Rice University
Chao Center for Asian Studies

Contact the Chao Center

Director:

Tani E. Barlow, T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor of Asian Studies

Assistant Director:

Michele M. Verma, Ph.D.

Associate Directors:

Mahmoud A. El-Gamal, Professor of Economics and Statistics

Steven W. Lewis,  Professor in the Practice of Humanities, Research Fellow, Baker Institute

Elora Shehabuddin, Assistant Professor of Humanities and Political Science

Major Advisor:

Steven W. Lewis, Associate Director

Temporary Program Coordinator:

Nancy Garcia


Campus Location:

Rice University Chao Center for Asian Studies

110   Rayzor Hall, MS-47,

6100 Main St., Houston, TX 77005-1892

Phone:  713-348-5843, Fax:  713-348-6129

For questions about research at the Chao Center, contact: 

Michele Verma at chaoctr@rice.edu

For questions about the undergraduate Asian Studies program contact: 

Nancy Garcia at  asia@rice.edu