People - Graduate Student

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Name

Field of Interest

Tetiana Andriiuk

MA Student in Japanese linguistics
Teaching Assistant in Japanese
Colloquium Coordinator, Asian L&L Graduate Student Association (GSA)

tanitaan@uw.edu

Office Hours: Tuesdays 12:30pm - 1:30pm

GWN M230

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

Renee Banks

MA student in Japanese linguistics

Comparative Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Japanese, Kanji Philology & Pictography, Language Pedagogy, Second Language Acquisition, Writing Systems

Jeremy Browning

MA student in Japanese literature

brown1n9@uw.edu

Buddhist Studies, Classical Japanese, Japanese, Literature, Medieval, Nō Theater, Religion, Textual Studies, Translation and Interpretation

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

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

Liyao Chen

Doctoral Candidate in Chinese

Office Hours: Wednesdays 2:30pm - 3:30pm

GWN M226

Chinese, History, Japanese, Korean, Linguistics, Philology, Textual Studies, Translation and Interpretation, Vietnamese, Writing Systems

Mingxi Chen

MA student in Asian Languages and Cultures

Chinese, Comparative Literature, Daoism, Japanese, Literature, Philosophy, Premodern Asian Studies

Ruikun (Ricky) Chen

PhD student in Japanese literature
Colloquium Coordinator, Asian L&L Graduate Student Association (GSA)
Faculty Liaison, Asian L&L Graduate Student Association (GSA)

rickyrkc@uw.edu

20th Century, 21st Century, Decolonization, East Asian, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, Japanese, Literature, Okinawan Studies, Poetry and Poetics, Postcolonial

Ying-Hsiu Chou

Doctoral Candidate in Chinese

chouhsiu@uw.edu

Chinese, East Asian, Feminism, Film/Cinema, Gender, Genre, Literature, Masculinity, Transnational, Visual Arts

Benjamin DeTora

Doctoral Candidate in Japanese literature

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

Eli Drake

MA student in Chinese
GPSS Senator

drakeel3@uw.edu

Chinese, Comparative Literature, Drama, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, History, Literature, Queer Studies

Andri Fernanda

PhD student in Asian Languages and Cultures
GPSS Senator

Collective Memory, Folklore and Mythology, Gender Studies, Indigenous, Indonesian, Oral Tradition, Postmemory Studies, Southeast Asian

Dana Fried

MA student in Asian Languages and Cultures
Teaching Assistant in Chinese

Office Hours: Tuesdays 10:00am - 11:00am

GWN M226

Applied Linguistics, Chinese, French literature and culture, Language Pedagogy, Second Language Acquisition, Translation and Interpretation

Yunhui Gao

PhD Student in Chinese

Burmish languages, Comparative and historical syntax, Language contact, Sino-Tibetan historical linguistics

Sarah Gelvin

MA student in Japanese literature

Folklore and Mythology, Japanese, Literature

William Gershman

MA Student in Japanese literature
Teaching Assistant in Japanese

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

GWN M230

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

Vishnupriya Goswami

MA Student in South Asian Languages and Literature

Art History, Braj, Devotional Literature, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, Heritage Preservation, Hindi, History, Impacts of Globalization in the 21st Century, Performance Studies, Religion, Sanskrit, South Asian, Vaishnavism

Gyeol Han

PhD Student in Chinese

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

Tessa Hansman

MA student in Japanese literature
Teaching Assistant in Japanese

Office Hours: Tuesdays 12:00pm - 1:00pm

GWN M230

Ainu History & Culture, Dialects in Japanese, Geisha Culture & Its Depiction in Literary/Visual Arts, Heian Period Female Writers, Japanese, Nō Theater

Tzu-Lu (Lulu) Hung

PhD Student in Japanese literature
Teaching Assistant in Japanese
President, Asian L&L Graduate Student Association (GSA)

Office Hours: Mondays 11:30am - 12:30pm

GWN M230

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

Lisa Jiang

MA Student in Japanese literature
Teaching Assistant in Japanese
Book Sale Coordinator, Asian L&L Graduate Student Association (GSA)

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

GWN M230

Japanese, Japanese Media and Literature

Weilin Kao

MA student in Chinese

Chinese, Language Pedagogy, Literature

Junyoung Kim

PhD student in Asian Languages and Cultures
Teaching Assistant in Korean

juny0ung@uw.edu

Office Hours: Wednesdays 12:00pm - 1:00pm

GWN M224

Film/Cinema, Gender and Sexuality, Korean, Queer Politics and Activism

Jonathan Laiman

MA Student in Buddhist Studies

Buddhist Studies, Classical Chinese, Early Indian Buddhism, Gandhāran Buddhist Literature, Philology, Philosophy, Religion, Sanskrit, South Asian, Textual Studies

