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. Its faculty are professors from departments throughout the college and several professional schools who teach and engage in research on East Asia. The center’s interdisciplinary approach allows students to acquire broad exposure to many ways of learning about the region.

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. The center serves, for example, as the consortium partner with UCLA’s Asia Pacific Center to form the UCLA-USC Joint East Asian Studies Center, a Title VI National Resource Center. Graduate students with special interests in East Asia may take courses at UCLA through USC and may also work, where appropriate, with certain UCLA faculty. UCLA graduate students may similarly take courses at USC and work with USC faculty, for credit at UCLA in East Asian studies. The center facilitates cooperation and provides graduate fellowships to students at both institutions.

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 and International Relations); Dominic Cheung (East Asian Languages and Cultures, Comparative Literature); Iris Chi (Social Work, Gerontology); Eugene Cooper (Anthropology); Robert Dekle (Economics); JoAnn Marie Farver (Psychology); Eric Heikkila (Public Policy); Velina Hasu Houston (Dramatic Arts); David James (Cinematic Arts); Douglas Joines (Finance and Business Economics); David Kang (International Relations, Business); Namkil Kim (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Dorinne Kondo (Anthropology, American Studies and Ethnicity); Audrey Li (East Asian Languages and Cultures, Linguistics); Thomas W. Lin (Accounting); Akira Mizuta Lippit (Cinematic Arts, East Asian Languages and Cultures, Comparative Literature); Roger Moon (Economics); Jeffrey B. Nugent (Economics, Business); C.W. Park (Business); Rhacel Parreñas (Sociology, Gender Studies); Joan Piggott (History); Nandini Rajagopalan (Management and Organization); Harry Richardson (Public Policy); Stanley Rosen (Political Science); Ellen Seiter (Cinematic Arts); Brett Sheehan (History); Jean Shih (Cell and Neurobiology, Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology); Andrew Simpson (Linguistics, East Asian Languages and Cultures); James Steele (Architecture); John Strauss (Economics); Guofu Tan (Economics); Shui Yan Tang (Public Policy)

Associate Professors: David Bialock (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Bettine Birge (East Asian Languages and Cultures, History); Harrison Cheng (Economics); Meiling Cheng (Dramatic Arts, Critical Studies, English); Joshua Goldstein (History); Yasushi Hamao (Finance and Business Economics); George A. Hayden (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Hajime Hoji (Linguistics, East Asian Languages and Cultures); Mingyi Hung (Accounting); Kyung Moon Hwang (History); Jacques Hymans (International Relations); Saori Katada (International Relations); Annette Kim (Public Policy); Lon Kurashige (History, American Studies and Ethnicity); Kwanmin Lee (Communication); Sonya Lee (Art History, East Asian Languages and Cultures); Daniel Lynch (International Relations); Lori Meeks (East Asian Languages and Cultures, Religion); Sunyoung Park (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Lawrence Pryor (Public Relations); Gary Seaman (Anthropology); Jay Wang (Communication); Shiing-Wu Wang (Accounting); Duncan Williams (Religion); Carol Wise (International Relations)

Assistant Professors: Brian Bernards (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Youngmin Choe (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Robeson Taj Frazier (Communication); Clinton Godart (History, Religion, East Asian Languages and Cultures); Yu Hong (Communication); Lian Jian (Communication); Rongdao Lai (Religion); Satoko Shimazaki (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Yanhui Wu (Finance and Business Economics); Aimei Yang (Journalism)

Adjunct, Clinical, Research, Teaching and Visiting Faculty: John Chang (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Baizhu Chen (Finance and Business Economics); Helen Chung (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Ruth Gim Chung (Education); Xianxian Fang (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Nansong Huang (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Mayumi Ikeda (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Maki Irie (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Hee Ju (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Yuka Kumagai (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Jehoon Lee (Social Work); Seung-Ah Lee (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Steven Lee (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); Takako Tajima (Architecture); Masako Tamanaha (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Tin-yu Tseng (East Asian Languages and Cultures); Juliana Wang (Environmental Studies); Jason Webb (Comparative Literature); Geoffrey Wiseman (International Relations and Public Diplomacy); Yan Xiao (Engineering); Ping Yang (East Asian Languages and Cultures)

Librarians: Joy Kim (Korean Heritage Library); Kenneth Klein (East Asian Library); Sun-Yoon Lee (Korean Studies); Lillian Yang (Chinese)

Emeritus Professors: Gordon Berger (History); Peter A. Berton (International Relations); Philip B.H. Birnbaum-More (Business Management and Organization); Roger Dingman (History); Murray Fromson (Journalism); Charlotte Furth (History); William Rideout (Education); Otto Schnepp (Chemistry); John E. Wills Jr. (History)

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 499 Special Topics
• EASC 590 Directed Research
• EASC 591 Interdisciplinary Seminar
• EASC 592 Proseminar on Issues and Trends in Contemporary East Asia
• EASC 593 x 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 599 Special Topics