Center Directors & Academic Program Chairs

• Hitoshi Abe, Director, Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies

  310-825-7857
  Hitoshi.Abe@aud.ucla.edu

• Andrew Apter, Interim Director, African Studies Center

  310-825-3686
  aapter@history.ucla.edu

• Ali Behdad, Director, Center for Near Eastern Studies

  310-825-3614
  behdad@humnet.ucla.edu

• Robert Buswell, Director, Center for Buddhist Studies

  buswell@humnet.ucla.edu

• Yoram Cohen, Director, Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies

  (310) 825-8766
  yoram@ucla.edu

• Jason Cong, Co-Director, Joint Research Institute in Science and Engineering by Peking University and UCLA

  310-206-2775
  cong@cs.ucla.edu

• Verónica Cortinez, Director, Center for Southern Cone Studies; International Institute Equity Advisor

  310-206-3132
  cortinez@humnet.ucla.edu

• S. Peter Cowe, Director, Center for World Languages

  310-825-1307
  cowe@humnet.ucla.edu

• Robin Derby, Director, Program on Caribbean Studies; Faculty Director of International Education

  310-825-4601
  derby@history.ucla.edu

• George Dutton, Director, Center for Southeast Asian

  (310) 825-6363
  dutton@humnet.ucla.edu

• Marjorie Faulstich Orellana, Associate Director, Center for the Study of International Migration

  orellana@gseis.ucla.edu

• Akhil Gupta, Director, Center for India and South Asia

  310-794-7969
  akgupta@anthro.ucla.edu

• Rubén Hernández-León, Director, Center for Mexican Studies

  310-825-3059
  rubenhl@soc.ucla.edu

• Domenico Ingenito, Director, Program on Central Asia

  ingenito@humnet.ucla.edu

• Namhee Lee, Director, Center for Korean Studies

  nlee@humnet.ucla.edu

• Seiji Lippit, Associate Director, Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies

  310-825-5998
  lippit@humnet.ucla.edu

• Michael Lofchie, Chair, Academic Programs - International Development Studies

  310.825.4331
  mlofchie@polisci.ucla.edu

• Glen MacDonald, Director, Canadian Studies Program

  (310) 835-1071
  macdonal@geog.ucla.edu

• William Marotti, Chair, Academic Programs - East Asian Studies M.A.

  310-825-4368
  marotti@history.ucla.edu

• Laure Murat, Director, Center for European and Russian Studies

  murat@international.ucla.edu

• José Luiz Passos , Director, Center for Brazilian Studies

  310-825-6659
  passos@humnet.ucla.edu

• Kal Raustiala, Director, Burkle Center for International Relations

  310-794-4856
  raustiala@law.ucla.edu

• Michael Rodriguez, Chair, Academic Programs - Global Health Minor

  310-794-0394
  mrodriguez@mednet.ucla.edu

• Steven L. Spiegel, Director, Center for Middle East Development

  (310) 825-0604
  spiegel@polisci.ucla.edu

• Ren Sun, Director, Cross-disciplinary Scholars in Science and Technology (CSST)

  (310) 794-5557
  rsun@mednet.ucla.edu

• Bonnie Taub, Associate Director, Latin American Institute; Co-Chair, Academic Programs - Latin American Studies M.A.

  310-206-2117
  btaub@ucla.edu

• Kevin Terraciano, Director, Latin American Institute; Co-Chair, Academic Programs - Latin American Studies M.A.

  310-825-4571
  terraciano@international.ucla.edu

• Michael Thies, Chair, Global Studies and International & Area Studies Interdepartmental Programs

  310-825-1976
  thies@polisci.ucla.edu

• Harold Torrence, Chair of African Studies MA

  htorrence@humnet.ucla.edu

• Roger Waldinger, Director, Center for the Study of International Migration

  310-825-3902
  waldinger@soc.ucla.edu

• Yunxiang Yan, Director, Center for Chinese Studies

  310-267-4336
  yan@anthro.ucla.edu

• Min Zhou, Director, Asia Pacific Center

  310-825-3532
  mzhou@soc.ucla.edu