Asian Studies Faculty and Staff

Asian Studies Faculty

Angelina Chin

Professor of History; Co-Coordinator of Asian Studies

Mason Hall

114

angelina.chin@pomona.edu

(909) 607-5742

Tom Le

Associate Professor of Politics; Chair of Politics; Co-Coordinator of Asian Studies

Carnegie Building

tom.le@pomona.edu

(909) 607-8202

Arash Khazeni

Professor of History; Chair of History; Coordinator of Middle Eastern Studies

Mason Hall

124

arash.khazeni@pomona.edu

(909) 621-8990

Head and shoulders photo of Tahir Andrabi

Tahir R. Andrabi

Stedman-Sumner Professor of Economics

Carnegie Building

213

tandrabi@pomona.edu

(909) 607-2513

Colin J. Beck

Professor of Sociology; Vice Chair of International Relations

Crookshank Hall

208

colin.beck@pomona.edu

(909) 621-8510

Mietek P. Boduszyński

Associate Professor of Politics

Carnegie Building

mietek.boduszynski@pomona.edu

(909) 607-8754

Eileen J. Cheng

Professor of Chinese; Coordinator of the Chinese Section

Mason Hall

208

eileen.cheng@pomona.edu

(909) 607-7109

Pey-Yi Chu

Associate Professor of History

Mason Hall

127

pey-yi.chu@pomona.edu

(909) 607-0421

Peter A. Flueckiger

Professor of Japanese; Chair of Asian Languages and Literatures; Coordinator of the Japanese Section

Mason Hall

204

peter.flueckiger@pomona.edu

(909) 621-8936

Manisha Goel

Associate Professor of Economics; On leave for the 2025-2026 academic year

Carnegie Building

206

manisha.goel@pomona.edu

(909) 607-3997

Sharon Shih-Jiuan Hou

Associate Professor of Chinese; On leave Spring 2026

Mason Hall

211

sharon.hou@pomona.edu

(909) 621-8935

Kyoko Kurita

Professor of Japanese; On leave Fall 2025

Mason Hall

212

kyoko.kurita@pomona.edu

(909) 621-8933

Jun Lang

Assistant Professor of Asian Languages and Literatures; On leave for the 2025-2026 academic year

Mason Hall

205

jun.lang@pomona.edu

(909) 607-8821

Stephen Marks

Associate Dean of the College; Elden Smith Professor of Economics

Alexander Hall

234

stephen.marks@pomona.edu

(909) 607-3342

Zhiru Ng

Professor of Religious Studies

Pearsons Hall

104

zhiru.ng@pomona.edu

(909) 607-4033

Kun Nie

Visiting Assistant Professor of Asian Languages and Literatures

Mason Hall

207

Kun.Nie@pomona.edu

Gibb Schreffler

Associate Professor of Music; Ethnomusicology

Thatcher Music Building

216

gibb.schreffler@pomona.edu

(909) 607-2456

Anthony Shay

Emeritus Professor of Dance

Pendleton Dance Center

anthony.shay@pomona.edu

(909) 621-8176

Kirie Stromberg

Rand Postdoctoral Fellow of Asian Studies

kirie.stromberg@pomona.edu

Kazumi Takahashi

Adjunct Professor of Japanese

Mason Hall

209

kazumi.takahashi@pomona.edu

(909) 621-8928

Hung Cam Thai

Professor of Sociology and Asian American Studies; Chair of Sociology

Hahn Hall

222

hung.thai@pomona.edu

(909) 607-3922

Makhroufi Ousmane Traoré

Associate Professor of History and Intercollegiate Department of Africana Studies

Mason Hall

125

makhroufi.traore@pomona.edu

(909) 607-6932

Daniel Watling

Assistant Professor of Religious Studies

daniel.watling@pomona.edu

Heather L. Williams

Professor of Politics

Seeley G. Mudd Building

105

hwilliams@pomona.edu

(909) 762-9464

Kenneth Baxter Wolf

Professor of Classics and John Sutton Miner Professor of History; Chair of the Faculty; Coordinator of Late Antique-Medieval Studies; On leave Spring 2026

Pearsons Hall

kwolf@pomona.edu

(909) 607-3420

Feng Xiao

Associate Professor of Asian Languages and Literatures; Oldenborg Faculty Fellow

Mason Hall

203

feng.xiao@pomona.edu

(909) 621-8621

Samuel H. Yamashita

Henry E. Sheffield Professor of History; On leave Spring 2026

Mason Hall

115

samuel.yamashita@pomona.edu

(909) 607-2924

Yanshuo Zhang

Assistant Professor of Asian Languages and Literatures

yanshuo.zhang@pomona.edu

Asian Studies Affiliated Faculty

Emily Chao

Professor of Anthropology (Pitzer)

emily_chao@pitzer.edu

Minju Kim

Professor of Korean (CMC)

Minju.Kim@ClaremontMcKenna.edu

Albert Park

Associate Professor and Co-Principal Investigator EnviroLab Asia (CMC)

albert.park@cmc.edu

Seo Young Park

Associate Professor of Anthropology (Scripps College)

spark@scrippscollege.edu

Asian Studies Emeriti Faculty

Allan H. Barr

Emeritus Professor of Chinese

Mason Hall

219

allan.barr@pomona.edu

(909) 621-8934

David Elliott

Emeritus Professor of Politics

david.elliott@pomona.edu

Zayn Kassam

Emerita Professor of Religious Studies

zayn.kassam@pomona.edu

Lynne K. Miyake

Emerita Professor of Japanese

Baldwin House

205

lynne.miyake@pomona.edu

(909) 621-8931

Robert Woods

Emeritus Professor of History

robert.woods@pomona.edu

Jianhsin Wu

Emerita Adjunct Professor of Chinese

Mason Hall

jianhsin.wu@pomona.edu

(909) 621-8940

Asian Studies Staff

Cecilia Owen

Academic Coordinator of International Relations

Hahn Hall

cecilia.owen@pomona.edu

(909) 607-7467