Core Faculty
Kristin Bloomer
Bio
Associate Professor of Religion
Chair of Religion
Chair of Religion
Off Campus: Fall 2025, Winter 2026
Arthur McKeown
Bio
Director of the Buddhist Studies Program in India and Associate Professor of Asian Studies
Phone:
507 222 5363
Email:
amckeown@carleton.edu
Asuka Sango
Bio
Director of Cross-Cultural Studies
Director of the Center for Global and Regional Studies
John W. Nason Professor of Asian Studies and Religion
Director of the Center for Global and Regional Studies
John W. Nason Professor of Asian Studies and Religion
Other Faculty Involved in Asian Studies
Michael Flynn
Bio
William H. Laird Professor of Linguistics and the Liberal Arts, Emeritus
Phone:
507 222 5248
Email:
mjflynn@carleton.edu
Shaohua Guo
Bio
Associate Professor of Chinese
Chair of Asian Languages and Literatures
Chair of Asian Languages and Literatures
Off Campus: Fall 2025, Winter 2026, Spring 2026
Mark Hansell
Bio
Burton and Lily Levin Professor of Chinese, Emeritus
Phone:
507 222 5437
Email:
mhansell@carleton.edu
Gao Hong
Bio
Director of the Chinese Music Ensemble and Senior Lecturer in Chinese Musical Instruments
Mariko Kaga
Class of 1952 Professor of Asian Languages, Emerita
Phone:
507 222 5437
Email:
mkaga@carleton.edu
Emeriti Faculty
Jim Fisher
Bio
John W. Nason Professor of Asian Studies and Anthropology, Emeritus
Phone:
507 222 4108
Email:
jfisher@carleton.edu
Roger Jackson
Bio
John W. Nason Professor of Asian Studies and Religion, Emeritus
Phone:
507 222 4232
Email:
rjackson@carleton.edu
Kathryn Sparling
Tanaka Memorial Professor of International Understanding and Japanese, Emerita
Phone:
507 222 5437
Email:
ksparlin@carleton.edu