Faculty and Staff
Office hours may be conducted either virtually or in-person. Please check your course syllabus or confirm with your professor.
Tenured/Tenured-Track Faculty
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- Graduate Advisor and Professor of Chinese Studies
- Office: FO3-319
- E-mail: ruixi.ai@csulb.edu
- Office Hours: Mon - Thurs 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. & by appointment
- *Instructor’s office hours are held in-person and online this semester
- Prof. Ai’s research interests include Chinese culture, linguistics, and pedagogy.
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- Japanese Program Coordinator & Associate Professor of Japanese
- Office: FO3-330
- E-mail: k.chinen@csulb.edu
- Office Hours: Tues & Thurs 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. & by appointment
- Dr. Chinen’s research focuses on Japanese heritage language development.
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- Korean Language & Culture Program Coordinator & Associate Professor of Asian Studies
- Office: FO3-321
- Dr. Ha is teaching abroad in South Korea this semester.
- E-mail: kyoungmi.ha@csulb.edu
- Office Hours: Wed 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. & by appointment
- Dr. Kyoungmi Ha’s research interests include Korean culture, discourse/conversation analysis, prosody, second language acquisition, and language pedagogy.
- Lecturer of Asian American Studies
- Office: FO3-304
- E-mail: toni.hays@csulb.edu
- Office Hours: Wed 12:30 – 2:30 p.m.; Thurs 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. & by appointment
*Instructor’s office hours are held online and in-person this semester.
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- 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
- 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.
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- Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies
- Office: FO3-315
- E-mail: May.Lin@csulb.edu
- Office Hours: Tues & Thurs 12:30 – 1:30 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.
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- Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies & Asian Studies
- Office: FO3-332
- E-mail: Sophea.Seng@csulb.edu
- Office Hours: Wed 10:00 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.
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- Japanese Program Advisor & Assistant Professor of Japanese
- Office: FO3-334
- E-mail: Nana.SuzumuraSmith@csulb.edu
- Office Hours: Mon & Wed 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.; Thurs 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. & by appointment
*Instructor’s office hours are held in-person this semester - Dr. Suzumura’s research interests include Japanese language pedagogy, language testing, and assessment.
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- Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies & Asian Studies
- Office: FO3-304
- E-mail: ann.tran@csulb.edu
- Office Hours: Mon – Thurs 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
*Instructor’s office hours are held both in-person 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.
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- Chinese Program Coordinator & Associate Professor of Chinese Studies
- Office: FO3-336
- 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.
Lecturer Faculty
- Lecturer of Chinese Studies
- Office: FO3-319
- E-mail: liya.ao@csulb.edu
- *Instructor is not teaching Fall '26.
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- Lecturer of Vietnamese Language and Vietnamese American Experiences
- Office: LA5-269
- E-mail: quyendi.bui@gmail.com
- Office Hours: Tues 4:15 - 4:45 p.m. (in-person) & Fri 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. via Zoom (by appointment only)
- Prof. 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.
- Lecturer of Asian American Studies
- Office: FO3-304
- E-mail: thea.deborja@csulb.edu
- Office Hours: Mon 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.; Tues & Thurs 11:30 am – 12:30 pm, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm; Fri 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. & by appointment
*Instructor’s office hours are held in-person this semester
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- Professor Emerita of Japanese Program
- Office: FO3-332
- 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.
- *Instructor is not teaching Fall '26.
- Lecturer of Asian American Studies
- Office: Online
- 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: FO5-217
- E-mail: JC.Fermin@csulb.edu
- Office Hours: Mon & Wed 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
*Instructor’s office hours are held online this semester
- Lecturer of Asian American Studies
- Office: FO5-217
- E-mail: lhashima@csulb.edu
- Office Hours: Tues & Thurs 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. & by appointment
*Instructor’s office hours are held both online & in-person this semester
- Lecturer of Asian Studies
- Office: LA5-269
- E-mail: jungsil.jin@csulb.edu
- *Instructor is not teaching Fall '26.
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- Professor Emerita of Japanese
- Office: FO3-330
- 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.
- *Instructor is not teaching Fall '26.
- Lecturer of Asian American Studies
- E-mail: anthony.kim@csulb.edu
- Office Hours: Fri 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. through 9/11
- *Instructor’s office hours are held online through 9/11.
