Chinese Studies

Department Chair: Barbara W. Kim

Department Office: Faculty Offices FO3-340
Telephone: (562) 985‑4645
FAX: (562) 985‑1535
Website: Asian and Asian American Studies Department

Faculty: Ruixi Ai, Kiyomi Chinen, Masako O. Douglas (Emerita), Linda N. España-Maram (Emerita), Kyoungmi Ha, Barbara W. Kim, May Lin, Sophea Seng, Nana Suzumura-Smith, Ann Thy-Ling Tran, Haiping Wu

Advisors:
Graduate: Ruixi Ai
Undergraduate: Barbara Kim
Undergraduate: Barbara Kim (Asian American Studies)
Undergraduate: Barbara Kim (Asian Studies)
Undergraduate: Ruixi Ai (Chinese Studies)
Undergraduate: Nana Suzumura-Smith (Japanese)

Associate Faculty: Azza Basarudin (Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies), Kendall Brown (Art History), Chi-Ah Chun (Psychology), Lisa Grobar (Economics), Jack W. Hou (Economics), Rajbir Judge (History), Margaret Kuo (History), Guotong Li (History), Susan Nakaoka (Social Work), Jyotsna Pattnaik (Teacher Education), Xiaoping Liang (Linguistics), R. Varisa Patraporn (Sociology), Karen Quintiliani (Anthropology), Preeti Sharma (American Studies), Kristy Shih (Human Development), Michiko Takeuchi (History), TKimberly Walters (International Studies), Oliver Wang (Sociology), R. Scott Wilson (Anthropology), Teresa Wright (Political Science)

Administrative Support Coordinator: Ami Nguyen

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

College: College of Liberal Arts

Related Departments and Programs:

Courses: CHIN

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Courses

Chinese

Note: General Education Category A must be completed prior to taking any upper-division course except upper-division language courses where students meet formal prerequisites and/or competency equivalent for advanced study.