Director

Program Coordinator

Jordan Zaner
jordan.zaner@gmail.com

Graduate Assistants

Xue Bianca Zhang
xz0910a@american.edu

Di Wu
di.wu412@gmail.com

Jenna Lindeke
jl4191a@student.american.edu

Sarah Flewelling
sf6514a@student.american.edu

Student Affiliates

Bryan Yannantuono
yannantuono@american.edu

Mintaro Oba
mo6771a@student.american.edu

Rou Zhang
rz3473a@student.american.edu

Ozzie Chung
oc7520a@student.american.edu

Anissa Wozencraft
aw5719a@student.american.edu

Derek Hottle
dh9341a@student.american.edu

Previous Student Affiliates

Regional Coordinators 

China Coordinator: Professor Xiaomeng Zhang

Japan Coordinator: Professor Mireya Solis

Korea Coordinator: Professor Jin Park

South Asia Coordinator: Professor Shalini Venturelli

Southeast Asia Coordinator: Professor Pek Koon Heng-Blackburn

Beijing Program Coordinator

Dr. Sun has taught at many universities in the US since 1988 and tenured at University of Southern Mississippi in 1995. He has been director of the Beijing program for American University since 1998. His expertise is on prewar international relations in East Asia. Dr. Sun received his Ph.D from the University of Chicago.

 

Faculty Affiliates

Amitav Acharya (Southeast Asia), Professor, School of International Service.
(aaharya@american.edu)

Ahmed Akbar (South Asia), Ph.D., University of London; Professor, School of International Service.
(akbar@american.edu)

Deborah Brautigam (China), Ph.D., Tufts University; Professor of International Development, School of International Service.
(dbrauti@american.edu)

Philip Brenner (US Foreign Policy), Ph.D., John’s Hopkins University; Professor, School of International Service.
(pbrenner@american.edu)

Robin Broad (Southeast Asia), Ph.D., Princeton University; Professor of International Development, School of International Service.
(rbroad@american.edu)

Christine Chin (Southeast Asia), Ph.D., American University; Associate Professor of International Communication, School of International Service.
(cchin@american.edu)

Frank DuBois (East Asia), Ph.D., University of South Carolina; Associate Professor, Department of International Business.
(fdubois@american.edu)

Maria Floro (Asia), Ph.D., Stanford University; Professor of Economics, College of Arts and Sciences.
(mfloro@american.edu)

Louis W. Goodman (Asian Studies), Ph.D., Northwestern University; Professor and Dean, School of International Service.
(goodman@american.edu)

Randall Henning (East Asia), Ph.D., Tufts University; Professor, School of International Service.
(henning@american.edu)

Ira Klein (Asia), Ph.D., Columbia University; Professor of History, College of Arts & Sciences.
(iklein@american.edu)

Peter Kuznick (Asia), Ph.D., Rutgers University; Associate Professor, Department of History.
(kuznick@american.edu)

Gwanhoo Lee (Korea), Ph.D., University of Minnesota; Associate Professor of Information Technology, Kogod School of Business.
(glee@american.edu)

Nanette Levinson (International Communication), Ed.D., Harvard University; Professor, School of International Service.
(nlevins@american.edu)

Richard Linowes (Asia), D.B.A., Harvard University; Professor of Business Administration, Kogod School of Business.
(linowes@american.edu)

Jie Lu (China), Ph.D., Duke University; Assistant Professor of Government, School of Public Affairs.
(jlu@american.edu)

Jun Lu (China), Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia; Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, College of Arts & Sciences.
(lu@american.edu)

James Mittelman (Southeast Asia), Ph.D., Cornell University; Professor of International Affairs, School of International Service.
(jmittel@american.edu)

John Richardson Jr. (South Asia), Ph.D., University of Minnesota; Professor of International Development, School of International Service.
(jrich@american.edu)

Vidyamali Samarasinghe (South Asia), Ph.D., University of Cambridge; Professor of International Development, School of International Service.
(svidy@american.edu)

Deberati Sen (South Asia), Ph.D., Rutgers University; Assistant Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences.
(sen@american.edu)

Judith Shapiro (China), Ph.D., American University; Director of Global Environmental Program, School of International Service.
(shapiro@american.edu)

Chenyang Xiao (China), Ph.D., Washington State University; Assistant Professor of Sociology, College of Arts & Sciences.
(xiao@american.edu)

Yinqi Zhang (China), Ph.D., Temple University; Assistant Professor of Accounting, Kogod School of Business.
(zhangyq@american.edu)

Yijiang Zhao (China), Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Assistant Professor, Department of Accounting and Taxation.
(yzhao@american.edu)