Wherever I am, the world comes after me.
It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it.
Now I understand why the old poets of China went so far
and high into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist.
"The Old Poets of China" by Mary Oliver

CHENG CHUA, KARL IAN, Ph.D.

Professorial Lecturer
Japanese Studies; Southeast Asian Studies; Cultural Studies; Identity and Culture; Cross Cultural Studies
COURSE(S) TAUGHT
AS 221
Modern Japanese Texts
AS 234
Special Topics: Northeast Asia (History in/with/from Comics)
INT JAP A
Elementary Japanese
INT JAP B
Intermediate Japanese