Northern Illinois University
Center for Southeast Asian Studies
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

• Faculty Associates
• Retired Faculty Associates
• Affiliates
• Adjuncts

Faculty Associates

Department	Name	Title	Email
Anthropology	Ivan V. Small	CSEAS Director, Professor, Anthropology	ismall@niu.edu
Anthropology	Micah F. Morton	Assistant Professor	mmorton1@niu.edu
Art Education	Shei-Chau Wang	Associate Professor and Teacher Licensure Coordinator, Art and Design Education	scwang@niu.edu
Art History	Catherine Raymond	Professor, Art History	craymond@niu.edu
College of Education	James Cohen	Professor, ESL and Bilingual Education	jcohen2@niu.edu
College of Education	Molly Pasley	Assistant Professor, Special Education and ACUE Distinguished Teaching Scholar	mpasley@niu.edu
Counseling and Higher Education	Jacqueline Mac	Assistant Professor, ACUE Distinguished Teaching Scholar	jmac@niu.edu
Earth, Atmosphere and Environment	Wei Luo	Presidential Research Professor, Geography	wluo@niu.edu
Earth, Atmosphere and Environment	Jim Wilson	Associate Professor, Health, Population	jwilson41@niu.edu
Earth, Atmosphere and Environment	Melissa Lenczewski	CSEAS Assistant Director, Presidential Engagement Professor, Environmental Studies	lenczewski@niu.edu
Earth, Atmosphere and Environment	Chit Wityi Oo	Postdoctoral Research Mentor/Research Associate	coo1@niu.edu
English	Reuven Pinnata	Assistant Professor	rpinnata@niu.edu
Family and Consumer Sciences	Florensia F. Surjadi	Associate Professor	fsurjadi@niu.edu
History	Aurore Candier	Associate Professor, History	acandier@niu.edu
History	Trude Jacobsen Gidaszewski	Professor, History	tjacobsen1@niu.edu
History	Eric Alan Jones	Associate Professor, History	eajones@niu.edu
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Paul Wright	Professor, Kinesiology and Physical Education	pwright@niu.edu
Music	Jui-Ching Wang	Professor, Music	jcwang@niu.edu
Political Science	Aarie Glas	Associate Professor, Political Science	aglas@niu.edu
Political Science	Kikue Hamayotsu	Associate Professor, Political Science	khamayotsu@niu.edu
Political Science	Colin Kuehl	Associate Professor, Political Science and the Institute for the Study of the Environment, Sustainability and Energy	ckuehl@niu.edu
Political Science	Mai Van Tran	Assistant Professor, Political Science	mtran5@niu.edu
Public Administration	Kurt M. Thurmaier	Professor and Director, Division of Public Administration	kthur@niu.edu
Public Health	Tomoyuki Shibata	Professor, Public Health	tshibata@niu.edu
University Libraries	Hao Phan	Donn V. Hart Southeast Asia Collection Curator, University Libraries	hphan@niu.edu
University Libraries	Nan Yamprai	Head of Music Library, School of Music	jyamprai@niu.edu
World Languages and Cultures	Rahmi Aoyama	Instructor, World Languages and Cultures (Indonesian)	rhartati1@niu.edu
World Languages and Cultures	Jessamine Cooke-Plagwitz	Associate Professor, World Languages and Cultures	jpcooke@niu.edu
World Languages and Cultures	Rhodalyne Gallo-Crail	Instructor, World Languages and Cultures (Tagalog)	rgallocrail@niu.edu
World Languages and Cultures	Kheang Leang	Instructor, World Languages and Cultures (Khmer)	kleang@niu.edu
World Languages and Cultures	Tharaphi Than	Associate Professor, World Languages and Cultures (Burmese)	tthan@niu.edu
World Languages and Cultures	Kanjana Thepboriruk	Associate Professor, World Languages and Cultures (Thai)	kanjana@niu.edu

Retired Faculty Associates

Department	Name	Title	Email
Anthropology	Andrea Molnar	Professor Emerita	akmolnar@niu.edu
Anthropology	Susan Russell	Professor Emerita	srussell@niu.edu
Anthropology	Judy Ledgerwood	Presidential Engagement Professor, Anthropology	jledgerw@niu.edu
Art History	Richard M. Cooler	Professor Emeritus	rmcooler@niu.edu
Computer Science	George "Jim" Henry	Professor Emeritus	henry@cs.niu.edu
Computer Science	Robert Zerwekh	Associate Professor Emeritus	rzerwekh@niu.edu
Donn V. Hart Southeast Asian Library Collection	Lee Dutton, Jr.	Assistant Professor/Librarian Emeritus	ldutton@niu.edu
English	Doris M. Macdonald	Associate Professor Emerita	dmvm@niu.edu
World Languages and Cultures	John Hartmann	Distinguished Teaching Professor and Board of Trustees Professor Emeritus	hartmann.jf@gmail.com
World Languages and Cultures	Patricia Henry	Professor Emerita	phenry@niu.edu
World Languages and Cultures	Grant Olson	Information Technology Coordinator, World Languages Learning Center	golson@niu.edu
World Languages and Cultures	U Saw Tun	Associate Professor Emeritus	sawtun@niu.edu
History	Kenton Clymer	Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus	kclymer@niu.edu
History	Barbara Posadas	Professor Emerita	bposadas@niu.edu
Music	Kuo-Huang Han	Professor Emeritus	khan@niu.edu
Political Science	Clark Neher	Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus	clarkneher@hotmail.com
Public Administration	Curtis H. Wood	Associate Professor Emeritus	chwood@niu.edu
University Libraries	Chalermsee Olson	Associate Professor/Librarian Emerita	eteolson@niu.edu

Affiliates

Department	Name	Title	Email
History	Stanley Arnold	Associate Professor	sarnold@niu.edu
Political Science	Scot Schraufnagel	Professor	sschrauf@niu.edu
School of Music	Yuko Asada	Instructor	yasada@niu.edu
School of Music	An Tran	Instructor	atran@niu.edu
Accountancy	Chih-Chen Lee	Professor	cclee@niu.edu
College of Education	John Evar Strid	Assistant Professor	jstrid@niu.edu
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences	Katharine (Kate) Wiegele	Consultant	wiegele@niu.edu
History	Sean Farrell	Associate Professor	sfarrel1@niu.edu
Psychology	Alecia M. Santuzzi	Associate Professor	asantuzzi@niu.edu
College of Education	David Walker	Associate Dean, Educational Technology, Research and Assessment	dawalker@niu.edu

Adjuncts

Department	College/University	Name	Title	Email
Anthropology	Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville	Nancy Lutz	Associate Professor	nlutz@siue.edu
Human Needs and Global Resources	Wheaton College	Laura Yoder	Director	Laura.Yoder@wheaton.edu