Belmont University Asian Area Studies Group

This page lists current faculty members who are actively involved in developing undergraduate instruction in Asian Studies on Belmont's campus.

Dr. H. Mike Awalt, Chinese and Japanese Philosophy

Dr. Marty G. Bell, Asian Religion

Dr. Cynthia Bisson, East Asian History, especially Japan

Dr. Howard H. Cochran, Jr. Economics and Management, Business in China

Dr. Corinne Dale, Chinese Literature and Asian American Literature

Dr. Sharon Dowdy, Nursing, Cambodia, Service Learning in Asia

Prof. Mika Garrett, Japanese Language

Dr. Ernest Heard, Library Services, Southeast Asia, Vietnam

Dr. Ronnie Littlejohn, Asian Philosophy, especially Chinese Philosophy and Religions

Dr. Marcia McDonald, Provost, Chinese Literature

Dr. Margaret Monteverde, Associate Dean of Humanities, Chinese Humanities and Literature

Dr. David Moser, International Law and Music and Entertainment Business, especially China and Asia-Pacific

Dr. J.H.E. Paine, Asian Literature, especially Japanese Literature

Dr. Daniel E. Schafer, Central and East Asian History

Dr. Andrew Siao, Chinese Language

Dr. Bonnie Smith, Writing and Asian Literature

Dr. Andrea Stover, Asian Literature, especially Japanese

Dr. Jonathan L. Thorndike, Honors, East Asian Literature-Chinese and Japanese

Dr. Marieta Velikova, International Business, especially Japan