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Institute Team

Administrative Officers

John Chaffee, Director
Fran Goldman, Associate Director
Martha Reitman, Senior Executive for Strategic Planning
Beniam Awash, Senior Research Aide
Karen K. Madsen, Outreach Coordinator

Steering Committee

Zu-yan Chen, Department of Asian and Asian American Studies
S G. Grant, School of Education
Tongshu Ma, School of Managaement
Dina Maramba, CCPA, Student Affairs Administration
Howard Wong, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Lisa Yun, English Department and Department of Asian and Asian American Studies

Associated Faculty

Jeffner Allen
Professor of Philosophy, Ph.D. 1973, Duquesne University: Transcultural and feminist theory, post-colonial studies, lesbian studies, experimental writing.
Phone: (607) 777-2672
Office: LT 1304
E-mail: jeffn@binghamton.edu

Bat-Ami Bar On
Professor of 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
E-mail: ami@binghamton.edu

Herbert Bix
Professor of History and Sociology, Ph.D., 1972, Harvard University: Modern Japan, East Asia, war crimes and human rights.
Phone: (607) 777-3417
Office: LT 814
E-mail: hbix@binghamton.edu

James Burns
Assistant Professor of 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
E-mail: jburns@binghamton.edu
 
Elisa Camiscioli
Associate Professor of History, Ph.D. 2000, University of Chicago: 19th and 20th century Europe, France, comparative and gender history, European representations of South and Southeast Asia.
Phone: (607) 777-2386
Office: LT803
E-mail: ecamis@binghamton.edu

John W. Chaffee
Distinguished Service Professor of History & Chair, Department of Asian and Asian American Studies, Ph.D., 1979, University of Chicago: East Asia, Chinese social and institutional history and Women's Sino-Western relations.
Phone: (607) 777-4168
Office: LT 608
E-mail: chaffee@binghamton.edu

Manas Chatterji
Professor, School of Management, Ph.D. 1963, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania: Managerial Economics.
Phone: (607) 777-2475
Office: AA 232
E-mail: mchatter@binghamton.edu

Zu Yan Chen
Professor , Department of Asian and Asian American Studies, Ph.D., 1989, University of Wisconsin, Madison: Chinese literature, classical Chinese poetry.
Phone: (607) 777-3028
Office: LSG 625
E-mail: zychen@binghamton.edu
 
Sungdai Cho
Associate Professor, Department of Asian and Asian American Studies, Ph.D., 1995, University of Hawai’i, Manoa: Korean language and linguistics, second-language acquisition pedagogy.
Phone: (607) 777-3950
Office: LSG 678
E-mail: sundy@binghamton.edu

Arleen de Vera
Assistant Professor of History & Asian and Asian American Studies, Ph.D., 2002, University of California, Los Angeles: Nationalism, empire, Asian American history, Philippine history.
Phone: (607) 777-3336
Office: LT 604
E-mail: adevera@binghamton.edu

Frederic Deyo
Professor of Sociology, Ph.D., 1974, University of Chicago: Asian sociology, East and Southeast Asian societies and economies.
Phone: (607) 777-2385
Office: LT 417
E-mail: fdeyo@binghamton.edu

Fa-Ti Fan
Associate Professor of 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
E-mail: ffan@binghamton.edu

Shelley Feldman
Professor of Sociology, Ph.D., Poststructuralist and feminist analysis in social reorganization and restructuring.
Phone: TBA
Office: LT 306
Email: rf12@cornell.edu

Fran Goldman
Associate 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
Associate Professor of Philosophy & Asian and Asian American Studies, Ph.D., 2002, University of Michigan: Indian Buddhist philosophy and metaphysics, Asian philosophy. Phone: (607) 777-2610
Office: LT 1214
E-mail: cgoodman@binghamton.edu

Praseeda Gopinath
Assistant Professor of English, Ph.D., 2006, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign: British literature, postcolonial literature and theory, theories of masculinity and gender theory. Phone: (607) 777-2033
Office: LN 1150
E-mail: gopinath@binghamton.edu

Gerald Kadish
Distinguished Teaching Professor of History, Ph.D., 1964, University of Chicago: Ancient history, Egypt, pre-modern Japanese history.
Phone: (607) 777-2488
Office: LT 609
E-mail: kadishg@binghamton.edu

