Asian Studies Faculty

Steven Heine, Professor and Director
Director of Asian Studies
Professor of Religious Studies and History
Email: heines@fiu.edu

Daylene Arias Alonso, Adjunct Lecturer
Asian Studies
Email: dariasal@fiu.edu

Mieko Avello, Adjunct Lecturer
Japanese Language
Email: mavello@fiu.edu

Jhonatan Baez, Adjunct Lecturer
Japanese Language and Culture
Email: jbaez@fiu.edu

Thomas Breslin, Professor
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
Korean Language and Culture
Email: sucho@fiu.edu

Young Rae Choi, Assistant Professor
Global and Sociocultural Studies
Email: youngrae.choi@fiu.edu

Maria Macarena Grigera, Adjunct Lecturer
Asian Studies
Email: mgrigera@fiu.edu

Naoko Komura, Teaching Professor
Japanese Language
Director of Summer Study Abroad Program in Kyoto
Email: komuran@fiu.edu

Masako Kubota, Adjunct Lecturer
Japanese and Asian Studies
Email: mkubo001@fiu.edu

Qing Lai, Associate Professor
Global and Sociocultural Studies
Email: qlai@fiu.edu

Claudia Lau, Adjunct Lecturer
Asian Studies
Email: cllau@fiu.edu

Rachel Levine, Adjunct Lecturer
Asian Studies
Email: ralevine@fiu.edu

Marcela Lopez Bravo, Assistant Teaching Professor
Asian Studies
Email: mlopezbr@fiu.edu

Li Ma, Teaching Professor
Chinese Language and Culture
Coordinator/Director of Study Abroad Program in China
Email: mali@fiu.edu

Matthew Marr, Associate Professor
Sociology
Asian Studies, Global and Sociocultural Studies
Email: mmarr@fiu.edu

Eric Messersmith, Assistant Teaching Professor
Asian Studies
Email: messerse@fiu.edu

Keyao “Kyle” Pan, Assistant Professor
History, Asian Studies
Email: kpan@fiu.edu

Elisa Romulo Borges, Adjunct Lecturer
Asian Studies
Email: eromulob@fiu.edu

Shenggao Wang, Associate Teaching Professor
Chinese Language and Culture
Email: wangsh@fiu.edu

Lidu Yi, Associate Professor
Chinese Art & Art History
Email: lidyi@fiu.edu

Julie Zeng, Associate Professor
International Relations
Email: jin.zeng@fiu.edu