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* (Philippines/Taiwan)
- Supeena Adler, Assistant Professor, Ethnomusicology* (Thailand/Southeast Asia)
- Paul Barber, Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology* (Indonesia)
- Victor Bascara, Associate Professor, Asian American Studies* (Philippines)
- Quyen Di Chuc Bui, Lecturer, Vietnamese, Asian Languages and Cultures
- Lucy Mae San Pablo Burns, Associate Professor, Asian American Studies* (Philippines)
- Michelle Caswell, Associate Professor, Information Sciences* (Cambodia)
- Jolie Chea, Assistant Professor, Asian American Studies* (Cambodia)
- Cesi Cruz, Assistant Professor, Political Science* (Philippines)
- Roger Detels, Professor, Public Health* (Southeast Asia)
- Nenita Domingo, Lecturer, Filipino, Asian Languages and Cultures
- George Dutton, Professor, Asian Languages & Cultures* (Vietnam)
- Lieba Faier, Associate Professor, Geography* (Philippines)
- Daniel Fessler, Professor, Anthropology* (Indonesia)
- Evyn Lê Espiritu Gandhi, Assistant Professor, Asian American Studies* (Vietnam/Asia Pacific)
- Jenjit Gasigitamrong, Lecturer, Thai, Asian Languages and Cultures
- Jessica Gipson, Associate Professor, Community Health Sciences* (Philippines)
- Kian Goh, Assistant Professor, Urban Planning* (Southeast Asia)
- Pamina Gorbach, Associate Professor, Epidemiology* (Cambodia/Vietnam)
- Patrick Heuveline, Professor, Sociology* (Cambodia)
- Shoichi Iwasaki, Professor, Asian Languages and Cultures* (Thailand/Asia)
- Helga Leitner, Professor, Geography* (Indonesia)
- Robert M. McCann, Associate Dean of Global Initiatives; Professor, UCLA Anderson School of Management* (Thailand)
- Thu Ba Hoai Nguyen, Lecturer, Vietnamese, Asian Languages and Cultures
- Thu-huong Nguyen-vo, Associate Professor, Asian American Studies* (Vietnam)
- Oona Paredes, Associate Professor, Asian Languages and Cultures* (Philippines)
- Ninez Ponce, Professor, Health Policy and Management* (Philippines)
- Helen Rees, Professor, Ethnomusicology* (Southeast Asia/East Asia)
- Sarah Roberts, Associate Professor, Information Studies* (Philippines)
- Geoffrey Robinson, Professor, History* (Indonesia/East Timor)
- Michael L. Ross, Professor of Political Science (Indonesia/Southeast Asia)
- Eric Sheppard, Humboldt Professor, Geography* (Indonesia)
- Jasmine Trice, Associate Professor, Film and Television* (Philippines)
- I Nyoman Wenten, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Ethnomusicology (Indonesia)
- Juliana Wijaya, Lecturer, Indonesian, Asian Languages and Cultures*
- Damon Woods, Visiting Lecturer, History (Philippines)
- Kie Zuraw, Professor, Linguistics* (Philippines)
Affiliated Faculty
- David Blundell, Visiting Professor and Lecturer, UCLA Extension (Taiwan/Southeast Asia/Austronesia)
- Christopher Erickson, Senior Associate Vice Provost and Director of the UCLA International Institute (Global)
- Gyanam Mahajan, Lecturer, South and Southeast Asian Language Coordinator, Asian Languages and Cultures
- Seinenu Thein-Lemelson, Lecturer, Visiting Scholar, Anthropology (Myanmar)
- Kim Nguyen Tran, Lecturer, Ethnomusicology and Asian Languages and Cultures (Vietnam)
- Djoko Walujo, Lecturer, Ethnomusicology (Indonesia)
Alumni
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