Faculty and Staff

Program Coordinator

Kin Ma Photo

Kin Ma

Associate Professor
Ph.D., Michigan State University
Geography and Sustainable Planning
(616) 331-3351
B-4-204 Mackinac Hall
makin [at] gvsu [dot] edu

Areas of interest: Geospatial Analyses/Mapping of Cultural and Linguistic Phenomena; Physical and Cultural Geography of East Asia; Satellite analyses of natural environments.


Faculty

Meghan Cai

Meghan Cai

Associate Professor (on sabbatical 2022-2023)
Ph.D., Arizona State University-Tempe
Modern Languages and Literatures
Area and Global Studies

(616) 331-2870
B-2-214 Mackinac Hall
[email protected]

Areas of interest: Early and Medieval Chinese Art and Literature

Photo of Dr. Yan Liang

Yan Liang

Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Modern Languages and Literatures,

Area and Global Studies
(616) 331-2405
D-2-144 Mackinac Hall
[email protected]

Kin Ma Photo

Kin Ma

Associate Professor
Ph.D., Michigan State University
Geography and Sustainable Planning
(616) 331-3351
B-4-204 Mackinac Hall

makin [at] gvsu [dot] edu

Areas of interest: Geospatial Analyses/Mapping of Cultural and Linguistic Phenomena; Physical and Cultural Geography of East Asia; Satellite analyses of natural environments.

 

Jeremy Robinson

Jeremy Robinson

Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Modern Languages and Literatures
Area and Global Studies

(616) 331-8907
D-2-136 Mackinac Hall
[email protected]


Affiliate Faculty

Wei Gu

Wei Gu

Associate Professor
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
College of Education and Community Innovation
(616) 331-6493
330-C Richard M. DeVos Center
[email protected]

Jason Herlands

Jason Herlands

Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Modern Languages and Literatures
(616) 331-2940
D-2-104 Mackinac Hall
[email protected]

Kimberly Mckee

Kimberly McKee

Associate Professor
Ph.D., Ohio State University
Integrative, Religious, and Intercultural Studies (IRIS) Department
Areas of Interest: Asian transnational adoption; Asian American Studies; Asian American feminisms

(616) 331-8196
324A Lake Ontario Hall
[email protected]

 

Peimin Ni

Peimin Ni

Professor (on sabbatical Fall 2022)
Ph.D., University of Connecticut
Philosophy Department
Areas of Interest: Chinese and Comparative Philosophy, Modern European Philosophy, Philosophy of Causation, and more distinctively his own approach, Gongfu (aka kung fu) Philosophy
(616) 331-3529 
B-3-210 Mackinac Hall
[email protected]

Patrick Shan

Patrick Shan

Professor
Ph.D., McMaster University
History Department
Areas of Interest: East Asia, History of China, 20th-century
(616) 331-8504
D-1-130 Mackinac Hall
[email protected]

Geling Shang

Geling Shang

Associate Professor
Ph.D., Temple University
Philosophy Department
(616) 331-2601
B-3-208 Mackinac Hall
[email protected]

Kristen Strom

Kirsten Strom

Professor
Ph.D., University of Iowa
Department of Visual & Media Arts
(616) 331-3483
1116 Calder Art Center
[email protected]

Wanxaio Sun

Wanxiao Sun

Professor
Ph.D., Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
Department of Geography and Sustainable Planning
Areas of Interest: Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing Algorithms, image Understanding and Classification, Applications of Remote Sensing, GPS in Mapping and Monitoring the Earth’s Environments, Computer cartography, GIS and GIScience
(616) 331-8521
B-4-207 Mackinac Hall
[email protected]

Yosay Wangdi

Yosay Wangdi

Professor
Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno
History Department
Areas of Interest: South Asia, Tibet, History of India, Religion, Environmental History
(616) 331-3614
D-1-212 Mackinac Hall
[email protected]

Shinian Wu

Shinian Wu

Professor
Ph.D., Northern Arizona University
English Department
Areas of Interest: General Linguistic Theory, Second Language Acquisition, Pragmatics, and Language Assessment and Evaluation
(616) 331-3690
213 Lake Huron Hall
[email protected]

Gang Xu

Gang Xu

Associate Professor
Ph.D., Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
Department of Geography and Sustainable Planning
Area of Interest: Economic Geography, Urban Studies, Urban and Regional Development, GIS, International Business, Globalization, Tourism, China, East Asia
(616) 331-3068
B-4-206 Mackinac Hall
[email protected]

Lourdes Yen

Lourdes (Huei Lan) Yen

Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Oklahoma
Modern Languages and Literatures
(616) 331-8937
D-2-106 Mackinac Hall
[email protected]

Yan Yu

Yan Yu

Professor
Ph.D., Florida State University
Sociology Department
Areas of Interest: Family, Gender, Immigration
(616) 331-3124
2153 Au Sable Hall
[email protected]

Peter Zhang

Peter Zhang

Associate Professor
Ph.D., Indiana University
School of Communications
Areas of Interest: Intersection of Rhetoric, Media Ecology, Cultural Studies, and the Chinese Culture
(616) 331-8168
273 Lake Superior Hall
[email protected]

Yi Zhao

Yi Zhao

Associate Professor
Ph.D., Yale University
Political Science Department
Areas of Interest: Comparative Politics, Chinese Politics, Judicial Politics
(616) 331-8523
1108 Au Sable Hall
[email protected]


Retired Faculty

Craig Benjamin

Craig Benjamin

Associate Professor
Ph.D., Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Honors College
Areas of Interest: History with a focus on East Asia, Big History

Peter Zhang

Sufen Lai

Professor

English Department



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