CSEAS 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
• Magda Yamamoto, Distance Learning Southeast Asian Language Coordinator; Academic Counselor, Southeast Asian Studies minor

UCLA Staff

• Jade Alburo, Southeast Asian Library, UCLA Library*
• Joanna Barrkman, Senior Curator of Southeast Asian & Pacific Arts, UCLA Fowler Museum*

Faculty

Since its establishment in 1999, UCLA 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 Center, making UCLA one of the leading centers for research and teaching on Southeast Asia in the country. 

* Serves on UCLA CSEAS Faculty Advisory Committee

• 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*
• Jolie Chea, Assistant Professor, Asian American Studies*
• 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*
• Lieba Faier, Associate Professor, Geography*
• Daniel Fessler, Associate Professor, Anthropology*
• Jenjit Gasigitamrong, Lecturer, Thai
• Kian Goh, Assistant Professor, Urban Planning*
• Jessica Gipson, Professor, Community Health Sciences*
• Pamina Gorbach, Associate Professor, Epidemiology*
• Evyn Lê Espiritu Gandhi, Assistant Professor, Asian American Studies*
• Patrick Heuveline, Professor, Sociology*
• Shoichi Iwasaki, Professor, Asian Languages and Cultures*
• Helga Leitner, Professor, Geography*
• Robert M. McCann, Associate Dean of Global Initiatives; Professor, UCLA Anderson School of Management*
• Thu Ba Hoai Nguyen, Lecturer, Vietnamese
• Thu-huong Nguyen-vo, Associate Professor, Asian American Studies*
• Oona Paredes, Assistant Professor, Asian Languages and Cultures*
• Ninez Ponce, Professor, Health Policy and Management*
• Helen Rees, Professor, Ethnomusicology*
• Sarah Roberts, Assistant Professor, Information Studies*
• Geoffrey Robinson, Professor, History*
• Michael L. Ross, Professor of Political Science
• Eric Sheppard, Humboldt Professor, Geography*
• Jasmine Trice, Associate 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

• Christopher Erickson, Senior Associate Vice Provost and Director of the UCLA International Institute
• Douglas Hollan, Professor, Anthropology
• Robert Lemelson, Adjunct Professor, Anthropology
• Gyanam Mahajan, Lecturer, Asian Languages and Cultures
• Donald Morisky, Professor, Public Health

Alumni

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