Mahnoor Lali

PhD student in South Asian Languages and Literature

Art History, Crafts, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, Hindi, Historiography, Material Culture, Postcolonial, South Asian, Textual Studies, Urdu, Visual Culture

Han (Gloria) Lee

Doctoral Candidate in Chinese
Teaching Assistant in Chinese

GWN M226

Chinese, Historical Chinese phonology, Historical Linguistics

Linhe Li

PhD student in Chinese

Art History, Chinese, Comparative Literature, Literature, Medieval, Poetry and Poetics, Premodern Asian Studies, Silk Road

Xi (Milky) Li

MA student in Japanese

Chinese, Japanese, Literature, Premodern Asian Studies

Stephanie Liu

PhD Student in Chinese
Faculty Liaison, Asian L&L Graduate Student Association (GSA)

DEN 120

Chinese, Digital Humanities, Gender Studies, Sociolinguistics

Nicholas Malik

MA Student in Japanese literature

nmalik06@uw.edu

Culture, Japanese, Literature, Translation

Hannah Moore

MA student in Japanese literature

hanajoyy@uw.edu

Japanese, Literature, Localization, Sociolinguistics, Translation and Interpretation, Visual Culture

Jordan Niver-Johnson

PhD Student in Japanese literature
PreDoctoral Instructor in Japanese

Office Hours: Mondays 11:30am - 12:30pm

GWN M230

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

Sam Patwell

MA Student in Chinese
Faculty Liaison, Asian L&L Graduate Student Association (GSA)

spatwell@uw.edu

Chinese, Literature, Popular Culture, Speculative Fiction

Codi Reynolds

PhD student in Japanese literature

ccr10026@uw.edu

Intersection between visual and written arts, Japanese, Japanese Literature, Meiji-era literature

Aidan Seipke

MA Student in Japanese literature
Teaching Assistant in Japanese

awseipke@uw.edu

Office Hours: Wednesdays 12:30pm - 1:30pm

GWN M230

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

Zhifan Sheng

Doctoral Candidate in Chinese
Book Sale Coordinator, Asian L&L Graduate Student Association (GSA)

Office Hours: Tuesdays 10:30am - 11:30am

GWN M226

Chinese, 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 literature

Culture, Japanese, Literature, Popular Culture

Jiwon Song

PhD Student in Asian Languages and Cultures
Teaching Assistant in Korean

jwsong08@uw.edu

Office Hours: Fridays 12:30pm - 1:30pm

GWN M224

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

Micah Sprouffske

PhD student in Chinese

Chinese, Diffusion of Writing, Evolution of Writing, Historical Linguistics

Kelly Van Acker

PreDoctoral Instructor in Southeast Asian Languages and Literature

vanacker@uw.edu

GWN M216

Southeast Asian

Yihan Wang

MA student in Buddhist Studies

ywang457@uw.edu

Art History, Buddhist Studies, Digital Humanities, Indo-European Linguistics, Religion, Silk Road, Textual Studies, Translation and Interpretation

Mana Washino

MA student in Japanese linguistics
Teaching Assistant in Japanese

mwashino@uw.edu

Office Hours: Fridays 2:30pm - 3:30pm

GWN M230

Applied Linguistics, Japanese, Language Pedagogy, Second Language Acquisition

Linjia Weng

Doctoral Candidate in Chinese
Teaching Assistant in Chinese

Office Hours: Monday 1:00pm-2:00pm

GWN M226

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

Sherry Xu

PhD Student in Japanese literature
Teaching Assistant in Japanese
Treasurer, Asian L&L Graduate Student Association (GSA)

jinyuexu@uw.edu

Office Hours: Thursdays 12:30pm - 1:30pm

GWN M230

Anjali Yadav

Doctoral Candidate in South Asian Languages and Literature
Teaching Assistant in South Asian Languages and Literature

ayadav06@uw.edu

Office Hours: Mondays 1:15-2:15 pm or Remote by appointment

GWN M216

18th Century, Hindi, History, Literature, South Asian, Translation and Interpretation, Women's Writings

Xinyue Yu

MA student in Asian Languages and Cultures
Teaching Assistant in Korean
Vice President, Asian L&L Graduate Student Association (GSA)

Office Hours: Mondays 11:30am - 12:20pm or Remote by appointment

GWN M224

Comparative Literature, Digital Humanities, East Asian, Korean, Linguistics, Literature, Popular Culture

Ben Zhang

PhD student in Chinese

GWN M226

Ancient Chinese phonology, Chinese, Chinese Dialectology, Chinese etymology, Chinese paleography, Historical Linguistics, Old Chinese morphology, Philology

Xi Zhu

Doctoral Candidate in Chinese

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

Avery (Wanmin) Zhu (they/them)

PhD Student in Chinese
PreDoctoral Instructor in Chinese

Office Hours: Tuesdays 3:30pm - 4:30pm

GWN M226

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