Leadership
Departmental Leadership
Chairperson: Eriko Sato
Business Adminstrator / ATC : Theresa Spadola
Adminstratorative Assistant: Lynne Foerster
Graduate Program Director: Atsuko Oyama
Undergraduate Program Director: Gregory Ruf
Director of Asian Languages: Jiwon Hwang
Outreach Coordinator: Yi Wang
AAAS Scholarship Coordinator: Jungmin Kang
Program Leadership
Asian and Asian American Studies (AAS) Director: Gregory Ruf
AAAS -Language Teacher Education (AAS-TE) Director: Jiwon Hwang
Asian American Studies (AAM) (Effective in Fall 2025): Sandra So Hee Chi Kim
China Studies (CNS) Director: Tingda (Hannah) Li
Japanese Studies (JNH) Acting Director: Eva Nagase
Japanese Language (JPN) Course Coordinator: Chikako Nakamura
Korean Studies (KOR) Director: Heejeong Sohn
Religeous Studies (RLS) Director: William Chittick
South Asian Studies (SOA) Director: Andrew Nicholson
Departmental Representatives
University Senate & Arts and Sciences Senate: Andrew Nicholson
UUP (United University Professons): Nerissa Balce
FAHSS (Humanities Initiatives): Eriko Sato
Affiliated Center Leadership
Center for Korean Studies, Director: Hongkyung Kim
Center for Multilingualism and Intercultural Communication, Director: Agnes He
Japan Center at Stony Brook, Executive Director: Eriko Sato
Mattoo Center for India Studies, Director: S. N. Sridhar