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Welcome
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.
![Kyoungrok Ko headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Kyoungrok_Cropped_For-Web.jpeg.webp?itok=d8vRyKPR)
Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of East Asian Studies
Korean Language Program Coordinator, Department of East Asian Studies
![Tae-woo Ko headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Ko%20Tae%20Woo_0.jpg.webp?itok=NOoTwinN)
Visiting Professor, Centre for the Study of Korea
Assistant Professor, Department of Korean History, Seoul National University
![Headshot of Hye-Su Kuk](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/WEB_Hye-Su%20Kuk%20_0.png.webp?itok=ulrC6q8H)
Assistant Professor, Adult Education and Community Development, OISE
![Tong Lam](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/UofT13749_20150923_TongLam_4639-lpr_0.JPG.webp?itok=lcqN6sB9)
Director, Dr. David Chu Program in Asia-Pacific Studies, Asian Institute
Associate Professor, Department of Historical Studies, UTM
![Jason Lau](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Lau-profilepic_4-3_0.jpg.webp?itok=sFqEPqcT)
Richard Charles Lee Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for the Study of the United States and the Asian Institute
Sessional Instructor, Asian Institute and Centre for the Study of the United States
![Eunjung Lee headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Eunjung-Lee-photo-by-Harry-Choi-2021-1200px-e1662142303864.jpeg.webp?itok=4ttrZLBM)
Associate Dean, Academic & Professor, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work
![Headshot of Yoonkyung Lee](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Sept25_JamieNapier_DSC08792_0.jpg.webp?itok=vOa6H7cK)
Korea Foundation Chair of Korean Studies
Professor, Department of Sociology
![Tania Li Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/imgonline-com-ua-resize-Z5pb2nQmse.jpg.webp?itok=yvcl4-MJ)
Professor, Department of Anthropology
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC)
![Headshot of Phillip Lipscy - photo by Alexis MacDonald](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Phillip%20Lipscy%202_2021_By%20Alexis%20MacDonald.jpg.webp?itok=VQcbHKx9)
Director, Centre for the Study of Global Japan
Chair in Japanese Politics and Global Affairs
Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Professor, Department of Political Science
![Headshot of Sida Liu](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/liu_dec21_0.jpg.webp?itok=QZZzU8Dd)
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
![Hy Van Luong headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Hy-Luong_0.jpg.webp?itok=P38Ai4b2)
Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology
![Kenneth MacDonald headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Ken.jpeg.webp?itok=MRc3XEOu)
Associate Professor, Centre for Diaspora & Transnational Studies
Associate Professor, Department of Human Geography (UTSC)
![Headshot of Mark Manger](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Sept25_JamieNapier_DSC08509_0.jpg.webp?itok=oouRwpiB)
Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
Professor, Department of Political Science
Affiliated Faculty, Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies
![Lisa Mar headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/imgonline-com-ua-resize-Z6kjqviZLxGxy6V.jpg.webp?itok=6RHNj_aT)
Associate Professor, Department of History
![Picture of Bonnie McElhinny standing next to a tree and wearing a grey shirt and blue jacket.](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Bonnie%20McElhinny_0.jpg.webp?itok=uG1zyRtc)
Professor, Department of Anthropology
Professor, Women & Gender Studies Institute
![Headshot of Scott McKnight](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/6Ng8aKKB_400x400_0.jpeg.webp?itok=bQH9lScY)
Research Associate, Innovation Policy Lab
Lecturer, Master of Global Affairs program
![Rijuta Mehta headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Mehta%2C%20Rijuta_0.jpg.webp?itok=hSxNgoep)
Assistant Professor, Department of English
![Heather Miller headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/imgonline-com-ua-resize-ivFAgVVgYGbkx.jpg.webp?itok=nNSSMg2N)
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
![Libbie Mills headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Mills%2C%20Elizabeth_0.jpg.webp?itok=fyaM_eB1)
Assistant Professor, Department for the Study of Religion
![Kiran Mirchandani headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-21%20at%203.01.24%20PM.png.webp?itok=GHN2zlY0)
Professor, Adult Education and Community Development Program, OISE
![Shivaji Mukherjee headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/WEB_ShivajiMukherjee.png.webp?itok=d-dOXcrM)
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Assistant Professor, Political Science (UTM)
![Kanta Murali headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/imgonline-com-ua-resize-xciZcYHqwQgyk.jpg.webp?itok=2-VG7Qy-)
Associate Professor; Interim Undergraduate Director and Associate Chair, Department of Political Science
Course Instructor, South Asian Studies
