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); Joshua Goldstein (History); Eric Heikkila (Public Policy); Velina Hasu Houston (Dramatic Arts); Janet Hoskins (Anthropology); Jane Junn (Political Science and International Relations); David Kang (Political Science and International Relations); Saori Katada (Political Science and International Relations); Namkil Kim (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Dorinne Kondo (Anthropology); Lon Kurashige (History); Sonya Lee (Art History); Audrey Li (Linguistics); Akira Mizuta Lippit (Cinematic Arts); Nancy Lutkehaus (Anthropology); Roger Moon (Economics); Jeffrey B. Nugent (Economics); Rhacel Parreñas (Sociology); Joan Piggott (History); Nandini Rajagopalan (Management and Organization); Stanley Rosen (Political Science and International Relations); Ellen Seiter (Cinematic Arts); Brett Sheehan (History); Jean Shih (Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology); Andrew Simpson (Linguistics); John Strauss (Economics); Guofu Tan (Economics); Shui Yan Tang (Public Policy); Duncan Williams (Religion); Carol Wise (Political Science and 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); Hajime Hoji (Linguistics); Jacques Hymans (Political Science and International Relations); Nan Jia (Management and Organization); Annette Kim (Public Policy); 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); Tianshu Sun (Data Sciences and Operations)

Assistant Professors: Erin Baggott Carter (Political Science and International Relations); Lindsey Bier (Clinical Business Communication); Adrian De Leon (American Studies and Ethnicity); Rena Heinrich (Critical Studies); Jonathan Markowitz (Political Science and International Relations); Stephanie Shih (Linguistics); Benjamin Uchiyama (History); Mengxiao Wang (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Audrye Wong (Political Science and International Relations); 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 and International Relations); Mina Chow (Architecture); 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 Elise Desjardins (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); 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); David James (Cinematic Arts); Douglas Joines (Finance and Business Economics); Kenneth Klein (East Asian Library); Thomas Lin (Accounting); Qingyun Ma (Architecture); James Steele (Architecture)

Programs

• East Asian Area Studies (BA)

• East Asian Area Studies Minor
• Korean Studies Minor

• East Asian Area Studies (MA)

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

• East Asian Area Studies Graduate Certificate

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