Purdy, Roger – Coordinator
Associate Professor of History
B.A., M.L.S., Brigham Young University; Ph.D., University of California Santa Barbara
Email: rpurdy@jcu.edu

Chou, Diana
Assistant Professor of Art History
B.A., Providence College, Taiwan; M.A., Northern Illinois University; Ph.D., University of Kansas
Email: dchou@jcu.edu

Diana Yeongchau Chou is assistant professor of art history. She teaches Survey of Asian Art, Art of Japan, Art of China, and Chinese Painting. Her research interests include the art-collecting culture in the 13th and 14th century in China and Japan, bird-and-flower subjects in Yuan painting, Chinese painting theories, Chinese women artists, and the exchanges of art and commerce between China and other nations or cultures from the 10th century and beyond.

Congin, Frank (ex officio)
Assistant Director, Center for Global Education
Email: fcongin@jcu.edu

Domm, Donald
Professor of Management
B.S., Bowling Green State University; M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Email: ddomm@jcu.edu

Eisenmann, Linda (ex officio)
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Email: leisenmann@jcu.edu

Kvidera, Peter
Assistant Professor of English
B.A., Loras College; M.A., Marquette University; Ph.D., University of Washington
Email: pkvidera@jcu.edu

Professor Kvidera teaches EN 288, Japanese Literature in Translation, a course that focuses on the history of Japanese literature, from the Man'yoshu to manga.

Long, Susan
Professor of Anthropology
B.A., University of Michigan; M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois
Email: long@jcu.edu

Susan Orpett Long is professor of anthropology and currently serves as the coordinator of East Asian Studies. She teaches introductory anthropology, courses on East Asian cultures, sex and gender, medicine and culture, social change, and health and healing in East Asia. Her research interests include comparative medical systems, family change, care of the elderly, women's lives, and the cross-cultural study of bioethical issues.

Mason, Pam
Associate Professor of Political Science
B.A., University of Texas at Austin; M.A., London School of Economics and Political Science; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Email: pmason@jcu.edu

Nakano, Keiko
Visiting Instructor in Japanese
B.A., Tsuda College (Japan); M.A., John Carroll University
Email: knakano@jcu.edu

Nevin, Thomas
Professor of Classical Studies
B.A., University of Colorado; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin Madison
Email: tnevin@jcu.edu

Nietupski, Paul
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
B.A., University of Massachusetts; M.A., University of Washington; M. Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University
Email: pnietupski@jcu.edu

Sobisch, Andreas (ex officio)
Director, Center for Global Education
Email: sobisch@jcu.edu

Soper, John
Professor of Economics
B.A., Tufts University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts
Email: jsoper@jcu.edu

John C. Soper is the John J. Kahl, Sr., Chair in Entrepreneurship and Professor of Economics. He teaches the Principles of Microeconomics (and Macroeconomics), Money & Banking, and the Economic History of the U.S. Thus far, his East Asian experience is limited to China and South Korea, but there is always time for more travel in the area! He has lived and taught in Oslo, Norway, and has traveled widely in Western Europe.

Zhang, Jie
Associate Librarian
B.A., Chongqing University (China); M.A., M.I.M., Whitworth College; M.S., University of North Texas
Email: jzhang@jcu.edu