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PhD Job Placement List

PhD AwardLastFirstPositionLocationField
2022WuDongmingVisiting Assistant ProfessorNYUChinese History
2022FongSau-YiPostdoctoral FellowWeatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia UniversityChinese History
2022IshidaYukiPostdoctoral FellowColumbia UniversityJapanese Literature
2022YangChung-WeiPostdoctoral FellowColumbia UniversityChinese Literature
2022ChambersHarlanVisiting ProfessorIllinois Wesleyan UniversityChinese Literature
2022Kaplan-ReyesAlexanderPostdoctoral FellowColumbia UniversityJapanese History
2021ThompsonJohnPursuit ManagerDeloitteChinese History
2021HuangYanjieAssistant ProfessorNational University of Singapore; Overseas Postdoctoral Fellowship at Harvard University AY21-22Chinese History
2021MacBainAbigailAssistant ProfessorUniversity of EdinburghEast Asian Religion
2021ShenYiwenPostdoctoral FellowColumbia UniversityJapanese Literature
2021KungLing-WeiAssistant Research FellowInstitute of History and Philology, Academia SinicaChinese History and Tibetan Studies
2021EstepChloeAssistant ProfessorUniversity of PennsylvaniaChinese Literature
2021PangCarolynAssistant DirectorInternational and Museum Relations Division, National Heritage Board, SingaporeEast Asian Religion
2021KindlerBenjaminAssistant ProfessorLingnan UniversityChinese Literature
2021Ngo-VuNhat-PhuongVisiting Assistant ProfessorBard CollegeJapanese Literature
2021HealyGavinLieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Postdoctoral Fellow 2022-2024University of MichiganChinese History
2021RevellsTristanInstructional DesignTech Elevator – EdTechChinese History
2020ReynoldsElizabethPostdoctoral FellowWashington University in St. LouisTibetan Studies and Chinese History
2020RogersJoshuaAssistant ProfessorQueens College of the City University of New YorkJapanese Literature
2020TseringSonamLecturer in TibetanColumbia UniversityTibetan Studies
2020YiYuanPostdoctoral FellowD. Kim Foundation for the History of Science and Technology in East Asia, Columbia UniversityChinese History
2020PeacockChristopherVisiting Assistant ProfessorDickinson CollegeChinese Literature
2020YuanYeLecturer in DisciplineMA Program Director, Columbia UniversityChinese and Japanese Literature
2020KorolkovMaximAssistant ProfessorHeidelberg UniversityChinese History
2020LeiLeiCEOPowerYou (an e-learning company)Chinese Literature
2019ZouDongxinLecturer in DisciplineColumbia UniversityChinese History
2019BernardAllisonAdjunct ProfessorColumbia UniversityChinese Literature
2019BrownTristanAssistant ProfessorMITChinese History
2019WangYijunAssistant ProfessorNYUChinese History
2019DeckrowAndrePostdoctoral AssociateUniversity of MinnesotaJapanese History
2019WalkerJeffrey TylerAssistant ProfessorAssistant Professor, Western Washington UniversityJapanese History
2019SunMyraDean’s Executive AssistantUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Law SchoolChinese Literature
2019ZhangChiVisiting Assistant ProfessorBates CollegeJapanese Literature
2018ChangJian Ming ChrisPostdoctoral ResearcherSociety of Fellows, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia UniversityChinese History
2018EatonClayLecturerNational University of SingaporeJapanese History
2018GananyNogaAssistant ProfessorUniversity of CambridgeChinese Literature
2018BuckelewKevinAssistant ProfessorNorthwestern UniversityEast Asian Religion
2018SchlachetJoshuaAssistant ProfessorUniversity of ArizonaJapanese History
2018LiuPengAssistant ProfessorRutgers UniversityChinese Literature
2018ReevesKristopherAssociate ProfessorWaseda UniversityJapanese Literature
2017ZhangJingAssistant ProfessorDepartment of New Media at Zhejiang Communication CollegeChinese History
2017BattsJoshuaPostdoctoral ResearcherUniversitat Autònoma de BarcelonaJapanese History
2017ChaoGlendaAssistant ProfessorUrsinus CollegeChinese History
2017ChungJae Won (Edward)Assistant ProfessorRutgers UniversityKorean Literature
2017FeltMatthieuAssistant ProfessorUniversity of FloridaJapanese Literature
2017WangChelsea ZiAssistant ProfessorClaremont McKenna CollegeChinese History
2016GaubatzThomasAssistant ProfessorNorthwestern UniversityJapanese Literature
2016KiefI. JonathanAssistant ProfessorUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillKorean Literature
