East Asian Area Studies

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The East Asian Studies Center supports the interdisciplinary study of China, Japan and Korea. It offers an undergraduate major in East Asian Area Studies (with an optional honors track), minors in East Asian Area Studies and Korean Studies, and a progressive degree program for students interested in graduate education.

The center offers the Master of Arts in East Asian Area Studies and the Master of Arts/Master of Business Administration dual degree programs. It also offers a graduate certificate in East Asian Area Studies for continuing graduate students who want to pursue special area competence beyond discipline requirements.

The East Asian Studies Center faculty are professors from departments throughout the college and professional schools who teach and engage in research on East Asia. The center’s interdisciplinary approach allows students the flexibility to acquire country-specific expertise as well as a transnational understanding of the region from nearly any discipline. The center promotes and coordinates teaching, research and development of academic programs concerning East Asia, regardless of discipline or school, on a university-wide basis. Scholars from outside the university conduct research at USC and contribute toward the center’s goals as EASC visiting scholars and postdoctoral fellows.

The center also promotes and coordinates academic exchange with other institutions with which USC maintains cooperative relations in the United States and abroad. Undergraduate students can conduct research in East Asia through the EASC Global East Asia program or participate in semester -or year-long study abroad programs through the Office of Overseas Studies. Graduate students with special interests in East Asia are eligible to receive summer funding through the East Asian Studies Center for research or related professional development.

College Administrative Services Building (CAS) 100
(213) 740-2991
FAX: (213) 740-8409
Email: easc@dornsife.usc.edu
dornsife.usc.edu/easc

Director: Sonya Lee, PhD

Associated Faculty

Professors: Jonathan Aronson (Communication); Bettine Birge (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Baizhu Chen (Finance and Business Economics); Meiling Cheng (Dramatic Arts Critical Studies); Iris Chi (Social Work); Ruth Gim Chung (Education); Robert Dekle (Economics); JoAnn Marie Farver (Psychology); Eric Heikkila (Public Policy); Velina Hasu Houston (Dramatic Arts); Janet Hoskins (Anthropology); David James (Cinematic Arts); David Kang (International Relations); Saori Katada (International Relations); Namkil Kim (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Dorinne Kondo (Anthropology); Lon Kurashige (History); Audrey Li (Linguistics); Akira Mizuta Lippit (Cinematic Arts); Qingyun Ma (Architecture); Roger Moon (Economics); Jeffrey B. Nugent (Economics); C.W. Park (Business); Rhacel Parreñas (Sociology); Joan Piggott (History); Nandini Rajagopalan (Management and Organization); Stanley Rosen (Political Science); Ellen Seiter (Cinematic Arts); Brett Sheehan (History); Jean Shih (Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology); Andrew Simpson (Linguistics); James Steele (Architecture); John Strauss (Economics); Guofu Tan (Economics); Shui Yan Tang (Public Policy); Duncan Williams (Religion); Carol Wise (International Relations); Tak-Jun Wong (Accounting); Sha Yang (Marketing)

Associate Professors: Brian Bernards (East Asian Languages and Cultures); David Bialock (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Jenny Chio (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Youngmin Choe (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Robeson Taj Frazier (Communication); Joshua Goldstein (History); Hajime Hoji (Linguistics); Jacques Hymans (International Relations); Nan Jia (Management and Organization); Annette Kim (Public Policy); Sonya Lee (Art History); Jenny Lin (Critical Studies); Lori Meeks (Religion); Eunjoo Pacifici (Clinical Pharmacy); Sunyoung Park (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Gary Seaman (Anthropology); Douglas Thomas (Communication); Jay Wang (Communication); Shiing-Wu Wang (Accounting); Aimei Yang (Journalism); Lori Qingyuan Yue (Management and Organization); Leon Yang Zhu (Data Science and Operations)

Assistant Professors: Erin Baggott Carter (International Relations); Lindsey Bier (Clinical Business Communication); Adrian De Leon (American Studies and Ethnicity); Jonathan Markowitz (International Relations); Rebecca Myerson (Pharmaceutical and Health Economics); Stephanie Shih (Linguistics); Tianshu Sun (Data Sciences and Operations); Benjamin Uchiyama (History); Yanhui Wu (Finance and Business Economics); Kerim Yasar (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Jessica Xiaomin Zu (Religion)

Adjunct Clinical, Research, Teaching and Visiting Faculty: Hyunjung Ahn (East Asian Languages and Cultures); John Alexander (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Vinayak Bharne (Architecture); John Chang (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Jinhee Choung (Political Science); Mina Chow (Architecture); Helen Chung (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Xianxian Fang (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Mayumi Ikeda (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Maki Irie (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Xiang Jian (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Woojoo Kim (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Yuka Kumagai (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Ben Lee (Communication); Hye Jin Lee (Communication); Shanshan Li (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Hsiao-Yun Liao (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Yi-Hsien Liu (East Asian Languages and Culture); Christopher Magriney (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Yumi Matsumoto (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Miya Mizuta Lippit (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Sooran Pak (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Masako Tamanaha (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Tin-yu Tseng (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Jason Webb (Comparative Literature); Yan Xiao (Engineering)

Librarians: Rebecca Corbett (Japanese Studies); Joy Kim (Korean Heritage Library); Sun-Yoon Lee (Multimedia Collections); Tang Li (Chinese Studies)

Emeritus Professors: Gordon Berger (History); Philip B.H. Birnbaum-More (Business Management and Organization); Harrison Cheng (Economics); Dominic Cheung (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Roger Dingman (History); Charlotte Furth (History); George Hayden (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Douglas Joines (Finance and Business Economics); Kenneth Klein (East Asian Library); Thomas Lin (Accounting)

Programs

Bachelor’s Degree

• East Asian Area Studies (BA)

Minor

• East Asian Area Studies Minor
• Korean Studies Minor

Master’s Degree

• East Asian Area Studies (MA)

Dual Degree

• Master of Arts, East Asian Area Studies/Master of Business Administration (MA/MBA)

Graduate Certificate

• East Asian Area Studies Graduate Certificate

Courses

East Asian Studies