East Asian Area Studies

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The East Asian Studies Center provides interdisciplinary studies of China, Japan and Korea. It offers an undergraduate major in East Asian Area Studies, minors in East Asian Area Studies and Korean Studies, the Master of Arts in East Asian Area Studies and the Master of Arts/Master of Business Administration dual degree. Its 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 East Asian Studies Center promotes and coordinates teaching, research and development of academic programs concerning East Asia, regardless of discipline or school, on a university-wide basis. Visiting scholars may also be named from among persons outside the university who wish to do research at USC and contribute to the goals of the center.

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 may take courses at UCLA through the USC-UCLA Cross-Enrollment Agreement, which permits current USC students to take a graduate course at UCLA and obtain USC course credit.

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

Director: Brett Sheehan, 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); Kyung Moon Hwang (History); 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 (East Asian Languages and Cultures); 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); 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); 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)

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); Geraldine Fiss (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); 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); Kenneth Klein (East Asian 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); Thomas Lin (Accounting)

Programs

• East Asian Area Studies (BA)

• East Asian Area Studies Minor
• Korean Studies Minor

• East Asian Area Studies (MA)

• East Asian Area Studies Graduate Certificate

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

Courses

• EASC 150gp East Asian Societies
• EASC 160gmp China and the World
• EASC 360 Global East Asia
• EASC 490x Directed Research
• EASC 495 Honors Thesis
• EASC 499 Special Topics
• EASC 590 Directed Research
• EASC 591 Interdisciplinary Seminar
• EASC 592 Proseminar on Issues and Trends in Contemporary East Asia
• EASC 593x Understanding East Asia: An Introduction for Professional School Students
• EASC 594a Master’s Thesis
• EASC 594b Master’s Thesis
• EASC 594z Master’s Thesis
• EASC 595 Research Methods and Prospectus Writing
• EASC 596 Internship for Curricular Practical Training
• EASC 599 Special Topics