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Affiliated Faculty

Betty Hanson, Professor of Political Science at UConn - Storrs. Her research and teaching interests include International Relations, International Political Economy, International Communication, and South Asia. She is currently focused on the political economy of the internet in India.


Kathryn Myers, Professor of Art and Painting at UConn - Storrs. Also a curator of several exhibitions on South Asian art, her current figurative paintings as well as photographs and digital works are primarily based on research in the art and culture of India.


Tina Reardon, Lecturer in History at UConn - Torrington. She is also director of Litchfield College Counseling, LLC, a private college search and application process counseling company. Trained in East Asian Studies with a concentration in China and Japan, her courses include Introduction to Asian American Studies, Japanese Americans during WWII, History through Fiction – Asia, East Asia since Mid-19th century, Roots of Traditional Asia, and Views of China through Film.


Guanhua Wang, Associate Professor of History at UConn - Storrs campus. His research and teaching interests cover Modern China, and 20th century Chinese social, cultural and popular movements and communication. His current research examines sports in the People’s Republic of China.


Grace Yun, Adjunct Lecturer in Asian American Studies at UConn -  Stamford, Waterbury and Hartford campuses. She is also director of InterRelations Collaborative, Inc. a nonprofit educational organization. Trained in Higher Education Policy and Administration, she has taught Asian American Studies courses that include The Historical Role and Status of Asian Women in American Society, Myths and Realities: From the Yellow Peril to the Model Minority, and Asian American History and Culture.