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.

• Stephen Acabado, Director, UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies; Associate Professor, Anthropology
• Nguyet Tong, Assistant Director, UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies
• Juliana Wijaya, Indonesian Studies Program Coordinator, UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies; Lecturer, Asian Languages & Cultures
• Madeleine Yakal, Program Coordinator, Program for Early Modern Southeast Asia
• Erin Yeh, Student Programming Assistant, UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies
• Lisette Mora, Fund Manager, UCLA International Institute
• Sandy Valdivieso, Associate Director of Advising & Engagement; Distance Learning Coordinator
• Nida Sanglimsuwan, UCLA CSEAS Representative, GETSEA Graduate Student Council
• Piphal Heng, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology/Program for Early Modern Southeast Asia Postdoctoral Scholar

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* (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 Studies* (Cambodia)
• Jolie Chea, Assistant Professor, Asian American Studies* (Cambodia)
• Cesi Cruz, Assistant Professor, Political Science* (Philippines)
• Thuy Vo Dang, Assistant Professor, Information Studies* (Vietnam)
• 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, Gender Studies* (Philippines)
• Eric Sheppard, Humboldt Professor, Geography* (Indonesia)
• Dante Anthony Tolentino, Assistant Professor, Nursing* (Philippines)
• Jasmine Trice, Associate Professor, Film and Television* (Philippines)
• Juliana Wijaya, Lecturer, Indonesian, Asian Languages and Cultures*
• Kie Zuraw, Professor, Linguistics* (Philippines)

Affiliated Faculty

• David Blundell, Visiting Professor and Lecturer, UCLA Extension (Taiwan/Southeast Asia/Austronesia)
• Christopher Erickson, Professor, UCLA Anderson School of Management (Global)
• Gyanam Mahajan, Lecturer; South and Southeast Asian Language Coordinator, Asian Languages and Cultures
• Seinenu Thein-Lemelson, Lecturer, Visiting Scholar, Anthropology (Myanmar)
• Michael L. Ross, Professor of Political Science (Indonesia/Southeast Asia)
• Kim Nguyen Tran, Lecturer, Ethnomusicology and Asian Languages and Cultures (Vietnam)
• Djoko Walujo, Lecturer, Ethnomusicology (Indonesia)
• I Nyoman Wenten, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Ethnomusicology (Indonesia)
• Damon Woods, Visiting Lecturer, History (Philippines)

Alumni

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