Asian and Asian American Studies

Department Chair: Teri Yamada

Vice Chair: Barbara W. Kim

Department Office: Faculty Offices FO3-340
Telephone: (562) 985‑4645
FAX: (562) 985‑1535
Center: Center for Asian Pacific American Studies
Website: http://www.cla.csulb.edu/departments/aaas/

Faculty: Ruixi Ai, Kiyomi Chinen, Masako O. Douglas, Linda N. España-Maram, Hiroko Kataoka, Hsin‑sheng C. Kao (Emerita), Barbara W. Kim, Yoko Pusavant (Emerita), San-Pao Li (Emeritus), Dean S. Toji, John N. Tsuchida (Emeritus), Haiping Wu, Tianwei (Tim) Xie (Emeritus), Teri Yamada

Advisors:
Graduate: Teri Yamada and Barbara Kim
Undergraduate: Barbara Kim
Undergraduate: Dean Toji (Asian American Studies)
Undergraduate: Teri Yamada (Asian Studies)
Undergraduate: Ruixi Ai (Chinese Studies)
Undergraduate: Hiroko Kataoka (Japanese)

Associate Faculty: Kendall Brown (Art History), Chi-Ah Chun (Psychology), Frank Gossette (Geography), Lisa Grobar (Economics), Jack W. Hou (Economics), Margaret Kuo (History), Guotong Li (History), Jyotsna Pattnaik (Teacher Education), Xiaoping Liang (Linguistics), Karen Quintiliani (Anthropology), George Scott (Anthropology), Michiko Takeuchi (History), Teresa Wright (Political Science), Oliver Wang (Sociology), R. Scott Wilson (Anthropology)

Administrative Support Coordinator: Ann Chau

Students desiring information should contact the department office for referral to one of the faculty advisors.

Career Possibilities

Social Scientist • Archivist • Social Worker • Journalist • Counselor • Teacher • Public Relations Consultant • Mass Media • Foreign Business and Trade • Community Organizer • School Administrator • Linguist • Parole Officer • Probation Officer • Editor • Writer • Urban/Regional Planner • Public Policy Administrator • Foreign Policy Officer • NSA, FBI Interpreter • Researcher (Some of these, and other careers, require additional education or experience. For more information, see www.careers.csulb.edu.)

Introduction

The Department of Asian and Asian American Studies fosters multi‑ethnic and cross‑cultural understanding from a global, multi‑disciplinary perspective and pursues an active language education program to promote cross‑cultural awareness and intercultural understanding.

Through courses of its own and those of cooperating departments, the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies offers a B.A. in Asian American Studies, a B.A. and M.A. in Asian Studies, a B.A. in Chinese Studies, a Single Subject Teaching Credential in Japanese, a B.A. in Japanese, a Minor in Asian American Studies, a minor in Chinese Language and Culture, a minor in Japanese Language and Culture, and a Certificate in Asian Studies. Information and advice relative to the programs are available through the department office, FO3‑340.

Programs

• Asian American Studies, B.A.
• Asian Studies, B.A.
• Chinese Studies, B.A.
• Japanese, B.A.

• Asian Studies, Chinese Studies Option, M.A.
• Asian Studies, Japanese Language and Pedagogy (JLP) Option, M.A.
• Asian Studies, M.A.

• Asian American Studies Minor
• Cambodian (Khmer) Language and Culture Minor
• Chinese Language and Culture Minor
• Japanese Language and Culture Minor
• Korean Language and Culture Minor

• Asian Studies Certificate