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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. 

Kyoungrok Ko headshot
 
Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of East Asian Studies
Korean Language Program Coordinator, Department of East Asian Studies
Headshot of Hye-Su Kuk
 
Assistant Professor, Adult Education and Community Development, OISE
Tong Lam
 
Interim Director, Dr. David Chu Program in Asia-Pacific Studies, Asian Institute
Associate Professor, Department of Historical Studies, UTM
Jason Lau
 
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
 
Associate Dean, Academic & Professor, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work
Headshot of Yoonkyung Lee
 
Korea Foundation Chair of Korean Studies
Professor, Department of Sociology
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Professor, Department of Anthropology
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC)
Headshot of Phillip Lipscy - photo by Alexis MacDonald
 
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
 
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
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Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology
Kenneth MacDonald headshot
 
Associate Professor, Centre for Diaspora & Transnational Studies
Associate Professor, Department of Human Geography (UTSC)
Headshot of Mark Manger
 
Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
Professor, Department of Political Science
Affiliated Faculty, Centre for European and Eurasian Studies
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Associate Professor, Department of History
Dr. Sidharthan Maunaguru is wearing glasses and a blue blazer
 
Chair of Tamil Studies at the Department of Historical and Cultural Studies, UTSC
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
Affiliate, Centre for South Asian Studies
Picture of Bonnie McElhinny standing next to a tree and wearing a grey shirt and blue jacket.
 
Professor, Department of Anthropology
Professor, Women & Gender Studies Institute
Headshot of Scott McKnight
 
Research Associate, Innovation Policy Lab
Lecturer, Master of Global Affairs program
Rijuta Mehta headshot
 
Assistant Professor, Department of English
Heather Miller headshot
 
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
photo of Manjari Chatterjee Miller
 
Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Munk Chair in Global India
Libbie Mills headshot
 
Assistant Professor, Department for the Study of Religion
Kiran Mirchandani headshot
 
Professor, Adult Education and Community Development Program, OISE
Shivaji Mukherjee headshot
 
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Assistant Professor, Political Science (UTM)
Kanta Murali headshot
 
Associate Professor; Interim Undergraduate Director and Associate Chair, Department of Political Science
 
Course Instructor, South Asian Studies
Aparna Nair
 
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
 
Associate Professor, Department of Geography & Planning
Associate Professor, Department of Human Geography (UTM)
Headshot of Lynette Ong
 
Distinguished Professor in Chinese Politics
Professor, Department of Political Science
Ito Peng headshot
 
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
 
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
 
Course Instructor, Contemporary Asian Studies
Janet Poole headshot
 
Associate Professor; Distinguished Professor of the Humanities & Chair, Department of East Asian Studies
Headshot of Bharat Punjabi
 
Course Instructor, Contemporary Asian Studies and South Asian Studies
 
Associate Professor, Department of Art History
Bhavani Raman headshot
 
Associate Professor, Department of History
Associate Professor, Department of Historical and Cultural Studies (UTSC)
Srilata Raman headshot
 
Professor, Associate Chair and Undergraduate Coordinator, Department for the Study of Religion
Katharine Rankin headshot
 
Professor, Department of Geography and Planning
Ajay Rao headshot
 
Associate Professor, Department for the Study of Religion
Associate Professor and Vice-Dean, Graduate, Department of Historical Studies (UTM)
Shozab Raza Headshot
 
Affiliate, Asian Institute
Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Justice Education, OISE
Michael Roellinghoff headshot
 
Research Associate, Dr. David Chu Program in Asia-Pacific Studies
Karen Ruffle headshot
 
Professor, Department for the Study of Religion
Professor, Department of Historical Studies (UTM)
Izumi Sakamoto headshot
 
Associate Professor, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work
 
Associate Professor; Associate Chair, Undergraduate, Department of Anthropology
Andre Schmid headshot
 
Associate Professor, Department of East Asian Studies
Barton Scott headshot
 
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
 
Affiliate, Centre for South Asian Studies, Asian Institute
Assistant Professor, Department of English, UTSC
Assistant Professor, Cinema Studies Institute
Jayeeta Sharma headshot
 
Associate Professor, Department of History
Associate Professor; Associate Chair of Research, Department of Historical and Cultural Studies (UTSC)