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Thuy Tranviet

Thuy Tranviet

Senior Lecturer, Vietnamese

Thuy Tranviet has been teaching Vietnamese in the Department of Asian Studies since 2000. She teaches Vietnamese at all levels, including advanced courses in newspaper reading and Vietnamese contemporary literature.

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Phone: 607-254-6715

Maria Theresa Savella

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Senior Lecturer, Tagalog

Maria Theresa C. Savella teaches all levels of Tagalog (Filipino). She is co-author with John Wolff and Der-Hwa Rau of Filipino Through Self-Instruction (1991, rev. 2005), a four-volume textbook that contains sufficient teaching materials for four semesters of semi-intensive Tagalog instruction from the beginning to the intermediate level. She and Wolff also compiled reading materials in a Tagalog reader for the intermediate and advanced levels.

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Phone: 607-255-7524

Jolanda Pandin

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Senior Lecturer, Indonesian

Jolanda Pandin joined the Department of Asian Studies in August 2006.

Prior coming to Cornell, she taught Indonesian at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of British Columbia, and in the intensive Indonesian language program of the Southeast Asian Studies Institute (SEASSI ) at the University of Oregon-Eugene and University of Wisconsin, including two years as the program coordinator.

Her academic interests are Indonesian language and life sciences communication.

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Phone: 607-255-0685

Christopher Miller

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Senior Lecturer, Music

Christopher Miller is a scholar and musician whose interests and activities revolve around two points of focus: experimental music, and the music of Indonesia, especially Central Javanese gamelan.

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Phone: 607-255-3306

Tamara Loos

Tamara Loos

Professor, History

Tamara Loos is professor of history and Asian studies. Her most recent book, Bones around My Neck: The Life and Exile of a Prince Provocateur (2016), tells the story of Prince Prisdang Chumsai (1852–1935). He served as Siam’s first diplomat to Europe during the most dramatic moment of Siam’s political history, when its independence was threatened by European imperialism. Despite serving with patriotic zeal, he suffered irreparable social and political ruin based on rumors about fiscal corruption, sexual immorality, and political treason.

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Phone: 607-255-8862

Sarosh Kuruvilla

Sarosh Kuruvilla

Andrew J. Nathanson Family Professor in Industrial and Labor Relations

Sarosh Kuruvilla is Cornell University's Andrew J. Nathanson Family Professor of Industrial Relations, Asian Studies, and Public Affairs. He is also a visiting professor at the London School of Economics. He joined Cornell's faculty in 1990 after obtaining a doctorate in business administration from the University of Iowa in 1989, and after a career as a labor relations manager in India.

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Yu Yu Khaing

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Senior Lecturer, Burmese

Yu Yu Khaing has been teaching Burmese at Cornell University since 2015. With training as a foreign language educator, she has designed a wide range of teaching materials, including multimedia courses, and continues to explore innovative uses of online platforms.

She holds an M.A. in Asian Studies, a B.A. in English Language and Literature, and a graduate diploma in English Language Teaching Methodology.

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Phone: 607-255-1340

Ngampit Jagacinski

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Senior Lecturer, Thai

Ngampit Jagacinski received both her PhD and MA in Chinese Linguistics at Ohio State University. She has taught Thai language in the Department of Asian Studies since 2000. Her teaching and research interests are the language, culture, and history of the Bangkok area as well as north and northeastern regions of Thailand.    


 

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Phone: 607-255-3099

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