Asian Studies Faculty
Steven Heine, Professor and Director
Professor and Director of Asian Studies
Professor of Religious Studies and History
Email: heines@fiu.edu
Thomas Breslin, Professor
Professor of International Relations
Department of Politics and International Relations
Email: breslint@fiu.edu
Mitzi Carter, Assistant Teaching Professor
Asian Studies, Global and Sociocultural Studies
Email: mitzi.carter@fiu.edu
SungMin Cho, Assistant Teaching Professor
Assistant Teaching Professor
Korean Language and Culture
Email: sucho@fiu.edu
Naoko Komura, Teaching Professor
Teaching Professor of Japanese Language
Director of Summer Study Abroad Program in Kyoto
Email: komuran@fiu.edu
Masako Kubota, Adjunct Lecturer
Adjunct Lecturer of Japanese and Asian Studies
Email: mkubo001@fiu.edu
Li Ma, Teaching Professor
Teaching Professor of Chinese
Coordinator/Director of Study Abroad Program in China
Email: mali@fiu.edu
Matthew Marr, Associate Professor
Associate Professor of Sociology
Asian Studies, Global and Sociocultural Studies
Email: mmarr@fiu.edu
Asuka Mashav, Assistant Director of Language; Teaching Professor
Teaching Professor of Japanese Language
Assistant Director of Language Programs
Undergraduate Director of Asian Studies
Director of Summer Study Abroad Program at APU
Email: mashava@fiu.edu
Eric Messersmith, Assistant Teaching Professor
Assistant Teaching Professor of Asian Studies
Email: messerse@fiu.edu
Keyao “Kyle” Pan, Assistant Professor of Digital History
Assistant Professor of Digital History
Asian Studies, History
Email: kpan@fiu.edu
Shenggao Wang, Associate Teaching Professor
Associate Teaching Professor of Chinese Language and Culture
Email: wangsh@fiu.edu
Julie Zeng, Associate Professor
Associate Professor of International Relations
Email: jin.zeng@fiu.edu
