Department Chair: Tian-Wei (Tim) Xie
Vice Chair: Teri Yamada
Department Office: Faculty Offices FO3-340
Telephone: (562) 985‑4645
FAX: (562) 985‑1535
Website: http://www.csulb.edu/dept/as
Faculty: Ruixi Ai, Kiyomi Chinen, Masako O. Douglas, Linda N. España-Maram, Hiroko Kataoka, Hsin‑sheng C. Kao (Emerita), Barbara W. Kim, Yoko Pusavant (Emerita), San-Pao Li (Emeritus), Dean S. Toji, John N. Tsuchida, Tian-Wei (Tim) Xie, Teri Yamada
Advisors:
Associate Faculty: Christine Bhat (Educational Psychology, Administration and Counseling), Jeffrey Broughton (Religious Studies), Kendall Brown (Art History), Chi-Ah Chun (Psychology), Frank Gossette (Geography), Lisa Grobar (Economics), Jack W. Hou (Economics), Margaret Kuo (History), Tomotaka Ishimine (Economics), Guotong Li (History), Jyotsna Pattnaik (Teacher Education), Xiaoping Liang (Linguistics), William Mulligan (Journalism), Kim Oanh Nguyen-Lam (CLMER), Karen Quintiliani (Anthropology), George Scott (Anthropology), Michiko Takeuchi (History), Teresa Wright (Political Science), Oliver Wang (Sociology), R. Scott Wilson (Anthropology)
Administrative Support Coordinator: Michelle Seales-Kaestner
Students desiring information should contact the department office for referral to one of the faculty advisors.
Customs Inspector • Immigration Officer • Importer/Exporter • Foreign Service Officer • International Marketing Representative • Travel Guide • Social Worker • Linguist • Foreign Correspondent • Community Organization Worker • Lawyer • Librarian • International Student Advisor • Educator • Peace Corps Worker • Interpreter • Translator • Foreign Business and Trade • CIA/FBI Agent (Some of these, and other careers, require additional education or experience. For more information, see www.careers.csulb.edu.)
The Department of Asian and Asian American Studies fosters multi‑ethnic and cross‑cultural understanding from a global, multi‑disciplinary perspective and pursues an active language education program to promote cross‑cultural awareness and intercultural understanding.
Through courses of its own and those of cooperating departments, the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies offers B.A. in Asian American Studies, B.A. and M.A. in Asian Studies, B.A. in Chinese Studies, Single Subject Teaching Credential in Japanese, B.A. in Japanese, Minor in Asian American Studies, Certificate in Asian Studies, Certificate in Asian American Studies, and Certificate in Japanese. Information and advice relative to the programs are available through the department office, FO3‑340.
