Leadership

Chairperson: Eriko Sato  

Business Administrator / ATC: Theresa Spadola  

Administrative Assistant: Lynne Foerster 

Graduate Program Director: Atsuko Oyama    

Undergraduate Program Director:  Hong Snyder

Director of Asian Languages: Jiwon Hwang   

Outreach Coordinator: Jungmin Kang  

AAAS Scholarship Coordinator: Jungmin Kang 

AAAS Student Symposium Coordinator: Atsuko Oyama    

AAAS Assessment Coordinator: Gregory Ruf 

Major and Minor in Asian and Asian American Studies (AAS):  Hong Snyder

Major in Asian Language Teacher Education  ( AAS-TE for CHI, JPN and KOR): Jiwon Hwang

Minor in Asian American Studies (AAM): Sandra So Hee Chi Kim

Minor in Asian Thought (ATH) : William Chittick

Minor in China Studies (CNS): Yi Wang

Minor in Japanese Studies (JNH): Sachiko Murata/Eva Nagase

Minor in Korean Studies (KOR): Heejeong Sohn 

Minor in South Asian Studies (SOA): Andrew Nicholson

Master of Arts in Global Asias: Atsuko Oyama

Master of Arts in Global Asias, Korean Humanism Track: Hongkyung Kim

Master of Arts in History of Philosophies, East & West: Andrew Nicholson

Chinese (CHI):  Hong Snyder
Japanese (JPN): Chikako Nakamura 
Korean (KOR): Jiwon Hwang

University Senate & Arts and Sciences Senate: Andrew Nicholson
UUP (United University Professions): Theresa Spadola 
FAHSS (Humanities Initiatives): Nerissa Balce

Center for Korean Studies, Director: Heejeong Sohn
Center for Multilingualism and Intercultural Communication, Director: Agnes He
Charles B. Wang Center Asian Programing Director: Jinyoung Jin
Japan Center at Stony Brook, Executive Director: Eriko Sato
Mattoo Center for India Studies, Interim Director: Sthaneshwar Timalsina  

2026/27: Arajit Chowdhury, Daniel Chen, Liz Cruz, Daniella Del-Daquin, Kevin Huang, Jimmy Jiang, Emily Lee, Carol Lin, Evelyn Liu, Eric Mak, Vincent Nguyen, Veronica Peck, Cindy Wang



 

 

 

 

 


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