- Lecturer of Japanese
- Office: LA5-269
- E-mail: kumiko.kitagawa@csulb.edu
- Office Hours: Mon-Thurs: 9:00-9:30 a.m., Mon. & Wed. 11:10-11:40 a.m., & by appointment
*Instructor’s office hours are held in-person this semester
- Lecturer of Japanese
- Office: FO3-321
- E-mail: Akane.Lardy@csulb.edu
- *Instructor is not teaching Fall '26.
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- Lecturer of Korean Language
- Office: LA5-269
- E-mail: haely.lee@csulb.edu
- Office Hours: Mon & Wed 12:30 – 1:00 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: Online until 9/28, TBD
- E-mail: Jinhee.Lee@csulb.edu
- Office Hours: Wed 11:50 a.m. – 12:50 p.m. & by appointment
*Instructor’s office hours are held in-person this semester
- Lecturer of Asian American Studies
- Office: Online
- E-mail: Daniel.Luu@csulb.edu
- Office Hours: Fri 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. & by appointment
*Instructor’s office hours are held online this semester
- Lecturer of Asian Studies
- Office: N/A
- E-mail: joshua.nettles@csulb.edu
- Office Hours: Tues, Thurs – Fri 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. & by appointment
*Instructor’s office hours are held online this semester
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- Lecturer of Asian American Studies
- Office: Online
- E-mail: joseph.nguyen@csulb.edu
- Office Hours: Fri 3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
*Instructor’s office hours are held online this semester
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- Lecturer of Asian American Studies
- Office: FO3-332
- E-mail: lisa.nguyen@csulb.edu
- Office Hours: Thurs 11:00 – 1:45 p.m. & by appointment
*Instructor’s office hours are held in-person and online this semester
- Lecturer of Asian American Studies
- Office: Online
- 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 1:00 – 2:00 p.m., 5:50 – 6:50 p.m. & by appointment
*Instructor’s office hours are held online this semester
- Lecturer of Japanese
- Office: FO3-332
- E-mail: yuco.saigusa@csulb.edu
- Office Hours: Tues 10:00 – 10:50 a.m. & by appointment
*Instructor’s office held in-person this semester.
- Lecturer of Japanese
- Office: LA5-269
- E-mail:anna.sera@csulb.edu
- Office Hours: Tues 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. & by appointment
*Instructor’s office held in-person this semester.
- Lecturer of Khmer (Cambodian) Language
- Office: Online
- 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
- Lecturer of Asian American Studies & Asian Studies
- Office: SPA-230
- Phone: (310) 428-2885 during office hours only
- E-mail: peter.wong@csulb.edu
*Instructor is not teaching for AAAS this semester
- Lecturer of Chinese Studies
- Office: LA5-269
- Phone: (562) 985-4515
- E-mail: xiaowen.wu@csulb.edu
- Office Hours: Wed 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.; Thurs 2:00 – 4:00 pm. & by appointment
*Instructor’s office hours are held in-person this semester
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- Lecturer of Asian Studies
- Office: LA5-269
- Phone: (562) 985-4515
- E-mail: jeffrey.zeiser@csulb.edu
- Office Hours:
Mon & Wed 10:20 – 10:50 a.m., 1:50 – 2:20 p.m. (in person); Tues & Thurs 10:20 – 10:50 a.m., 1:50 – 2:20 p.m., 4:45 – 5:15 p.m. (online – see Canvas or email for link)
- Lecturer of Asian Studies
- E-mail: teresa.zimmermanliu@csulb.edu
- Office Hours:
Mon 7:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Tues 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Wed 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
*Instructor’s office hours are held online this semester
Staff
- Department Coordinator
- Office: FO3-340
- Phone: (562) 985-4645
- E-mail: ami.nguyen@csulb.edu
- Department Office Hours:
- Mon: online, please email
- Tues–Fri: 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Emeriti Faculty
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- Professor Emerita of Japanese Program
- 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 Emeritus of Chinese Studies
- E-mail: san-pao.li@csulb.edu | Website: San Pao Li
- Prof. Li’s research interests include calligraphy, poetry, and promoting the use of technology to enhance the overall learning experience.
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- Professor Emerita of Asian American Studies and American Studies
- 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.
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- Assistant Professor Emeritus of Asian American Studies
- E-mail: dean.toji@csulb.edu
- Prof. Toji’s research interests include community organization and environmental justice.
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- Professor Emerita of Asian Studies
- E-mail: teri.yamada@csulb.edu
- Dr. Yamada's research interests include 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.
