Contemporary East Asia Faculty
Research interests are interracial marriage, sociology of Japan, Asian military wives and globalization in East Asia.
Tradition and modernism in Korean art during the first half of the twentieth century; Korean modern/contemporary art within East Asian and global contexts
Modern Chinese history, Republican Chinese history, especially ROC science policy on Taiwan
Disaster management, climate change adaptation, coastal environment
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
Modern Japan, Japanese colonialism, history and memory of World War II in East Asia, and urban legends in interwar Japan
Specialization: Modern and Contemporary Chinese literature and film
Comparative public policy, political communication and media, East Asian politics and public policy in Korea and Japan
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
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CEAS offers an M.A. program in Contemporary East Asian Studies.This interdisciplinary degree focused on 20th and 21st century East Asia provides students with in-depth interdisciplinary knowledge of a selected East Asian country (China, Korea, Japan); a broad knowledge of modern East Asia; and social science research skills and methods appropriate to international area studies. Read more about the CEAS M.A. Program, or contact Ayako Mizumura, CEAS Assistant Director, at ceasma@ku.edu or 785-864-1478.
