Affiliated Faculty & Staff

Faculty

Senior Advisor

Edward A. McCord (Ph.D., University of Michigan)

Professor Emeritus of History and International Affairs

Research Interests: Chinese history

Co-Director

Alexa Alice Joubin (Ph.D., Stanford University)

Professor of English, Theatre, International Affairs, and East Asian Languages and Cultures

Co-director of the Digital Humanities Institute

Graduate Placement Director

Middlebury College John M. Kirk, Jr. Chair in Medieval and Renaissance Literature

Rome Hall 750
Tel: (202) 994-6639
E-mail: ajoubin@gwu.edu

Richard J. Haddock is the Assistant Director of the Sigur Center for Asian Studies at the George Washington University, where he leads the Center’s robust Taiwan affairs programming, outreach, and curriculum development. He is also a member of the UC Berkeley U.S.-Taiwan Next Generation Working Group, where his research focuses on U.S.-Taiwan education diplomacy and exchange. Previously, he has held positions at the GW East Asia National Resource Center, the National Democratic Institute’s Asia team, the American Institute in Taiwan’s Public Diplomacy Section, and the U.S. Department of State. Mr. Haddock is currently pursuing a PhD in Public Policy and Public Administration at The George Washington University, focusing on digital democracy and e-governance development in the Asia-Pacific. He holds an MA in Asian Studies from the Elliott School, with a concentration on domestic politics and foreign policy of East Asia. He graduated from the University of Central Florida with a BA in Political Science and minors in Asian Studies and Diplomacy.

1957 E Street, NW, Suite 503Q
Washington, DC 20052
Tel: (202) 994-3682
E-mail: rhaddock@gwu.edu

Affiliated Faculties

Liana Chen (Ph.D., Stanford University)

Associate Professor of Chinese and International Affairs

Research Interests: Chinese literature, Chinese plays

Rome Hall 464
Tel: 202-994-9277
E-mail: liachen@gwu.edu

Miaochun Wei (Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, George Washington University)

Teaching Instructor in the Chinese Language

Research Interests: Language pedagogy, second language acquisition, pragmatics

Rome Hall 455
801 22nd Street, NW
Tel: 202-994-4393
E-mail: mwei@gwu.edu

Deepa Ollapally (Ph.D., Columbia University)

Associate Director of The Sigur Center for Asian Studies

Research Professor of International Affairs

Research Interests: South Asian regional security, comparative politics of South Asia, nuclear nonproliferation, terrorism, gender and international security

Elliott School of International Affairs
1957 E Street, NW, Suite 503R
Tel: 202-994-8854
Fax: 202-994-6096
E-mail: deepao@gwu.edu

Robert Sutter (Ph.D., Harvard University) Professor of Practice of International Affairs Research Interests: Politics and foreign relations of Taiwan, international politics of East Asia, U.S. policy towards Asia

Elliott School of International Affairs 1957 E Street, NW, Suite 503K

Tel: 202-994-5886

Fax: 202-994-6096

E-mail: sutterr@gwu.edu

Robert J. Shepherd (Ph.D., George Mason University)

Visiting Associate Professor, Anthropology & International Affairs

Research Interests: Tourism, cultural heritage issues, side effects of market changes in China

Elliott School of International Affairs
1957 E Street, NW, Suite 601F
Tel: 202-994-2725
Fax: 202-994-6096
E-mail: rshepher@gwu.edu

Russell Korte (Ph.D., University of Minnesota)

Associate Professor of Human and Organizational Learning

Research Interests: Socialization of newcomers to organizations; Professional development of engineers

Email: rkorte@gwu.edu

John W. Tai (Ph.D., George Washington University)

Professorial Lecturer, Elliott School of International Affairs; Senior Advisor, Pamir Consulting

Research interests: Taiwan’s diplomacy and national security, U.S. relations with the Asia-Pacific, China’s political developments, doing business during a period of global strategic competition

E-mail: jwtai@gwu.edu

Staff

Robert Kincaid is the Program Coordinator for the East Asia National Resource Center (NRC) and the Taiwan Education and Research Program (TERP). He graduated from American University in 2021 majoring in International Relations with a regional focus of East Asia and the Pacific and specializes in cross-strait relations and the U.S-China relationship. His research interests also include U.S- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) relations. He has previoiusly worked in international exchange programming and has experience assisting with the coordination and execution of the State Department’s Young Southeast Asian Leaders Association (YSEALI).

1957 E Street, NW, Suite 503N
Washington, DC 20052
E-mail: r.kincaid@email.gwu.edu

Sean Dolan is the Assistant Programs Director for the Asian Studies Suite at the Elliott School. In his role, he oversees budgeting, grants management, and financial and administrative matters for the GW Institute for Korean Studies (GWIKS), the Sigur Center for Asian Studies, the GW East Asia National Resource Center (NRC) and for various Asian Studies programs and faculty members. Sean graduated from the University of Georgia with a B.A. in International Affairs and French. After college, he first moved to Korea as an English teacher and then completed an M.A. in International Relations at Sogang University in Seoul. After graduate school, he spent several years working for an international education company in Texas, where he managed admissions for study abroad programs in Korea and several other countries. He later returned to Seoul to direct on-site operations for study abroad programs in Korea. Prior to moving into his current role, Seanpreviously served as the Program Manager for GWIKS.

1957 E Street, NW, Suite 503N
Washington, DC 20052
E-mail: seandolan@gwu.edu