Dept. of Asian Studies

  • Dr. Zoe Lam

    Dr. Zoe Lam

    Lecturer

    • Cantonese
    • bilingualism
    • multilingualism
    • Chinese
    • Chinese diaspora
    • Chinese Canadian
    • language maintenance
    • language education
  • Raymond Pai

    Raymond Pai

    Lecturer of Cantonese Language and Culture

    • Cantonese
    • Cantonese learning
    • Cantonese teaching
    • language and culture
    • heritage language
    • language pedagogy
    • language identity
    • language ideology
    • language testing
    • language technology
  • Dr. Don Baker, PhD

    Dr. Don Baker, PhD

    Professor

    • Korean history
    • religion in Korea
    • the Kwangju (Gwangju) Democratization Movement of 1980

  • Professor Sharalyn Orbaugh

    Professor and Graduate Advisor

    • Modern Japanese culture (literature, film, manga, animation, kamishibai)
    • East Asian women's issues
    • anti-racist pegagogy
  • Daniel L. Overmyer, PhD, FRSC

    Daniel L. Overmyer, PhD, FRSC

    Professor Emeritus

    • Chinese philosophy and religions
    • local religion in Chinese villages

  • Bruce Fulton

    Associate Professor

    • Modern Korean fiction
    • literary translation

  • Josephine Chiu-Duke, PhD in Asian Studies (Chinese Intellectual History)

    Associate Professor

    • Chinese history
    • intellectual history
    • thought and institutions (traditional and modern)
    • Taiwan

  • Stefania Burk

    Assistant Professor

    • Japanese poetry
    • women poets
    • waka
    • tanka
    • haiku
    • renga
    • anthologies
    • patronage

  • Prof. Rumee Ahmed, PhD

    Professor of Islamic Law

    • Religion
    • Islam
    • Muslims
    • Law
    • Sharia
    • Theology
    • Ethics
    • Human Rights

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