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Melbourne (Bundoora) Academic Staff

Name
Position
Research/Teaching Interests
Telephone
Email
Harry Aveling Associate Professor,
Adjunct Professor of Southeast Asian Literature, Ohio University		 Indonesian and Malay modern and classical literatures; translation theory and practice +61 3 9479 1213 h.aveling@latrobe.edu.au
Greg Bailey Reader Sanskrit narrative literature, especially the two epics, the Puranas and Classical Sanskrit poetry; Tamil literature and the socio-economic history associated with the rise of Buddhism +61 3 9479 2134 greg.bailey@latrobe.edu.au
Adam Bowles Honorary Research Fellow Sanskrit literature; Indian epic; Mahabharata; early Indian history; 18th c. Indian history; Maratha history; the interaction of governance and religion in India
 +61 3 9479 5604 a.bowles@latrobe.edu.au
Novi Djenar Senior Lecturer Indonesian language, language and space, linguistic representations of the self, interface between speech and writing +61 3 9479 1560 d.djenar@latrobe.edu.au
John Fitzgerald Honorary Visiting Fellow State-building in post-imperial China; the cultural history of diplomacy in East Asia
Chinese-Australian studies; trans-national China		   j.fitzgerald@latrobe.edu.au
Peter Friedlander Coordinator Distance Hindi/Buddhism Hindi language and literature; Indian media; Hindi newspapers, history of South Asian religions; history of Buddhism; Eastern meditation traditions +61 3 9479 2064 p.friedlander@latrobe.edu.au
Bao Qiang Gao Lecturer International and comparative education, contemporary Chinese education and cross-cultural communication +61 3 9479 1332 b.gao@latrobe.edu.au
Hui Ling Xu Lecturer Second language acquisition, particularly in the social and psychological aspects of language learning, Chinese language and linguistics, comparative dialectology +61 3 9479 1396 h.xu@latrobe.edu.au
James Leibold Lecturer Role of ethnicity, race and national identity in contemporary Chinese history and society; the construction and politicisation of history in contemporary Asia and Australia-Asia relations +61 3 9479 2089 j.leibold@latrobe.edu.au
Kaori Okano
Associate Professor, Reader and Program Convenor Anthropology/sociology of education; comparative education; social inequality and schooling; class-gender-ethnic identity; global-local interface in education; transition to adulthood; ethnic schools;, education in contemporary Asia and Japan. +61 3 9479 1394 k.okano@latrobe.edu.au
Raj Pandey Associate Professor
On leave all 2008 to mid 2009 		Gender and religion in medieval Japanese literature; Japanese cinema; contemporary popular Japanese culture, particularly manga and anime +61 3 9479 1446 r.pandey@latrobe.edu.au
Lidia Tanaka Lecturer Sociolinguistics: code-switching, comparative discourse patterns (Spanish, Japanese and English), gender and language, conversation analysis and politeness +61 3 9479 1397 l.tanaka@latrobe.edu.au
Hiroshi Watanabe Lecturer Japanese second language acquisition +61 3 9479 2564 h.watanabe@latrobe.edu.au
Xu Yuzeng Senior Lecturer,
Guest Professor of Nantong University, China		 Chinese as a second language acquisition, language development and interaction, ancient Chinese culture, translation and translation training +61 3 9479 3073 y.xu@latrobe.edu.au

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Melbourne (Bundoora) Administrative Staff

Name
Position
Telephone
Email
Ms Fiona Walsh Administrative Officer +61 3 9479 5553 f.walsh@latrobe.edu.au
Mrs Amanda Dunn Administrative Officer +61 3 9479 1315 amanda.dunn@latrobe.edu.au

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Albury-Wodonga

Name
Position
 Campus Base
Teaching/Research Interests
Telephone
Email
David Envall Associate Lecturer in Politics Albury-Wodonga Japanese politics and foreign policy, international relations, Asia-Pacific security +61 2 6024 9825 h.envall@latrobe.edu.au
James Leibold Lecturer Melbourne (Bundoora) Role of ethnicity, race and national identity in contemporary Chinese history and society; the construction and politicisation of history in contemporary Asia and Australia-Asia relations +61 3 9479 2089 j.leibold@latrobe.edu.au
Kaori Okano
Associate Professor, Reader and Program Convenor Melbourne (Bundoora) Anthropology of education, Japanese schooling, social inequality and schooling, class-gender-ethnic identity, global-local interface in education, transition to adulthood +61 3 9479 1394 k.okano@latrobe.edu.au

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Bendigo

Name Position Telephone Email
Nita Rahayu Associate Lecturer +61 3 5444 7240 e.rahayu@latrobe.edu.au

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Mildura

Name
Position
 Campus Base
Teaching/Research Interests
Telephone
Email
Angus McIntyre Senior Lecturer Melbourne (Bundoora) Indonesian politics and society; political psychology; biography; studies of political leadership +61 3 9479 2289 a.mcintyre@latrobe.edu.au
Kaori Okano
Associate Professor, Reader and Program Convenor Melbourne (Bundoora) Anthropology of education, Japanese schooling, social inequality and schooling, class-gender-ethnic identity, global-local interface in education, transition to adulthood +61 3 9479 1394 k.okano@latrobe.edu.au

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