Faculty, Staff & Alumni Graduate Students
- Department Chair & Directors
Eriko Sato
Associate Professor | Chair Office: Humanities 1123
Office Hours: in person
FALL 2025
M: 11:30-12:30 pm
TU: 3:00-5:00 pm
or by appointment
Jiwon Hwang
Assistant Professor | Director of Asian Languages Office: Humanities 1128
Office Hours:
FALL 2025TU: 1:00-2:30 pm via zoom
W: 11:00-12:30 pm in person
or by appointment
Atsuko Oyama
Lecturer | Graduate Program Director Office: Humanities 1114
Office Hours:
FALL 2025
M: 12:30-2:00 pm in person
TU: 1:00-2:30 pm via zoom
or by appointment
Hong Snyder
Lecturer Undergraduate Program Director Office: Humanities 1127
Office hours: in person or via *zoom
FALL 2025
M/TU/W: 1:30-2:30 pm
*please make appointment for zoom office hours
or by appointment - Full Time Faculty
Nerissa S. Balce
Associate Professor marianerissa.balce-cortes@stonybrook.edu
Office: Humanities 1115
Office Hours: via zoom
FALL 2025
M/TU: 11:30-1:00 pm
or by appointment
Schedule office hours here
PH: 631-437-0985
William Chittick
SUNY Distinguished Professor william.chittick@stonybrook.edu
Office: Humanities 1120
Office Hours: in person
FALL 2025
M/W: 3:5-4:45 pm
or by appointment
Agnes Weiyun He
Professor Office: Humanities 1116
Office Hours: in person or zoom
FALL 2025
M: 11:00-12:00 pm
W: 11:00-1:00 pm
or by appointmentJiwon Hwang
Assistant Professor | Director of Asian Languages Office: Humanities 1128
Office Hours:
FALL 2025
TU: 1:00-2:30 pm via zoom
W: 11:00-12:30 pm in person
or by appointment
Jung Min Kang
Lecturer Office: Humanities 1040
Office Hours: in person
FALL 2025
TU/W: 9:15-10:45 pm
or by appointment
Hongkyung Kim
Professor | Director of the Center for Korean Studies 631-632-7362
Office: Humanities 1124
Office Hours: via zoom
FALL 2025
M: 10:30-12:00 pm
W: 11:30-1:00 pm
or by appointment
Sandra So Hee Chi Kim
Assistant Professor Office: HUM 1095
Office Hours: via zoom
FALL 2025
W: 9:00-12:00 pm
or by appointment
* Must email professor for zoom link.
Tingda (Hannah) Li
Lecturer | Director, Program in China Studies 631-632-7362
Office: Humanities 1118
Office Hours: * in person
FALL 2025
M/W: 11:30-1:00 pm
(* please schedule an appointment in advance, here)
or by appointment
Sachiko Murata
Professor (631) 632-4353
Office: Humanities 1121
Office Hours: in person
FALL 2025
M/W: 3:45-4:45 pm
or by appointment
Eva Nagase
Senior Lecturer 631-632-1423
Office: Humanities 1125
Office Hours: in person
FALL 2025
M: 8:20-9:20 am & 12:30-1:30 pm
W: 8:20-9:20 am & 12:30-1:00 pm
or by appointment
Chikako Nakamura
Lecturer chikako.nakamura@stonybrook.edu
Office: HUM 1043
Office Hours:
FALL 2025
TU: 1:00-1:40 pm in person
W: 3:50-5:00 pm via zoom
TH: 3:30-4:40 pm in person
or by appointment
Andrew J. Nicholson
Associate Professor | Director, Program in South Asian Studies andrew.nicholson@stonybrook.edu
Office: Humanities 1113
Office Hours:
FALL 2025
M: 2:30-3:30 via zoom
TU/TH: 3:30-4:30 pm in person
or by appointmentAtsuko Oyama
Lecturer | Graduate Program Director Office: Humanities 1114
Office Hours:
FALL 2025
M: 12:30-2:00 pm in person
TU: 1:00-2:30 pm via zoom
or by appointment
Gregory Ruf
Associate Professor | Assessment Coordinator Office: Humanities 1126
