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Asuka Sango

Director of Cross-Cultural Studies, Cross-Cultural Studies
Director of the Center for Global and Regional Studies, Center for Global and Regional Studies
John W. Nason Professor of Asian Studies and Religion, Religion

Education & Professional History

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, MA; Princeton University, PhD


At Carleton since 2007.

Current Courses

  • Fall 2025
    RELG 153: Introduction to Buddhism
  • Winter 2026
    RELG 152: Religions in Japanese Culture
  • Spring 2026
    ASST 285: Mapping Japan, the Real and the Imagined