People

Eriko Sato

Associate Professor | Chair

Office: HUM 1123

Jiwon Hwang

Assistant Professor | Director of Asian Languages

Office: HUM 1128

Hong Li Snyder

Lecturer | Undegraduate Program Director

Office: HUM 1127

Atsuko Oyama

Lecturer | Graduate Program Director

Office: HUM 1114

Nerissa S. Balce

Associate Professor

Office: HUM 1115

William Chittick

SUNY Distinguished Professsor | Director, Program in Religious Studies

Office: HUM 1120

Agnes Weiyun He

Professor

Office: HUM 1116

Jiwon Hwang

Assistant Professor | Director of Asian Languages

Office: HUM 1128

Jungmin Kang

Lecturer

Office: HUM 1040

Hongkyung Kim

Professor | Director of the Center for Korean Studies

Office: HUM 1124 and LIB N5520

Sandra So Hee Chi Kim

Assistant Professor | Director, Program in Asian American Studies

Office: HUM 1118

Hong Li Snyder

Lecturer | Undergraduate Program Director | Coordinator of Chinese Language

Office: HUM 1127

Sachiko Murata

Professor

Office: HUM 1121

Eva Nagase

Senior Lecturer | Director, Program in Japanese Studies

Office: HUM 1125

Chikako.Nakamura

Lecturer

Office: HUM 1043

Andrew Nicholson

Associate Professor | Director, Program in South Asian Studies

Office: HUM 1113

Atsuko Oyama

Lecturer | Graduate Program Director

Office: HUM 1114

Gregory Ruf

Associate Professor | Assessment Coordinator

Office: HUM 1126

Sreeparna Sarkar

Lecturer

Office: HUM 1043

Eriko Sato

Associate Professor | Chair

Office: HUM 1123

Heejeong Sohn

Professor of Practice | Director, Program in Korean Studies

Office: HUM 1124 and LIB N5520

Shikaripur N. Sridhar

Toll Professor

Office: HUM 1119

Sthaneshwar Timalsina

Nirmal K. and Augustina Mattoo Endowed Chair in Classical Indic Humanities

Office: HUM 1093

Yi Wang

Assistant Professor | Director, Program in China Studies

Office: HUM 1117

Weiwei Zhang

Lecturer

Office: HUM 1043

Yu Jung Bae

Adjunct Lecturer

Adjunct Lecturer

Office: HUM 1036

Jonathan Corrado

Adjunct Lecturer

Mary Diaz

Adjunct Lecturer

Yasuko Fujita

Adjunct Lecturer

Office: HUM 1036

Xiao Ha

Adjunct Lecturer

Office: HUM 1039

Michael Kim

Adjunct Lecturer

Adjunct Lecturer

Office: HUM 1043

Tingda (Hannah) Li

Lecturer

Hiroko Matsuzaki

Adjunct Lecturer

Ayaka Mayo

Adjunct Lecturer

Office: HUM 1036

Ian Nicolay

Adjunct Lecturer

Aruna Sharma

Adjunct Lecturer

Office: HUM 1039

Lu Catherine Wang

Adjunct Lecturer

Office: HUM 1036

Timothy August

Associate Professor

Department of English

Manisha Desai

Professor

Department of Sociology

Jinyoung Jin

Adjunct Professor | Director

Wang Center

Sohl Lee

Associate Professor

Department of Art

Shirley Jennifer Lim

Professor

Department of History

Janis Mimura

Associate Professor

Department of History

Jeffrey Santa Ana

Associate Professor

Department of English

Riga Shakya

Assistant Professor

Department of History

E.K. Tan

Associate Professor

Department of English

Benjamin Tausig

Associate Professor

Department of Music

Nicholas Wilson

Associate Professor

Department of Sociology

Yongjun Zhang

Assistant Professor

Department of Sociology

Retired Lecturer

Professor Emeritus

Professor Emerita

Retired Lecturer

Retired Lecturer

HPEW Program

After earning my BA in Philosophy from New York University, I joined Stony Brook University’s MA program in the History of Philosophies—East and West. Concentrating in Eastern Philosophies, I focus on the Islamic intellectual tradition, particularly the development of philosophical thought within the classical Islamic world.

CAAAS Program

Utilizing film analysis to gain insight into the cultural and political implications of cinema, my objective is to examine gendered racism that afflicts the Asian American diaspora

CAAAS Program

I am interested in Japanese language and culture, East Asian history and the intersectional complexities of gender, sexuality, race and culture in East Asia and East Asian diasporas.

CAAAS Program

Having been a professional artist for the past decade, I derive influences from a range of classical and ancient cultures that map out an elaborate mythology of geographies, identities, and interdependent relationships within my own autobiography as well as the natural world. I wish to further enhance my understanding of my place within American society and explore my cross-cultural fluidity.

HPEW Program

Nooreen Ismail joined the department’s MA program in the History of Philosophies—East and West in Fall 2025 following a career in design research and a BA in Cognitive Science & Psychology from Rutgers University. Focused on classical Islamic intellectual history and Eastern thought, her research explores the intersection of traditional metaphysics and feminine spirituality in poetry, architecture, and art. She is also deeply interested in the bearing of pre-modern Islamic thought on contemporary issues in education.

GLAMA Program

I am passionate about Japanese language education and exploring teaching methods that foster intercultural communication.

CAAAS Program

I'm interested in multilingual language transmission within Asian transnational families, with a focus on how languages—including English, Chinese, and Chinese dialects—are maintained, negotiated, or lost across generations.

CAAAS Program

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?

GLAMA Program

My research focuses on 21st-century Chinese poetry and its global circulation, examining the factors that shape its dissemination and the cultural impacts that follow.

Department Secretary

Office: HUM 1046

Assistant to the Chair

Office: HUM 1046