Asian Studies Faculty

Asiya Alam
aalam@lsu.edu
Associate Professor, Department of History
Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin, 2013.
Asian Studies Specialty: South Asia, Gender Studies, Islam

Kathryn A. Barton
kathrynbarton@lsu.edu
Instructor, HSS
Asian Studies Specialty: Japanese Film

Areendam Chanda
achanda@lsu.edu
Associate Professor, Department of Economics
Ph.D. Brown University, 2001.
Asian Studies Specialty: International Economics.

Ye-Sho Chen
qmchen@lsu.edu
Professor, Business School
Ph.D. Perdue University
Asian Studies Specialty: China, Emerging Markets and Entrepreneurial Opportunities.

Wonik Kim
wkim@lsu.edu
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Ph.D. New York University, 2004
Asian Studies Specialty: East Asian Politics

Madoka Kishi
mkishi2@lsu.edu
Professional-in-Residence
Ph.D. Louisiana State University, 2015
Asian Studies Specialty: Asian American literature, Women's and Gender Studies

William Ma
williamma1@lsu.edu
Assistant Professor, College of Art and Design
Ph.D. University of California at Berleley, 2016.
Asian Studies Specialty: Chinese Art, Cross-cultural Exchange, Religious Art

Qiancheng Li
lqianc1@lsu.edu
Professor, Department of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Ph.D. Washington University, 1999
Asian Studies Specialty: Chinese Language and Literature

Pallavi Rastogi
prastogi@lsu.edu
Professor, Department of English
Ph.D. Tufts University, 2002
Asian Studies Specialty: Postcolonial Literature

Charles J. Shindo
cshindo@lsu.edu
Associate Professor, Department of History
Ph.D. University of Rochester, 1992
Asian Studies Specialty: Asian American History

James H.Spencer
jhs@lsu.edu
Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School
Ph.D. UCLA
Asian Studies Specialty: Urbanization and Planning in Asia

Fahui Wang 
fwang@lsu.edu
James J. Parsons Professor, Department of Geography & Anthropology
Ph.D. Ohio State University
Asian Studies Specialty: Geography of China (Geog 4037)

Jack Yeager
jay@lsu.edu
Professor, Department of French Studies
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin Madison
Asian Studies Specialty: Southeast Asian Francophone Literature

Margherita Zanasi
mzanasi@lsu.edu
Professor, Department of History
Ph.D. Columbia University
Asian Studies Specialty: Modern Chinese History

Gang Zhou
gzhou@lsu.edu
Associate Professor, Department of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Ph.D. University of California Davisa
Asian Studies Specialty: Chinese Language and Literature

Jun Zou
junjiang@lsu.edu
Associate Professor, School of Interior Design
Master of Architecture of Hunan University and Carleton University