Faculty

Surain Subramaniam

Director of Interdisciplinary Studies, International Studies and Asian Studies Programs

Associate Professor of International & Asian Studies

209 Zeis Hall
828. 232. 2409 (office)
828. 215. 8817 (cell)
surain@unca.edu

Surain Subramaniam earned his interdisciplinary BA in International Studies & Political Economy from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and his MA and PhD in International Studies from the University of South Carolina. He has taught at UNC Asheville since 2001. Subramaniam teaches interdisciplinary courses in International Studies and Asian Studies. He has also taught courses in the Humanities, Honors, and Master of Liberal Arts programs, as well as in the Integrative Liberal Arts curriculum.  His research interests are in the areas of democratization in Southeast Asia, specifically in Malaysia and Singapore; challenges to liberal democratic governance from rising non-Western societies; and the effects of globalization on Asia. He received the Distinguished Teaching Award in the Social Sciences in 2005, and the University Distinguished Service Award in 2012.

Education

• Ph.D. International Studies, University of South Carolina
• M.A. International Studies, University of South Carolina
• B.A. Political Economy & International Studies, Muhlenberg College
  
  

Courses Taught

• Senior Colloquium in International Studies
• Undergraduate Research in International Studies
• Contemporary Issues in World Affairs
• International Experiential Learning Project
• International Relations
• Globalization & Its Critics
• Democracy in Asia
• Governments & Politics of Southeast Asia
• The Individual in the Contemporary World
• Cultivating Citizenship
  
  

Recent Publications and Research Notes

"Assessing Political Dynamics in Contemporary Malaysia: Implications for Democratic Change," ASIANetwork Exchange, Volume 19, Number 1 (November 2011)  - Full text (PDF)

Book Review, Student Activism in Malaysia, Berita (newsletter of the Malaysia/Singapore/Brunei Studies Group, Association for Asian Studies), Autumn (October) 2012, pages 12-15.  - Full Text (PDF)