Office Hours:
FALL 2025
TU/W/TH: 10:00-11:00 am via zoom
or by appointmentEriko Sato
Associate Professor | Chair Office: Humanities 1123
Office Hours: in person
FALL 2025
M: 11:30-12:30 pm
TU: 3:00-5:00 pm
or by appointmentHong Li Snyder
Lecturer | Undergraduate Program Director Office: 1127
Office Hours: in person or via *zoom
*please make appointment for zoom office hours
FALL 2025
M/TU/W: 1:30-2:30 pm
or by appointment
Heejeong Sohn
Advanced Senior Lecturer | Director, Program in Korean Studies 631-632-7636
Office: Humanities 1122
Office Hours:
FALL 2025
W: 11:00-1:00 pm via zoom
TH: 11:00-12:20 pm in person (LIBRARY N5520 -sign up here)
or by appointment
Shikaripur N. Sridhar
SUNY Distinguished Service Professor Office: Humanities 1119
Office Hours :
FALL 2025
M/W: 2:00-3:30 pm in person (HUM 1119)
or by appointment
631-632-9742
Sthaneshwar Timalsina
Nirmal K. and Augustina Mattoo Endowed Chair in Classical Indic Humanities sthaneshwar.timalsina@stonybrook.edu
Office: 1093
Office Hours:
FALL 2025
TU/TH: 12:30-2:00 pm in person
or by appointment - Part-Time Faculty
Yu Jung Bae
Adjunct Lecturer Office: Humanities 1036
Office Hours: via zoom
FALL 2025
W: 9:30-10:30 am
or by appointment
Brown, Ashley Rudianne
Adjunct Lecturer Office: Humanities 1036
Office Hours: in person by appointment
FALL 2025
M: 3:30-5:00 pm
W: 12:30-2:00 pm
or by appointment
Yasuko Fujita
Adjunct Lecturer Office: Humanities 1036
Office Hours: in person
FALL 2025
TU: 2:00-2:30 pm
W: 11:00-1:00 pm
TH: 2:00-2:30 pm
or by appointment
Xiao Ha
Adjunct Lecturer Office: Humanities 1039
Office Hours:
FALL 2025
M: 7:00-9:00 pm via zoom
W: 12:50-1:50 pm in person
or by appointment
Sehrie Lee
Adjunct Lecturer Office: Humanities 1043
Office Hours: in person
FALL 2025
TU/TH: 12:15-1:45 pm
or by appointment
Ayaka Mayo
Adjunct Lecturer Office: Humanities 1036
Office Hours: in person
FALL 2025
M: 3:45-4:45 via zoom
TU/TH: 3:30-4:30 pm
or by appointment
Ian Nicolay
Adjunct Lecturer Office: Virtual
Office Hours: Via Zoom
FALL 2025
M/TU: 3:30-5:00 pm EST
or by appointment
Aruna Sharma
Adjunct Lecturer Office: Humanities 1039
Office Hours: in person
FALL 2025
M: 5:00-6:00 pm
TH: 2:15-3:15 pm and 6:15-7:15 pm
or by appointment
Lu Catherine Wang
Adjunct Lecturer lucatherine.wang@stonybrook.edu
Office: Humanities 1036
Office Hours:
FALL 2025
TU/TH: 12:15-1:45 pm via zoom
or by appointment
Weiwei Zhang
Adjunct Lecturer Office: Humanities 1036
Office Hours: in person
FALL2025
TU/TH:9:20-10:50 am
or by appointment - Affiliated Faculty
- Retired & Emeritus Faculty
- Alumni Graduate Students
Gillian Fisher-Reid
Fall 2020 THESIS:
"Pokémon Go Community Day: Self Interest, Socialization and Community Building"
Advisor:
Atsuko OyamaYasuko Fujita
Fall 2024 THESIS:
Balancing Approaches in Teaching Japanese as an Additional Language: The Need for Instructor Adaptation
Advisor:
Eriko SatoTiara Hess
Spring 2019 THESIS:
"Rebellion in Visual Kei"
Advisor:
Eva NagaseYifang Huang
Fall 2020 THESIS:
"Engaging Chinese Male Consumers in the Cosmetics Market Analysis form: Cultural and Business Perspectives"
Advisor:
Eriko SatoAbudurexiti Kaiwushaer
Spring 2025 THESIS:
"The Reality of Bilingual Education in Xinjiang: From Uyghur-Mandarin to Mandarin-English"
