Advisory Board, Staff & Faculty

Global Asias Faculty & Staff

Faculty across UMBC along with community partners collaborated to bring the Global Asias Initiative to fruition!

2025-2026 Advisory Board

  • Meredith Oyen, Associate Professor of History and Director of the Asian Studies Program
  • Emily Yoon, Assistant Professor of English
  • Fan Yang, Associate Professor of Media and Communication Studies
  • Robbin Lee ’13, Visual Arts and Media and Communications Studies, Director of Partnerships and Mobilization at UpSurge Baltimore
  • Theo Gonzalves, former American Studies Chair and Professor, Curator of Asian-Pacific American History at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History
  • Angelina Jenkins, Assistant Director, The Mosaic: Center for Cultural Diversity
  • Julie Sayo, Assistant Professor, Graphic Design
  • Kyung-Eun Yoon, Assistant Professor, Coordinator of Korean, Dept of Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication

2024-2025 Advisory Board

  • Meredith Oyen, Associate Professor of History and Director of the Asian Studies Program
  • Emily Yoon, Assistant Professor of English
  • Fan Yang, Associate Professor of Media and Communication Studies
  • Robbin Lee ’13, Visual Arts and Media and Communications Studies, Director of Partnerships and Mobilization at UpSurge Baltimore
  • Theo Gonzalves, former American Studies Chair and Professor, Curator of Asian-Pacific American History at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History
  • Shin Yon Kim, Asian Studies Lecturer
  • Ricky Blissett, Associate Director, Center for Democracy and Civic Life
  • Sharon Tran, Assistant Professor, English
  • Sameera Shukanta Nayak, Assistant Professor, Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health

2023-2024 Advisory Board

  • Meredith Oyen, Associate Professor of History and Director of the Asian Studies Program
  • Emily Yoon, Assistant Professor of English
  • Fan Yang, Associate Professor of Media and Communication Studies
  • Shin Yon Kim, Asian Studies Lecturer
  • Noor Zaidi, Assistant Professor of History
  • Robbin Lee ’13, Visual Arts and Media and Communications Studies, Director of Partnerships and Mobilization at UpSurge Baltimore
  • Theo Gonzalves, former American Studies Chair and Professor, Curator of Asian-Pacific American History at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History