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East Asian Studies Advisory
Committee Members
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Mason, Pam – Coordinator
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
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Congin, Frank (ex officio)
Assistant Director, Center for Global Education
Email: fcongin@jcu.edu
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Kvidera, Peter
Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences; Associate 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.
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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 in the Department of Sociology. 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.
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Martin, Beth (ex officio)
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Email: martin@jcu.edu
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Nakano, Keiko
Visiting Instructor in Japanese
B.A., Tsuda College (Japan); M.A., John Carroll University
Email: knakano@jcu.edu |
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Nevin, Thomas
Professor of Classical Studies
B.A., University of Colorado; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin Madison
Email: tnevin@jcu.edu |
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Nietupski, Paul
Professor of Religious Studies
B.A., University of Massachusetts; M.A., University of Washington; M. Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University
Email: pnietupski@jcu.edu |
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Purdy, Roger
Associate Professor of History
B.A., M.L.S., Brigham Young University; Ph.D., University of California Santa Barbara
Email: rpurdy@jcu.edu |
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Sobisch, Andreas (ex officio)
Director, Center for Global Education
Email: sobisch@jcu.edu
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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. His East Asian experience includes China and South Korea. He has also lived and taught in Oslo, Norway,
and has traveled widely in Western Europe.
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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
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