Faculty and Staff

John D. Dunne

Credentials: Department Chair; Distinguished Professor of Contemplative Humanities

Email: jddunne@wisc.edu

Address:
(608) 262-3352

1230 Van Hise Hall

Office Hours: Monday, 1-2pm, or by appointment

Website: johnddunne.net

Naomi Geyer

Credentials: Director of Graduate Studies; Associate Professor of Japanese Linguistics

Email: nfgeyer@wisc.edu

Address:
(608) 262-9221

1260 Van Hise Hall

Office Hours: Wednesday & Friday, 10:00-11:00

Rania Huntington

Credentials: Associate Chair; Director of Undergraduate Studies; Professor of Chinese Literature

Email: huntington@wisc.edu

Address:
(608) 262-9216

1268 Van Hise Hall

Office Hours: Tuesday, 1:30-2:30; Friday, 10:30-11:30

Gudrun Bühnemann

Credentials: Professor of Sanskrit and Indic Religions

Email: gbuhnema@wisc.edu

Address:
(608) 262-5881

1234 Van Hise Hall

Anthony Cerulli

Credentials: Professor of South Asian Studies

Position title: Director, Center for South Asia

Email: acerulli@wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 262-3915

Address:
1232 Van Hise Hall

Charo D'Etcheverry

Credentials: Professor of Classical Japanese Literature

Email: cdetcheverry@wisc.edu

Address:
1266 Van Hise Hall

Anatoly Detwyler

Credentials: Assistant Professor of Modern China Studies

Email: detwyler@wisc.edu

Address:
1238 Van Hise Hall

Office Hours: Tuesdays, 10AM–12PM (CST) via Zoom

John D. Dunne

Credentials: Department Chair; Distinguished Professor of Contemplative Humanities

Email: jddunne@wisc.edu

Address:
(608) 262-3352

1230 Van Hise Hall

Office Hours: Monday, 1-2pm, or by appointment

Website: johnddunne.net

Naomi Geyer

Credentials: Director of Graduate Studies; Associate Professor of Japanese Linguistics

Email: nfgeyer@wisc.edu

Address:
(608) 262-9221

1260 Van Hise Hall

Office Hours: Wednesday & Friday, 10:00-11:00

Tyrell Haberkorn

Credentials: Professor of Southeast Asian Studies

Email: tyrell.haberkorn@wisc.edu

Address:
1210 Van Hise Hall

Rania Huntington

Credentials: Associate Chair; Director of Undergraduate Studies; Professor of Chinese Literature

Email: huntington@wisc.edu

Address:
(608) 262-9216

1268 Van Hise Hall

Office Hours: Tuesday, 1:30-2:30; Friday, 10:30-11:30

Jamal Jones

Credentials: Assistant Professor of South Asian Studies

Email: jones23@wisc.edu

Adam L. Kern

Credentials: Professor of Japanese Literature & Visual Culture

Position title: ** On leave academic year 2022-2023 **

Email: alkern@wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 262-9592

Address:
1270 Van Hise Hall

Hieyoon Kim

Credentials: Assistant Professor

Email: hieyoon.kim@wisc.edu

Phone: (608)-265-8735

Address:
1212 Van Hise Hall

Byung-Jin Lim

Credentials: Associate Professor of Korean Linguistics

Email: byungjin.lim@wisc.edu

Address:
(608) 262-3341

1214 Van Hise Hall

Office Hours: Tuesday & Thursday, 4:00-5:00

Junko Mori

Credentials: Professor of Japanese Linguistics

Email: jmori@wisc.edu

Address:
(608) 262-3871

1204 Van Hise Hall

Office Hours: Monday, 1:00-2:00; Wednesday, 3:00-4:00

Eunsil Oh

Credentials: Assistant Professor of Korean Sociology

Email: eoh26@wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 263-7422

Address:
7109 Sewell Social Sciences
Office Hours: Tuesday 2:30-4:30, Thursday 3:00-4:30

Steven Ridgely

Credentials: Associate Professor of Modern Japan Studies

Email: sridgely@wisc.edu

Address:
(608) 262-1740

1206 Van Hise Hall

Office Hours: Monday, 10:30-11:30

Weihua Zhu

Credentials: Associate Professor of Chinese Linguistics

Email: wzhu34@wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 262-9218

Address:
1264 Van Hise Hall

Jaerin Ahn

Credentials: Faculty Associate in Korean Language

Email: ahn43@wisc.edu

Address:
1212 Van Hise Hall

Erlin Barnard

Credentials: Faculty Associate in Indonesian Language

Position title: Pedagogy Coordinator for Less-Commonly Taught Languages

Email: esbarnard@wisc.edu

Address:
(608) 262-5764

1252 Van Hise Hall

Office Hours: Wednesday, 2:30-3:30; Thursday, 12:00-1:00

Takako Nakakubo

Credentials: Faculty Associate in Japanese Language

Email: tnakakubo@wisc.edu

Address:
(608) 262-3473

1258 Van Hise Hall

Yuki Shimizu

Credentials: Japanese Teaching Faculty

Email: yshimizu3@wisc.edu

Ying Yang

Credentials: Chinese Teaching Faculty

Email: ying.yang@wisc.edu

Address:
1112 Van Hise Hall

Tianlu Zhang

Credentials: Faculty Associate in Chinese Language

Email: tianlu.zhang@wisc.edu

Address:
1254 Van Hise Hall

Muhammad Asif

Position title: Urdu Instructor

Email: mfasif@wisc.edu

Zara Chowdhary

Position title: Hindi Instructor

Email: zchowdhary@wisc.edu

Jampa Khedup

Position title: Tibetan Instructor

Email: khedup@wisc.edu

Choua Lee

Position title: Hmong Instructor

Email: lee2@wisc.edu

Fatemeh Mirsharifi

Position title: Persian Instructor

Email: mirsharifi@wisc.edu

Address:
1220 Linden Drive
1202 Van Hise
Madison, WI 53706

Janpanit Surasin

Position title: Thai Instructor

Email: surasin@wisc.edu

Sakti Suryani

Position title: Indonesian Instructor

Email: suryani@wisc.edu

Phone: 608-262-9217

Address:
1202 Van Hise Hall

Tracy Deavers

Position title: Financial Specialist

Email: tracy.deavers@wisc.edu

Phone: 608-262-2291

Address:
1242 Van Hise Hall

Jenn Hekman

Position title: Department Administrator

Email: jennifer.hekman@wisc.edu

Phone: 608-262-0524

Address:
1240 Van Hise Hall

Tiange (Tia) Wang

Credentials: Graduate Program Coordinator & Chinese Lecturer

Email: tiange.wang@wisc.edu

Address:
1270 Van Hise Hall

Fall 2022 Schedule:
Remote, Wednesday afternoons
In Office, Tuesdays, Thursdays

Rachel Weiss

Position title: Academic Advising Manager

Email: rweiss@wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 890-0138

Address:
1244 Van Hise Hall

Fall 2022 Schedule:
Remote, Mondays and Fridays
In Office, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays