Faculty from various disciplines at Duke
make up the core members of the Institute. Faculty in other
area universities and former visiting scholars are affiliated
with the Institute as adjunct members.
Associate Professor
of Japanese Literature: Modern Japanese literature,
theories of imperialism, colonial/postcolonial theories,
globalization and cultural formation, popular culture,
transnationalism in Asia/America
Professor of Sociology:
Economic sociology, organizational analysis, comparative
historical sociology, political economy, Japanese
society, Chinese society, East Asian capitalism
Professor of Sociology:
Sociology of development, multinational corporations,
economic sociology, research methods in macrosociology,
global commodity chains (all with an emphasis on
Latin America and East Asia)
Instructor of Chinese: Second
language acquisition theories and methodologies,
teaching with multimedia technology, Chinese classical
language and literature
Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor, Chinese
Language and Literature:
film historiography, film theory, postcolonial theory and theories of culture
and globalization; film and other media of Taiwan, Hong Kong and China
James B. Duke Professor
of Law and Political Science: Southeast Asia, ethnic
conflict, law and conflict management, constitutional
and democratic theory, constitutional design, Islamic
law
Creed C. Black
Associate Professor of Religion (Buddhist Studies):
Japanese Buddhism during the early
modern and modern periods, Asian Buddhist modernism,
pan-Asianism, nationalism during the late nineteenth
and early twentieth centuries
Instructor of Korean Language: Second language acquisition (pragmatic development of Korean learners), Korean for academic purposes, Korean teacher training program development
Associate Professor
of the Practice of Korean Language: Second language
acquisition, interface between morpho-syntax and
discourse semantics, bilingualism, heritage language
teaching, language pedagogy, Korean curricular
development
Associate Professor of Practice
in Music Department, and a member of the Ciompi
Quartet in Residence of Duke University, a faculty-in-
residence of Pegram Dorm on East Campus:
Classical and Contemporary of Chinese Music in solo, chamber and orchestral
formats. Mutual influence of East and West Culture and heritage.
Assistant Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies: Korean and Japanese literature, history, and film; theories of empire and nation; translation studies; colonial/postcolonial discourses; Asian-Pacific trans-cultural movements; nexus of Asian and Asian-American studies; global visual cultures.
Oscar L. Tang Family
Professor of Sociology: Social networks, life stress
process (especially social support as resources),
social stratification and mobility, Chinese societies
Associate Professor
of Cultural Anthropology, Director of the Asian/Pacific
Studies Institute: Cultural politics of ethnicity
in the People’s Republic of China, social and
political theory, conservation politics, development
and environmentalism
Associate Professor
of History: Chinese history, comparative Asian history,
Asian-American history, rural economic development,
migration, theories of race and ethnicity
Associate Professor
of Political Science and Environmental Policy: Japanese
politics, particularly institutions, elections,
and decision-making; environmental and resource
politics, in Japan and elsewhere
Assistant Professor of English and Theatre
Studies: Asian/American literature;
Chinese diaspora; comparative drama; film and cultural
studies; performance and queer theory; race, migration
and
sexuality.
Associate Professor
of Religion: East Asian religion, society, and culture,
and the comparative social history of religion;
history of Taoist and popular religious traditions
in ancient and medieval China, as well as religion
in contemporary Chinese societies
Professor of Political
Science: International relations, political economy,
and East Asian politics; Chinese local elections
and the formation of alliances in anarchic international
systems
Associate Professor
of History: Twentieth-century Japanese history focusing
on the growth of consumer markets, technology and
social change, and Japanese rural society
Assistant Professor of Trans-cultural
and Chinese History; Chinese and Western Theories
of Global History; the Trans-cultural Impact of
World War I: Sino-Western cultural relations
Associate Professor
of Political Science: Comparative politics with
an emphasis on political culture and political participation
in Chinese politics, foreign policy, and communism
Librarian for Japan: Medieval Japanese history, social and
economic history of Japan (premodern and modern),
bibliography and research methods in Japanese studies
Associate Professor
of Art and Art History: Nineteenth- and twentieth-century
Japanese art history; the impact of Japan’s
modern sociopolitical transformations on artistic
production and practice; Japanese modernism and
commercial design
Lecturer in Chinese
Language: Language teaching methodology, second
language acquisition, translating women and children’s
literature from French and English to Chinese
Professor, Center
for the Study of Aging and Human Development
/ Geriatrics Division of the Medical Center,
Population Research Institute and Dept. of Sociology;
Director, Center for Chinese Population and Socioeconomic
Studies, Duke University
Professor of French
and Comparative Literature: The nineteenth- and
twentieth-century novel, literature and the political,
postmodernism, Marxist methodology
Professor of Business
and Sociology, Fuqua School of Business: Strategy
in times of increasing disorder, new organizational
forms, global strategic partnerships and alliances.
Specializes in Korea, European Union
Lecturer, Fuqua School of Business:
Communication principles and skills, cross-cultural
negotiation strategies, writing and editing for
business professionals
Associate Professor of Psychology:
Language acquisition and psycholinguistics; the
development and consequences of acquiring very different
types of languages
