BUCSA Faculty

Departmental List

Boston University has over seventy faculty members who teach in areas relating to Asian Studies. Below is an alphabetical listing, organized by department. If you would like to read more about an individual faculty member, clicking on the name will direct you to personal pages with more biographical information, including courses.

College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Anthropology

Professor of Anthropology
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Director of the Women’s Studies Program
Professor of Anthropology
Associate Director in the Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs
Director, Program on Islam and Civil Society
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Chairman, Professor of Anthropology
Research Associate, Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs
Professor of Anthropology

College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Archaeology

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Archaeology
Managing Editor, Journal of East Asian Archaeology
Professor of Archaeology and Heritage Management
Assistant Professor of Archaeology and Anthropology
Director, International Center for East Asian Archaeology and Cultural History (ICEAACH)

College of Arts and Sciences
Department of History of Art and Architecture

Associate Professor of Asian and Chinese Art
Assistant Professor in Islamic Art
Associate Professor of Japanese Art and Architecture

College of Arts and Sciences
Department of English

Professor of English and in the Creative Writing Program
Associate Professor of English

College of Arts and Sciences
Department of History

Assistant Professor of British History
Associate Professor of Chinese History
Assistant Professor of Japanese History
Associate Professor of History
CharlesK. and Elisabeth M. Kenosian Chair in Modern Armenian History and Literature

College of Arts and Sciences
Department of International Relations

Associate Professor of International Relations
Professor of International Relations and History
Director, BU Center for the Study of Asia
Professor of International Relations and Political Science
Chair and Professor of International Relations
Associate Professor of International Relations
Assistant Professor of International Relations
Assistant Professor

College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature

Lecturer in Chinese
Wiebke Denecke
denecke@bu.edu		 Assistant Professor of Chinese, Japanese, and Comparative Literature
Lecturer in Japanese
Associate Professor of Japanese
Convener (division head) of Japanese
Lecturer in Japanese
Director of Outreach and Co-Curricular Activities for Japanese
Lecturer in Chinese
Master Lecturer in Turkish
Hiromi Miyagi-Lusthaus
hmiyagi@bu.edu		 Lecturer in Japanese
Lecturer in Japanese
Head of Japanese Language Program
Lecturer in Korean
Head of Korean Language Program
Associate Professor of Persianate and Comparative Literature
Assistant Professor of Japanese and Comparative Literature
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Associate Professor of Chinese
Convener of Chinese Language
Lecturer in Chinese
Head of Chinese Language Program

College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Philosophy

Director of Undergraduate Advising, Department of Philosophy
Associate Professor of Philosophy

College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Religion

Assistant Professor of Asian Religions
Associate Professor of Religion
Assistant Professor of Religion
Professor of Religion and Anthropology
Associate Professor of Religion
Assistant Professor of Religion
Assistant Professor of Religion
Professor of Religion

College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Sociology

Associate Professor of Sociology
Assistant Professor of Sociology

College of Arts and Sciences
Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program

Lecturer of Women’s Studies

College of Arts and Sciences
Writing Program

College of Communication

Associate Professor of Journalism
H. Denis Wu
hdw@bu.edu		 Associate Professor of Communication

College of Fine Arts

Assistant Professor of Music (Musicology and Ethnomusicology)
Associate Professor of Music (Musicology and Ethnomusicology)
Professor of Music

College of General Studies

Chairman and Professor of the Division of Social Science
Associate Professor of Social Science
Senior Lecturer of Social Science

Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Assistant Professor of Health Sciences
Karen Jacobs
kjacobs@bu.edu		 Clinical Professor of Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitative Counseling

School of Management

Associate Professor of Operations and Technology
Professor, Strategy and Policy Department
Associate Professor/Faculty Director, IMP, Organizational Behavior Department

School of Medicine

Associate Professor Departments of Family Medicine and Pediatrics
Director, Boston Healing Landscape Project
Robert B. Saper
Robert.saper@bmc.org		 Assistant Professor Department of Family Medicine
Director, Integrative Medicine

School of Public Health

School of Theology

Associate Dean for Academic and Administrative Affairs
Associate Professor of Comparative Theology