{"id":2483,"date":"2023-07-05T23:27:55","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T23:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/eascenter\/?page_id=2483"},"modified":"2025-08-28T22:03:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T22:03:10","slug":"graduate-students-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/eascenter\/people\/graduate-students-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\n \n Yun Han (Patrick) Koo\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Modern Chinese Literature and Film<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Ike Tamanaha\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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The U.S. military government in Okinawa (1945-1972), Contemporary Okinawan History, Modern and contemporary Okinawan and Japanese (Japanophone) literature<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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\n Continuing Students\n <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n \n Brianna Alwood\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Modern Japanese Literature, Meiji Period and the Westernization of Japan, Effects of WWII on Japanese Society, Gender and Sexuality Studies<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Sophie Calderon\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Premodern Japanese History and Literature; Japanese Language and Linguistics<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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Contemporary Media and Popular Culture in Japan and Korea, Mixed Media, Music and Entertainment in East Asia<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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Contemporary Media and Popular Culture in Korea, Religion in China and the Diaspora, Modern Chinese Film<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Sydney Tsai\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Progressive Degree Program<\/strong>
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\n \n Jumi Yoon\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Korean Identity in Contemporary Media and Popular Culture; Korean Democratization; Modern Korean Literature; East Asian Diasporic Culture<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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Contemporary Media and Popular Culture in China and Japan; Japanese Film and Animation; Gender Study of Chinese Ethnic Minority Women; Contemporary China-Japan Relations<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Chunyan (Zoe) Zhang\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Shinto and Kagura; Tourism and Cultural Heritage in Japan; Cultural Stewardship<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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\n \n Nicole Colvette\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Contemporary Media and Popular Culture in Japan and China; Chinese and Japanese religion and literature; Gender and Queer identity in East Asia<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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Progressive Degree Program<\/strong><\/p>\n

EASC Student Feature<\/a><\/p>\n

Japanese Society: Popular Culture, Mental Health and Fashion<\/em><\/p>\n

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\n \n Seth Marshall\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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EASC Student Feature<\/a><\/p>\n

Comparative Analysis of Gender and Sexuality Under Colonialism; Indigenous Identity and Colonial Hegemony In The Pacific<\/em><\/p>\n

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\n \n Zerui Pan\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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EASC Student Feature<\/a><\/p>\n

Popular Culture in Japan and China; Modern Japanese Literature and Film; Modern Chinese Literature and Film; Science Fiction in East Asia<\/em><\/p>\n

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\n \n Zimeng (Azusa) Qin\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Popular Culture in Japan and China; Modern Japanese and Chinese Literature and Film; Science Fiction in East Asia<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Linfeng (Maple) Yang\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Comparative Modernization of China and Japan in the 19th Century; Japanese Drama and Film<\/em><\/p>\n

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\n \n Haotian Zhang\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Progressive Degree Program<\/strong><\/p>\n

EASC Student Feature<\/a><\/p>\n

Popular Culture in East Asia; Animation and Game History in Japan; East Asian Languages<\/em><\/p>\n

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\n Fall 2022 Cohort\n <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n \n Kuper Bergman\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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EASC Student Feature<\/a><\/p>\n

East Asian Geopolitics, Japan-U.S. Relations, East Asian Cultural Relations<\/em><\/p>\n

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\n \n Asha Rieussec\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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EASC Student Feature<\/a><\/p>\n

Contemporary Media and Popular Culture in Korea; Korean Film and Literature; Korean Identity in Modern Korea<\/em><\/p>\n

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\n \n Yuanjing (Fiona) Xu\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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EASC Student Feature<\/a><\/p>\n

Contemporary Chinese and Korean Literature; Feminism in East Asia<\/em><\/p>\n

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\n \n Xinhui (Liane) Yang\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Dunhuang Cave Arts; Chinese Folk Customs; Buddhism in East Asia<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Shiyi Zhang\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Migration; Gender and Family; Chinese Popular Culture<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Yixiao Zhang\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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East Asian Cinema; Modern Chinese History; Modern Chinese and Japanese Literature<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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\n \n Jasmine Chang\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Progressive Degree Program<\/strong>
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\n \n Joe Collins\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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EASC Student Feature<\/a><\/p>\n

East Asian Geopolitics; Social Movements in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Mainland China; U.S.-China Relations<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Hanna Ramirez\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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EASC Student Feature<\/a><\/p>\n

Chinese Contemporary Art and Film; Gender and Sexuality in China<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Cristian Roman\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Modern Japanese and Korean Popular Culture and Media; Global Consumption of Anime; Japan-U.S. Relations<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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\n \n Ursula Collins-Laine\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Progressive Degree Program<\/strong><\/p>\n

EASC Student Feature<\/a><\/p>\n

East Asian Popular Culture and Media Globalization; Unscripted Korean Television; Fandom Studies<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Madeline Hawk\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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EAAS Graduate Certificate\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

