Faculty
Robert
Borgen, EALC (Japanese) and History:
rborgen@ucdavis.edu
Early Japanese history, literature (and a little religion too), with a
particular emphasis on Heian Sino-Japanese relations, Japanese literature
in Chinese, and Tenjin worship, and important Shinto-Buddhist syncretic
cult.
302 Sproul Hall, 752-4127
Beverly
Bossler, History:
bjbossler@ucdavis.edu
Social and intellectual history of Song-Yuan China; history of family/gender
relations in China.
Katharine
Burnett, Art History:
kpburnett@ucdavis.edu
Interdisciplinary studies focusing on the visual arts of China. Recent
projects: identifying and examining manifestations of 17th-century ideals
of originality in aesthetic criticism and art. Collections and exhibition
development and theory of late 19th-20th-century China and US.
111A Art, 752-0105
Chia-ning
Chang, EAS Chair, EALC (Japanese):
cnchang@ucdavis.edu
Modern Japanese literature, autobiographical narratives; modern Japanese
literary and intellectual history.
305 Sproul Hall, 752-1119 http://Japanese.ucdavis.edu/japanesefaculty.html
Xiaomei Chen,
EALC (Chinese):
xmchen@ucdavis.edu
Modern Chinese literature, drama, theater, women's literature, comparative
literature, literary theory, cultural studies, and performance studies.
Chengzhi Chu,
EALC, Language Program Coordinator :
czchu@ucdavis.edu
Chinese linguistics, cognitive semantics, Chinese as a second language
(pedagogy and acquisition), application of computer technology in language
instruction.
752-7918, 303 Sproul Hall
Xiaojia Ge,
Human and Community Development:
xjge@ucdavis.edu
Program involves studying life course of Chinese youths.
1321 Hart Hall, 754-9379 http://www.aes.ucdavis.edu/ex/departments/Dep_human.htm
Mark Halperin,
EALC (Chinese):
mhalperin@ucdavis.edu
Traditional Chinese literature and cultural history, especially anecdotal
and religious literature of the Tang and Song dynasties. 522 Sproul Hall,
752-0337
Noriko
Iwasaki, EALC (Japanese):
niwasaki@ucdavis.edu
Japanese linguistics,, psycholinguistics (with focus on word and sentence
production), second language aquisition, and foreign language pedagogy.
522 Sproul Hall, 752-0310
Kyu Hyun
Kim, EALC and History:
kyukim@ucdavis.edu
Japanese history; Japanese popular culture.
303 Sproul Hall, 752-7918
Whalen Lai,
EALC and Religious Studies:
ewlai@aol.com
Chinese Myth. Philosophy, and Religion - more interested in the non-mainstream.
904 Sproul Hall, 752-6002
Ming-cheng Lo,
Sociology:
mmlo@ucdavis.edu
Professions, nationality and nationalism, social movements, political
sociology, sociology of culture, comparative historical sociology, theory.
2266 Soc Sci & Humanities Bldg, 754-6136 http://sociology.ucdavis.edu/personal/faculty/mclo.htm
Sheldon
Lu, Comparative Literature Program:
shlu@ucdavis.edu
Author of From Historicity to Fictionality: The Chinese Poetics of
Narrative China, Transnational Visuality, Global Postmodernity, editor
of Transnational Chinese Cinemas: Identity, Nationhood, Gender, and
guest co-editor of a special double issue of Post Script on Chinese cinema.
522 Sproul Hall, 754-8324
Don Price,
History:
dcprice@ucdavis.edu
Chinese intellectual history, especially late nineteenth and early twentieth
century.
4211 Soc Sci & Humanities Bldg, 752-0439 http://www.pacrim.ucdavis.edu/Don_Price_HP/dphome.htm
Scott
Rozelle, Agricultural and Resource Economics:
rozelle@primal.ucdavis.edu
Economics of China's rural economy, agricultural policy, development in
poor areas, and institutional change during transitions.
2147 Soc Sci & Humanities Bldg, 752-9897 http://www.aes.ucdavis.edu/ex/departments/Depagri&_res_ec.htm
Ethan
Scheiner, Political Science:
escheiner@ucdavis.edu
Focuses on Japanese politics and general issues surrounding democratic
representation.
http://psfaculty.ucdavis.edu/scheiner/
Barbara
Sellers-Young, Theater and Dance:
basellersyoung@ucdavis.edu
Issues of global/local related to the transnationalization of dance and
theatre in Japan and other parts of Asia.
216 Wright Bldg, 752-7532 http://Theatredance.ucdavis.edu/Faculty/Sellersyoung.html
Xiaoling
Shu, Sociology:
xshu@ucdavis.edu
Social stratification (China and the US), social demography, sociology
of gender.
2274 Soc Sci & Humanities Bldg, 752-2825 http://sociology.ucdavis.edu/personal/faculty/xshu.htm
Janet
Shibamoto Smith, Anthropology:
jssmith@ucdavis.edu
Analysis of gender differences in Japanese language usage
325 Young Hall, 752-7388
Joseph Sorensen, EALC (Japanese):
jsorensen@ucdavis.edu
316 Sproul Hall, 752-0313
Stanley
Sue, Psychology:
ssue@ucdavis.edu
Ethnic and cross-cultural influences on behavior. Specifically, with a
focus on mental health and personality issues as they pertain to ethnic
communities.
147 Young Hall, 754-6173 http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/faculty/pgms/page.cfm?PersonID=46
Margaret
Swain, Anthropology:
mbswain@ucdavis.edu
China, minority/majority relations, gender and ethnicity hierarchies,
Yi nationality, Yunnan, poverty, tourism development. 752-8205
http://www.anthro.ucdavis.edu/faculty/
Wing
Thye Woo, Economics:
wtwoo@ucdavis.edu
The sources of China's economic growth with emphasis on their implications
for regional distribution, and on socio-political factors. 1142 Soc Sci
& Humanities Bldg, 752-3035 http://www.econ.ucdavis.edu/faculty/woo/woo.html
Michelle Yeh,
EALC:
mmyeh@ucdavis.edu
Chinese literature and culture.
307 Sproul Hall, 752-4597
Nolan Zane,
Psychology:
nwzane@ucdavis.edu
Conducts research on clinical psychology issues and work focuses on specific
cultural variables that influence the processes and outcomes of pscyhosocial
interventions.
268B Young Hall, 752-5419 http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/faculty/pgms/page.cfm?PersonID=55
Li
Zhang, Anthropology:
lizhang@ucdavis.edu
Cultural and political anthropology, urban anthropology and migration,
city and citizenship, postsocialist states, consumerism, class and property
relations, with a particulr focus on China.
311 Young Hall, 752-1595
http://www.anthro.ucdavis.edu/faculty/zhang/
Program Committee
- Chia-ning Chang (Japanese) -- Chair
- Katharine Burnett (Art History)
- Mark Halperin (Chinese)
- Ming-Cheng Lo (Sociology)
- Don Price (History)
- Ethan Scheiner (Political Science)
- Joseph Sorensen (Japanese)
Emeriti Faculty
Mary H. Fong, Ph.D., Professor Emerita
Donald Gibbs, Ph.D., Associate Professor Emeritus
Joyce K. Kallgren, Ph.D., Professor Emerita
Kwang-Ching Liu, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus
Benjamin Wallacker, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus
"Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich." Tao Te Ching