Harvard College, A.B. East Asian Studies, 2006
China:  contemporary society, especially the effects of rapid growth and development

U. of Virginia, B.A. Religious Studies/East Asian Studies, 2007
Japan:  religion, especially as reflected in classical literature

University of California Berkeley, B.A. Cognitive Sci./Music, 2006
Japan:  labor relations

Seoul National University, B.A. French Language & Lit., 2006
China and Korea:  North Korea, China relations

Harvard College, A.B. Music/East Asian Studies, 2007
China:  modern culture, especially of the Mao period

University of Kentucky, B.A. Classics/Chemistry, 2003
Japan:  literature, history, and culture

Bard College, B.A. History/Asian Studies, 2006
China:  late imperial period, especially rural rebellion, modern consumer culture, and class differentiation

Wesleyan University, B.A. East Asian Studies, 2007
China:  institutional change and economic and political development; relations with Korea

U. of Oklahoma Norman, B.A. Journalism/Asian Studies, 1998
Japan:  history of science, especially of medicine

College of Holy Cross, A.B. History, 1987;
U. of California San Diego, M.P.I.A Pacific Int’l Affairs, 1997
Japan:  U.S. relations, especially in the area of law enforcement

Seoul National University, B.A. Korean Language and Lit., 2007
Korea:  literature

Yonsei University, B.A. Economics, 2006
East Asia:  international relations of Northeast Asia

Yonsei University, B.A. Business Administration/Economics, 2005
Korea:  economics, especially public and comparative economics among East Asian countries

Korea University, B.A. Political Science/Int’l Relations, 2006
Korea and East Asia:  politics and security issues

Osaka University, B.A. Economics/Business, 2005;
Kobe University, M.A. Int’l Cooperation Policy Studies, 2007
Japan:  politics and international relations, culture and society

Swarthmore College, B.A. History, 2005
China:  history and modern society, especially social change

University of British Columbia, B.A. English/Int’l Relations, 2004
Korea:  literature, especially grotesque realism

Brown University, A.B. International Relations, 2004
East Asia:  international relations

University of Mississippi, B.A. International Studies, 2006
China:  religion and development in minority areas

George Washington University, B.A. International Affairs, 2004
Japan:  contemporary relations with China and East Asia

Hanyang University, B.S. Business Administration, 2001;
Hongik University, M.A. Art Studies, 2005
Japan and East Asia:  Buddhist art, especially a comparative study of Japanese and Korean Buddhist art

New York University, B.A. Politics/East Asian Studies, 2002
China:  pre-modern social and political change, especially in the Song

University of Tokyo, Ll.B. Political Science, 2002;
Tufts University, Fletcher School, M.A. Law and Diplomacy, 2007
East Asia:  history, society, and regional cooperation

Georgetown University, B.A. Government/Japanese, 2003
Japan:  human trafficking

Williams College, B.A. Political Science/Sociology, 1997
Japan:  creation and expression of cultural identity over history, through the medium of wagashi

Beijing University, B.A. Japanese/Economics, 2007
Japan:  culture and economy

University of Cologne, B.A. Regional Studies East Asia/China, 2006
China:  the political system, especially the influences of the economic reform process

Wellesley College, B.A. Bio. Sci. and Medieval/Ren. Studies, 1998; Dalhousie University, M.Sc. Biology, 2000
Japan:  history of science and contacts with the US, especially in the Meiji

Cornell University, B.A. Labor Relations, 2004
Japan:  labor relations

University of Pennsylvania, B.A. Communications, 2002
China: journalism and culture

University of Michigan Ann Arbor, B.A. Chinese Studies, 2006
China:  pre-modern history and culture

Ethan Bushelle

Amanda Snow Conant

University of Chicago, B.A. Economics, 2003
China and Japan:  economics, politics, and international relations

Meaghan Fukunaga

Brandeis University, B.A. East Asian Studies/Economics, 2006
China:Contemporary Issues & International Relations

William Garrahan

Aaron Hames

Washington University, B.A. Biology/Mathematics, 2000; M.A. Japanese Literature, 2006
Japan:  pre-modern literature

