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Cornell University

East Asia Program

Faculty

Core Faculty 

Core faculty are key leaders in EAP's activities. They serve in the following capacity:

  • Research and teach primarily in East Asian studies

  • Serve on EAP committees
  • Invite guest speakers or host workshops, conferences, and symposia
  • Primary investigators on sponsored projects through the EAP
  • Other collaborative academic work coordinated through EAP

EAP core faculty are invited to join and appointed by the executive committee.

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Liren Zheng

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Asian Studies

Liren Zheng is the curator of the Charles W. Wason Collection on East Asia at the Cornell University Library. Previously he was the curator of the Dr. Shao You-Bao Overseas Chinese Research and Documentation Center, Ohio University Library (1998-2006).

Jack (John) Zinda

Assistant Professor, Global Development

John Zinda studies social and environmental change, primarily in rural China.