Constantina Bailly, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies (Ph.D., Columbia University), teaches courses on Hinduism, Buddhism, shamanism, mystical poetry, and women’s religious traditions.

Victoria Baker, Associate Professor of Anthropology (Ph.D., University of Leiden), researches schooling in remote rural areas, and has done comparative case studies on schooling in some 16 countries, including China, Vietnam, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka.

Andrew Chittick, E. Leslie Peter Assistant Professor of East Asian Humanities (Ph.D., University of Michigan) is the discipline coordinator for East Asian Studies.  He teaches and researches on a wide variety of topics in East Asian history and culture, with particular interest in early Chinese history and local culture, Taoism, and conceptions of nature.  For more information about the East Asian Studies program, e-mail me at chittiab@eckerd.edu.

Ed Grasso, Associate Professor of Decision Sciences (Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University), teaches and researches Operations Management and has been active in taking students to East and Southeast Asia to study business practices in Asian societies.

Sandra Harris, Associate Professor of Human Development (Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University), teaches and researches on the sociology of the family, and has spent time in Japan researching the Japanese family system.

Shiping Hua, Associate Professor of Political Science (Ph.D., University of Hawaii), teaches a variety of courses on East Asian politics and on Chinese society through fiction and film.

Linda Carroll, Adjunct in Japanese, teaches Japanese language and character writing.

Brian Ransom, Associate Professor of Visual Arts (M.F.A., Claremont Graduate School) teaches, researches, and creates ceramics, and has long had an interest in the history and techniques of Asian ceramics.

Hendrick Serrie, Professor of Anthropology and International Business (Ph.D., Northwestern University), teaches management, organizational behavior, and the culture of international business, and has published widely on these issues, especially concerning the overseas Chinese.

Jing Shen, Assistant Professor of Chinese Language and Literature (Ph.D., Washington University of St. Louis) teaches Chinese language and a variety of topics in traditional Chinese fiction, women’s studies, and film.

Claire Stiles, Associate Professor of Human Development (Ph.D., University of Florida), teaches and researches traditional Chinese medicine, health, and healing practices, and is currently serving on the Board of Directors of the Florida Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine.