Dr. Ruixi Ai

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

Dr. Kiyomi Chinen

Kiyomi Chinen (center)

• Japanese Program Coordinator & Associate Professor of Japanese
• Office: FO3-330
• Phone: (562) 985-5277
• E-mail: k.chinen@csulb.edu
• Office Hours:
  Mon 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
  Tue 2:00 – 2:30 p.m.
  Wed 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
  Thurs 2:00 – 2:30 p.m. & by appointment
• Dr. Chinen’s research focuses on Japanese heritage language development.

Dr. Kyoungmi Ha

• Korean Language & Culture Program Coordinator & Associate Professor of Asian Studies
• Office: FO3-321
• Phone: (562) 985-4030
• E-mail: kyoungmi.ha@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Mon & Wed 5:50 – 6:30 p.m.; Fri 4:00 – 5:40 p.m. & by appointment
• Dr. Kyoungmi Ha’s research interests include Korean culture, discourse/conversation analysis, prosody, second language acquisition, and language pedagogy.

Dr. Barbara W. Kim

• Department Chair; Undergraduate Advisor; and Professor of Asian American Studies & Asian Studies
• Office: FO3-338
• Phone: (562) 985-7942
• E-mail: barbara.kim@csulb.edu
• Office Hours:
  Tuesdays, 3:30 – 6:30 pm, Wednesdays, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm, and by appointment

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• 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. 

Dr. May Lin

• Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies
• Office: FO3-315
• Phone: N/A
• E-mail: May.Lin@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Tues & Thurs 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. & by appointment
  *Dr. Lin is on leave this semester
• 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. Linda Maram

• Professor of Asian American Studies; Emerita Faculty
• Office: FO3-317
• Phone: (562) 985-4822
• E-mail: linda.maram@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Wed 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 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. Sophea Seng

• Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies & Asian Studies
• Office: FO3-315
• Phone: TBD
• E-mail: Sophea.Seng@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Wed 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.; Thurs 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. & by appointment
  *Instructor’s office hours are held in-person this semester
• Dr. Sophia Seng’s research involves Cambodian diaspora, South East Asian studies and critical refugee studies.

Dr. Nana Suzumura-Smith

• Japanese Program Advisor & Assistant Professor of Japanese
• Office: FO3-334
• Phone: (562) 985-7530
• E-mail: Nana.SuzumuraSmith@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Mon & Wed 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.; Tues & Thurs 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. & by appointment
  *Instructor’s office hours are held in-person this semester
• Dr. Suzumura’s research interests include Japanese language pedagogy, language testing, and assessment.

Dr. Ann Thuy-Ling Tran

• Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies & Asian Studies
• Office: FO3-304
• Phone: (562) 985-1668
• E-mail: ann.tran@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Tues & Thurs 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. 
  *Instructor’s office hours are held both in-person and online this semester
• Dr. Ann Thuy-Ling Tran’s research engages the fields and areas of critical refugee studies, cultural studies, religious studies, sociolinguistics and global Việt Nam. 

Dr. Haiping Wu

• Chinese Program Coordinator & Associate Professor of Chinese Studies
• Office: FO3-336
• Phone: (562) 985-8085
• E-mail: haiping.wu@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Mon & Wed 10:00 – 12:00 p.m. & by appointment
  *Instructor’s office hours are held online this semester
• Prof. Wu’s research interests include Chinese culture, linguistics, and pedagogy.

Prof. Zach Anderson

• Lecturer of Asian American Studies
• Office: FO3-317
• Phone: N/A
• E-mail: zach.anderson@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Mon 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. (in-person); Fri 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. (online) & by appointment
  *Instructor’s office hours are held in-person and online this semester

• Lecturer of Chinese Studies
• Office: FO3-334
• Phone: (562) 985-8085
• E-mail: liya.ao@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Instructor is not teaching for the Spring 2024 semester

Prof. Chuc Bui

• Lecturer of Vietnamese Language
• 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 only)
  *Instructor’s office hours are held in-person this semester
• Mr. Bui conducts research on Vietnamese language, linguistics, literature and culture. Publications include a set of introductory Vietnamese language textbooks published by Tuổi Hoa Publishing (Garden Grove, California) and books on advanced Vietnamese.

Dr. Sam Coleman

• Lecturer of Asian Studies & Japanese
• 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 2:45 – 3:15 p.m. & by appointment
  *Instructor’s office hours are held both online & in-person this semester
• 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 of Asian American Studies
• Office: FO3-304
• Phone: N/A
• E-mail: thea.deborja@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Mon & Wed 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.;  & by appointment
  *Instructor’s office hours are held in-person this semester

• Lecturer of Asian American Studies
• Office: Virtual
• Phone: N/A
• E-mail: Phuoc.Duong@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Zoom by appointment
  *Instructor’s office hours are held online this semester

• Lecturer of Asian American Studies
• Office: FO3-315
• Phone: N/A
• E-mail: toni.hays@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Wed 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.; Thurs 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. & by appointment
  *Instructor’s office hours are held in-person this semester

• Lecturer of Asian American Studies
• Office: FO3-321
• Phone: N/A
• E-mail: noelle.falcismath@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Tues 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.