![Aparna Nair](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Aparna%20Nair.jpg.webp?itok=ZAj0E6BU)
Affiliate, Centre for South Asian Studies, Asian Institute
Assistant Professor, Department for Health and Society, UTSC
Assistant Professor, Center for Global Disability Studies, UTSC
![Rajyashree Narayanareddy headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/WEB_Rajyashree%20Narayanareddy_0.png.webp?itok=zoT1v4Lz)
Associate Professor, Department of Geography & Planning
Associate Professor, Department of Human Geography (UTM)
![Headshot of Lynette Ong](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Lynette%20Ong.jpg.webp?itok=VmsEiuiz)
Professor, Asian Institute
Professor, Department of Political Science
![Ito Peng headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Sept25_JamieNapier_DSC08586_0.jpg.webp?itok=BoDvc9Tz)
Director, Centre for Global Social Policy
Professor, Department of Sociology
Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Affiliated Faculty, Centre for the Study of Global Japan
![Joshua Pilzer headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/imgonline-com-ua-resize-2fAlL6WoqexeGi.png.webp?itok=759a00VQ)
Associate Professor, Faculty of Music
Affiliate, Centre for South Asian Studies, Asian Institute
Associate Professor, Department of History
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
![Irene Poetranto headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Poetranto%2C%20Irene_credit_jamie_napier_0.png.webp?itok=gXgRoie3)
Course Instructor, Contemporary Asian Studies
![Janet Poole headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Janet_Cropped_For-Web.jpeg.webp?itok=mF13OaJQ)
Associate Professor; Distinguished Professor of the Humanities & Chair, Department of East Asian Studies
![Headshot of Bharat Punjabi](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/B_Punjabi.png.webp?itok=psSAOWEY)
Course Instructor, Contemporary Asian Studies and South Asian Studies
Associate Professor, Department of Art History
![Headshot of Guiping Qu](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/guiping%20qu%20-headshot.jpg.webp?itok=pF1xNNI1)
Visiting Professor, Asian Institute
School of History and Culture, South China Normal University
![Bhavani Raman headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Raman%2C%20Bhavani_0.jpg.webp?itok=cEAgp0Vg)
Associate Professor, Department of History
Associate Professor, Department of Historical and Cultural Studies (UTSC)
![Srilata Raman headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Raman%2C%20Srilata_0.jpg.webp?itok=KaxIC_jR)
Professor, Associate Chair and Undergraduate Coordinator, Department for the Study of Religion
![Katharine Rankin headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Rankin%2C%20Katharine_0.jpeg.webp?itok=7SOqUj9I)
Professor, Department of Geography and Planning
![Ajay Rao headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/imgonline-com-ua-resize-afH0w0j0CxfPXb.jpg.webp?itok=X2Mf8-YT)
Associate Professor, Department for the Study of Religion
Associate Professor and Vice-Dean, Graduate, Department of Historical Studies (UTM)
![Shozab Raza Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Shozab%20Raza%20Headshot.png.webp?itok=sx-1NfoQ)
Affiliate, Asian Institute
Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Justice Education, OISE
![Michael Roellinghoff headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Roellinghoff_0.jpg.webp?itok=EBE_93uN)
Research Associate, Dr. David Chu Program in Asia-Pacific Studies
![Karen Ruffle headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/imgonline-com-ua-resize-BhZTw6og9HJD9Jri.jpg.webp?itok=B49wg24J)
Professor, Department for the Study of Religion
Professor, Department of Historical Studies (UTM)
![Izumi Sakamoto headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/UofT3215_20140121_IzumiSakamoto_002-lpr-768x512.jpeg.webp?itok=rHlPFesm)
Associate Professor, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work
Associate Professor; Associate Chair, Undergraduate, Department of Anthropology
![Andre Schmid headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Schmid%2C%20Andre_0.jpg.webp?itok=JIeru__5)
Associate Professor, Department of East Asian Studies
![Barton Scott headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/imgonline-com-ua-resize-7unlsVwBLwhE.jpg.webp?itok=oBrRgLRL)
Associate Professor; Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Religion
Associate Professor, Department of Historical Studies (UTM)
Affiliate, Asian Institute
Arts & Science Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Political Science
![Rakesh Sengupta](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/Headshot_0.JPEG.webp?itok=XsSsaiE8)
Affiliate, Centre for South Asian Studies, Asian Institute
Assistant Professor, Department of English, UTSC
Assistant Professor, Cinema Studies Institute
![Jayeeta Sharma headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/mk_person_photo_teaser/public/assets/person/photo/imgonline-com-ua-resize-vQQNPMtDrTmSil.jpg.webp?itok=D7NLlzal)
Associate Professor, Department of History
Associate Professor; Associate Chair of Research, Department of Historical and Cultural Studies (UTSC)