Dr. Barbara W. Kim

• Department Chair, Graduate & Undergraduate Advisor
• Office: FO3-338
• Phone: (562) 985-7942
• E-mail: barbara.kim@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Tuesday 3:30 – 6:30 p.m.; Wednesdays 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. & by appointment
• Dr. Barbara W. Kim’s research interests include Asian American identity and community formations, family, aging, and immigration. Dr. Kim is the co-author (with Grace J. Yoo) of Caring across Generations: The Linked Lives of Korean American Families (NYU Press, 2014), which was awarded the 2015 Asian American Book Award by the American Sociological Association’s Section of Asian and Asian America. 

Michelle Okawa

• Administrative Support Coordinator & Lecturer in Asian American Studies
• Office: FO3-340
• Phone: (562) 985-4645
• E-mail: michelle.okawa@csulb.edu
  

  Department S23 Office Hours: Mon: 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. & 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. Tues & Thurs: 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Wed: 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. & 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. Fri: 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. *Mon/Tues/Wed – In-Person *Thurs & Fri – Online

  Faculty S23 Office Hours: Mon: 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. & by appointment *Office Hours will be held in-person

Dr. Kyoungmi Ha

• Assistant Professor in Asian Studies (Korean Language & Culture)
• Office: FO3-321
• Phone: (562) 985-4030
• E-mail: kyoungmi.ha@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Mon 4:00 – 4:30 p.m. (online)
  Wed 4:00 – 4:30 p.m. (in-person) & by appointment
• Dr. Kyoungmi Ha’s research interests include Korean culture, discourse/conversation analysis, prosody, second language acquisition, and language pedagogy.

Dr. Hiroko Kataoka

Hiroka Kataoka (left)

• Professor for the Japanese Program; Emerita Faculty
• Office: FO3-332
• Phone: (562) 985-5280
• E-mail: hiroko.kataoka@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: FERP – Returning Fall 2023
• Dr. Kataoka’s research interests and specialties include: Curriculum and materials development; issues in teacher training and professional development; heritage learners of Japanese; and immersion programs and their assessment.

Dr. Masako Douglas

Masako Douglas (right)

• Professor for the Japanese Program; Emerita Faculty
• Office: FO3-332
• Phone: (562) 985-5280
• E-mail: masako.douglas@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Tues & Thurs 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. & by appointment
• Dr. Douglas’ research concerns curriculum design and instruction for teaching Japanese as a heritage language (JHL) or foreign language (JFL); development of kanji ability and writing ability of JHL and JFL learners; effectiveness of Content-Based Language Learning and Project-Based Language Learning; JHL development.

Dr. Kiyomi Chinen

Kiyomi Chinen (center)

• Associate Professor and Advisor for the Japanese program
• Office: FO3-330
• Phone: (562) 985-5277
• E-mail: k.chinen@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Mon & Wed 9:45 – 10:45 a.m.;
  Tues & Thurs 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. & by appointment
• Dr. Chinen’s research focuses on Japanese heritage language development.

Dr. Nana Suzumura

• Assistant Professor for the Japanese program
• Office: FO3-334
• Phone: (562) 985-7530
• E-mail: nana.suzumura@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Instructor is on Leave for the Spring 2023 semester
• Dr. Suzumura’s research interests include Japanese language pedagogy, language testing, and assessment. CLA Welcomes Dr. Suzumura

Dr. Ruixi Ai

• Associate Professor in Chinese Studies and Chinese Studies Program Advisor
• Office: FO3-319
• Phone: (562) 985-5493
• E-mail: ruixi.ai@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Mon – Thurs 10:45 a.m. – 11:45 p.m. & by appointment
  *Instructor’s office hours are held online this semester
• Prof. Ai’s research interests include Chinese linguistics and pedagogy.

Dr. Haiping Wu

• Assistant Professor in Chinese Studies
• Office: FO3-336
• Phone: (562) 985-8085
• E-mail: haiping.wu@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Mon & Wed 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. & by appointment
• Prof. Wu’s research interests include Chinese culture, linguistics, and pedagogy.

