East Asian Studies Faculty

I'm a cultural and medical anthropologist whose courses include ethnography of Japan and East Asia, medical anthropology, disability studies, culture and aging (cultural gerontology), the anthropology of biomedicine, and the history of anthropological theory.

Dr. Constance Kassor teaches courses on Buddhist thought and Asian religious traditions.

Brigid E. Vance's research focuses on the intellectual and cultural history of dreams and dream divination in late Ming China.

Born and bred in southeastern Wisconsin, I've spent my life serving others, first in the US Air Force and then (and now) as a teacher.