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The Asian Studies Center Advisory Council is a collective of faculty representatives from Michigan State University, each faculty member on the council is from a certain designation including East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, College of Arts and Letters, College of Social Science, Central, West, and North Asia, and a College other than CAL or CSS. Membership on the council requires faculty involvement in research, teaching, and outreach related to Asia and Asian languages.


2026 - 2027 Advisory Council Members

Eddie Boucher (2025-2027)

Representative Designation: South Asia
Title: Associate Director
Department: Center for Integrative Studies in Social Science
College: Social Science
Email: bouche50(at)msu.edu

Peter De Costa (2025-2027)

Representative Designation: Southeast Asia
Title: Professor
Department: Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures (LiLaC)
College: Arts & Letters
Email: pdecosta(at)msu.edu

Samira Fathi (2026-2028)

Representative Designation: Central/West/North Asia Rep
Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Art, Art History, and Design
College: College of Arts and Letters
E-mail: 

Kyunghee Lee (2025-2027)

Representative Designation: East Asia
Title: Associate Professor
Department: Social Work
College: Social Science
Email: choiky(at)msu.edu

Rajiv Ranjan (2026-2028)

Representative Designation: College of Arts and Letters
Title: Associate Professor
Department: Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures
College: Arts and Letters
Email: 

Sarah Scott (2026-2028)

Representative Designation: College other than CSS/CAL
Title: Walter Family Director of Education Abroad
Department: Broad Education Broad
College: Broad College of Business
Email: sscott(at)broad.msu.edu

Fei Sun (2026-2028)

Representative Designation: College of Social Science
Title: Professor
Department: School of Social Work
College: Social Science
Email: sunfei(at)msu.edu

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Li-Hong Weng (2026-2028)

Representative Designation: Graduate Students
Title: Graduate Student (Political Science, Doctoral)
Email: wengliho(at)msu.edu

Aaliyah Posvech (2025-2027)

Representative Designation: Undergraduate Students
Title: Undergraduate Student (Management, BBA)
Email: posvecha(at)msu.edu

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