2016LinHsin YiAssistant ProfessorFo Guang UniversityEast Asian Religion
2016ThompsonLukeAdjunct Faculty MemberInstitute of Buddhist StudiesEast Asian Religion
2016WoolleyCharlesProfessional Translator; Adjunct ProfessorColumbia UniversityJapanese Literature
2015BoyantonStephenDirectorThe Xinglin Institute for Early East Asian Medicine Research and ScholarshipChina
2015ChenKaijunAssistant ProfessorBrown UniversityChinese Literature
2015ChizhovaKseniaAssistant ProfessorPrinceton UniversityKorean Studies
2015ChungDajeongIndependent ResearcherCollege of William andKorean History
2015DetwylerAnatolyAssistant ProfessorUniversity of Wisconsin-MadisonChinese Literature
2015GviliGalAssistant ProfessorMcGill UniversityChinese Literature
2015KimYumiAssistant ProfessorJohns Hopkins UniversityJapanese History
2015LawrenceElizabethAssistant ProfessorAugustana CollegeChinese History
2015LinShing-TingIndependent ScholarPreviously Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Needham Research InstituteChinese History
2015MedinaJennyAssistant ProfessorEmory UniversityKorean Literature
2015Pitarch FernandezPauAssociate ProfessorWaseda UniversityJapanese Literature
2015RoebuckKristinAssistant ProfessorCornell UniversityJapanese History
2015StepienRafalAssistant ProfessorNanyang Technological UniversityEast Asian Religion
2015StilermanArielAssistant ProfessorStanford UniversityJapanese Literature
2015Van VleetStaceyAssistant ProfessorUniversity of California, BerkeleyTibetan History
2015WangSixiangAssistant ProfessorUCLAKorean History
2015WuLanAssistant ProfessorMount Holyoke CollegeTibetan History
2014CannellaShannonSenior LecturerHamline UniversityChinese Literature
2014ChataniSayakaAssistant ProfessorNational University of SingaporeJapanese and International History
2014ColemanWilliamForeign Service OfficerUnited States State DepartmentChineses and Tibetan History
2014CraigChristopherAssociate ProfessorTohoku UniversityJapanese History
2014DuthieNinaAssistant Adjunct ProfessorUCLAChinese Literature
2014GhoshArunabhAssociate ProfessorHarvard UniversityChinese History
2014HartmannNanAdjunct Assistant ProfessorCUNY Queens CollegeJapanese Literature
2014KimSu JungAssociate ProfessorDePauw UniversityEast Asian Religion
2014McGeeNeilDesign ResearchMilwaukee ToolChinese History
2014PochDanielAssociate ProfessorUniversity of Hong KongJapanese Literature
2014SchiederChelseaAssociate ProfessorAoyama Gakuin UniversityJapanese History
2014TakaiShihoAssociate ProfessorWaseda UniversityJapanese Literature
2014YangTimAssociate ProfessorUniversity of GeorgiaJapanese History
2014ZhongYurouAssociate ProfessorUniversity of TorontoChinese Literature
2013AthertonDavidAssistant ProfessorHarvard UniversityJapanese Literature
2013BronsonAdamAssociate ProfessorDurham University, UKJapanese History
2013ChenBuYunAssociate ProfessorSwarthmore CollegeChinese History
2013GuestJenniferAssociate ProfessorOxford UniversityJapanese Literature
2013KileSarah EAssistant ProfessorUniversity of MichiganChinese Literature
2013MaysSusanFacultyUniversity of Texas at Austin and Peking UniversityGlobal Economic History
2013McCartyMichaelAssociate ProfessorSalisbury UniversityJapanese History
2015LanderBrianAssistant ProfessorBrown UniversityChinese History
2013PattersonGregoryAssistant ProfessorUniversity of South CarolinaChinese Literature
2013PersianiGian PieroAssistant ProfessorUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignJapanese Literature
2013ShimMi-RyongAssistant ProfessorUniversity of GeorgiaKorean Literature
2013TsuiBrianAssociate ProfessorThe Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChinese History
2013YiChristinaAssociate ProfessorUniversity of British ColumbiaJapanese Literature
2012AsenDanielAssociate ProfessorRutgers UniversityChinese History
2012BajemaRamonaAdjunct Assistant ProfessorNYU; Chief Program Officer at Japan Society NYCJapanese History
2012HinoTakuyaIndependent Researcherformerly Visiting Scholar, Research Center for World Buddhist Cultures, Ryukoku UniversityEast Asian Religion
2012Shibayama CohnSaekoJapanese TeacherGreen Meadow High School NY, formerly Assistant Professor, University of Hawaii at ManoaJapanese Literature
2012TuckRobertAssociate ProfessorArizona State UniversityJapanese Literature
2012VogtPaulAssistant ProfessorUniversity of HeidelbergChinese History
