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Asian Studies

Faculty and Staff

Director | Coordinator of South Asian Studies | Coordinator of East Asian Studies | Faculty Involved in Asian Studies | Emeriti Faculty | Staff |

Director

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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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Coordinator of South Asian Studies

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Brendan LaRocque Bio
Lecturer in History and Asian Studies
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Coordinator of East Asian Studies

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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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Faculty Involved in Asian Studies

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Kristin Bloomer Bio
Associate Professor of Religion
Off Campus: Fall 2025, Spring 2026
Office: Leighton Hall 324
Phone: 507 222 5734
Email: kbloomer@carleton.edu
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Arnab Chakladar Bio
Associate Professor of English
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Lin Deng Bio
Lecturer in Chinese
Office: Language & Dining Center 216
Phone: 507 222 5425
Email: ldeng@carleton.edu
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Huan Gao Bio
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Off Campus: Spring 2026
Office: Hasenstab Hall 317
Phone: 507 222 4158
Email: hgao@carleton.edu
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Shaohua Guo Bio
Associate Professor of Chinese
Off Campus: Spring 2026
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Miaki Habuka Bio
Lecturer in Japanese
Off Campus: Spring 2026
Office: Language & Dining Center 212
Phone: 507 222 4019
Email: mhabuka@carleton.edu
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Gao Hong Bio
Director of the Chinese Music Ensemble and Senior Lecturer in Chinese Musical Instruments
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Amna Khalid Bio
Professor of History
Off Campus: Spring 2026
Office: Leighton Hall 206
Phone: 507 222 4213
Email: amkhalid@carleton.edu
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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
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Tun Myint Bio
Professor of Political Science
Office: Hasenstab Hall 309
Phone: 507 222 4887
Email: tmyint@carleton.edu
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Brooke Okazaki Bio
Assistant Professor of Music
Office: Weitz Center for Creativity M211
Phone: 507 222 4357
Email: bmccorkle@carleton.edu
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Kathleen Ryor Bio
Tanaka Memorial Professor of International Understanding and Art History
Office: Boliou Hall 157
Phone: 507 222 5590
Email: kryor@carleton.edu
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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
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Chie Tokuyama Bio
Assistant Professor of Japanese
Off Campus: Fall 2026, Winter 2027
Office: Language & Dining Center 215
Phone: 507 222 4006
Email: ctokuyama@carleton.edu
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Noboru Tomonari Bio
Class of 1952 Professor of Asian Languages
Office: Language & Dining Center 213
Phone: 507 222 5955
Email: ntomonar@carleton.edu
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Lei Yang Bio
Associate Professor of Asian Languages and Literatures
Chair of Asian Languages and Literatures
Office: Language & Dining Center 217
Phone: 507 222 5448
Email: yanglei@carleton.edu
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Cheryl Yin Bio
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Office: Leighton Hall 232
Phone: 507 222 5897
Email: cyin@carleton.edu
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Seungjoo Yoon Bio
Associate Professor of History
Office: Leighton Hall 209
Phone: 507 222 4211
Email: syoon@carleton.edu

Emeriti Faculty

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Jim Fisher Bio
John W. Nason Professor of Asian Studies and Anthropology, Emeritus
Phone: 507 222 4108
Email: jfisher@carleton.edu
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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
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Mark Hansell Bio
Burton and Lily Levin Professor of Chinese, Emeritus
Phone: 507 222 5437
Email: mhansell@carleton.edu
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Roger Jackson Bio
John W. Nason Professor of Asian Studies and Religion, Emeritus
Phone: 507 222 4232
Email: rjackson@carleton.edu
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Mariko Kaga
Class of 1952 Professor of Asian Languages, Emerita
Phone: 507 222 5437
Email: mkaga@carleton.edu
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Kathryn Sparling
Tanaka Memorial Professor of International Understanding and Japanese, Emerita
Phone: 507 222 5437
Email: ksparlin@carleton.edu

Staff

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Thomas Nygaard Bio
Administrative Assistant for the Center for Global and Regional Studies
Office: Leighton Hall 424
Phone: 507 222 4588
Email: tnygaard@carleton.edu

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Asian Studies

Director of Asian Studies: Asuka Sango
Coordinator of South Asian Studies: Brendan LaRocque
Coordinator of East Asian Studies: Asuka Sango
Asian Studies pages maintained by Thomas Nygaard
This page was last updated on 8 January 2026
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