• Lecturer of Asian American Studies
• Office: FO3-317
• Phone: (562) 985-4822
• E-mail: lhashima@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Tues & Thurs 2:00 – 2:30 p.m. & by appointment
  *Instructor’s office hours are held both online & in-person this semester

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

• Lecturer of Japanese
• Office: LA5-269
• Phone: (562) 985-4515
• E-mail: kumiko.kitagawa@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Mon 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.; Tues & Thurs 10:10 – 10:40 a.m.; Wed 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.;
  & by appointment
  *Instructor’s office hours are held in-person this semester

• Lecturer of Japanese
• Office: FO3-332
• Phone: N/A
• E-mail: Akane.Lardy@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Tues & Thurs 10:00 – 10:30 a.m. & by appointment
  *Instructor is on leave this semester

Prof. Haely Ariel Lee

• Lecturer of Korean Language
• Office: LA5-269
• Phone: (562) 985-4515
• E-mail: haely.lee@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Mon & Wed 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. & by appointment
  *Instructor’s office hours are held online this semester
• Research focus on Asian immigrant communities-policy intervention/prevention of interpersonal violence.

• Lecturer of 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 of 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

Prof. Joseph Nguyễn

• Lecturer of Asian American Studies
• Office: Online
• Phone: N/A
• E-mail: joseph.nguyen@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Tuesdays, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
  *Instructor’s office hours are held online this semester

Prof. Michelle Okawa

• Lecturer of Asian American Studies
• Office: N/A
• Phone: N/A
• E-mail: michelle.okawa@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: N/A
  *Instructor is not teaching for the Spring 2025 semester

• Lecturer of Asian American Studies
• Office: Virtual
• Phone: N/A
• E-mail: Carol.Park@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Fri 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. & by appointment
  *Instructor’s office hours are held online this semester

• Lecturer of Korean Language
• Office: LA5-269
• Phone: (562) 985-4515
• E-mail: jiparkusc@gmail.com
• Office Hours: Tues & Thurs 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. & 3:50 – 4:20 p.m. & by appointment
  *Instructor’s office hours are held online this semester

• Lecturer of Japanese
• Office: FO3-332
• Phone: N/A
• E-mail: yuco.saigusa@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: TBD
  *Instructor’s office are yet to be determined.

Prof. Mudita Tiwary

• Lecturer of Hindi-Urdu Language
• Office: Virtual
• Phone: 858-229-5820 *during office hours only
• E-mail: mudita.tiwary@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Mon & Wed 5:00 – 6:30 p.m.
  *Instructor’s office hours are held online this semester

• Lecturer of Khmer (Cambodian) Language
• Office: FO3-315
• Phone: (714) 651-0387 *during office hours only
• Email: darith.ung@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Mon & Wed 3:15 – 3:45 p.m. & by appointment
  *Instructor’s office hours are held online this semester

Prof. Jeff Winters

• Lecturer of Chinese Studies
• Language Lab Director
• Office: LAB-318
• Phone: (562) 985-1082
• E-mail: jeff.winters@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Tues & Thurs 2:00 – 3:00 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 of Asian American Studies & Asian Studies
• Office: SPA-230
• Phone: (310) 428-2885 during office hours only
• E-mail: peter.wong@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Fri 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. & by appointment
  *Instructor’s office hours are held online this semester

• Lecturer of Chinese Studies
• Office: LA5-269
• Phone: (562) 985-4515
• E-mail: xiaowen.wu@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Mon 4:00 pm – 5:00 p.m.; Tues 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 pm. & by appointment
  *Instructor’s office hours are held online this semester

• Lecturer of Asian Studies
• Office: LA5-269
• Phone: (562) 985-4515
• E-mail: jeffrey.zeiser@csulb.edu
• Office Hours:
  Mon 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. (in person)
  Tues 9:50 – 10:50 a.m. & 1:50 – 2:50 p.m. (online)
  Wed 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. (in person)
  Thurs 9:50 – 10:50 a.m. (online)

• Lecturer of Asian Studies
• Office: N/A
• Phone: N/A
• E-mail: teresa.zimmermanliu@csulb.edu
• Office Hours: Mon 7:00 – 8:00 p.m.
  Tues 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
  Wed 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
  *Instructor’s office hours are held online this semester

Ami Nguyen

• Administrative Support Coordinator
• Office: FO3-340
• Phone: (562) 985-4645
• E-mail: ami.nguyen@csulb.edu
• Department Winter 25 Office Hours:
  Mon & Fri: online, please email
  Tues – Thurs: 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. 

Dr. Masako Douglas

Masako Douglas (right)

• Professor of Japanese Program; Emerita Faculty
• E-mail: masako.douglas@csulb.edu
• 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.
• Professor Masako Douglas is now retired, however, her email address remains active.

Dr. Hiroko Kataoka

Hiroka Kataoka (left)

• Professor of Japanese; Emerita Faculty
• E-mail: hiroko.kataoka@csulb.edu
• 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.
• Professor Hiroko Kataoka is now retired, however, her email address remains active.

Dr. San Pao Li

• Professor of Chinese Studies; Emeritus Faculty
• E-mail: san-pao.li@csulb.edu | Website: San Pao Li
• Prof. Li’s research interests include promoting the use of technology to enhance the overall learning experience.
• Professor San Pao Li is now retired, however, his email address remains active.

Dr. Dean S. Toji

• Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies; Emeritus Faculty
• E-mail: dean.toji@csulb.edu
• Prof. Toji’s research interests include community organization and environmental justice.
• Professor Dean Toji is now retired, however, his email address remains active.

Dr. Teri Yamada

• Professor of 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, her email address remains active.