Asia Society Experts Directory

Asia Society has numerous experts available for interviews.  Here is a sampling, plus brief outlines of their areas of expertise. To set up an interview or for any other questions, contact us at 212-327-9271 or pr@asiasociety.org.

Vishakha Desai, President - Asia in general, fine arts and culture, U.S. policy, Asian and Asian American social issues.
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Jamie Metzl, Executive VP - Asia expert; former White House staff, UN Cambodia, Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff. Full Bio
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Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director, Asia Society Center on U.S. China Relations - all things China and media (former dean of UC Berkeley School of Journalism)
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Melissa Chiu, Director, Asia Society Museum - expert on Asian contemporary art, Chinese contemporary art and culture, and Asian American artists. Full Bio

Anthony Jackson, Vice President, Education - global education, education reform in U.S. and abroad, Chinese/foreign language instruction in U.S. schools.
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Nicholas Platt, former Asia Society President and former U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, the Philippines, and Zambia and high-level diplomat in Canada, Hong Kong, China, and Japan

Mike Kulma, Director Policy Initiatives - global policy research, politics, China, Korea

Suzanne DiMaggio, Director Policy Studies - global policy research, environmental issues, human rights; Iran expert (formerly ran a U.S.-Iran Track II dialogue) 

John Delury, Associate Director, Asia Society Center on U.S. China Relations - Chinese politics and economics, U.S.-China relations, North Korea
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Judi Kilachand, Executive Director, Business Programs - India expert; business trends in Asia

Rachel Cooper, Director of Cultural Programs and Performing Arts - Indonesia expert; arts, dance, and culture

Chris Livaccari, Associate Director of Chinese Language Initiatives - world languages, global education, teaching Chinese in U.S. schools.
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Susan Shirk, Associate Fellow, Asia Society Center on U.S. China Relations - China, North Korea, security, U.S. policy
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Sanjeev Sherchan, Assistant Director, South and Central Asia Programs - South Asia, Nepal

Alice Hunsberger, Assistant Director, External Affairs - Iran, Persian, and Arabic literature

Simon Tay, Associate Fellow, Chairman of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs - ASEAN countries, U.S.-Asia relations, climate change
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Hassan Abbas, Asia Society Bernard Schwartz Fellow - politics and U.S. policy in Pakistan and Afghanistan, nuclear proliferation, religious extremism in South and Central Asia, relations between Muslims and the West
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Sadanand Dhume, Associate Fellow – South/Southeast Asia and Islam in Asia expert, writer and journalist (Far Eastern Economic Review, Asian WSJ) (D.C.-based)

Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, Associate Fellow and Hindustan Times Foreign Editor - the rise of India, globalization (New Delhi-based)

Mira Kamdar, Associate Fellow – India, Pakistan and Kashmir, Indian and Asian diaspora, citizenship and security in post-9/11 world, competing visions of democracy
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Sheridan Prasso, Associate Fellow – China and Taiwan; Southeast Asia (Cambodia, Vietnam, Burma); Kazakhstan; Japan; business, economics, development, travel, media, social issues (women).
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Kimberly Marten, Associate Fellow and Barnard College professor of international relations and foreign policy - Pakistan/Afghanistan security, U.S. policy

Ahilan Kadirgamar, Associate Fellow and spokesperson for the Sri Lanka Democracy Forum – Sri Lanka

Ayesha Haroon, Associate Fellow and editor of The News International, Lahore – Pakistan, U.S.-Asia relations

Michael Zhao, Center on U.S.-China Relations, producer of China Green project – internet in China, new media

Adriana Proser, John H. Foster Curator of Traditional Asian Art, Asia Society Museum - traditional Chinese/East Asian art and Chinese calligraphy

Miwako Tezuko, Associate Curator, Asia Society Museum – Asian contemporary art, video art focusing on East Asia, cross-media avant-garde art in Japan