Department of East Asian Languages (EAL)

The Department of East Asian Languages (EAL) manages the academic and engagement activities of Chinese, Korean, and Japanese. The Chair of EAL is Professor Kazumi Hatasa.

In addition to offering majors in Chinese and Japanese, EAL participates in interdisciplinary majors in Asian Studies. The Director of Asian Studies is Professor Margaret Tillman. EAL also supports minors in Chinese and Japanese, and interdisciplinary minors in Asian Studies, and Asian American Studies.

East Asian Languages faculty members and permanent instructional staff include:

• Atsushi Fukada, Professor of Japanese
• Kazumi Hatasa, Professor of Japanese, Chair
• Wei Hong, Professor of Chinese
• Daniel Hsieh, Associate Professor of Chinese
• Marina Ishii, Continuing Lecturer in Japanese
• Sayuri Ogiuchi, Continuing Lecturer of Japanese
• Akiko Ohashi Brennan, Continuing Lecturer of Japanese
• Alice Wang, Continuing Lecturer of Chinese
• Hongjian Wang, Assistant Professor of Chinese
• Mariko Wei, Associate Professor of Japanese