Jessica Hong

University of California Irvine, B.A. Literary Journalism, 2005
Korea:  history, politics, and culture, especially of North Korea

Jack Hou

Columbia University, B.A. East Asian Studies/Political Sci., 2006
China and Japan:  history, politics, and popular culture

Sha Hua

London School of Economics, B.Sc. Sociology, 2004;M. Sc. Comparative Politics, 2005
China:  the current social, economic, and political situation, viewed through the lens of the Cultural Revolution

M.A. Mujeeb Khan

S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook, B.S. Physics, 2005
Japan: history of medicine/science in East Asia, development of medicine in early modern and 20th century Japan

Peter Banseok Kwon

University of California, Irvine, B.A. International Studies, 2006
Korea:historical development of North Korean nationalism and political ideology

Jessica Lee

John Lee

University of California, Irvine, B.A. History, 2006
Korea:  social, economic, and environmental history of the late Choson

Juergen Melzer

Nicole Santa Maria

Tomonori Sasaki

University of Tokyo, J.D. Public Law, 2003
China:  foreign and defense policy, and relations with Japan and the US

Kevin Singleton

Andrea Snavely

Chin-Yin Tseng

Stanford University, B.A. East Asian Studies, 2006
China and East Asia:  history, culture, and interregional relations

Seung-min Yoo

Timothy Benedict

Kelly Clifford

Laure Courret

INALCO, Paris, B.A. Chinese, 2002; M.A. Contemporary China, 2004
China:  sociology and political science

Christopher Hakkenberg
van Gaasbeek

Kathryn Handlir

Franklin & Marshall College, B.A. Art History/Anthropology, 2003
Japan:  art history

Jesse Heatley

Bucknell University, B.A. East Asian Studies/Int’l Relations, 1999
China:  human rights, contemporary policy issues, and history

Sonie Kamata

Cornell University, B.A. Asian Studies, 2005
Japan:  literature, especially the Edo period as depicted in modern literature

Iman Khosrowpour

Peabody Institute of Music, Johns Hopkins, B.M., Violin, 1995; Rice University, M.M., Violin, 1997; New England Conservatory, Graduate Diploma, Violin, 1999
Japan:  pre-modern history and culture

Max Oidtmann

Carleton College, B.A. History, 2001
China:  environmental history, especially of the Manchus and Uighurs

Eitan Plasse

Brandeis University, B.A. History, 2000
China and Inner Asia:  the influence of religious and ethnic issues on political and regional affairs, especially among Xinjiang Muslims

Guanchang Qian

University of Oklahoma, B.S. Computer Science/Math, 1988; University of Texas, Austin, M.S. Computer Science, 1991; Beijing Language and Culture Univ., B.A. Chinese Language, 2001
China:  ancient literature, especially pre-Qin and Han

Javier Sagretti

University of Buenos Aires, B.A. Political Science, 2003
China:  political science; intellectual, institutional, political,and social history

Jae-Ho Shin

Yonsei University, Seoul, B.A. History, 2000M.A. Korean History, 2003
Korea:  history, especially the economic structure and exchange system, 1st century B.C. to 16th century A.D .

Columbia University, B.A. History, 2006
China:  contemporary China and its history, politics, literature, and philosophy

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, B.A. Japanese, 2002; M.A. Japanese, 2006
Japan:  Edo literature

Portland State University, B.A. Applied Linguistics, 2001
China and Inner Asia:  Inner Asian linguistics

Dartmouth College, B.A. Asian & Middle Eastern Lang & Lit, 2006
China:  intellectual history of early China, especially philosophical schools in the pre-Qin era

Athens University of Economics, B.A. Mgmt & Technology, 2006
China:  business and culture

Davidson College, B.A. Classics/Philosophy, 2002
Japan:  history, especially of Bakumatsu

Zhongshan U., B.S. Electronics and Information Systems, 1990;
University of Illinios, M.S. Electrical Engineering, 1993;
Overseas Theological Seminary of California, M.Div., 2004;
Reformed Theological Seminary, Florida, M.A. Theology, 2007
China: history, philosophy and religion, especially Christianity