Leadership

Executive Council

◊ Officers

President: Andre Laliberté (Fall 2026-Summer 2028), University of Ottawa, Canada.

** Past President: David A. Palmer (Fall 2026-Summer 2028), Hong Kong University, China.

Vice President: Weishan Huang (Fall 2026-Summer 2028), Hong Kong Shue Yan University, China.

General Secretary: C. Julia Huang (Fall 2026-Summer 2030), National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan.

Treasurer: Soyeon Joo (Fall 2025~), Daesoon Academy of Sciences, Daejin University, Korea. sesami9@naver.com / casserole787@gmail.com

◊ Council Members (3-year term)

• Gang-Hua Fan (Fall 2024-Summer 2027), Soochow University, Taiwan. ganghua.fan@gmail.com
• Yunping Tong (Fall 2024-Summer 2027), Pew Research Center, USA.
• Ritsu Fuyutsuki (Fall 2024-Summer 2027), Reitaku University, Japan.
• Jack Meng-Tat Chia (Fall 2025-Summer 2028), National University of Singapore, Singapore.
• Seil Oh (Fall 2026-Summer 2028), Songang University, Korea.
• Megan Rogers (Fall 2026-Summer 2028), Duke-Kunshan University, China.
• Tomoko Fukuda (Fall 2026-Summer 2028), Chiba University, Japan.
• Kai Shmushko (Fall 2026-Summer 2028), University of Amsterdam.

Standing Committee

◊ Publication Committee

Chair: Gordon Melton, Baylor University, USA. JGordon_Melton@baylor.edu

1. Sakurai Yoshihide, Hokkaido University, Japan. saku@let.hokudai.ac.jp
2. Mark Mullins, University of Auckland, New Zealand. m.mullins@auckland.ac.nz
3. Francis Lim, Nanyang Technology University, Singapore. fkglim@ntu.edu.sg

◊ International Liasion Commiittee

Chair: André Laliberté, University of Ottawa, Canada. Andre.Laliberte@uottawa.ca

1. Cho Kyuhoon, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Korea. khcho228@yahoo.com
2. Weishan Huang, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, China. whuang@hksyu.edu
3. Tomoko Fukuda, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Chiba University, Japan. fukuda@faculty.chiba-u.jp

Regional Liaisons (To Be Updated)

◊ Korea

• Jang, Hyung Chull, Induk University, jangwmc@naver.com

◊ Japan

• Kenta, Awazu, Sophia University, awazu21@gmail.com
• Yokoi, Momoko, Nanzan Institute, yokoi.momoko@gmail.com

◊ China mainland

• Yi Liu, Shanghai University, translation.liu@163.com
• Shining Gao Renmin, University of China, Beijing, gaoshining@gmail.com

◊ Taiwan

• Yu-chen Li, National Chengchi University, dharma0958@gmail.com

◊ Singapore

• Francis Lim Nanyang, Technology University, Singapore, fkglim@ntu.edu.sg

◊ Hong Kong

• William Ng, Hong Kong Baptist University,  mtcarmel63@gmail.com

◊ Vietnam

• Quang Hung Nguyen, Vietnam National University,  nguyenquanghung50@gmail.com

◊ USA

• Anna Sun, Duke University, annasun1754@gmail.com

◊ Canada

• Andre Laliberté, University of Ottawa, Andre.Laliberte@uottawa.ca

◊ Europe

• Stefania Travagnin, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, s.travagnin@rug.nl

◊ Australia & New Zealand

• Mark Mullins, University of Auckland, m.mullins@auckland.ac.nz