PhD, Cinema and Media Studies<\/p>\n

Postcolonial Theories; Female Agency and Involvement in Colonialism; Korean Contemporary Media; Queer Studies; Theories of Nostalgia and Memory in Popular Culture<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Anthony Lee\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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EAAS Graduate Certificate<\/strong><\/p>\n

PhD, Cinema and Media Studies<\/p>\n

Japanese Popular Culture, Animation Industries, Japanese Foreign Policy, Cultural Geography, Media Globalization, Representations of Environments and Spaces in Animation<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Ellen Li\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Transnational Film\/Media, Theory and Poetry;\u00a0Diasporic Imaginaries in Popular Culture; Queer Chinese Performance and Politics<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n John Tang\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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EASC Student Feature<\/a><\/p>\n

Modern Chinese Literature; Modern Japanese Literature and Film<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Yingke Yang\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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EASC Student Feature<\/a><\/p>\n

Contemporary\u00a0Media and Popular Culture in Korea and Japan; East Asian Language and Linguistics<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Songyue Zhang\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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LGBTQ Identity in China; Korean and Chinese Popular Culture<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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\n \n Yuwei Liu\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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EASC Student Feature<\/a><\/p>\n

East Asian Linguistics; Chinese and Japanese Comparative Literature<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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EASC Student Feature<\/a><\/p>\n

Japanese National Cinema and Visual Culture; Representations of Ethnicity and Alterity in Japanese Media, Media Theory and Animation Studies<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Sui Wang\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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EASC Student Feature<\/a><\/p>\n

Chinese Popular Culture; Visual Communication and Media Production in China<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Weidong Wang\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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EASC Student Feature<\/a><\/p>\n

Chinese Society and Foreign Policy; Chinese Film and Media Studies<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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EASC Student Feature<\/a>
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Chinese Social Movements and Reform; Korean Democratization; Korean and Chinese Popular Culture and Contemporary Studies<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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\n \n Nicole Xinyuan Chen\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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EASC Student Feature<\/a><\/p>\n

U.S.-East Asia Media Policy; Feminism and Visual Culture in East Asia<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Donald Collins\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Queer Identity in East Asia, Body Modification and Aesthetics, Korean Media and Culture<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Ted Hongqiao Li\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Contemporary Chinese Culture and History; U.S.-China\/East Asia Relations<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Steve Literati\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Economic and Political Development of North and South Korea; East Asia-U.S. Security and Geopolitics<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Xizhu Liu\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Pre-modern Chinese History<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Becky Yuxuan Shao\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Chinese Theater and History, East Asian Art History, Contemporary Chinese Theater<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Jiajia Kejia Song\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Sino-U.S. Relations; China’s Economic Development; International Trade and International Communication\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Linda Jingze Tang\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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East Asian Contemporary Film Theory, Chinese Cinema, Film and Culture<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Fuyun Wei\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Poverty, Feminism and Equal Rights in Modern China; U.S.-China Relations<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Howard Yanchen Zhang\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Modern and Contemporary Chinese History; Modernization and Globalization<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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\n Fall 2017 Cohort\n <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n \n Yanjin Chen\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Contemporary development issues and cultural and social problems in China<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Ariel Yixuan Lim\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Role of the Chinese diaspora in China’s foreign policy and East Asia<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Jaewon Shin\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Cross-cultural influences among East Asian countries<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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\n Fall 2016 Cohort\n <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n \n Youngsook Choi\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Korean cultural history and foreign relations between Korea and East Asia and the U.S<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Gesshin Claire Greenwood\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Japanese Zen Buddhism, feminism and women’s monastic communities<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Dianne Lee\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Chinese and Korean art and art history<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Megan Ong\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Modern East Asian history, politics and economics<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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\n Fall 2015 Cohort\n <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n \n Lincoln Der\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Historical emergence and boom of Japanese popular culture within the United States<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Xuemeng Crystal Huang\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Chinese literature and culture, particularly traditional Chinese literature from pre-Ming Dynasty<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Lindsay Roberts\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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East Asian, particularly Korean, <\/em>popular cultures and cross\u00ad-cultural media <\/em>exportation<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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\n Fall 2014 Cohort\n <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n \n Yunfei Lillian Shang\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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East Asian cinema and languages<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Stefan Tsai\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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US-China relations, social, political and economic relations between China, Japan and Korea<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Angela Tseng\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Modern Chinese literature<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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\n Fall 2013 Cohort\n <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
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\n \n Nancy Chao\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Modern Chinese history and economic development<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Cassandra Dierolf\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Early modern Japanese history\u037e cultural interactions between Japan, China and Korea<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Ju-yu Chloe Huang\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Migration between China and Taiwan\u037e cross\u00ad-strait economic and cultural relations<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Nanzhou Li\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Modern East Asian cultures and religions and cross-\u00adcultural interactions\u037e security issues of the region with a focus on Chinese foreign policy<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Yi Shao\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Contemporary Chinese film market and industry\u037e censorship in Chinese cinema\u037e US\u00ad-China co-productions<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Caitlyn Stone\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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