Dr. Linda Maram

• Professor of Asian American Studies; Emerita Faculty
• Office: FO3-317
• Phone: (562) 985-4822
• E-mail: linda.maram@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Thurs 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. & 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. & by appointment
  *Instructor’s office hours are held online this semester
• Dr. España-Maram earned her Ph.D. in History from UCLA and her scholarship focuses on Filipino/a Americans and cultural productions. Her book, Creating Masculinity in Los Angeles’ Little Manila: Working-Class Filipinos and Popular Culture, was awarded the best book in History by the Association for Asian American Studies.

Dr. Dean S. Toji

• Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies; Emeritus Faculty
• Office: FO3-304
• Phone: (562) 985-1668
• E-mail: dean.toji@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Tues 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. & by appointment
  *Instructor’s office hours are held both online & in-person this semester
• Prof. Toji’s research interests include community organization and environmental justice.

Dr. May Lin

• Assistant Professor for Asian American Studies
• Office: FO3-315
• Phone: TBD
• E-mail: May.Lin@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Tues & Thurs 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. & by appointment
• Dr. May Lin’s research background is in social movements, organizing, and civic and political engagement of Asian Americans and other youths of color.

Dr. Sophea Seng

• Assistant Professor for Asian American Studies
• Office: FO3-315
• Phone: TBD
• E-mail: Sophea.Seng@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Instructor is on Leave for the Spring 2023 semester
• Dr. Sophia Seng’s research involves Cambodian diaspora, South East Asian studies and critical refugee studies.

Prof. Chuc Bui

• Lecturer for the Vietnamese language courses
• Office: LA5-269
• Phone: (562) 985-4515
• E-mail: quyendi.bui@gmail.com
• Office Hours: Mon & Wed 2:15 – 3:15 p.m. (by appointment)
• Mr. Bui conducts research on Vietnamese language, linguistics, literature and culture. Publications include a set of introductory Vietnamese language textbooks published by Tuoihoa Publishing (Garden Grove, California) and books on advanced Vietnamese.

Dr. Sam Coleman

• Lecturer for Asian Studies and the Japanese program
• Office: LA5-269
• Phone: (562) 985-4515 during office hours
• E-mail: sam.coleman@csulb.edu
• Website: http://web.csulb.edu/~scolema2/
• Office Hours: Mon & Wed 3:00 – 3:25 p.m. & by appointment
• Dr. Coleman’s departmental specialties are Japanese culture and communication, and Japanese history as social process.  His current research concerns Japanese SDF veterans’ psychological adjustment to civilian society.

• Lecturer in Asian American Studies
• Office: FO3-317
• Phone: (562) 985-4822
• E-mail: lhashima@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Tues & Thurs 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. & by appointment
  *Instructor’s office hours are held both online & in-person this semester

• Lecturer for the Japanese language program
• Office: LA5-269
• Phone: (562) 985-4515
• E-mail: kumiko.kitagawa@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Mon & Wed 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.;
  Tues & Thurs 10:10 – 10:40 a.m. & by appointment

Prof. Haely Ariel Lee

• Lecturer for the Korean language courses
• Office: LA5-269
• Phone: (562) 985-4515
• E-mail: haely.lee@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Tues & Thurs 11:20 – 11:50 a.m. (in-person)
  Mon & Wed 2:00 – 2:30 p.m. (online) & by appointment
  *Instructor’s office hours are held both online and in-person this semester
• Research focus on Asian immigrant communities-policy intervention/prevention of interpersonal violence.

• Lecturer for the Korean language courses
• Office: LA5-269
• Phone: (562) 985-4515
• E-mail: jiparkusc@gmail.com
• Office Hours: Tues & Thurs 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. & 1:50 p.m. 2:20 p.m. & by appointment
  *Instructor’s office hours are held online this semester

• Lecturer in Asian American Studies
• Office: FO3-315
• Phone: (562) 985-5278
• E-mail: Julie.Kim@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Mon & Wed 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. & by appointment
  *Instructor’s office hours are held online this semester

• Lecturer in Asian American Studies
• Office: FO3-321
• Phone: N/A
• E-mail: noelle.falcismath@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Tues & Thurs 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

• Lecturer for the Khmer (Cambodian) language courses
• Office: FO3-315
• Phone: (714) 651-0387 *during office hours only
• Email: darith.ung@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Mon & Wed 4:15 – 4:45 p.m. & by appointment
  *Instructor’s office hours are held online this semester

Prof. Jeff Winters

• Lecturer in Chinese Studies
• Language Lab Director
• Office: LAB-318
• Phone: (562) 985-1082
• E-mail: jeff.winters@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Tues & Thurs 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. & by appointment
  *Instructor’s office hours are held online this semester
• Jeff Winters, Lecturer in Asian Studies and Director, Language Laboratory, has been studying and teaching Chinese for over 20 years. In addition to his passion for Chinese language and culture he works extensively on developing web-based programs for language acquisition. His experience includes programming, testing, designing and evaluating software as a software engineer and language instructor. He is currently researching the application of social media motivators in foreign language study.

