Faculty, Staff & Alumni Graduate Students
- Department Chair & Directors
Eriko Sato
Associate Professor | Chair Office: Humanities 1123
Office Hours: in person
SPING 2025
TU: 9:00-12:00 pm
or by appointment
Jiwon Hwang
Assistant Professor | Director of Asian Languages Office: Humanities 1128
Office Hours:
SPRING 2025W: 11:00-12:30 pm in person
TH: 4:00-5:30 pm via zoom
or by appointment
Atsuko Oyama
Lecturer | Graduate Program Director Office: Humanities 1114
Office Hours:
SPRING 2025
TH: 9:30-11:30 am via zoom
TH: 12:45-1:45 pm in person
or by appointment
Gregory Ruf
Associate Professor | Undergraduate Program Director Office: Humanities 1126
Office hours:
SPRING 2025
W: 2:00-3:00 pm in person
TH: 10:00-12:00 pm in person
or by appointment
Zoom office hours are available by appointment - Full Time Faculty
Nerissa S. Balce
Associate Professor marianerissa.balce-cortes@stonybrook.edu
Office: Humanities 1115
Office Hours: via zoom
SPRING 2025
M/TU: 12:00-1:30 pm
Schedule meeting here
or by appointment
PH: 631-437-0985
William Chittick
SUNY Distinguished Professor william.chittick@stonybrook.edu
Office: Humanities 1120
Office Hours:
SPRING 2025
ON LEAVE
Agnes Weiyun He
Professor Office: Humanities 1116
Office Hours:
SPRING 2025
On LeaveJiwon Hwang
Assistant Professor | Director of Asian Languages Office: Humanities 1128
Office Hours:
SPRING 2025
W: 11:00-12:30 pm in person
TH: 4:00-5:30 pm via zoom
or by appointment
Jung Min Kang
Lecturer Office: HUM 1043
Office Hours: in person
SPRING 2025
W: 9:30-11:00 am
F: 10:40-12:10 pm
or by appointment
Hongkyung Kim
Professor | Director of the Center for Korean Studies 631-632-7362
Office: Humanities 1124
Office Hours: via zoom
SPRING 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
SPRING 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
SPRING 2025
M/W: 11:00-12:30 pm
(* please schedule an appointment in advance, here)
or by appointment
Sachiko Murata
Professor (631) 632-4353
Office: Humanities 1121
Office Hours:
SPRING 2025
ON LEAVE
Eva Nagase
Senior Lecturer 631-632-1423
Office: Humanities 1125
Office Hours: in person
SPRING 2025
M: 9:30-10:45 am & 12:30-1:00 pm
W: 9:30-10:45 am
or by appointment
Chikako Nakamura
Lecturer chikako.nakamura@stonybrook.edu
Office: HUM 1043
Office Hours:
SPRING 2025
TU: 1:00-1:40 pm in person
W: 10:00-11:10 am via zoom
TH: 3:30-4:30 pm in person
or by appointment
Andrew J. Nicholson
Associate Professor andrew.nicholson@stonybrook.edu
Office: Humanities 1113
Office Hours:
SPRING 2025
TU/TH: 3:30-4:30 pm in person
W: 2:30-3:30 pm via zoom
or by appointmentAtsuko Oyama
Lecturer | Graduate Program Director Office: Humanities 1114
Office Hours:
SPRING 2025
TH: 9:30-11:30 am via zoom
TH: 12:45-1:45 pm in person
or by appointmentGregory Ruf
Associate Professor | Undergraduate Program Director Office: Humanities 1126
Office Hours:
SPRING 2025
TU/TH: 8:20-9:20 am & 12:20-1:30 pm in person
or by appointment
Zoom office hours are available by appointmentEriko Sato
Associate Professor | Chair Office: Humanities 1123
Office Hours:
SPRING 2025
TU: 9:00-12:00 pm in person
or by appointment
Hong Li Snyder
Lecturer Office: 1040
Office Hours: in person or via *zoom
*please make appointment for zoom office hours
SPRING 2025
M/W: 1:30-3:00 pm
or by appointment
Shikaripur N. Sridhar
SUNY Distinguished Service Professor Office: Humanities 1119
Office Hours :
SPRING 2025
TU: 2:00-3:30 pm in person (LIB. E-5350)
TH: 2:00-3:30 pm via zoom
or by appointment
In person hours available by appointment, in the Melville Library - E 5350631-632-9742
E.K. Tan
Associate Professor Office: Humanities 1108
Office Hours: in person or via zoom
SPRING 2025
M: 2:00-3:00 pm & 5:00-6:00 pm
W: 5:00-6:00 pm
Sthaneshwar Timalsina
Nirmal K. and Augustina Mattoo Endowed Chair in Classical Indic Humanities | Interim Director, Program in South Asian Studies sthaneshwar.timalsina@stonybrook.edu
Office: 1093
Office Hours:
SPRING 2025
M/W: 1:30-3:00 pm in person
or by appointment
Yi Wang
Assistant Professor Office: Humanities 1117
Office Hours: via zoom
SPRING 2025
M/W: 3:30-5:00 pm
or by appointment
Dongmei Zeng
Senior Lecturer Office: Humanities 1127
Office Hours:
SPRING 2025
TU/TH: 12:30-2:00 pm in person
or by appointment - Part-Time Faculty
Yu Jung Bae
Adjunct Lecturer
SPRING 2025
Not teaching this semester
Jonathan Corrado
Adjunct Lecturer jonathan.corrado@stonybrook.edu
SPRING 2025
Not teaching this semesterYasuko Fujita
Adjunct Lecturer Office: Humanities 1036
Office Hours: in person
SPRING 2025
M: 1:00-2:30 pm
TH: 2:00-3:30 pm
or by appointment
Xiao Ha
Adjunct Lecturer Office: Humanities 1039
Office Hours:
SPRING 2025
TU: 5:00-6:00 pm in person
W: 5:30-7:30 pm via zoom
or by appointment
Michael Kim
Adjunct Lecturer Office:
Office Hours: via zoom
WINTER 2025
*please email Prof. Kim for appointment
Rachel Kim
Adjunct Lecturer Office: Humanities 1036
Office Hours: in person
SPRING 2025
M/W/F: 12:00-1:00 pm
or by appointment
* Zoom office hours available by appointment. Email instructor for zoom link.
Sehrie Lee
Adjunct Lecturer Office: Humanities 1043
Office Hours:
SPRING 2025
TU: 1:15-3:15 pm in person
F: 2:15-3:15 pm in person
or by appointment
Ayaka Mayo
Adjunct Lecturer Office: Virtual
Office Hours: via zoom
Office Hours:
SPRING 2025
M/W: 12:30-2:00 pm
or by appointment
Ian Nicolay
Adjunct Lecturer Office: Virtual
Office Hours: Via Zoom
SPRING 2025
TU: 2:00-5:00 pm EST
or by appointment
Aruna Sharma
Adjunct Lecturer Office: Humanities 1039
Office Hours: in person
SPRING 2025
M: 2:15-3:15 pm & 4:45-5:45 pm
TH: 4:45-5:45 pm
or by appointment
Weiwei Zhang
Adjunct Lecturer Office: Humanities 1036
Office Hours:
SPRING 2025
TU/TH: 12:30-2:00 pm in person
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 OyamaTiara 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 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
Nuoyi Chen
Yasuko Fujita
My research focuses on adapting teaching strategies to meet the changing needs of Japanese language learners. Abudurexiti Kaiwushaer
ShuNing Lin
Ayaka Mayo
I am passionate about Japanese language education and exploring teaching methods that foster intercultural communication. Veronica Peck
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? - Visiting Scholars
