Leadership
Departmental 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: Yi Wang
AAAS Scholarship Coordinator: Jungmin Kang
AAAS Student Symposium Coordinator: Atsuko Oyama
AAAS Assessment Coordinator: Gregory Ruf
Program Leadership
Directors
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): Eva Nagase
Minor in Korean Studies (KOR): Heejeong Sohn
Minor in South Asian Studies (SOA): Andrew Nicholson
Language Course Coordinators
Chinese (CHI): Hong Snyder
Japanese (JPN): Chikako Nakamura
Korean (KOR): Jiwon Hwang
Departmental Representatives
University Senate & Arts and Sciences Senate: Andrew Nicholson
UUP (United University Professions): Theresa Spadola
FAHSS (Humanities Initiatives): Nerissa Balce
Affiliated Center Leadership
Center for Korean Studies, Director: Hongkyung Kim
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, Director: S. N. Sridhar
Student Workers
2026/27: Daniel Chen, Daniella Del-Daquin, Kevin Huang, Jimmy Jiang, Emily Lee, Jonea Thompson, Saraf Wasima & Barry Zheng.