Dr. Peter Wong

• Lecturer for the Asian American Studies & Asian Studies program
• Office: SPA-230
• Phone: (310) 428-2885 during office hours only
• E-mail: peter.wong@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Fri 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. & by appointment
  *Instructor’s office hours are held online & in-person this semester

• Lecturer in Chinese Studies
• Office: LA5-269
• Phone: (562) 985-4515
• E-mail: xiaowen.wu@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Mon  2:00 – 3:00 p.m. & Tues 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. & by appointment
  *Instructor’s office hours are held online this semester

• Lecturer for Chinese Studies
• Office: FO3-334
• Phone: (562) 985-8085
• E-mail: liya.ao@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Mon 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. & by appointment

• Lecturer for Filipino (Tagalog) language classes 
• Office: N/A
• Phone: N/A
• E-mail: LE.Balajadia@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Mon & Wed 7:00 – 7:30 p.m. & by appointment
  *Instructor’s office hours are held online this semester

• Lecturer for Japanese language classes 
• Office: FO3-334
• Phone: N/A
• E-mail: Akane.Lardy@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Tues, Wed & Thurs: 12:00 – 12:40 p.m. & by appointment
  *Instructor’s office hours are held online and in-person this semester

• Lecturer for Asian Studies
• Office: LA5-269
• Phone: (562) 985-4515
• E-mail: jeffrey.zeiser@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Mon & Wed 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. (In-Person)
  Tues 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. (Online)
  Thurs 9:50 – 10:50 a.m. & 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. (Online)
  & by appointment

• Lecturer for Asian Studies
• Office: N/A
• Phone: N/A
• E-mail: teresa.zimmermanliu@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Mon 3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
  Tues 7:00 – 8:00 p.m.
  Wed 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
  *Instructor’s office hours are held online this semester

• Lecturer for Asian Studies
• Office: N/A
• Phone: N/A
• E-mail: joshua.nettles@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Mon 9:00 – 10:00 a.m.
  *Instructor’s office hours are held online this semester

• Lecturer for Asian American Studies
• Office: N/A
• Phone: N/A
• E-mail: l.dao@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Tues & Thurs 1:45 – 2:15 p.m.; Fri 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. & by appointment
  *Instructor’s office hours are held online this semester

• Lecturer for Asian American Studies
• Office: N/A
• Phone: N/A
• E-mail: Daniel.Luu@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Email instructor for Office Hours
  *Instructor’s office hours are held online this semester

• Lecturer for Asian American Studies
• Office: N/A
• Phone: N/A
• E-mail: Phuoc.Duong@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Thurs 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. & by appointment
  *Instructor’s office hours are held online this semester

• Lecturer for Asian American Studies
• Office: N/A
• Phone: N/A
• E-mail: Lawrence.Lan@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Fri 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
  *Instructor’s office hours are held online this semester

• Lecturer for Asian American Studies
• Office: N/A
• Phone: N/A
• E-mail: Carol.Park@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Fri 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. & by appointment
  *Instructor’s office hours are held online this semester

• Lecturer for Asian American Studies
• Office: FO3-334
• Phone: N/A
• E-mail: thea.deborja@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Wed 4:45 – 5:45 p.m. & by appointment
  *Instructor’s office hours are held in-person this semester

Dr. Teri Yamada

• Professor in Asian Studies; Emerita Faculty
• E-mail: teri.yamada@csulb.edu
• Dr. Yamada conducts research on Asian foodways and food sustainability in Asia with a focus on Cambodia; development and urban planning in Southeast Asia with a focus on Cambodia.  She is a publisher and translator of new Cambodian literature post 1993 UNTAC elections.
• Professor Teri Yamada is now retired, however, their email address remains active.