Stephen O’Harrow
Director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Moore 406
Educational Background
A.B., University of Michigan, 1962.
M.A., School of Oriental & African Studies (London), 1965.
Doctorat en Etudes Orientales, La Sorbonne, 1972
Research / Teaching / Specializations
Vietnamese language & literature, film in Viet Nam, colonial & pre-modern Vietnamese texts
Paul Rausch
Associate Director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Moore 405
Educational Background
M.A., University of Hawaiʻi
B.A., University of Hawaiʻi
Research/Teaching/Specializations
Cinema, clothing, and culture of Southeast Asia
Ronald Gilliam
Online Development Coordinator & Doctoral Student in Asian Theatre
Moore 405
Educational Background
M.A., Performance Studies, New York University
B.A., Theatre/Chinese Language & Culture, Butler University
Research/Teaching/Specializations
In addition to coordinating all online communication at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Ronald conducts research on identity through Chinese Central Asian performance (Uyghur). In 2004, he co-founded NoExit Performance, a theatre company based in Indianapolis, Indiana, that focuses on experimentation and the creation of original works. Ronald has also published articles and reviews in peer-reviewed journals such as e-Misphérica and Asian Theatre Journal.
Theresa Christine Navarro
Public Relations Coordinator
Moore Hall 405
Educational Background
B.A., Ethnic Studies/History, University of California – Riverside
Research/Teaching/Specializations
Theresa Christine Navarro is a Pinay arts organizer with an interest in the function of art in, through and with communities of difference. As an emerging scholar-activist, she collaborates and remains connected with multimedia arts organizations and educational institutions in California, Hawai’i and across the country. She is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in American Studies and graduate certificate in Museum Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
Leon Potter
Student Assistant & Doctoral Student at the College of Education
Moore Hall 405
Educational Background
M.A., Second Language Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa
M.A., Asian Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa
B.A., Asian Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Research/Teaching/Specializations
Leon is doing research for his dissertation about Vietnamese Heritage Language Learners. He has completed four-years of Vietnamese language classes and is also currently studying 3rd-year Thai language. For the last three summers, Leon has gone to Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand to participate in a teaching practicum at the University of Ubon Rajathani for the Department of Second Language Studies. He has also been heavily involved in the subtitling for the Center and worked on many films including Passerine Bird (Con Chim Vành Khuyên), The Lotus (Bông Sen), and Holy Days (Ngày Lễ Thánh) with Le Vinh Hoa.
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