Japanese

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: Kiyomi Chinen (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.

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