Graduate Faculty

Erica Scharrer, Professor and Chair, B.A., New York at Geneseo, 1992; M.A., Syracuse, 1995; Ph.D., 1998.

Emily West, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director, B.A., McMaster, Canada, 1997; M.A., Pennsylvania, 2000; Ph.D., 2004

Seyram Avle, Assistant Professor, B.A., Brandeis, 2007; Ph.D., Michigan at Ann Arbor, 2014.

Soo Young Bae, Assistant Professor, B.A & BBA., Korea University, Seoul, 2008; Ph.D, Michigan, 2014.

Benjamin Bailey, Professor, B.A., Brown, 1987; M.A., California at Los Angeles, 1996; Ph.D., 1999.

Burcu Baykurt, Assistant Professor, B.A., Bogazici University, 2006; M.A. Goldsmiths, Univeristy of London, 2009; M.A. New York University, 2012; Ph.D., Columbia University, 2019.

Mari Castañeda, Professor, B.A., California at Los Angeles, 1993; Ph.D., California at San Diego, 2000.

Briankle G. Chang, Professor, B.A., Fu Jen Catholic, Taiwan, 1976; M.A., Alabama, 1978; M.A., Illinois, 1981; Certificate, Ph.D., 1990.

Anne T. Ciecko, Associate Professor, B.A., LaSalle, 1986; M.A., Pennsylvania State, 1988; Ph.D., Pittsburgh, 1997.

Leda M. Cooks, Professor, B.S., Miami, 1986, M.A., Ohio; Ph.D. 1993

Gonen Dori-Hacohen, Associate Professor, B.A., Open University of Israel, 1996; M.A., Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 2000; M.A., California at Los Angeles, 2003; Ph.D., Haifa, Israel, 2009.

Martha Fuentes-Bautista, Senior Lecturer, B.A., Universidad Central de Venezuela, 1996; M.A., New York at Buffalo, 2000; Ph.D., Texas at Austin, 2007.

Stephen Olbrys Gencarella, Associate Professor, B.A., Providence College, 1993; M.A., Tufts, 1995; Ph.D., Indiana, 2003.

Seth K. Goldman, Associate Professor, B.A., George Washington, 2004; M.A., Pennsylvania, 2007; Ph.D., 2010.

Henry Geddes Gonzalez, Associate Professor, B.A., Oberlin, 1978; Ph.D., Texas at Austin, 1989.

Claudio Moreira, Professor, B.A., Universidad de Campinas, Brazil, 1999; M.A., Illinois, 2002; Ph.D., 2007.

Martin F. Norden, Professor, B.J., Missouri, 1973; M.A., 1974; Ph.D., 1977.

Jonathan C. Ong, Professor, B.A., Ateno de Manila University, Philippines, 2003; M.Sc., London School of Economics, UK, 2007; Ph.D., Cambridge, UK, 2012.

Kimberly Pérez, Assistant Professor, B.A., California State, 2003; M.A. Maine, 2005; Ph.D., Arizona State, 2014.

Erica Scharrer, Professor, B.A., New York at Geneseo, 1992; M.A., Syracuse, 1995; Ph.D., 1998.

Shawn Shimpach, Associate Professor, B.A., Brandeis, 1993; M.A., New York University, 1996; Ph.D., 2004.

Alena L. Vasilyeva, Associate Professor, B.A., Minsk State Linguistic University, Belarus, 1996; Candidate of Science, 2002; Ph.D., Rutgers, 2010

Weiai Xu, Assistant Professor, B.A. Zhejiang University of Technology, China, 2009; M.A., Wisconsin, Milwaukee,  2011; Ph.D., New York at Buffalo, 2015.

Associate Faculty

Amrita Basu, Professor of Political Science & Women's & Gender Studies, Amherst College

Daniel Horowitz, Professor of American Studies, Smith College

Alexandra Keller, Associate Professor of Film Studies, Smith College

Jina Kim, Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies, Smith College

Faculty Emeriti

Carolyn Anderson, Professor Emerita (2006).

Donal A. Carbaugh, Professor Emeritus (2019).

Vernon Cronen, Professor Emeritus (2011).

Jarice Hanson, Professor Emerita (2016).

Sut Jhally, Professor Emeritus (2020).

Michael Morgan, Professor Emeritus (2016).