Faculty

Asma Afsaruddin

Professor, Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures
Class of 1950 Herman B. Wells Endowed Professor

Phone:

(812) 856-7347

Email:

aafsarud@iu.edu

Abdul Aijaz

Visiting Assistant Professor, International Studies

Phone:

(812) 856-0812

Email:

aaijaz@iu.edu

Hannah Airriess

Assistant Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures

Email:

hairries@iu.edu

Matthew Ajibade

Visiting Lecturer, African Studies Program

Email:

maajibad@iu.edu

Yasuko Akiyama

Senior Lecturer, East Asian Languages and Cultures

Phone:

(812) 855-7171

Email:

yakiyama@iu.edu

Issam Albdairat

Lecturer, Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

Email:

ialbdair@iu.edu

Iman Alramadan

Senior Lecturer, Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

Phone:

(812) 856-9167

Email:

imaalram@iu.edu

Asaad Alsaleh

Chair, Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures
Associate Professor, Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

Email:

alsaleha@iu.edu

Nana Amoah-Ramey

Assistant Professor, African Studies Program

Email:

namoa@iu.edu

Andrés León Araya

Assistant Professor, International Studies

Phone:

(812) 855-4486

Email:

leonan@iu.edu

Vanessa Baker

Assistant Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures

Email:

bakervc@iu.edu

Hussein Banai

Associate Professor, International Studies

Phone:

(812) 856-9111

Email:

hbanai@iu.edu

On sabbatical leave for the 2024-2025 academic year. Zahedi Family Fellow, Program in Iranian Studies, Stanford University (Fall 2024) Visiting Fellow, Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania (Spring 2025)

Yingling Bao

Teaching Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures

Phone:

(812) 855-5619

Email:

yingbao@iu.edu

Sarah Bauerle Danzman

Director, Tobias Center for Innovation in International Development
Associate Professor, International Studies

Phone:

(812) 856-9113

Email:

sbauerle@iu.edu

Christopher I. Beckwith

Emeritus Distinguished Professor, Central Eurasian Studies

Phone:

(812) 855-2428

Email:

beckwith@iu.edu

László Borhi

Professor, Central Eurasian Studies

Phone:

(812) 855-1102

Email:

lborhi@iu.edu

David Bosco

Executive Associate Dean, HLS
Professor, International Studies

Phone:

(812) 856-3501

Email:

dbosco@iu.edu

Gardner Bovingdon

Associate Professor, Central Eurasian Studies
Associate Professor, International Studies

Phone:

(812) 856-0230

Email:

gbovingd@iu.edu

Michael Brose

Professor of Practice, Central Eurasian Studies

Phone:

(812) 855-4403

Email:

brosemc@iu.edu

Russell Burge

Assistant Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures

Daniel Caner

Professor, Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

Phone:

(812) 856-9805

Email:

dcaner@iu.edu

Quetzil Castaneda

Senior Lecturer, Center for Latin and Caribbean Studies

Phone:

(812) 855-9099

Email:

qcastane@iu.edu

Yea-Fen Chen

Director, Chinese Flagship Center
Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures

Phone:

(812) 855-4249

Email:

yeafen@iu.edu

Jamsheed Choksy

Distinguished Professor, Central Eurasian Studies

Phone:

(812) 855-8643

Email:

jchoksy@iu.edu

John Ciorciari

Dean, Hamilton Lugar School
Professor, International Studies

Phone:

(812) 855-6417

Email:

hlsdean@iu.edu

Elisheva Cohen

Senior Associate Director of Experiential Learning and Professional Development

Phone:

(812) 856-3410

Email:

ellcohen@iu.edu

Serafín Coronel-Molina

Director, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Phone:

(812) 856-8232

Email:

scoronel@iu.edu

Sibel Ariogul Crum

Senior Lecturer, Central Eurasian Studies

Phone:

(812) 856-5613

Email:

sariogul@iu.edu

Nick Cullather

Professor, International Studies

Phone:

(812) 856-7901

Email:

hlsdean@iu.edu

Shahyar Daneshgar

Senior Lecturer (ret.), Central Eurasian Studies

Phone:

(812) 856-0025

Email:

sdaneshg@iu.edu

Stephanie DeBoer

Associate Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures

Phone:

