Faculty Experts
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Asia
Mark L. Blum
Associate Professor
Department of East Asian Studies
Buddhism; religion
Anthony DeBlasi
Chair and Associate Professor
Department of East Asian Studies
China, Chinese culture, Chinese history, Confucianism
Akiko S. Hosler
Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Diabetes; obesity; smoking; nutrition; Japan
Steven A. Leibo
Lecturer
Department of History
Modern China and globalization; U.S. China relations; Asian-Western relations; Vietnam; Southeast Asia; international politics; modern world history
Steven F. Messner
Distinguished Teaching Professor
Department of Sociology
Homicide; violent crime; crime in China
Jogindar S. Uppal
Professor
Department of Economics and Department of Africana Studies
Economic social problems facing Asian countries particularly India, Pakistan, and Indonesia; urban economics; African economic development
Theodore P. Wright, Jr.
Professor Emeritus
Department of Political Science
Politics; policies; foreign policies of India; Pakistan; Bangladesh in South Asia; Minorities, especially Muslims in India; attitudes towards events in the Middle East; Islam as a religion; comparative ethnicity; Dutch in colonial Albany, N.Y.