2012YoshioHitomiAssociate ProfessorWaseda UniversityJapanese Literature
2011KimJiminIndependent ResearcherPreviously Director of Program, Queensborough Community CollegeKorean History
2011YasudaAnriAssistant ProfessorUniversity of VirginiaJapanese Literature
2012ShockeyNathanAssociate ProfessorBard CollegeJapanese Literature
2012TianHuanAssistant ProfessorShenzhen UniversityChinese History
2012TownsendDominiqueAssociate ProfessorBard CollegeTibetan Studies
2012WeinerBennoAssociate ProfessorCarnegie MellonChinese History
2011DiehlChadInstructional Designer (A&S Learning Design & Technology) & Associate ProfessorUniversity of VirginiaJapanese History
2010HsuHui-LinAssociate ProfessorThe Chinese University of Hong KongChinese Literature
2010KimCheehyungAssociate ProfessorUniversity of HawaiiKorean History
2010LaCoutureElizabethAssistant ProfessorUniversity of Hong KongChinese History
2010NaitoSatokoAssistant ProfessorUniversity of MarylandJapanese Literature
2010ChoHwisangAssistant ProfessorEmory UniversityKorean History
2010FrommMartinAssociate ProfessorWorcester State UniversityChinese History
HoffmanRetoSenior Lecturer/Associate ProfessorUniversity of Western AustraliaJapanese History
2010KimJisooAssociate ProfessorGeorge Washington UniversityKorean History
2010ParkAlyssaAssociate ProfessorUniversity of IowaKorean History
2010WillsStevenAssociate ProfessorNebraska Wesleyan UniversityJapanese History
2010XuManAssociate ProfessorTufts UniversityChinese History
2009AugustineMatthewAssociate ProfessorKyushu UniversityJapanese History
2009ChenLiAssociate ProfessorUniversity of TorontoChinese History
2009HanEricAssociate ProfessorCollege of William and MaryJapanese History
2009Jaundrill(David) ColinAssociate ProfessorProvidence CollegeJapanese History
2009MooreHayesTeacherPrivate High SchoolChinese Literature
2009ShimazakiSatokoAssociate ProfessorUCLAJapanese Literature
2009ThompsonMathewAssociate ProfessorSophia UniversityJapanese Literature
2009YasarKerimAssistant ProfessorUSCJapanese Literature
2008ClulowAdamAssociate ProfessorUniversity of Texas, AustinJapanese History
2008CohenNicoleManager of Global ProgramsU.S. Trade and Development AgencyJapanese History
2008DavisTimothyAssistant ProfessorBrigham Young UniversityChinese History
2008FengLindaAssociate ProfessorUniversity of TorontoChinese Literature
2008HillMichaelAssociate ProfessorCollege of William and MaryChinese Literature
2008OhSe-MiAssistant ProfessorUniversity of MichiganKorean History
2008ReaChristopherProfessorUniversity of British ColumbiaChinese Literature
2008TakeuchiAkikoProfessorHosei University, JapanJapanese Literature
2007BryanStevenLawyerTokyoJapanese History
2007CookAlexanderIndependent ScholarIndependent ScholarChinese History
2007EmmerichMichaelAssociate ProfessorUCLAJapanese Literature
2007FrostDennisProfessorKalamazoo CollegeJapanese History
2007MarconFedericoAssociate ProfessorPrinceton UniversityJapanese History
2007WangXiaojueAssociate ProfessorRutgers UniversityChinese Literature
2007ZhangEnhuaAssociate ProfessorUniversity of MassachusettsChinese Literature
2006KallanderGeorgeProfessorSyracuse UniversityKorean History
2006KimBonnieIndependent AuthorIndependent AuthorKorean History
2006KohKhee HeongAssociate ProfessorNational University of SingaporeChinese History
2006MullaneyThomasProfessorStanford UniversityChinese History
2006ParkSunyoungAssociate ProfessorUSCKorean Literature
2006RossKerryAssociate ProfessorDePaul UniversityJapanese History
2006SongWeijieAssociate ProfessorRutgers UniversityChinese Literature
2007KimCharlesAssociate ProfessorUniversity of Wisconsin-MadisonKorean History
2006StonemanJackAssociate ProfessorBrigham Young UniversityJapanese Literature
2006TackettNicolasProfessorUC BerkeleyChinese History
2006WuI-HsienAssociate ProfessorCity College of New YorkChinese Literature
2005LaffinChristinaAssociate ProfessorUniversity of British Columbia, CanadaJapanese Literature
2005MakimuraYasuhiroAssociate ProfessorIona CollegeJapanese History
2005MillerIanProfessorHarvard UniversityJapanese History
2005NewhardJamieAssociate ProfessorWashington University in St. LouisJapanese Literature
2005PenningtonLeeAssociate ProfessorUS Naval AcademyJapanese History
2005SaitoSatoruAssociate ProfessorRutgers UniversityJapanese Literature
2005SongMingweiProfessorWellesley CollegeChinese Literature
