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Asian Institute Academic Leadership and Staff

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From a wide range of disciplines across the University of Toronto, our faculty affiliates with expertise in Southeast Asia, East Asia, and South Asia participate in making the Asian Institute a vibrant intellectual space.

Scroll down to browse our faculty, leadership, staff and affiliates. You can refine your search by filtering the listings by role, affiliation (centre or initiative), or topic/geography. 

Aisha Ahmad headshot
 
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Zaheer Baber headshot
 
Professor, Department of Sociology (UTM)
Ruoyun Bai Headshot
 
Associate Professor, Department of Arts, Culture and Media, University of Toronto Scarborough
Arba Bardhi in front of the Munk doors at 1 Devonshire Place
 
Events Coordinator and Administrator, Asian Institute
Joshua Barker headshot
 
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
Dean, School of Graduate Studies
Vice-Provost, Graduate Research and Education
Headshot of Jacques Bertrand
 
Director, Collaborative Master’s Specialization in Contemporary East and Southeast Asian Studies
Professor, Department of Political Science
Headshot of Rebecca Bi
 
Program Administrator and Communications Officer, Asian Institute
Ritu Birla headshot
 
Associate Professor, Department of History
 
Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Planning
Associate Dean, Teaching & Learning, Faculty of Arts & Science
Nina Boric headshot
 
Manager, Asian Institute
Loren Brandt headshot
 
Noranda Chair Professor of Economics, Department of Economics
Waqas Butt Headshot
 
Affiliate, Centre for South Asian Studies, Asian Institute
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
Eric Cazdyn headshot
 
Professor, Department of East Asian Studies
Li Chen headshot
 
Associate Professor, Department of Historical and Cultural Studies (UTSC)
Carol Chin headshot
 
Associate Professor, Department of History
Michelle Cho headshot
 
Director, Centre for the Study of Korea
Assistant Professor, Department of East Asian Studies
Yujeong Choi headshot
 
Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of East Asian Studies
Chong Su Kim headshot
 
Research Associate, Centre for the Study of Korea
Hae Yeon Choo
 
Associate Professor, Centre for the Study of Korea
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, UTM
Headshot of Julia Chun
 
Korean Studies Librarian, Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library
Headshot of Dylan Clark
 
Course Instructor, Contemporary Asian Studies
Francis Cody - Photo by Jamie Napier
 
Director, Dr. David Chu Program in Contemporary Asian Studies (CAS)
Director, Centre for South Asian Studies (CSAS)
Associate Professor, Asian Institute/Centre for South Asian Studies
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, UTM
Amrita Daniere headshot
 
Professor, Department of Geography and Planning
Headshot of Naisargi Dave
 
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
Deepali Dewan headshot
 
Senior Curator, Global South Asia, Royal Ontario Museum
Associate Professor, Status Only, Department of Art History
Arti Dhand headshot
 
Associate Professor, Department for the Study of Religion
Wendy Dobson headshot
 
Professor Emerita, Rotman School of Management
Esmat Elhalaby
 
Affiliate, Centre for South Asian Studies
Assistant Professor of Transnational History, Department of Historical and Cultural Studies
Headshot of Christoph Emmrich
 
Associate Professor, Centre for South Asian Studies
Associate Professor, Department for the Study of Religion
Cindy Ewing headshot
 
Assistant Professor, Department of History
Assistant Professor, International Relations Program, Trinity College
Victor Falkenheim headshot
 
Professor Emeritus, Department of East Asian Studies
Director, Global Taiwan Studies Initiative
 
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy
Headshot of Diana Fu - photo by Alexis MacDonald
 
Co-lead, Changing World Order area of focus, Munk School
Director, East Asia Seminar Series
Associate Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Headshot of Takashi Fujitani
 
Retired Professor
Inaugural Dr. David Chu Chair in Asia Pacific Studies, Asian Institute
Shannon Garden-Smith headshot
 
Research Coordinator, Asian Institute
 
Associate Professor, Department for the Study of Religion
Headshot of Kanishka Goonewardena
 
Professor, Department of Geography & Planning
Alessandro Graheli headshot
 
Assistant Professor, Department of Historical Studies (UTM)
Anup Grewal headshot
 
Assistant Professor, Department of Historical and Cultural Studies (UTSC)
Assistant Professor, Department of History
Yi Gu headshot
 
Associate Professor, Department of Arts, Culture and Media (UTSC)
Ping-Chun Hsiung headshot
 
Professor, Department of Sociology
Kajri Jain headshot
 
Professor, Department of Art History
Professor, Department of Visual Studies (UTM)
Eunice Jang headshot
 
Professor, Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development, OISE
Beatrice Jauregui headshot
 
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
Associate Professor, Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies
Yoonjung Kang headshot
 
Professor, Department of Linguistic
Professor, Department of Language Studies (UTSC)
Malavika Kasturi headshot
 
Associate Professor, Department of Historical Studies (UTM)
Associate Professor, Department of History (On leave to June 30, 2023)
Associate Professor, Department for the Study of Religion
Ken Kawashima headshot
 
Associate Professor, Department of East Asian Studies
Headshot of Hana Kim
 
Director, Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library