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The Center has 27 Faculty Associates who teach and research primarily about Southeast Asia, and 13 other associated faculty who have had Southeast Asia experience or who occasionally do teaching and research on the region. In addition, NIU's Center for Burma Studies is the only such Center in the country.

Kenton Clymer - Professor and Chair, History Department. Ph.D. University of Michigan.
U.S. relations with Southeast Asia, especially the Philippines and Cambodia
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Rhodalyne G. Crail - Instructor, Foreign Languages and Literatures, M.A., Ohio University.
Philippines
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Personal Statement

Kikue Hamayotsu - Assistant Professor, Political Science. Ph.D., Australian National University
Southeast Asian Politics
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John F. Hartmann - Professor, Foreign Languages and Literatures. Ph.D., University of Michigan.
Thailand, Laos
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George (Jim) Henry - Associate Professor, Computer Science. Ed.D., Northern Illinois University.
Indonesia, Malaysia
SEAsite Project
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Patricia B. Henry - Associate Professor, Foreign Languages and Literatures. Ph.D., University of Michigan.
Indonesia, Malaysia
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Patricia Henry's Homepage
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Eric Jones - Assistant Professor, History. Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley.
Indonesia
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Dwight Y. King - Director, Center for Southeast Asian Studies and Professor, Political Science. Ph.D., University of Chicago.
Indonesia, East Timor
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Julie Lamb - Outreach Coordinator, Center for Southeast Asian Studies. MSEd, Adult Continuing Education/English as a Second Language, Northern Illinois University.
Thailand, Laos
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Judy Ledgerwood - Associate Professor, Anthropology. Ph.D., Cornell University.
Cambodia
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Andrea Molnar - Associate Professor, Anthropology. Ph.D., Australian National University.
Indonesia, East Timor 
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Chalermsee Olson - Associate Professor/Technical Services Librarian. M.A., University of Pittsburgh, M.A., Northern Illinois University.
Thailand
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Grant Olson - Information Technology Coordinator, Foreign Language Multimedia Learning and Training Center. Ph.D., Cornell University. Anthropology, Religious Studies.
Thailand
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Lina Davide-Ong - Director, International Training Office
Philippines
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Hao Phan - M.S. University of California, Los Angeles, Master of Library and Information Science
Southeast Asia Curator
University Libraries
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Deborah Pierce - Executive Director, International Programs. Ph.D., University of Michigan, Linguistics
Malaysia
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Barbara Posadas - Professor, History. Ph.D., Northwestern University.
Filipino-Americans
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Alan Potkin - Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley.
Laos, Burma
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Caroline Quinlan - Research Associate/Editor History. M.F.A., M.S., Geography, Northen Illinois University.
Art, Community, Environment
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Catherine Raymond - Director, Center for Burma Studies and Associate Professor, Art History. Ph.D., La Sorbonne, Paris, France.
Burma and Laos
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Susan Russell - Professor, Anthropology. Ph.D., University of Illinois.
Philippines
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Susan Russell's Homepage
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Nancy Schuneman
Office Manager
Center for Southeast Asian Studies
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U Saw Tun - Associate Professor, Foreign Languages and Literatures. M.A., University of Rangoon.
Burma
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Kheang Un - Adjunct Assistant Professor, Political Science. Ph.D., Northern Illinois University.
Cambodia
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Daniel Unger
- Associate Professor, Political Science. Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley.
Thailand, Japan, Vietnam 
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Jui-Ching Wang - Assistant Professor, Music. Ph.D.(ABD), Arizonia State University.
Southeast Asia-General
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Katharine L. Wiegele - Adjunct Assistant Professor, Anthropology. Ph.D., University of Illinois.
Philippines
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Ann Wright-Parsons - Director, Museum of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology. M.A., Northern Illinois University.
Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines
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Robert Zerwekh - Associate Professor, Computer Science. Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Illinois. 
Philippines
SEAsite Project.
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Robert Zerwekh's Homepage
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EMERITUS

Richard M. Cooler - Professor Emeritus, Art History. Ph.D., Cornell University.
Burma, Thailand
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Lee Dutton, Jr. - Assistant Professor/Librarian Emeritus, Donn V. Hart Southeast Asian Collection. M.A., University of Hawaii; M.A.L.S., University of Michigan.
Southeast Asia-General
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Kuo-Huang Han - Professor Emeritus, Music. Ph.D., Northwestern University.
Southeast Asia-General
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Arlene Neher - Director Emeritus, External Programming, Liberal Arts and Sciences. Ph.D., Northern Illinois University.
Thailand
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Clark Neher - Professor Emeritus, Political Science. Ph.D., University of California-Los Angeles.
Thailand, Philippines
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Ronald Provencher - Professor Emeritus, Anthropology. Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley.
Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand
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Harold Smith - Professor Emeritus, Sociology. Ph.D., Cornell University.
Thailand, Philippines
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M. Ladd Thomas - Professor, Political Science. Ph.D., Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University.
Thailand, Philippines
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Constance Wilson - Professor Emeritus, History. Ph.D., Cornell University.
Thailand, Southeast Asia-General
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Other Associated Faculty

The following members of the Northern Illinois University community participate from time to time in the programs of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies through their teaching, research, and extension work:

Anita Andrew, Associate Professor, History.

Hans Beck, Assistant Professor, Biology

Larry R. Johannessen , Associate Professor, English

Steven A. Johnson, Director, External Programs, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Eliot Kang, Assistant Professor, Political Science.

Michael Kolb, Associate Professor, Anthropology

Wei Luo, Assistant Professor, Geography

Susan P. Montague, Associate Professor Emeritus, Anthropology

Deborah Pierce, Executive Director, International Programs.

Lois S. Self, Chair Emeritus, Communication Studies.

Tanuja Singh, Associate Professor, Dept. of Marketing

George W. Spencer, Professor and Chair Emeritus, History.

Fahui Wang, Assistant Professor, Geography


A federally funded National Resource Center since 1997, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies provides leadership, focus, and coordination for Southeast Asian studies at the university.  cseas@niu.edu