(812) 856-3708

Email:

sdeboer@iu.edu

Michael De Groot

Assistant Professor, International Studies

Phone:

(812) 856-9117

Email:

mbdegroo@iu.edu

Devin DeWeese

Professor Emeritus, Central Eurasian Studies

Email:

deweese@iu.edu

Kathleen Evans

Director, Language Workshop

Phone:

(812) 856-4818

Email:

ke1@iu.edu

Lee Feinstein

Founding Dean
Professor, International Studies

Phone:

(812) 856-7960

Email:

lafeinst@iu.edu

John Finch

Lecturer, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Associate Director, Institute for Korean Studies

Phone:

(812) 856-9787

Email:

finchjd@iu.edu

Emma Gilligan

Associate Professor, International Studies

Phone:

(812) 856-9115

Email:

egilliga@iu.edu

Halina Goldberg

Director, Robert F. Byrnes Russian and East European Institute

Phone:

(812) 855-7096

Email:

goldberg@iu.edu

Jennifer Goodlander

Director, Southeast Asian and ASEAN Studies

Email:

jgoodlan@iu.edu

Kathryn Graber

Associate Professor, Central Eurasian Studies

Phone:

(812) 856-3777

Email:

graberk@iu.edu

Clare Griffin

Assistant Professor, Robert F. Byrnes Russian and East European Institute

Phone:

(812) 855-3236

Email:

clgriff@iu.edu

Lee Hamilton

Distinguished Scholar; Professor of Practice

Phone:

(812) 856-4719

Email:

lhcenter@iu.edu

John Hanson

Professor, African Studies Program

Phone:

(812) 855-5212

Email:

jhhanson@iu.edu

Eunhye Hess

Lecturer, East Asian Languages and Cultures

Franklin Hess

Senior Lecturer, Institute for European Studies

Phone:

(812) 855-3280

Email:

flhess@iu.edu

Malik Hodjaev

John D. Soper Senior Lecturer, Central Eurasian Studies

Phone:

(812) 855-3904

Email:

mhodjaev@iu.edu

Hilary Holbrow

Assistant Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures

Email:

hilholbr@iu.edu

Kate Hunt

Lecturer, International Studies

Phone:

(812) 855-0020

Email:

huntkate@iu.edu

Feisal Amin al Istrabadi

Michael A. and Laurie Burns McRobbie Professor in Global Strategic Studies, Central Eurasian Studies
Director, Center for the Study of the Middle East

Phone:

(812) 855-6510

Email:

fistraba@iu.edu

Marianne Kamp

Associate Professor, Central Eurasian Studies

Phone:

(812) 855-4394

Email:

mkamp@iu.edu

Stephanie Kane

Professor Emerit, International Studies

Phone:

(812) 855-0896

Email:

stkane@iu.edu

Gregory Kasza

Professor Emeritus, East Asian Languages and Cultures

Email:

kasza@iu.edu

Stephen Katz

Professor, Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

Phone:

(812) 855-4744

Email:

katzs@iu.edu

Amber Kent

Language Instruction Specialist, Center for Languages of the Central Asian Region

Phone:

(812) 856-3699

Email:

akkent@iu.edu

Hewa Khalid

Visiting Lecturer, Central Eurasian Studies

Aziza Khazzoom

Associate Professor, Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

Phone:

(812) 856-2279

Email:

khazzoom@iu.edu

Jiyoung Kim

Senior Lecturer, East Asian Languages and Cultures

Phone:

(812) 855-3493

Email:

jk248@iu.edu

Seung-kyung Kim

Director, Institute for Korean Studies
Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures

Phone:

(812) 856-9757

Email:

sk84@iu.edu

Piibi-Kai Kivik

Language Program Coordinator
Senior Lecturer, Central Eurasian Studies

Phone:

(812) 856-7442

Email:

pkivik@iu.edu

Nicole Serena Kousaleos

Senior Lecturer, International Studies

Phone:

(812) 856-9109

Email:

nkousale@iu.edu

Hyo Sang Lee

Associate Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures

Phone:

(812) 855-8721

Email:

hyoslee@iu.edu

Joungmok Lee

Lecturer, East Asian Languages and Cultures

Email:

jl377@iu.edu

Tserenchunt Legden

Senior Lecturer, Central Eurasian Studies

Phone:

(812) 855-2099

Email:

tlegden@iu.edu

Wendy Leutert

Associate Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures

Phone:

(812) 855-9672

Email:

wleutert@iu.edu

Adam Liff

Director, 21st Century Japan Politics and Society Initiative
Professor of East Asian International Relations, East Asian Languages and Cultures

Phone:

(812) 856-0105

Email:

aliff@iu.edu

Website:

https://adampliff.com/

Research Interests: East Asian international relations; Japanese and Chinese foreign policy; security studies; U.S. Asia-Pacific strategy

Xiaoying Liles

Senior Lecturer, East Asian Languages and Cultures

Phone:

(812) 856-0105

Email:

dingxiao@iu.edu

Chien-Jer Charles Lin

James and Noriko Gines Department Chair, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures

Phone:

(812) 855-5180

Email:

chiclin@iu.edu

Paul Losensky

Emeritus Professor, Central Eurasian Studies

Email:

plosensk@iu.edu

Samson Lotven

Senior Associate Director of Student Success
Associate Director of the HLS Living-Learning Center

Phone:

(812) 856-5351

Email:

slotven@iu.edu

Website:

https://www.samsonlotven.com/

Yuan Lu

Assistant Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures

Email:

yl245@iu.edu

Manling Luo

Paul McNutt Associate Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures

Phone:

(812) 856-0833

Email:

luom@iu.edu

Xiang Lyu

Senior Lecturer, East Asian Languages and Cultures

Phone:

(812) 855-3635

Email:

xlv@iu.edu

Stephen Macekura

Professor, International Studies

Phone:

(812) 856-7721

Email:

smacekur@iu.edu

Pedro Machado

Director, Dhar India Studies

Phone:

(812) 855-1320

Email:

pmachado@iu.edu

Rebecca Manring

Professor, Dhar India Studies

Phone:

(812) 855-6756

Email:

rmanring@iu.edu

Misako Matsubara

Senior Lecturer, East Asian Languages and Cultures

Phone:

(812) 855-5169

Email:

mmatsuba@iu.edu

Ethan Michelson

Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures

Phone:

(812) 856-1521

Email:

emichels@iu.edu

Kerry Mitchell

Director of HLS Living-Learning Center

Phone:

(812) 855-5909

Email:

kemitch@iu.edu

Nader Morkus

Academic Director, Arabic Language Flagship
Associate Professor, Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

Phone:

(812) 856-2400

Email:

nmorkus@iu.edu

Gulnisa Nazarova

Director, Center for Languages of the Central Asian Region
Teaching Professor, Central Eurasian Studies

Phone:

(812) 856-2814

Email:

gnazarov@iu.edu

Narges Nematollahi

Lecturer, Central Eurasian Studies

Phone:

(812) 856-0025

Email:

nnematol@iu.edu

Peter Nemes

Senior Lecturer, International Studies

Phone:

(812) 855-1030

Email:

pnemes@iu.edu

Isak Nti Asare

Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Education and Student Affairs
Co-Director, Cybersecurity and Global Policy Program

Phone:

(812) 856-4192

Email:

intiasar@iu.edu

Scott O'Bryan

Associate Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures

Phone:

(812) 855-2454

Email:

spobryan@iu.edu

Jessica O'Reilly

Associate Professor, International Studies

Phone:

(812) 855-6018

Email:

jloreill@iu.edu

Seth Ofori

Visiting Lecturer, African Studies Program

Diana Ojeda

Professor, International Studies

Pronouns:

she/her/ella

Phone:

(812) 855-3986

Email:

diojeda@iu.edu

Beatrice Ng'uono Okelo

Lecturer, African Studies Program

Email:

bokelo@iu.edu

Alwiya Omar

Director, National African Language Resource Center
Clinical Professor of Linguistics, African Studies Program
Instructional Coordinator, African Studies Program

Phone:

(812) 855-3323

Email:

aomar@iu.edu

Morten Oxenboell

Director, East Asian Studies Center
Associate Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures

Phone:

(812) 855-5339

Email:

mortoxen@iu.edu

Öner Özçelik

Chair, Central Eurasian Studies
Associate Professor, Central Eurasian Studies

Phone:

(812) 855-3759

Email:

oozcelik@iu.edu

Website:

https://oozcelik.pages.iu.edu/

Clemence Pinaud

Associate Professor, International Studies

Phone:

