Faculty and Staff – Asian Studies

Core Faculty | Other Faculty Involved in Asian Studies | Emeriti Faculty |

Core Faculty

Kristin Bloomer Bio

Associate Professor of Religion
Chair of Religion

Off Campus: Winter 2026, Spring 2026

Office: Leighton Hall 324

Phone: 507 222 5734

Email: kbloomer@carleton.edu

Amna Khalid Bio

Associate Professor of History
Director of Asian Studies

Office: Leighton Hall 206

Phone: 507 222 4213

Email: amkhalid@carleton.edu

Brendan LaRocque Bio

Lecturer in History and Asian Studies

Office: Leighton Hall 219

Phone: 507 222 5010

Email: blarocqu@carleton.edu

Arthur McKeown Bio

Director of the Buddhist Studies Program in India and Associate Professor of Asian Studies

Phone: 507 222 5363

Email: amckeown@carleton.edu

Asuka Sango Bio

Director of Cross-Cultural Studies
Director of the Center for Global and Regional Studies
John W. Nason Professor of Asian Studies and Religion

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Noboru Tomonari Bio

Class of 1952 Professor of Asian Languages

Off Campus: Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Spring 2025

Office: Language & Dining Center 213

Phone: 507 222 5955

Email: ntomonar@carleton.edu

Other Faculty Involved in Asian Studies

Arnab Chakladar Bio

Associate Professor of English

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Michael Flynn Bio

William H. Laird Professor of Linguistics and the Liberal Arts, Emeritus

Phone: 507 222 5248

Email: mjflynn@carleton.edu

Shaohua Guo Bio

Associate Professor of Chinese
Chair of Asian Languages and Literatures

Office: Language & Dining Center 214

Phone: 507 222 5957

Email: sguo@carleton.edu

Miaki Habuka Bio

Instructor in Japanese

Office: Language & Dining Center 212

Phone: 507 222 4019

Email: mhabuka@carleton.edu

Mark Hansell Bio

Burton and Lily Levin Professor of Chinese, Emeritus

Phone: 507 222 5437

Email: mhansell@carleton.edu

Gao Hong Bio

Director of the Chinese Music Ensemble and Senior Lecturer in Chinese Musical Instruments

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Mariko Kaga

Class of 1952 Professor of Asian Languages, Emerita

Phone: 507 222 5437

Email: mkaga@carleton.edu

Tun Myint Bio

Professor of Political Science

Off Campus: Fall 2025, Winter 2026

Office: Hasenstab Hall 309

Phone: 507 222 4887

Email: tmyint@carleton.edu

Kathleen Ryor Bio

Tanaka Memorial Professor of International Understanding and Art History

Off Campus: Winter 2025, Spring 2025

Office: Boliou Hall 157

Phone: 507 222 5590

Email: kryor@carleton.edu

Meera Sehgal Bio

Associate Professor of Gender, Women’s & Sexuality Studies and Sociology

Office: Leighton Hall 225

Phone: 507 222 4975

Email: msehgal@carleton.edu

Shana Sippy Bio

Research Associate in Religion

Office: Leighton Hall 321

Email: ssippy@carleton.edu

Chie Tokuyama Bio

Assistant Professor of Japanese

Office: Language & Dining Center 215

Phone: 507 222 4006

Email: ctokuyama@carleton.edu

Cheryl Yin Bio

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Office: Leighton Hall 232

Phone: 507 222 5897

Email: cyin@carleton.edu

Seungjoo Yoon Bio

Associate Professor of History

Office: Leighton Hall 209

Phone: 507 222 4211

Email: syoon@carleton.edu

Emeriti Faculty

Jim Fisher Bio

John W. Nason Professor of Asian Studies and Anthropology, Emeritus

Phone: 507 222 4108

Email: jfisher@carleton.edu

Roger Jackson Bio

John W. Nason Professor of Asian Studies and Religion, Emeritus

Phone: 507 222 4232

Email: rjackson@carleton.edu

Kathryn Sparling

Tanaka Memorial Professor of International Understanding and Japanese, Emerita

Phone: 507 222 5437

Email: ksparlin@carleton.edu

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