EACU
Ph.D. Students
Ariel Acosta
B.A. from the College of William and Mary
Current Research Interests: Contemporary Japanese culture and critical theory
Wenjin Cui
B.A. Law from the Renmin University of China
M.A. Modern Chinese Literature from Peking University, China
Current Research Interests: Modern Chinese literature, Russian modernism, intellectual history, and representational problems
Todd Foley
B.A. Greek Language and Literature and East Asian Studies from Oberlin College
M.A. Comparative Literature from Dartmouth College
Current Research Interests: Modern Chinese literature
April Goehrke
B.A. East Asian Studies from Sarah Lawrence College
Current Research Interests: Cultural anthropology, consumerism and cultural studies
Jane Hayward
B.A. Politics and Philosophy from Bristol University, England
M.A. International Politics from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Current Research Interests: Chinese modern history, globalization and state theory, and theories of political economy
I-Yi Hsieh
B.A. Ethnology from Taiwan Chengchi Univerity
M.A. Anthropology from Taiwan Tsing Hua University Anthropology from The New School for Social Research
Current Research Interests: Network of Esat Asian intellectures. Politics and production of theater and poetry. Narratives and forms of life.
Phil Kaffen
B.A. Literature from San Jose State University
M.A. Japanese Literature from the University of Washington
Current Research Interests: Japanese postwar and contemporary cinema, cultural politics and theory
Jeong Min Kim
B.A. Mass Communications from Yonsei University, South Korea
M.A. Culture & Gender Studies from Yonsei University, South Korea
Current Research Interests: Gender & Sexuality, Feminist Historiography, Colonial Modernity, Film Culture in Colonial Korea
Dawn Lawson
B.A. East Asian Studies from Oberlin College
M.A. Japanese Literature from Harvard University
M.L.S. from Long Island University
Current Research Interests: Translation, translation theory, and history of the Japanese and Korean novel, and narrative voice
Jenny Lee
B.A. from Columbia University
M.A. from the University of London
Current Research Interests: Modern Chinese literature and film, experimental art, and Maoist cultural production
Zhuo (Agnes) Liu
B.A. Literature from Peking University, China
M.A. Modern Chinese Literature from Peking University, China
Current Research Interests: Modern Chinese literature and history
Joel Matthews
B.A. Asian Studies & Cultural Studies from Murdoch University (Australia)
M.A. Communication & Cultural Studies from Kobe University (Japan)
Current Research Interests: Cultural Studies, Media Studies, Criminology, Criminal Justice, Japanese History, Japanese Media
Lei Ping
B.A. Philosophy from Fudan University, China
M.A. Education from New York University
Current Research Interests: 20th century Shanghai cinema and literature, space theory, Chinese (post)modernity, class, urban studies.
Julian Suddaby
B.A. English Literature from Cambridge University, England
Current Research Interests: Modern and contemporary Chinese fiction
Christophe Thouny
B.A. World History from Lyon II University, France
M.A. East Asian Studies from McGill University, Canada
Current Research Interests: Urban Space, cartography, image theory, Tokyo, Japanese media culture, and contemporary Japanese subcultures
Jun Xie
B.A. Chinese Literature from Peking University
M.A. Modern Chinese Literature from Peking University
Current Research Interests: Modern Chinese Literature and history