Faculty and Staff

Prasanta Bandyopadhyay
Office: Wilson 2-148
Phone: (406) 994-5212
Email: psb@montana.edu
Research Interests: Philosophy of Science, Epistemology, Indian Philosophy

Maggie Greene
Office: Wilson 2-162
Phone: (406) 994-5203
Email: margaret.greene1@montana.edu
Research Interests: Modern Chinese History; Modern Japanese History; Modern Chinese Literature and Cultural Studies; Pre-modern Chinese History

Holly Grether
Assistant Teaching Professor of Religious Studies
Office: Linfield 401
Phone: (406) 994-5578
Email: hgrether@montana.edu
Research Interests: Buddhism, Hinduism, Ritual

Xin Han
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Office: Wilson Hall 2-134
Phone: (406) 994-5164
xin.han1@montana.edu
Research Interests: Interdisciplinary Social Science, Development Studies, Domestic & International Development, Digital Politics, Comparative Politics, Collaborative Governance, Local Governance, Well-being of Underserved Communities

Yuka Hara
Assistant Teaching Professor of Japanese, Curriculum Coordinator of Japanese Language Instruction
Office: Gaines 118
Phone: (406) 994-5136
Email: yhara@montana.edu

Hua Li
Office: Gaines 118A
Phone: (406) 994-6449
Email: huali@montana.edu
Research Interests: Contemporary Chinese Literature; Su Tong and Yu Hua's coming-of-age stories; contemporary Chinese army-writer fictions

James Meyer
Office: Wilson 2-102
Phone: (406) 994-6798
Email: james.meyer7@montana.edu
Research Interests: Islamic world history, the Balkans, Turkey & the Middle East, and post-Soviet space

Peter Tillack
Office: Gaines 118D
Phone: (406) 994-6441
Email: tillack@montana.edu
Research Interests: Modern & contemporary Japanese literature; literary/filmic representations of social space during Japan's "economic miracle"

Philip Williams
Office: Gaines 118
Phone: (406) 994-5136
Email: philip.williams@montana.edu
Research Interests: Chinese and Japanese literature and culture; Monsoon Asian civilization; Chinese language and migration studies