CSEAS::Faculty

Southeast Asia Center Faculty and Visitors
Sorted by Country of Interest

BURMA

Judith O. Becker, Professor of Musicology and Ethnomusicology
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1972
Southeast Asian and Asian music, Indonesian Gamelan, music and trance
Contact: beckerj@umich.edu or 734.763.3278

Victor B. Lieberman, Marvin B. Becker Collegiate Professor of History
Ph.D., University of London, 1975
Early modern Southeast Asian history; early modern comparative world history; early Southeast Asian economic history
Contact eurasia@umich.edu or 734.763.4771

Linda Y.C. Lim, Director of CSEAS, Professor of Strategy, Ross School of Business
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1978
International trade, investment and regional economic integration; overseas Chinese, indigenous and multinational business; national economic development strategies and government-business relations; labor and women in the economy (Southeast Asia).
Contact: lylim@umich.edu or 734.763.0290

Gayl Ness, Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Public Health
Ph.D., University of California Berkeley, 1961
Population, economic development, and environmental change; policies, projects and implementation
Contact: GaylNess@aol.com or 734.764.6397

Henry Wright, Albert Clanton Spaulding Collegiate Professor of Anthropology, Curator in the Museum of Anthropology
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1967
Thailand, Burma, archaeology
Contact: hwright@umich.edu or 734.763.9221

CAMBODIA

Allen Hicken, Assistant Professor of Political Science
Ph.D., University of California San Diego, 2002
Politics, political economy and policymaking in modern Southeast Asia, comparative political economy, Thailand, Cambodia and Philippines
Contact: ahicken@umich.edu or 734.615.9105

Nicholas Rine, Clinical Professor of Law
J.D., Wayne State University, 1973
Cambodian law, women and law, child advocacy, asylum and refugee law, development
Contact: nickrine@umich.edu or 734.764.6272

Steven Ratner, Professor of Law
J.D., Yale University, 1986
International law, human rights, ethnic conflict, Cambodia
Contact: sratner@umich.edu or 734.647.4985

Gavin Shatkin, Assistant Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning
Ph.D., Rutgers University, 2001
Urbanization in developing countries, urban community development and housing in the Philippines
Contact: shatkin@umich.edu or 734.763.2075

INDONESIA

Arun Agrawal, Associate Professor of Natural Resources
Ph.D., Duke University, 1992
Environmental studies, development studies, forestry, Thailand, Indonesia
Contact: arunagra@umich.edu or 734.647.5948

Gunter Dufey, Professor Emeritus of International Business and Finance
Ph.D., University of Washington, 1969
Asian financial markets
Contact: gdufey@umich.edu

Nancy K. Florida, Professor of Indonesian Languages and Literatures, Chair of the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
Ph.D., Cornell University, 1990
Indonesian literature, history, culture, and cultural studies; Island Southeast Asia literary and cultural studies; traditional Javanese literature and historiography; advanced Indonesian language; Asian studies; theory and method
Contact: nflorida@umich.edu or 734.763.3239

Webb Keane, Professor of Anthropology
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1990
Social and cultural theory, language and discourse, media, ritual and religion exchange, material culture, historical consciousness
Contact: wkeane@umich.edu or 734.763.0549

Sharon Maccini, Lecturer in Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Ph.D., Harvard, 2005
Health economics, public health in developing countries, public finance, development
Contact: smaccini@umich.edu or 734.846.4550

Rudolf Mrazek, Professor of History
PhD, Czechoslovak Academy, Prague, 1987
Modern Southeast Asian history, especially Indonesia
Contact: rdlf@umich.edu or 734.764.6588

Charles Sullivan, CSEAS Program Coordinator and Lecturer for Contemporary Social Issues in Southeast Asia
M.A., University of Michigan, 1993
Modern and Pre-modern Southeast Asia, with emphasis on Indonesia and the Philippines, modern European history, gay and lesbian history, Indonesian language and anthropology
Contact: rowcoach@umich.edu or 734.764.4568

Ashutosh Varshney, Professor of Political Science
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990
Ethnic conflict, Indonesia/Malaysia
Contact: varshney@umich.edu or 734.615.9103

