Economy, Environment/Society, East Asia and China.

Roy Chan

Associate Professor, Chinese Literature
Director of Graduate Studies, East Asian Languages & Literatures
Comparative Literature, East Asian Languages, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Office: 426 Friendly Hall, 1248 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1248
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Wednesdays 10:00am-12:00 pm (email in advance appreciated)
Research Interests: Modern Chinese and Russian Literatures, Critical Theory, Formalism, Affect Studies, Sociolinguistic Literary Criticism

Rachel DiNitto

Professor, Japanese Literature
Director, Center for Asian and Pacific Studies
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4012
Office: 301 Friendly Hall, 1248 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1248
Research Interests: Japanese literature, nuclear issues, environmental humanities

Maram Epstein

Professor, Chinese Literature
Director, Center for Asian Pacific Studies
Chinese, East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Office: 303 Friendly Hall, 1248 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: Tuesdays 2-4 in Gerlinger 110, the CAPS office

Alisa Freedman

Professor, Japanese Literature, Cultural Studies, and Gender
Asian Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies, East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages, Translation Studies
Phone: 541-979-7794
Office: 404 Friendly Hall, 1248 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: Fridays, 10:30-12:00 on Zoom (Please email for an appointment.)
Research Interests: Cross-cultural,transnational Asian Studies; cultural studies; intersectional gender studies; popular culture; media studies; biographies & memoirs; youth culture; modern Japanese literature; digital culture; urban studies; translation; academic publishing

Mariachiara Gasparini

Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies (GCMS)
History Art & Arch
Research Interests: Chinese and Central Asian Art and Architecture, Asian Art, Silk Road Studies, Asian Textiles, Buddhist Art, Sino-Iranian and Turko-Mongol Interactions

Andrew Goble

Professor
History, Medieval Studies
Phone: 541-346-4800
Office: 361 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: Spring 2025 Tuesday and Wednesday 1100-1300.
Research Interests: Japan

Bryna Goodman

Professor Emerita
History
Phone: 541-346-4825
Office: 331 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288
Research Interests: China

Alison Groppe

Associate Professor, Chinese Literature
Chinese Sector Representative
Asian Studies, East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-7015
Office: 317 Friendly Hall, 1248 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1248
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Wednesdays 3-4pm; Fridays (starting 10/10/25) 11am-12pm; by appointment. Email for Zoom link.

Luke Habberstad

Associate Professor, Early Chinese Literature and Religion
Program Head & Director of Asian Studies Program
Asian Studies, East Asian Languages, Religious Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4006
Office: 401 Friendly Hall, 1248 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1248
Office Hours: Thursdays, 1:30-3:30 pm

Annelise Heinz

Associate Professor
History
Phone: 541-346-4827
Office: 355 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288
Office Hours: Tuesdays 2-3pm
Research Interests: Histories of U.S. Women and Gender; Sexuality and LGBTQ History; Race & Ethnicity; Consumerism; Transpacific History

Kaori Idemaru

Professor, Japanese Linguistics
East Asian Languages and Literature, Department Head
Asian Studies, East Asian Languages, Language Teaching Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Office: 302 Friendly Hall, 1248 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1248
Office Hours: 4:00-5:00 Monday<br /> 1:00-2:00 Wednesday

Zhuo Jing-Schmidt

Professor
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4023
Office: 318 Friendly Hall, 1248 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1248
Office Hours: Tuesday 2:00-3:30PM and by appointment
Research Interests: Cognitive Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Historical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics

Masami Kawai

Assistant Professor
Cinema Studies
Office: 254 PLC, 6223 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-6223
Research Interests: Directing, Screenwriting, Producing, and Independent Filmmaking

Dong Hoon Kim

Associate Professor of Cinema Studies
Cinema Studies
Phone: 541-346-4108
Office: 104 PLC, 6223 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-6223
Office Hours: Winter 25: Mondays 12-1:30p.m. or by appointment

Jina Kim

Associate Professor, Korean Literature & Culture
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Office: 403 Friendly Hall, 1248 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1248
Office Hours: Fall 2023:Friday 12:00 (Noon)-2:00 pm Global Scholars Hall 105
Research Interests: Modern Korean literature, Comparative literature, Sound studies, Radio studies, Transmedia, Korean diaspora

Nayoung Kwon

Associate Professor, Korean Linguistics
Korean Sector Representative
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages

Gyoung-Ah Lee

Professor
Anthropology, Asian Studies, Food Studies
Phone: 541-346-5077
Office: 254 Condon Hall
Office Hours: Thur 2-4pm
Research Interests: Environmental archaeology, paleoethnobotany, ethnobotany, origins of agriculture, East Asian archaeology