Nicholas Kaldis
Associate Professor, Department of Asian and Asian American Studies, Ph.D., 1998, Ohio State University at Columbus: Chinese literature and cinema, Chinese language.
Phone: (607) 777-5796
Office: LSG 623
E-mail: nkaldis@binghamton.edu
  Robert Ji-Song Ku
Visiting Associate Professor of Asian and Asian American Studies, Ph.D., 1998, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York: 20th Century American literature and culture, Asian American literature and culture, Asian diasporas, food and culture and ethnographic displays.
Phone (607) 777-4517
Office LSG 669
E-mail: jku@binghamton.edu

Maneesha Lal
Assistant Professor of 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
E-mail: mlal@binghamton.edu

Yoonkyung Lee
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Asian and Asian American Studies, Ph.D, 2006, Duke University: Comparative politics, political economy of development.
Phone: (607) 777-6265
Office: LT 305
E-mail: yklee@binghamton.edu

Dina C. Maramba
Assistant Professor, CCPA, Student Services Administration. Ph.D. 2003, Claremont Graduate University/San Diego State University. Filipina/o American and students of color educational experience, biculturalism, diversity/equity issues in higher education and critical theory.
Phone: 607-777-6144
Office: AB G10
E-mail: dmaramba@binghamton.edu

Monika Mehta
Assistant Professor of English, Ph.D., 2001, University of Minnesota: Comparative literature, film studies and feminist studies.
Phone: (607) 777-2318
Office: LGN 28
E-mail: mmehta@binghamton.edu 

Ravi Palat
Associate Professor of Sociology, Ph.D., 1989, Binghamton University: East Asia, social movements, political economy of the world-system.
Phone: (607) 777-4756
Office: LT 304
E-mail: palat@binghamton.edu

Michael Pettid
Associate Professor, Department of Asian and Asian American Studies, Ph.D., 1999, University of Hawaii, Manoa: Korean literature.
Phone: (607) 777-3862
Office: LSG 774
E-mail: mpettid@binghamton.edu

Mahua Sarkar
Associate Professor of Sociology. Ph.D., 1999, John Hopkins University: South Asia, gender and nationalism, international development, post-colonial theories.
Phone: (607) 777-2276
Office: LT 413
E-mail: msarkar@binghamton.edu

Rumiko Sode
Associate Professor, Department of Asian and Asian American Studies, Ph.D. 1999, Ohio State University: Japanese linguistics, general linguistics, Japanese language pedagogy.
Phone: (607) 777-3426
Office: LSG 671
E-mail: rsode@binghamton.edu

David Stahl
Associate Professor, Department of 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: LSG 670
E-mail: dstahl@binghamton.edu

Nancy Um
Associate Professor of 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

Julie Wang
Area Studies Librarian for Asian and Asian American Studies, University Libraries, M.L.S. 1996, Southern Connecticut State University: Library and Information Science.
Phone: (607) 777-1290
Office: LN2302
E-mail: jwang@binghamton.edu

Susan Wolcott
Associate Professor of Economics, Ph.D., 1988, Stanford University: Economic history, development, South Asian economic history.
Phone: (607) 777-2339
Office: LT 903
E-mail: swolcott@binghamton.edu

Howard Wong
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Ph.D., 1999, University of Pennsylvania: Polymers, soft materials, nanomaterials, nanotechnology, characterization, scattering, printable electronics.
Phone: (607) 777-3743
Office: EB-S4
E-mail: wangh@binghamton.edu

Zili Yang
Associate Professor of Economics, Ph.D., 1993, Yale University: Energy economics, environmental economics, econometrics, Chinese economy.
Phone: (607) 777-4726
Office: LT 1005
E-mail: zlyang@binghamton.edu

Lisa Yun
Associate Professor of English and Asian and Asian American Studies, Ph.D., 1998, University of Texas: Literary studies, Asian American literature, Asian diasporas.
Phone: (607) 777-6405
Office: LN 1150
E-mail: lisayun@binghamton.edu

Hong Zhang
Senior Lecturer, Department of Asian and Asian American Studies, M.M., 1990, Binghamton University: Voice, Chinese, pedagogy.
Phone: (607) 777-3871
Office: LT 1116
E-mail: hzhang@binghamton.edu

 


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