Dissertations & Placements
Abir Bashir Bazaz, PhD, 2016
“The Negative Theology of Nund Rishi (1378-1440): Poetry and Politics in Medieval Kashmir”
First Position: Assistant Professor, English, Ashoka University, Sonepat, India
Michael Crandol, PhD, 2015
“Nightmares from the Past: 'Kaiki eiga' and the Dawn of Japanese Horror Cinema”
First Position: Visiting Assistant Professor, Japanese Studies, Modern Languages & Literatures, William and Mary
Current Position: Visiting Assistant Professor, East Asian Languages & Cultures, Indiana University
Minhwa Ahn, PhD, 2015
"(Beyond) Propaganda: Biopolitics and the Fantastic Mode in South Korean and Japanese Film During and After the U.S. Occupation (1945-1979)"
First Position: Korea National University of Arts
Jesse Field, PhD, 2012
“Writing Lives in China: the Case of Yang Jiang”
First Position: Faculty, Affiliated High School of Peking University
Ji Hao, PhD, 2012
“Poetics of Transparency: The Hermeneutics of Du Fu (712-770) during the Late Ming and Early Qing Periods”
First Position: Assistant Professor, Modern Languages & Literatures, College of the Holy Cross
Jessica Ka Yee Chan, PhD, 2012
“Looking to the East: Chinese Revolutionary Cinema, 1949-1966”
First Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Languages, Literatures, & Cultures, University of Richmond