DEPARTMENT

MAJORS/MINORS

Chair of the Department
Eriko Sato 
Humanities 1123 
eriko.sato@stonybrook.edu

Graduate Program Director
Atsuko Oyama
Humanities 1114
atsuko.oyama@stonybrook.edu

Undergraduate Program Director
Gregory Ruf 
Humanities 1126
gregory.ruf@stonybrook.edu

Director of Asian Languages
Jiwon Hwang 
Humanities 1128
jiwon.hwang@stonybrook.edu

Outreach Coordinator
Yi Wang 
Humanities 1117
yiw.wang@stonybrook.edu

Dept. Representative for University Senate
Andrew Nicholson 
Humanities 1113
Andrew.nicholson@stonybrook.edu

Dept. Representative for UUP
Nerissa Balce
Humanities 1115
marianerissa.balce-cortes@stonybrook.edu

Business  Adminstrator / ATC
Theresa Spadola
Humanities 1046
Phone: 631-632-7690
theresa.spadola@stonybrook.edu

Adminstratorative Assistant
Lynne Foerster
Humanities 1046
Phone: 631-632-4030
lynne.foerster@stonybrook.edu

Asian and Asian American (AAS) Studies Director
Gregory Ruf 
Humanities 1126
gregory.ruf@stonybrook.edu 

AAAS -Language Teacher Education (AAS-TE)  Director 
Jiwon Hwang 
Humanities 1128
jiwon.hwang@stonybrook.edu

Asian American Studies (AAM) (Effective in Fall 2025)
Sandra So Hee Chi Kim 
Humanities 1095
sandra.kim@stonybrook.edu 

China Studies (CNS) Director
Tingda (Hannah) Li
Humanities 1118 
tingda.li@stonybrook.edu

Japanese Studies  (JNH) Acting Director
Eva Nagase
Humanities 1125
Phone: 631-632-1423
eva.nagase@stonybrook.edu

Japanese Language (JPN) Course Coordinator
Chikako Nakamura
Humanities 1043
chikako.nakamura@stonybrook.edu

Korean Studies (KOR) Director
Heejeong Sohn 
Humanities 1122
Phone: 631-632-7636
heejeong.sohn@stonybrook.edu

Religeous Studies (RLS) Director
William Chittick
Humanities 1120
william.chittick@stonybrook.edu

South Asian Studies (SOA) Director
Sthaneshwar Timalsina
Humanities 1093
sthaneshwar.timalsina@stonybrook.edu