People | Asian Languages & Literature | University of Washington

Tetiana Andriiuk

MA Student in Japanese

tanitaan@uw.edu

Japanese, Language Pedagogy, Linguistics, Philology, Translation and Interpretation

Juan Felipe Arroyave

MA Student in Japanese

tommib@uw.edu

Japanese, Japanese to Spanish Translation, Literature, Premodern Japanese literature, The works of Natsume Soseki, Translation and Interpretation

Grace Barber

PhD Student in Asian Languages and Cultures

gbarber1@uw.edu

Japanese

John Carlyle

Doctoral Candidate in Chinese

jtcarlyl@uw.edu

Chinese, Chinese dialects, Computational Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Old Chinese, Philology, Phonology, Rime Books

Ruiming Cash

PhD Student in Chinese

rcash2@uw.edu

Chinese, Intellectual History, Language Pedagogy, Linguistics, Literature, Poetry and Poetics, Writing Pedagogy

Liyao Chen

Doctoral Candidate in Chinese

lc6113@uw.edu

Chinese, Historical Linguistics, Japanese, Korean, Philology, Textual Studies, Vietnamese, Writing Systems

Ying-Hsiu Chou

Doctoral Candidate in Chinese

chouhsiu@uw.edu

Chinese, Digital Humanities, Film/Cinema, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, Global and Transnational Studies, Literature, Popular Culture, Visual Culture

Avery Clare (Wanmin Zhu) (they/them)

PhD Student in Chinese

wmzhu@uw.edu

Chinese, Funeral Rituals, Literature, Medieval, Philology, Ritual Texts, Stele Inscriptions

Benjamin DeTora

Doctoral Candidate in Japanese

bdetora@uw.edu

Burakumin, Film & Media Studies, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, Japanese, Japanese Cinema, Minority Literature, Postwar Japanese literature, Visual Culture

Jamie Ding

MA Student in Japanese

jding815@uw.edu

Japanese

Siyuan Fu

Doctoral Candidate in Chinese

siyuanf@uw.edu

Art History, Chinese, Early and Medieval China, Intellectual History, Literature, Literature and Other Arts, Medieval, Translation and Interpretation, Visual Culture

Yunhui Gao

PhD Student in Chinese

gyunhui@uw.edu

Chinese Dialectology, Comparative and historical syntax, Historical Linguistics, Language contact

William Gershman

MA Student in Japanese
Teaching Assistant in Japanese

wgersh@uw.edu

Office Hours: Thursdays 12:45-1:45pm

SMI 020

Japanese, Japanese online culture, Language Pedagogy, Literature, Localization of Japanese Popular Media, Translation and Interpretation

Gyeol Han

PhD Student in Chinese

gyeol@uw.edu

Chinese, Comparative Linguistics, Etymology, Historical Linguistics, Linguistics, Philology, Premodern Asian Studies, Textual Studies, Writing Systems

Tzu-Lu (Lulu) Hung

PhD Student in Japanese

tzuluh@uw.edu

Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, Japanese, Literary Criticism, Literature, Postcolonial

Lisa Jiang

MA Student in Japanese

lisajsp@uw.edu

Japanese Media and Literature

Raechel Kundert

MA Student in Asian Languages and Cultures

raech525@uw.edu

Comparative Linguistics, Culture, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, Japanese, Language acquisition, Linguistics, Mongolian

Jonathan Laiman

MA Student in Buddhist Studies

jlaiman@uw.edu

Buddhist Manuscripts, Buddhist Studies, Early Buddhism, Meditation, Philology, Philosophy, Sanskrit

Grainger Lanneau

Doctoral Candidate in Chinese

gl38@uw.edu

Chinese, Comparative Linguistics, Historical Phonology, Japanese, Language Pedagogy, Philology, Southeast Asian, Translation and Interpretation, Vietnamese, Writing Systems

Han (Gloria) Lee

PhD Student in Chinese

ghlee@uw.edu

Chinese, Historical Chinese phonology, Historical Linguistics

Stephanie Liu

PhD Student in Chinese

hungyun@uw.edu

Chinese, Digital Humanities, Historical Linguistics, Language Pedagogy, Linguistics, Poetry and Poetics

Nicholas Malik

MA Student in Japanese

nmalik06@uw.edu

Culture, Japanese, Literature, Translation

Jordan Niver-Johnson

MA Student in Japanese

jniver@uw.edu

Comparative Literature, Contemporary Japanese Literature, Language Pedagogy, Linguistics, Localization, Translation

Daniel Ofori-Dankwa

MA Student in Japanese

dkofori@uw.edu

Japanese, manga and comics theory, Twi language

Sam Patwell

MA Student in Chinese

spatwell@uw.edu

Chinese, Literature, Popular Culture, Speculative Fiction

Anna Schnell

MA Student in Japanese

aks90@uw.edu

Children's Literature, Comics, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, Japanese, Literature, manga and comics theory, Popular Culture, Queer Studies, Science Fiction

Aidan Seipke

MA Student in Japanese

awseipke@uw.edu

Film/Cinema, Hibakusha Experience, Japanese, Modern Literature, Translation and Interpretation, War Literature

Zhifan Sheng

PhD Student in Chinese

zfsheng@uw.edu

Chinese Literature, Digital Humanities, Epistolary Culture, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Film/Cinema, Global and Transnational Studies, Media Studies, Print Culture, Queer Studies, Sinophone Studies

Qinwei (Angelina) Shi

MA Student in Japanese

qwshi01@uw.edu

Culture, Japanese, Literature, Popular Culture

Haruki Shimonagane

MA Student in Chinese

hshimo@uw.edu

Chinese, Early and Medieval China, Literature, Premodern Asian Studies

Jiwon Song

PhD Student in Asian Languages and Cultures

jwsong08@uw.edu

Bilingualism, Chinese, Comparative Linguistics, Language acquisition, Linguistics, Writing Systems

Linjia Weng

PhD Student in Chinese

lynnn7@uw.edu

Chinese, Chinese dialects, Historical Linguistics, Old Chinese, Phonology, Proto-Min

Sherry Xu

PhD Student in Japanese

jinyuexu@uw.edu

Japanese

Anjali Yadav

PhD Student in South Asian Languages and Literature

ayadav06@uw.edu

18th Century, Caste, Hindi, Historiography, Literature, Medieval Indian devotional literature, Translation and Interpretation, Women's Writings

Wenyue (Evangeline) Zhang

MA Student in Japanese

akagitan@uw.edu

Culture, Japanese, Language Pedagogy, Linguistics, Literature

Jieyu Zhou

Doctoral Candidate in Chinese
Teaching Assistant in Chinese

jzhou4@uw.edu

Office Hours: Wednesdays 1:30-2:30pm

SMI 020

Bilingualism and Biliteracy, Chinese, Chinese Linguistics, First and Second Language Acquisition, Heritage Chinese

Shiwei Zhou

Doctoral Candidate in Chinese
Teaching Assistant in Chinese

zhousw23@uw.edu

Office Hours: Tuesdays 1:30-3:30pm

SMI 024

Chinese, Intellectual History, Literature, Translation and Interpretation

Xi Zhu

Doctoral Candidate in Chinese

xizhu@uw.edu

Chinese, Early Chinese texts, Early Medieval Chinese Poetry, Manuscript study

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