Wellesley Alumnae in

Asian Studies &

Asia-Related Careers

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College & University Faculty in Asian Studies

Cynthia Brokaw '72, Professor of History (China), Ohio State University

Christine Chin '84, Assistant Professor of International Relations (Southeast Asia), American University, School of International Service

Deborah Davis '67, Professor of Sociology (China), Yale University

June Teufel Dreyer '61, Professor of Political Science (China), University of Miami

Susan Greenhalgh '72, Professor of Anthropology (China), University of California-Irvine

Carol Newman Gluck '62, George Samson Professor of History (Japan), Columbia University

June Grasso '74, Associate Professor of Social Science (China), College of General Studies, Boston University

Kristine Harris '88, Assistant Professor of History (East Asia) & Director of Asian Studies, State University of New York at New Paltz

Ann Huss '88, Assistant Professor of Chinese, Wellesley College

Ayesha Jalal '78, Professor of History (South Asia), Tufts University

Linda Cook Johnson '61, Associate Professor of History (China), Michigan State University

William C. Kirby, Geisinger Professor of History (China) and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University (*attended Wellesley on the 12 College Exchange from Dartmouth)

Lillian Li '64, Professor of History (East Asia), Swarthmore College

Lily Ling '79, Senior Lecturer, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands

Laura McDaniel '90, Assistant Professor of History (China), Vanderbilt University

Harriet C. Mills '41, Professor Emeritus of Chinese Literature, University of Michigan

Geeta Patel '80, Associate Professor of Women's Studies (South Asia), Wellesley College

Elizabeth Remick '88, Assistant Professor of Political Science (China), Tufts Univeristy

Jael Silliman, Associate Professor of Women's Studies (South Asia), University of Iowa

Sarah Queen '80, Associate Professor of History (China), Connecticut College

Ellen Read Widmer '61, Professor of Asian Languages and Literature (China), Wesleyan University

 

Graduate Students in Asian Studies

Antonia Bennett '00?, Geography (China), University of Washington

Alison Groppe '88, East Asian Languages and Literature (Ph. D. Chinese), Harvard University

Catherine Hudak '98?, East Asian Studies (M. A.), Columbia University

Zoe Kwok '00, East Asian Art History (M. A.), Harvard University

Melanie Strauss '99, East Asain Regional Studies (M. A.), Harvard University

Thunyamart Limurgsorn '02, Political Science (China), University of Washington

Sarah Womack '97, History (Ph. D., Southeast Asia/Vietnam), University of Michigan

 

Other Asia-Related Work

Grace Zia Chu '24 (1899-1998), Chinese cookbook author

Stella Dong '76, Writer, Author of Shanghai, 1942-1949: The Rise and Fall of a Decadent City (Morrow, 2000)

Henrietta Holsman Fore '70, Director, United States Mint; Senior Associate, Center for Strategic and Security Studies, Georgetown University; Founding Chairman, US-Asia Environmental Partnership; Assistant Administrator for Asia, US AID 1991-94.

Mahnaz Ispahani '79, Senior Fellow, South and West Asia, Council on Foreign Relations.

In-ho Lee '60, President, Korea Foundation

Julia Lowell '83, Economist (Japan), The Rand Corporation

Katherine Marshall '67, Counselor to the President of The World Bank; formerly Director of Social Policy and Governance in the East Asia and Pacific Region.

Melissa Moy '91, Assistant Curator of Chinese Art, Sackler Museum of Art, Harvard University

Elizabeth S. Paulson '90, Senior Writer for Asia, eCountries (Global Economic Analysis)

Krishna Roy Ribaud '49, (1927-2000), One of the world's leading experts on and collectors of Asian Textiles

Mayling Soong (Madame Chiang Kai-shek) '17, former First Lady, Republic of China

Rachel Y. H. Wang '88, former Asia Director, Elisabeth Luce Moore '24 Wellesley-Yenching Program