Advisor:
Eriko SatoJasmeet Kaur
Fall 2019 THESIS:
“Socio-cultural Roles, Levelof Freedom, and Economic Growth of Women: Case Study of Women Working at BPOs and ITES in India”
Advisors:
S.N. Sridhar
Gregory RufCoral Kopetz
Spring 2020 THESIS:
"An Exploration of Tattoo Culture in Japan"
Advisor:
Eva NagaseBin Zhao Liang
Fall 2021 PROJECT:
"Kayo-rokyoku: Reflection of Society"
Advisor:
Eriko SatoXinran Ming
Spring 2019 THESIS:
"Cross-cultural Socio-political Idealogies found in Multilingual Website News"
Advisor:
Eriko SatoRemy Moon
Spring 2018 PROJECT:
"Am I Worthy?: Three Filipino American Stories"
Advisor:
Maria Nerssa Balce-CortesChikako Nakamura
Spring 2020 THESIS:
"The Life of a Text: Original, Translation, and Language"
Advisor:
Eriko SatoTianyi Wu
Spring 2019 THESIS:
"Violence Towards Women and Ride-Sharing Services: An investigation of the two rape and murder incidents on the Didi hitch service in 2018 China"
Advisor:
Atsuko OyamaYufei Wu
Spring 2020 THESIS:
"Syncretism in Cuisine Culture of Mount Jiuhua"
Advisor:
Gregory RufQiyuan Yang
Fall 2018 THESIS:
"Language Shift in Chinese Diaspora: from Multidialectalt o Multilingual"
Advisor:
Agnes He - Current Graduate Students
Saba Aydiner
HPEW Program
Alexis Barbera
CAAAS
Utilizing film analysis to gain insight into the cultural and political implications of cinema, my objective is to examine gendered racism that afflicts the Asian American diaspora
Nuoyi Chen
CAAAS Brisa Hakin
CAAAS
I am interested in Japanese language and culture, East Asian history and the intersectional complexities of gender, sexuality, race and culture in East Asia and East Asian diasporas.
Yanyan Huang
CAAAS
Having been a professional artist for the past decade, I derive influences from a range of classical and ancient cultures that map out an elaborate mythology of geographies, identities, and interdependent relationships within my own autobiography as well as the natural world. I wish to further enhance my understanding of my place within American society and explore my cross-cultural fluidity.
Nooreen Ismail
HPEW Program
ShuNing Lin
CAAAS
I'm interested in new Chinese pedagogy, focusing on contemporary Chinese culture and internet lexicons to develop innovative language teaching materials and methods for learners of all levels.
Ayaka Mayo
CAAAS
I am passionate about Japanese language education and exploring teaching methods that foster intercultural communication.
Sufei Ni
CAAAS
I'm interested in multilingual language transmission within Asian transnational families, with a focus on how languages—including English, Chinese, and Chinese dialects—are maintained, negotiated, or lost across generations.
Veronica Peck
CAAAS
My passion is increasing educational access, especially for foreign languages. Focusing on remote Japanese classes, I want to compare the learning outcomes in asynchronous and synchronous modalities; What works best for speaking, listening, reading, and writing skill development?Weijie Zhang
CAAAS
My research focuses on 21st-century Chinese poetry and its global circulation, examining the factors that shape its dissemination and the cultural impacts that follow. - Visiting Scholars
