Department Leadership
John D. Dunne
Credentials: Department Chair; Distinguished Professor of Contemplative Humanities
Email:
jddunne
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
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
Address:
(608) 262-9216
1268 Van Hise Hall
Office Hours: Tuesday, 1:30-2:30; Friday, 10:30-11:30
Faculty
Gudrun Bühnemann
Credentials: Professor of Sanskrit and Indic Religions
Email:
gbuhnema
Address:
(608) 262-5881
1234 Van Hise Hall
Anthony Cerulli
Credentials: Professor of South Asian Studies
Position title: 1232 Van Hise Hall
Email:
acerulli
Phone: (608) 262-3915
Address:
Director, Center for South Asia
Director, Health and the Humanities Certificate
Miki Chase
Credentials: Shri Anantanatha Chair in Jain Studies
Email:
mochase
Address:
1246 Van Hise Hall
Office Hours: Tuesday/Thursday 1-2pm or by appointment
Charo D'Etcheverry
Credentials: Professor of Classical Japanese Literature
Email:
cdetcheverry
Address:
1266 Van Hise Hall
Anatoly Detwyler
Credentials: Assistant Professor of Modern China Studies
Email:
detwyler
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
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
Address:
(608) 262-9221
1260 Van Hise Hall
Office Hours: Wednesday & Friday, 10:00-11:00
Tyrell Haberkorn
Credentials: Professor of Southeast Asian Studies, Director of Graduate Studies
Email:
tyrell.haberkorn
Address:
1210 Van Hise Hall
Rania Huntington
Credentials: Associate Chair; Director of Undergraduate Studies; Professor of Chinese Literature
Email:
huntington
Address:
(608) 262-9216
1268 Van Hise Hall
Office Hours: Tuesday, 1:30-2:30; Friday, 10:30-11:30
Adam L. Kern
Credentials: Professor of Japanese Literature & Visual Culture
Position title: Office Hours: Tuesdays 9-10am or by appointment
Email:
alkern
Phone: (608) 262-9592
Address:
1270 Van Hise Hall
Hieyoon Kim
Credentials: Assistant Professor
Email:
hieyoon.kim
Phone: (608)-265-8735
Address:
1212 Van Hise Hall
Byung-Jin Lim
Credentials: Associate Professor of Korean Linguistics
Email:
byungjin.lim
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
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
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
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
Phone: (608) 262-9218
Address:
1264 Van Hise Hall
Teaching Faculty
Jaerin Ahn
Credentials: Faculty Associate in Korean Language
Email:
ahn43
Address:
1212 Van Hise Hall
Erlin Barnard
Credentials: Faculty Associate in Indonesian Language
Position title: Pedagogy Coordinator for Less-Commonly Taught Languages
Email:
esbarnard
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
Address:
(608) 262-3473
1258 Van Hise Hall
Richard Nicolas
Credentials: Asian Languages and Cultures, Minor
Position title: Filipino Instructor
Email:
rnicolas
Ying Yang
Credentials: Chinese Teaching Faculty
Email:
ying.yang
Address:
1112 Van Hise Hall
Tianlu Zhang
Credentials: Faculty Associate in Chinese Language
Email:
tianlu.zhang
Address:
1254 Van Hise Hall
Lecturers
Hong Thi Dinh
Position title: Senior Lecturer in Vietnamese
Email:
hdinh
Address:
Office Hours: Mondays & Wednesdays, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm (CT) or by appointment
Fatemeh Mirsharifi
Position title: Persian Instructor
Email:
mirsharifi
Address:
1220 Linden Drive
1202 Van Hise
Madison, WI 53706
Tiange (Tia) Wang
Credentials: Graduate Program Coordinator & Chinese Lecturer
Email:
tiange.wang
Address:
1230 Van Hise Hall
Administrative Staff
Tracy Deavers
Position title: Financial Specialist
Email:
tracy.deavers
Phone: 608-262-2291
Address:
1242 Van Hise Hall
Jenn Hekman
Position title: Department Administrator
Email:
jennifer.hekman
Phone: 608-262-0524
Address:
1240 Van Hise Hall
Tiange (Tia) Wang
Credentials: Graduate Program Coordinator & Chinese Lecturer
Email:
tiange.wang
Address:
1230 Van Hise Hall
Rachel Weiss
Position title: Academic Advising Manager
Email:
rweiss
Phone: (608) 890-0138
Address:
1244 Van Hise Hall
Fall 2022 Schedule:
Remote, Wednesday and Friday
In Office, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