(812) 855-6281

Email:

cpinaud@iu.edu

Aaron Ponce

Assistant Professor, International Studies

Phone:

(812) 855-5468

Email:

ajponce@iu.edu

Gedun Rabsal

Senior Lecturer, Central Eurasian Studies

Phone:

(812) 856-2960

Email:

grabsal@iu.edu

Toivo Raun

Emeritus Professor, Central Eurasian Studies

Phone:

(812) 855-4907

Email:

raunt@iu.edu

Beth Samuelson

Director, African Studies Program

Phone:

(812) 856-8256

Email:

blsamuel@iu.edu

Kazeem Sanuth

Associate Director, National African Language Resource Center

Phone:

(812) 855-3141

Email:

ksanuth@iu.edu

Edith Sarra

Associate Professor Emerita, East Asian Languages and Cultures

Phone:

(812) 855-4031

Email:

esarra@iu.edu

William Scheuerman

Professor, International Studies

Email:

wscheuer@iu.edu

Antonia Schleicher

Emeritus Senior Scholar/Scientist, African Studies Program

Phone:

(812) 856-4191

Email:

anyschle@iu.edu

Ron Sela

Director, Islamic Studies Program
Associate Professor, Central Eurasian Studies

Phone:

(812) 856-7017

Email:

rsela@iu.edu

Bongeka Selepe

Lecturer, African Studies Program

Email:

bbselepe@iu.edu

Nazif Shahrani

Emeritus Professor, Central Eurasian Studies
Emeritus Professor, Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

Phone:

(812) 855-4858

Email:

shahrani@iu.edu

Zijun Shen

Visiting Lecturer, East Asian Languages and Cultures

Kemal Silay

Professor, Central Eurasian Studies

Phone:

(812) 855-5227

Email:

ksilay@iu.edu

Abdulkader Sinno

Associate Professor, Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

Phone:

(812) 855-5885

Email:

asinno@iu.edu

Andrea Siqueira

Senior Lecturer, International Studies

Phone:

(812) 855-2642

Email:

asigueir@iu.edu

Amadou Sow

Senior Lecturer, African Studies Program

Phone:

(812) 855-6786

Email:

absow@iu.edu

Aaron Stalnaker

Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures

Email:

astalnak@iu.edu

Jessica Steinberg

Chair, International Studies
Associate Professor, International Studies

Phone:

(812) 856-7326

Email:

steinbjf@iu.edu

Terrance Stroud

Global Affairs Fellow
HLS Living Learning Center Global Leader in Residence

Email:

tstroud@iu.edu

Peg Sutton

Professor Emerit, Southeast Asian and ASEAN Studies

Phone:

(812) 856-8368

Email:

msutton@iu.edu

Jae Takeuchi

Associate Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures

Email:

jtake@iu.edu

Natsuko Tsujimura

Professor Emerita, East Asian Languages and Cultures

Phone:

(812) 855-5884

Email:

tsujimur@iu.edu

Shoichi Ueda

Lecturer, East Asian Languages and Cultures

Email:

sueda@iu.edu

Valeria Varga

Senior Lecturer, Central Eurasian Studies

Phone:

(812) 856-5064

Email:

vvarga@iu.edu

Stephen Vinson

Professor, Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

Phone:

(812) 856-6736

Email:

vinsons@iu.edu

Nicholas Vogt

Associate Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures

Phone:

(812) 856-7002

Email:

pnvogt@iu.edu

John Walbridge

Professor, Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

Phone:

(812) 855-8689

Email:

jwalbrid@iu.edu

Eveline Washul

Assistant Professor, Central Eurasian Studies

Phone:

(812) 855-0019

Email:

ewashul@iu.edu

Tie Xiao

Associate Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures

Phone:

(812) 855-7109

Email:

tiexiao@iu.edu

Xuan Ye

Pedagogy Specialist, Chinese Flagship Program

Attia Youseif

Senior Lecturer, Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

Email:

ayouseif@iu.edu

Justyna Zając

Director, Polish Studies Center
Professor of Practice in European Security Studies

Email:

juzajac@iu.edu

Hong Zhang

Assistant Professor, International Studies

Phone:

(812) 855-0896

Email:

hz66@iu.edu

Website:

https://stellahongzhang.com/