Staff

UCLA CSEAS is supported by a small group of staff and faculty who are responsible for the operations of the Center and its programs and activities.

• George Dutton, Director, UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies; Professor, Asian Languages & Cultures
• Nguyet Tong, Assistant Director, UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies
• Juliana Wijaya, Indonesian Studies Program Coordinator, UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies; Lecturer, Indonesian, Asian Languages & Cultures
• Kitty Hu, Program Coordinator, UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Faculty

Since its establishment in 1999, the CSEAS has worked closely with the university to build an outstanding group of faculty. There are currently dozens of faculty in many different disciplines and professional schools affiliated with the CSEAS, making UCLA one of the leading centers for research and teaching on Southeast Asia in the country.

• Stephen Acabado, Associate Professor, Anthropology
• Supeena Adler, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Ethnomusicology
• Paul Barber, Associate Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
• Victor Bascara, Associate Professor, Asian American Studies
• Robert L. Brown, Professor, Department of Art History
• Quyen Di Chuc Bui, Lecturer, Vietnamese
• Lucy Mae San Pablo Burns, Associate Professor, Asian American Studies
• Michelle Caswell, Assistant Professor, Information Sciences
• Roger Detels, Professor, Public Health
• Nenita Domingo, Lecturer, Filipino
• George Dutton, Professor, Asian Languages & Cultures
• Christopher Erickson, Senior Associate Vice Provost and Director of the International Institute
• Lieba Faier, Associate Professor, Geography
• Daniel Fessler, Associate Professor, Anthropology
• Jenjit Gasigitamrong, Lecturer, Thai
• Evyn Lê Espiritu Gandhi, Assistant Professor, Asian American Studies
• Pamina Gorbach, Associate Professor, Epidemiology
• Patrick Heuveline, Professor, Sociology
• Douglas Hollan, Professor, Anthropology
• Marjorie Kagawa-Singer, Professor, Public Health and Asian American Studies
• Helga Leitner, Professor, Geography
• Robert Lemelson, Adjunct Professor, Anthropology
• Gyanam Mahajan, Lecturer, Asian Languages and Cultures
• Robert M. McCann, Associate Dean of Global Initiatives
• Donald Morisky, Professor, Public Health
• Thu Ba Hoai Nguyen, Lecturer, Vietnamese
• Thu-huong Nguyen-vo, Associate Professor, Asian American Studies
• Oona Paredes, Assistant Professor, Asian Languages and Cultures
• Helen Rees, Professor, Ethnomusicology
• Sarah Roberts, Assistant Professor, Information Studies
• Geoffrey Robinson, Professor, History
• Michael L. Ross, Professor of Political Science, Graduate Vice Chair
• Michael Salman, Associate Professor, History
• Eric Sheppard, Humboldt Professor, Anthropology
• Jasmine Trice, Assistant Professor, Film and Television 
• Djoko Walujo, Lecturer, Ethnomusicology
• I Nyoman Wenten, Assistant Adjunct Professor, Ethnomusicology
• Juliana Wijaya, Lecturer, Indonesian
• Damon Woods, Visiting Lecturer, History
• Kie Zuraw, Associate Professor, Linguistics

Affiliated Faculty

• Gilbert Gee, Professor, Community Health Sciences
• Jessica Gipson, Assistant Professor, Community Health Sciences
• Kian Goh, Assistant Professor, Urban Planning
• Shoichi Iwasaki, Professor, Asian Languages and Cultures
• Rome Jutabha, Professor, Medicine
• Min Li, Associate Professor, Asian Languages and Cultures
• Ninez Ponce, Director, UCLA Center for Global and Immigrant Health; Professor, Health Policy and Management

Alumni

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