Asian Studies Faculty

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

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

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

Thomas Breslin, Professor
Professor of International Relations
Department of Politics and International Relations
Email: breslint@fiu.edu

Mitzi Carter, Assistant Teaching Professor
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

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

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

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

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

Marcela Lopez Bravo, Adjunct Lecturer
Adjunct Lecturer of Asian Studies
Email: mlopezbr@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

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

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

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

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