Asian Area Specialists
A substantial number of professors, librarians, and others at SJSU teach courses, perform services, or conduct research in areas requiring a certain level of Asian Studies expertise. Many were raised in Asia or have overseas experience. Their expertise contributes to teaching, service, and research in a wide variety of disciplines, as the following list indicates. In this list, all surnames are given last, even for those in whose native language this would not be the case.
- Earl Bossard, Urban and Regional Planning (China, Taiwan)
- Gong Chen, Human Performance (China)
- Michael Conniff, Global Studies Institute
- Deborah David, Gerontology (China, Japan, Asian Americans)
- Hien Duc Do, Social Sciences(Vietnam)
- Larry Englemann, History (Vietnam)
- Jan English-Lueck, Anthropology (China)
- Thom Huebner, Linguistics and Language Development (Japan, Thailand)
- Seiichiro Inaba,Foreign Languages (Japan)
- Christian Jochim, Comparative Religious Studies (China, Taiwan)
- Arthur Kao, Art History (China)
- Wen Shu Lee, Communication Studies (China, Taiwan)
- Kai-chong Leung, Foreign Languages (China)
- Susana Liu, King Library (East Asian)
- Peter Lowenberg, Linguistics and Language Development (Indonesia)
- Toby Matoush, King Library (Japan)
- Bo Mou, Philosophy (China)
- Manjari Ohala, Linguistics and Language Development
- Sak Onkvisit, Marketing and Quantitative Studies (Southeast Asia)
- Chanh Cong Phan, Comparative Religious Studies (Vietnam, East Asia)
- E. Bruce Reynolds, History (East and Southeast Asia)
- Jennifer Rycenga, Comparative Religious Studies (India)
- Randy Stross, Organization and Management (China)
- Fu Tan, Foreign Languages (China)
- Jo Bell Whitlatch, King Library (East Asian Resources)
- YaoYao, Foreign Languages (China)