Susan Pratt Walton, Lecturer in the Residential College
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1996
Performance arts of South and Southeast Asia, Indonesian music and culture, gender issues, ethnomusicology
Contact: swalton@umich.edu or 734.763.0179

Dean Yang, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Economics
Ph.D., Harvard University, 2003
Economic problems of developing countries, corruption, international migration, disasters and health
Contact: deanyang@umich.edu or 734.764.6158

LAOS

James S. Diana, Associate Dean and Professor of Natural Resources; Associate Research Scientist, Center for Great Lakes & Aquatic Sciences
Ph.D., University of Alberta, 1979
Aquaculture research in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam
Contact: jimd@umich.edu or 734.763.5834

L.A. Peter Gosling, Professor Emeritus of Geography and Anthropology
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1958
Rural development; resettlement of population displaced by development; labor export; transportation development in Southeast Asia.
Contact: pgosling@umich.edu or 734.665.4803

MALAYSIA

Gunter Dufey, Professor Emeritus of International Business and Finance
Ph.D., University of Washington, 1969
Asian financial markets
Contact: gdufey@umich.edu

L.A. Peter Gosling, Professor Emeritus of Geography and Anthropology
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1958
Rural development; resettlement of population displaced by development; labor export; transportation development in Southeast Asia.
Contact: pgosling@umich.edu or 734.665.4803

Victor B. Lieberman, Marvin B. Becker Collegiate Professor of History ON LEAVE FALL 2006
Ph.D., University of London, 1975
Early modern Southeast Asian history; early modern comparative world history; early Southeast Asian economic history
Contact eurasia@umich.edu or 734.763.4771

Ashutosh Varshney, Professor of Political Science
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990
Ethnic conflict, Indonesia/Malaysia
Contact: varshney@umich.edu or 734.615.9103

Lois Verbrugge, Research Professor Emerita and Distinguished Senior Research Scientist Emerita, Institute of Gerontology, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Empirical and theoretical issues in disability and ageing in the U.S. and in Southeast Asia; current research on nonfatal chronic conditions and their extensive impacts on middle-aged and older people's activities
Contact: verbrugg@umich.edu or 734.936.2103

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Stuart Kirsch, Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1991
Political ecology, Melanesia and Oceania, indigenous movements, ritual and religion, cultural property, mining ethnography
Contact: skirsch@umich.edu or 734.764.7274

PHILIPPINES

Christi-Anne Castro, Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology
Ph.D., University of California Los Angeles, 2001
Music of the Philippines and Filipino Americans, music of Southeast Asia, music of Latin America
Contact: ccastro@umich.edu or 734.615.4216

Deirdre de la Cruz, Visiting Assistant Professor in Filipino Studies (Michigan Society of Fellows 2006-09)
PhD., Columbia University, 2006
Cultural Anthropology, U.S. cultural imperialism, Japanese occupation of the Philippines..
Contact: ddelac@umich.edu or 734.764.8286

Allen Hicken, Assistant Professor of Political Science
Ph.D., University of California San Diego, 2002
Politics, political economy and policymaking in modern Southeast Asia, comparative political economy, Thailand, Cambodia and Philippines
Contact: ahicken@umich.edu or 734.615.9105

Emily Lawsin, Lecturer in Asian/Pacific American Studies, American Culture and Women’s Studies
M.A., University of California Los Angeles
Filipino American women and community formation, Asian American literature, spoken word poetry performance, oral history, Pinoy pedagogy
Contact: elawsin@umich.edu or 734.615.8868

Maria Sarita See, Assistant Professor of American Culture and English Language and Literature
Ph.D., Columbia University
Filipino American literature and culture, U.S. empire and postcolonial studies, Asian Pacific American literature, late 19th and 20thh century U.S. literature
Contact: ssee@umich.edu or 734.647.6754

SINGAPORE

Gunter Dufey, Professor Emeritus of International Business and Finance
Ph.D., University of Washington, 1969
Asian financial markets
Contact: gdufey@umich.edu

Aneel Karnani, Associate Professor of Strategy, Ross School of Business
D.BA, Harvard University, 1980
Competitive strategy, global competition, Singapore
Contact: akarnani@umich.edu or 734.764.0276

