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Governance & Past Directors

CEAS is governed by a faculty Steering Committee which sets administrative policy and determines Center priorities and goals.

In addition, several smaller ad hoc faculty committees are convened yearly to manage admissions, continuing student and postdoctoral fellowships, and for other purposes as needed. The current Steering Committee members are:

 

  • Xueguang Zhou, Sociology, Director
  • Ron Egan, East Asian Languages & Cultures
  • Jim Reichert, East Asian Languages & Cultures
  • Scott Rozelle, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
  • Kiyoteru Tsutsui, Sociology
  • Jun Uchida, History
  • Ban Wang,  East Asian Languages & Cultures
Xueguang Zhou photo

Xueguang Zhou
2024-
Sociology

Portrait of Dafna Zur

Dafna Zur
2019-2024
East Asian Languages & Cultures

Portrait of Jun Uchida

Jun Uchida
2016-2019
History

Portrait of Gordon Chang

Gordon Chang
2011—2016
History

Karen Wigen

Kären Wigen
2009—2011
History

Portrait of Chaofen Sun

Chaofen Sun
2006—2009
East Asian Languages & Cultures

Portrait of Carl Bielefeldt

Carl Bielefeldt
2004—2006
Religious Studies

Portrait of Jean Oi

Jean Oi
1998-2004
Political Science

Portrait of Harold Kahn

Harold Kahn
1997-1998
History

Peter Duus

Peter Duus
1995-1997
History

Susan Matisoff

Susan Matisoff
1992-1995
Asian Languages

Lyman P. Van Slyke

Lyman P. Van Slyke
1988-1992
History

Peter Duus

Peter Duus
1987-1988
History

Albert Dien

Albert Dien

Albert Dien
1983-1987
Asian Languages

Makoto Ueda photo

Makoto Ueda

Makoto Ueda
1981-1983
Asian Languages

Peter Duus

Peter Duus
1977-1981
History

Albert Dien

Albert Dien

Albert Dien
1976—1977
Asian Languages

Victor Li Photo

Victor Li

Victor H. Li
1974—1976
Law

Lyman P. Van Slyke

Lyman P. Van Slyke
1973—1974
History

Albert Dien

Albert Dien

Albert Dien
1972—1973
Asian Languages

portrait of Lyman P. Van Slyke

Lyman P. Van Slyke
1970—1972
History

portrait of John Lewis, Political Science 1969-1970

John W. Lewis
1969—1970
Political Science

portrait of John Lewis

John W. Lewis
1968-1969
Political Science
(Chair, Committee on East Asian Studies)

Lyman P. Van Slyke

Lyman P. Van Slyke
1967-1968
History
(Chair, Committee on East Asian Studies)

portrait of Nobutaka Ike

Nobutaka Ike
1965-1967
Political Science
(Chair, Committee on East Asian Studies)

portrait of Kurt Steiner

Kurt Steiner
1964-1965
Political Science
(Chair, Committee on East Asian Studies)

portrait of Thomas Smith

Thomas C. Smith
1960-1964
History
(Chair, Committee on East Asian Studies)