Japanese

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, Haiping Wu

Advisors:
Graduate: Barbara Kim
Undergraduate: Barbara Kim
Undergraduate: Dean Toji, Emeritus (Asian American Studies)
Undergraduate: Teri Yamada Emeritus (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:

Courses: JAPN

Career Possibilities

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Courses

Japanese

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.