2004AbelJessamynAssociate ProfessorPenn State UniversityJapanese History
2004BerryMichaelProfessorUniversity of California, Los AngelesChinese Literature
2004DuthieTorquilProfessorUCLAJapanese Literature
2004KovnerSarahSenior Research Scholar SIPAAdjunct Professor, Columbia UniversityJapanese History
2004LanzaFabioProfessorUniversity of ArizonaChinese History
2004MickeyGeorgiaAssociate ProfessorCal Poly PomonaChinese History
2004PooleJanetAssociate ProfessorUniversity of TorontoKorean Literature
2004ScanlonMichaelLawyerLawyerJapanese Literature
2004SchonebaumAndrewAssociate ProfessorUniversity of MarylandChinese Literature
2004SkabelundAaronAssociate ProfessorBrigham Young UniversityJapanese History
2003CommonsAnneAssociate ProfessorUniversity of Alberta, CanadaJapanese Literature
2003D’ArgenioLindaDirectorThe Learning Co-opChinese History
2003FlueckigerPeterProfessorPomona CollegeJapanese Literature
2003NeitzelLauraSenior Fellow in Global ThoughtSenior Lecturer, Columbia UniversityJapanese History
2003O’BrienSuzanneManagement ConsultantCurrently Director at Alvarez & MarsalJapanese History
2003OkamotoKoichiProfessorWaseda UniversityJapanese History
2003TaiEarlAssociate ProfessorNew School UniversityChinese Literature
2002EthanMarkSenior LecturerLeiden UniversityJapanese History
2002WattLoriAssociate ProfessorWashington University in St. LouisJapanese History
2002WeinsteinJohnAssociate ProfessorBard College at Simon’s RockChinese Literature
2002ZwickerJonathanAssociate ProfessorUC BerkeleyJapanese Literature
2001ChenLingcheiProfessorWashington University in St. LouisChinese Literature
2001CrowleyCherylAssociate ProfessorEmory UniversityJapanese Literature
2001FieldAndrewAssociate ProfessorDuke Kunshan University, ChinaChinese History
NedostupRebeccaAssociate ProfessorBrown UniversityChinese History
2001YoshidaTakashiProfessorWestern Michigan UniversityJapanese History
2000HeldtGustavAssociate ProfessorUniversity of VirginiaJapanese Literature
2000HussAnnProfessorChinese University of Hong KongChinese Literature
2000KangXiaofeiAssociate ProfessorGeorge Washington UniversityReligion
2000LevyIndraAssociate ProfessorStanford UniversityJapanese Literature
2000O’BryanScottAssociate ProfessorIndiana UniversityJapanese History
2000RojasCarlosProfessorDuke UniversityChinese Literature/Cultural Studies
2000SeraphimFranziskaAssociate ProfessorBoston CollegeJapanese History
2000VincentJamesAssociate ProfessorBoston UniversityJapanese Literature
2000VisserRobinAssociate ProfessorUniversity of North Carolina Chapel HillChinese Literature
1999CartelliMary(Retired) Associate ProfessorHunter College City of New YorkChinese Literature
1999EddingerPammyPresidentBunker Hill Community College, Boston / Visiting Professor, Salem State University, MassachusettsJapanese Literature
1999HillChristopherAssociate ProfessorUniversity of MichiganJapanese Literature
1999KinugasaMasaakiProfessorHosei University, JapanJapanese Literature
2002LevineArielAssociate ProfessorUniversity of GeorgiaChinese History
2001FlahertyDarrylAssociate ProfessorUniversity of DelawareJapanese History
2001FukumoriNaomiAssociate ProfessorThe Ohio State UniversityJapanese Literature
2001JonesMarkProfessorCentral Connecticut State UniversityJapanese History
2001KatzoffBethInterim East Asian Studies LibrarianNYUJapanese History
2001KhuJosephineIndependent AuthorIndependent AuthorChinese Literature
2001LurieDavidAssociate ProfessorColumbia UniversityJapanese Literature
2001MillerHarrisonProfessorUniversity of South AlabamaChinese History
1999RichterGilesDirectorInter University Center for Japanese Language Studies at Yokoama, Stanford UniversityJapanese History
1999SchneewindSarahProfessorU of California, San DiegoChinese History
1999StevensonMiwhaResearch AssociateCenter for East Asian Studies, University of KansasKorean History
1999ThalSarahProfessorUniversity of Wisconsin-MadisonJapanese History
1997RuoffKennethProfessorPortland State UniversityJapanese History
1997ZimmermanEveProfessorWellesley CollegeJapanese Literature
1996BrandtKimResearch Scholar/Academic Director to MARSEA ProgramWEAI, Columbia UniversityJapanese History
1996LippitSeijiProfessorUniversity of California-Los AngelesJapanese Literature
1993XuXiaoqunProfessorChristopher Newport CollegeChinese History

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