The Asia Center Steering Committee is comprised of UK faculty and staff who advise the Asia Center Director and establish policy based on recommendations from the Asia Center Advisory Board, and the Asia Center Affiliated Faculty.
| Srimati Basu |
Associate Professor, Gender and Women's Studies, College of Arts and Sciences |
| David Bettez |
Director of External Relations- Office of International Affairs, Office of the Provost |
| Beth Goldstein |
Associate Professor, Educational Policy & Evaluation, College of Education |
| Sunny Ham |
Associate Professor, Nutrition & Food Science, College of Agriculture |
| Bob Haven |
Co-Director of the Asia Center; Associate Professor, Theatre, College of Fine Arts |
| Marro Inoue |
Associate Professor, Japan Studies, College of Arts & Sciences |
| Yoonbai Kim |
Associate Professor, Economics, College of Business and Economics |
| G. T. Lineberry |
Associate Dean for Commonwealth and International Programs Professor of Mining Engineering, College of Engineering |
| Buck Ryan |
Associate Professor, Journalism, College of Communications and Information Studies |
| Becky Ryder |
Head, Preservation Department, WT Young Library
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| Doug Slaymaker |
Associate Professor of Japanese, College of Arts and Sciences |
| Jan Swauger |
Development Officer, Corporate Relations
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| Keiko Tanaka |
Co-Director of the Asia Center; Associate Professor, Community and Leadership Development, College of Agriculture |
The Asia Center icon is based on the Flying Horse of Gansu, China. On June 15, 2000, the city of Xi'an, China presented a life-size, bronze copy of this Han dynasty (206 BC to 220 AD) antique to Lexington, the "Horse Capital of the World", and it is now a downtown landmark.