Research interests are interracial marriage, sociology of Japan, Asian military wives and globalization in East Asia.

Modern Chinese history, Republican Chinese history, especially ROC science policy on Taiwan

Asian films, particularly Japanese, silent and early world cinema, colonial and diasporic cinemas, film/media history and criticism, and postcolonial film studies

Architecture; health care design; relationship between culture, human behavior and physical environment

Spiritual diversity in social work theory and practice; philosophy of social work; qualitative research methods; international social work; Korean social welfare in relation to Korean philosophy and religions; East Asian and international perspectives on social welfare.

International business, the global regime of international business, and business in China.

Gender, religion, race and ethnicity, and East Asian studies; politics of gender and conversion in contemporary South Korean evangelicalism

Linguistic anthropology, typology, field methods, media archives; endangered-language documentation; China and Central Asia.

Performance budgeting and management

Comparative corporate governance, corporate finance, and modern Chinese law

20th-century and contemporary Japanese art history

Comparative politics, Chinese politics, rural political development

Specialized in the areas of work and organizations, race and ethnicity, Korea studies, and quantitative methodology

 Chinese linguistics and second language acquisition

Japanese language acquisition, adult second language processing (L2) of Japanese

Drawing, printmaking, painting, and installation art; Japanese woodblock printing methods

digital media, network analysis, public diplomacy, nation branding, public relations

Specializes in Korean Art and Visual Culture; Research interests include traditional and contemporary Korean Buddhist art and culture and Korean ceramics.

Commercialization of feelings, emotions, and romantic relationships

Specialization: Modern and Contemporary Chinese literature and film
 

Specialization: Korean folklore, Korean language teaching, popular culture in East Asia
 

Phonology, phonetics, phonology-phonetics relations, tone languages, Chinese languages

Intercultural/intergenerational/mass communication in regard to cultural values, age stereotypes, conflict management, and media effects; expertise in China

Strategic management, corporate strategy; expertise in China