Department Leadership
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Head, Department of Asian Studies
Professor of Asian Studies, History, and Philosophy
![Ran Zwigenberg](https://asian.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2021/07/Ran-Zwigenberg.jpg)
Associate Professor of Asian Studies and Jewish Studies
Director of Graduate Studies
![Jooyeon Rhee](https://asian.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2021/07/Jooyeon-Rhee.jpg)
Dorothy W. Gilpatrick University Endowed Fellow in the Humanities
Associate Professor of Asian Studies and Comparative Literature
Director of the Institute for Korean Studies
Director of Undergraduate Studies