Asian Languages

Department Chair: Barbara W. Kim

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

Faculty: Ruixi Ai, Kiyomi Chinen, Masako O. Douglas (Emerita), Linda N. España-Maram (Emerita), Kyoungmi Ha, Hiroko Kataoka (Emerita), Barbara W. Kim, May Lin, Sophea Seng, Nana Suzumura, Dean S. Toji (Emeritus), Haiping Wu, Teri Yamada (Emerita)

Advisors:
Graduate: Barbara Kim
Undergraduate: Barbara Kim
Undergraduate: Dean Toji, Emeritus (Asian American Studies)
Undergraduate: Teri Yamada, Emerita (Asian Studies)
Undergraduate: Ruixi Ai (Chinese Studies)
Undergraduate: Kiyomi Chinen (Japanese)

Associate Faculty: Azza Basarudin (Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies), Kendall Brown (Art History), Chi-Ah Chun (Psychology), Lisa Grobar (Economics), Betina Hsieh (Teacher Education), Jack W. Hou (Economics), Rajbir Judge (History), Mimi Kim (Social Work), 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), Teresa Wright (Political Science), Kimberly Walters (International Studies), Oliver Wang (Sociology), R. Scott Wilson (Anthropology), Teresa Wright (Political Science)

Administrative Support Coordinator: Michelle Okawa

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: FIL, KHMR, KOR, VIET

Career Possibilities

Customs Inspector • Immigration Officer • Importer/ Exporter • Foreign Service Officer • International Marketing Representative • Travel Guide • Social Worker • Linguist • Foreign Correspondent • Community Organization Worker • Lawyer • Librarian • International Student Advisor • Educator • Peace Corps Worker • Interpreter • Translator • Foreign Business and Trade • CIA/FBI Agent (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 B.A. in Japanese, a Minor in Asian American Studies, a Minor in Cambodian Language and Culture, a Minor in Chinese Language and Culture, a Minor in Japanese Language and Culture, a Minor in Korean Language and Culture, a Minor in Asian American Studies, and a Certificate in Asian Studies. Information and advice relative to the programs are available through the department office, FO3‑340.

Courses

Cambodian

Filipino

Korean

Vietnamese