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Core Faculty
Department Chair
Walter A. Haas Professor of the Humanities and Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures and of Comparative Literature
Modern Chinese literature and popular culture; philosophy and literature; law and literature; cognitive science; affect studies; cultural studies of gender, sexuality, race, and religion; posthumanism and the environmental humanities; human-animal relations
Department Faculty
Stanford W. Ascherman, M.D. Professor
Research areas include traditional Chinese poetry, aesthetics, literary culture, social history, storytelling, and the relations between the literary and visual arts. Current projects include a study of Hong Mai's *Yijian zhi* (12th c.), a translation of the complete poetry and prose of Li Qingzhao, and inscriptions of Tang poetry on paintings of the Ming-Qing period.
Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures, by courtesy of Comparative Literature and Senior Fellow, by courtesy, at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Yamato Ichihashi Chair of Japanese History and Civilization and Professor, by courtesy, of Linguistics
Yoshiko Matsumoto's research investigates systems of language in use, from knowledge of grammar to expressions of identity. She is a recipient of the Humanities & Sciences Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching.
Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS)
Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures and, by courtesy, of Linguistics
Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures and, by courtesy, of Classics
Director of Graduate Studies (DGS)
Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures and, by courtesy, of Comparative Literature
Adjunct Faculty