Priscilla Rogers, Associate Professor of Business Communication
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1986
Business and technical communication, communication training for management in Singapore, writing assessment for management education
Contact: psr@umich.edu or 734.764.9779

THAILAND

Pornrat Damrhung, Visiting Artist in Residence, Center for World Performance Studies (Winter 2007)
M.Ed., Northwestern State University, 1979
Thai dance and drama
Contact: dpornrat@hotmail.com

Gunter Dufey, Professor Emeritus of International Business and Finance
Ph.D., University of Washington, 1969
Asian financial markets
Contact: gdufey@umich.edu

John E. Knodel, Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Research Associate, Populations Studies Center
Ph.D., Princeton University, 1965
Social demography, especially Thailand and Vietnam; aging; consequences of HIV/AIDS; education trends
Contact: jknodel@umich.edu or 734.998.6277

Montatip Krishnamra, Lecturer in Thai Language
M.A., Michigan State University, 1976
Thai language
Contact: montatip@umich.edu or 734.615.5025

Frederick Wherry, Assistant Professor in Sociology, appointed 2006
Ph.D., Princeton University, 2004; MPA, Princeton University, 2000; BA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1996
Cultural sociology, race and ethnicity, economic sociology, and comparative sociology in Thailand and Costa Rica
Contact: ffwherry@umich.edu or 734.647.4443

VIETNAM

Thi Nga Nguyen, Lecturer in Vietnamese language
M.A., University of Manchester, England, 1961
Vietnamese language and curriculum development, Vietnamese language for business
Contact: duc@umich.edu or 734.763.0402

John K. Whitmore, Cataloging Editor, Graduate Library; Adjunct Associate Professor of History
Ph.D., Cornell University, 1968
Modern and pre-modern Vietnamese history, comparative Southeast Asian history
Contact: johnkw@umich.edu or 734.764.9361

GENERAL SOUTHEAST ASIA

Gunter Dufey, Professor Emeritus of International Business and Finance
Ph.D., University of Washington, 1969
Asian financial markets
Contact: gdufey@umich.edu

Fe Susan Go, Head Librarian, Southeast Asia Division, University Library
A.M.L.S., University of Michigan, 1979
Bibliographic scholarship, Southeast Asia, especially Philippine, bibliographic resources
Contact: fsgo@umich.edu or 734.764.7523

Luis O. Gómez, Professor of Buddhist Studies and Adjunct Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., Yale University, Buddhist Studies, 1967
Ph.D., University of Michigan, Psychology, 1998
Religion, history of religions, comparative religion, Sanskrit literature, Buddhism
Contact: lgomez@umich.edu or 734.763.7888

Donald S. Lopez, Jr., Carl W. Besler Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies
Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1982
Indian and Tibetan Buddhism, Tibetan history, Tibetan language
Contact: dlopez@umich.edu or 734.615.1331

Carla Sinopoli, Professor of Anthropology; Director, Museum of Anthropology; Curator, Asian Archaeology, Museum of Anthropology
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1986
Material culture and trade in South and Southeast Asian history and prehistory.
Contact: sinopoli@umich.edu or 764.764.0484

PACIFIC ISLANDS

Vicente Diaz, Assistant Professor of American Culture, Asia/Pacific American Studies Program
Ph.D., University of California at Santa Cruz, 1992
Native Pacific islands cultural studies, traditional seafaring, colonial and postcolonial critique
Contact: vdiaz@umich.edu or 734.763.1460

Susan Najita, Assistant Professor of English and Program in American Culture
Ph.D., University of California at Santa Barbara, 2001
Post colonial literature and theory, film and cultural studies, Asian American literature
Contact: najita@umich.edu or 734.764.6345

Damon Salesa, Assistant Professor of American Culture and History
Ph.D., University of Oxford, England
British Imperialism, Pacific Islands history, cultures and anthropology, colonial/post colonial and indigenous histories of the Pacific
Contact: salesa@umich.edu or 734.647.4885

Amy K. Stillman, Associate Professor, School of Music
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1991
Ethnomusicology, dance ethnology, Pacific Islands
Contact: akstill@umich.edu or 734.763.563