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Daniel Koss

koss@fas.harvard.edu

Research Scholar and Lecturer in East Asian Languages and Civilizations

Daniel Koss studies political parties in East Asian politics. His first book, published in 2018, investigates the role of political parties under authoritarianism through the case of the Chinese Communist Party. Asking why the Chinese state is "stronger"...

Yasmine Sae Krings

RSEA AM '17

Japan: postcolonialism, gender and sexuality, race and critical theory, modern Japanese literature, abjection, violence, psychoanalysis. University of Chicago, B.A., East Asian Languages/Japanese, 2014

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Reika Y.J. Ku

RSEA AM '25

(she/her) Japan and Korea: Asia-Pacific security, inter-Korean relations, Japan-Korean peninsula relations, Extended deterrence, DPRK’s WMD program, U.S. alliances in the Asia-Pacific, Political economy of post-war South Korea and Japan University of...

Shigehisa Kuriyama

hkuriyam@fas.harvard.edu

EALC: Reischauer Institute Professor of Cultural History

Research Interests: comparative cultural history; history of medicine and science.

Shiamin Kwa

RSEA AM '99, PhD '08

2015 RSEA Alumni Panelist

Shiamin Kwa is Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures and Comparative Literature at Bryn Mawr College. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Chinese Literature from Harvard University and her B.A. in English Literature from Dartmouth...

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Benjamin Landauer

RSEA AM '21

(he/him/his) China: Modern Poetry, Classical Poetry, Translation Theory and PracticeNanjing University, M.A. Modern Chinese Literature, 2019. Reed College, B.A. Chinese Language and Literature, 2017

Jessica J. Lee

RSEA AM '08

2020 RSEA Alumni Panelist

Jessica J. Lee is a Senior Congressional Advisor at the Bureau of Legislative Affairs, U.S. Department of State. She was formerly a Senior Research Fellow on East Asia at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Lee is an expert in U.S. foreign...

Hyejoo Lee

RSEA AM '20

Korea: Film and media studies; race, gender, and the transnational in contemporary South Korean cinema and visual culture.Yonsei University, B.A. Comparative Literature & Culture, 2018

Ji-Eun Lee

RSEA AM '02, PhD '06

2017 RSEA Alumni Panelist

Ji-Eun Lee is an Associate Professor of Korean Literature and Language and the Head of the Korean Section at Washington University in St Loius. Lee's research and teaching focus on Korean literature and civilization. She is working on two writing projects...

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Jiyeon Lee

RSEA AM '25

(she/her) Japan and Korea: Jiyeon Lee studies sociology using mixed methods, with a focus on immigration, gender, the state, and social change. Her intellectual passion revolves around the legal and substantive dimensions of citizenship—how one's access...

David Lee

RSEA AM '88, College AB '87

Alumni Advisory Board 2025-

David graduated from Harvard College with a degree in Linguistics (related field in Applied Mathematics) in 1987 and went on to RSEA to complete his master’s degree in 1988 (Modern Japanese Society). He enjoys long-distance running, biking, squash...

Althea Lee

althealee@college.harvard.edu

(she/her)

Harvard University, AM, Regional Studies East Asia, May 2026 Harvard College, A.B. Government and East Asian Studies Double, May 2026 China and Singapore: Urban governance and development, Ageing urbanism, Housing policy, Social infrastructure, Sinophone...