CSEAS Staff

UCLA CSEAS is supported by a small group of staff and faculty who are responsible for the operations of the Center and its programs and activities.

• Stephen Acabado, Director, UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies; Associate Professor, Anthropology
• Nguyet Tong, Assistant Director, UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies
• Juliana Wijaya, Indonesian Studies Program Coordinator, UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies; Lecturer, Asian Languages & Cultures
• Jade Alburo, Southeast Asian Library, UCLA Library
• Lisette Mora, Fund Manager, UCLA International Institute
• Sandy Valdivieso, Associate Director of Advising & Engagement; Distance Learning Coordinator
• Earl John Cedo Hernandez, Program Coordinator, Program for Early Modern Southeast Asia
• Meredith Barnes, Student Programming Assistant, UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies
• Raghu Kommalapaty, Student Programming Assistant, UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies
• Nida Sanglimsuwan, UCLA CSEAS Representative, GETSEA Graduate Student Council
• Rane Prak, UCLA CSEAS Representative, GETSEA Graduate Student Council
• Piphal Heng, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology/Program for Early Modern Southeast Asia Postdoctoral Fellow
• Madeleine Yakal, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology/CSEAS Postdoctoral Fellow 

Faculty

Since its establishment in 1999, UCLA CSEAS has worked closely with the university to build an outstanding group of faculty. There are currently dozens of faculty in many different disciplines and professional schools affiliated with the Center, making UCLA one of the leading centers for research and teaching on Southeast Asia in the country. 

* Serves on UCLA CSEAS Faculty Advisory Committee

• Stephen Acabado, Professor, Anthropology* (Philippines/Taiwan)
• Supeena Adler, Adjunct Associate Professor, Ethnomusicology* (Thailand/Southeast Asia)
• Jade Alburo, Southeast Asian Library, UCLA Library* (Philippines/Southeast Asia)
• Paul Barber, Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology* (Indonesia)
• Victor Bascara, Associate Professor, Asian American Studies* (Philippines)
• Quyen Di Chuc Bui, Lecturer, Vietnamese, Asian Languages and Cultures
• Lucy Mae San Pablo Burns, Associate Professor, Asian American Studies* (Philippines)
• Michelle Caswell, Professor, Information Studies* (Cambodia)
• Felipe Cervera, Assistant Professor, Film and Television* (Singapore)
• Jolie Chea, Assistant Professor, Asian American Studies* (Cambodia)
• Thuy Vo Dang, Assistant Professor, Information Studies* (Vietnam)
• Roger Detels, Professor, Public Health* (Southeast Asia)
• Nenita Domingo, Lecturer, Filipino, Asian Languages and Cultures
• George Dutton, Professor, Asian Languages & Cultures (Vietnam)
• Lieba Faier, Professor, Geography* (Philippines)
• Daniel Fessler, Professor, Anthropology* (Indonesia)
• Evyn Lê Espiritu Gandhi, Associate Professor, Asian American Studies* (Vietnam/Asia Pacific)
• Jenjit Gasigitamrong, Lecturer, Thai, Asian Languages and Cultures
• Jessica Gipson, Professor, Community Health Sciences* (Philippines)
• Kian Goh, Associate Professor, Urban Planning* (Southeast Asia)
• Pamina Gorbach, Professor, Epidemiology* (Cambodia/Vietnam) 
• Patrick Heuveline, Professor, Sociology* (Cambodia)
• Choon Hwee Koh, Assistant Professor, History* (Singapore)
• Shoichi Iwasaki, Professor Emeritus, Asian Languages and Cultures* (Thailand/Asia)
• Robert M. McCann, Professor, UCLA Anderson School of Management* (Thailand)
• Cindy Nguyen, Assistant Professor, Information Studies* (Vietnam)
• Kelly Nguyen, Assistant Professor, Classics* (Vietnam)
• Thu Ba Nguyen Hoai, Lecturer, Vietnamese, Asian Languages and Cultures
• Thu-huong Nguyen-vo, Professor, Asian American Studies* (Vietnam)
• Oona Paredes, Associate Professor, Asian Languages and Cultures* (Philippines)
• Ninez Ponce, Professor, Health Policy and Management* (Philippines)
• Helen Rees, Professor, Ethnomusicology* (Southeast Asia/East Asia)
• Sarah Roberts, Associate Professor, Gender Studies* (Philippines)
• Michael L. Ross, Professor of Political Science (Indonesia/Southeast Asia)
• Dante Anthony Tolentino, Assistant Professor, Nursing* (Philippines)
• Jasmine Trice, Associate Professor, Film and Television* (Philippines)
• Alex Ungprateeb Flynn, Associate Professor, World Arts and Culture/Dance* (Thailand)
• I Nyoman Wenten, Adjunct Associate Professor, Ethnomusicology (Indonesia)
• Juliana Wijaya, Lecturer, Indonesian, Asian Languages and Cultures*
• Kie Zuraw, Professor, Linguistics* (Philippines)

Affiliated Faculty

• David Blundell, Visiting Professor and Lecturer, UCLA Extension (Taiwan/Southeast Asia/Austronesia)
• Christopher Erickson, Professor Emeritus, UCLA Anderson School of Management (Global)
• Helga Leitner, Professor Emeritus, Geography (Indonesia)
• Gyanam Mahajan, Lecturer; South and Southeast Asian Language Coordinator, Asian Languages and Cultures
• Seinenu Thein-Lemelson, Lecturer, Visiting Scholar, Anthropology (Myanmar)
• Eric Sheppard, Humboldt Professor Emeritus, Geography (Indonesia)
• Damon Woods, Visiting Lecturer, History (Philippines)