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The Asia Center Faculty Affiliates
The Asia Center Faculty Affiliates are advocates for Asian Studies who support and publicize Asia Center programs and collaborate on funding opportunities for curriculum development, research, and community engagement.
Full-time University of Kentucky faculty members, University of Kentucky Emeritus faculty, and Asian Studies faculty from other Kentucky colleges and universities are eligible to become Asia Center Affiliated Faculty, and may apply for affiliation through this application.
College of Agriculture
College of Arts and Sciences
College of Business and Economics
College of Communications and Information Studies
College of Design
College of Education
College of Engineering
College of Fine Arts
College of Law
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
Sunny Ham Nutrition and Food Science
Multicultural studies between US and Korean consumers on the hospitality industry.
Chad Lee Agronomy
Applied research in grains production, including corn, soybean, grain sorghum and small grains.
Seungahn Nah Community & Leadership Development
Media, community and democracy/East Asia (Korea, China, and Japan)
Thomas Nieman Landscape Architecture
Sustainable land use as related to agriculture and community development. Indonesia, Thailand, and China.
Micheal Reed Ag Economics
International Trade in Agricultural Products; International Economic Development
Brent Rowell Horticulture
Sustainable vegetable crop production and management, biological control of insect pests; in Southeast Asia: esp. Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia.
Keiko Tanaka Community & Leadership Development
Sociology of science and technology; Sociology of agriculture and food; East Asia (Japan and China); Pacific
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COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Ronald Bruzina Philosophy
Phemenology; 20th Century German and French Philosophy; Japan.
Marro Inoue Japan Studies
Cultural Anthropology; Japan, Okinawa, the U.S.
Thomas Leinbach Geography
Economic geography, transportation issues, global production, trade and regional development in Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam)
Keh-Fei Liu Physics
High Energy Physics
Robert Olson History
History and politics of the Middle East, Turkey, Central Asia and Russia
Doug Slaymaker Japan Studies
Fiction, visual culture of Japan
John Stempel Patterson School of Diplomacy
Diplomacy, Cross Cultural Negotiation and Bargaining, Near Eastern Politics, and Developmental Change
Greg Stump Linguistics
Morphological theory, early Indic languages, especially Sanskrit.
Jeanmarie Rouhier- Willoughby Modern and Classical Languages- Russian
Siberia, folklore
Dong-Sheng Yang Chemistry
Physical Chemistry
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COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
Robert Dahlstrom Management- Marketing
International marketing (Philippines)
Nancy Johnson Management
Industrial Relations & Human Resource Management
Anita Lee-Post Decision Science
Japanese management philosophies and practices
Joe Peek Management- Finance
Finance-Banking; Japan
Radhika Santhanam Decision Science
Management of Information Technology in Organizations
Dan Stone Accountancy
Asian Values and popular culture about money.
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COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION STUDIES
Lois Chan Library Science
Information storage and retrieval; Asia
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COLLEGE OF DESIGN
Richard Levine Architecture
Architecture, Sustainable Cities, Sustainability.
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COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Lars Björk Education Leadership Studies
Professional preparation of principals and superintendents; leadership; organizational studies (China)
Alan DeYoung Education Policy Studies and Evaluation
Educational Reform in former Soviet Central Asia since Independence
Beth Goldstein Education Policy Studies and Evaluation
Comparative and International Education; Southeast Asia and US primarily
Xin Ma Curriculum and Instruction
Mathematics Education, School Effects, Policy Analysis, Advanced Quantitative Methods. Asia (China, Singapore)
Kathleen Swan Curriculum and Instruction
Social Studies Education and Instructional Technology
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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
G.T. Lineberry Mining Engineering
Engineering education; occupational safety and health; China
Kozo Saito Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Science, Oriental Philosophy
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COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS
Robert Haven Theater
Kabuki and Japanese Costume Construction
Andrew Kimbrough Theater
Chinese opera, spoken drama, and performance
Jane Peters Art
Early modern European art
David Sogin Music
Music, Teaching, China.
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COLLEGE OF LAW
Michael Healy International Environmental Law; China
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