Leadership
Departmental Leadership
Chairperson: Eriko Sato
Business Administrator / ATC : Theresa Spadola
Administrative Assistant: Lynne Foerster
Graduate Program Director: Atsuko Oyama
Undergraduate Program Director: Hong Snyder
Director of Asian Languages: Jiwon Hwang
Outreach Coordinator: Yi Wang
AAAS Scholarship Coordinator: Jungmin Kang
AAAS Student Symposium Coordinator: Atsuko Oyama
AAAS Assessment Coordinator: Gregory Ruf
Program Leadership
Asian and Asian American Studies Program (AAS) Director: Hong Snyder
AAAS -Language Teacher Education Programs (AAS-TE) Director: Jiwon Hwang
Asian American Studies Program (AAM) : Sandra So Hee Chi Kim
Asian Thought Program (ATH) Director: William Chittick
China Studies Minor Program (CNS) Director: Tingda (Hannah) Li
Chinese Language Program (CHI) Coordinator: Hong Snyder
Japanese Studies Minor Program (JNH) Acting Director: Eva Nagase
Japanese Language Program (JPN) Coordinator: Chikako Nakamura
Korean Studies Minor Program(KOR) Director: Heejeong Sohn
Korean Language Program (KOR) Coordinator : Jiwon Hwang
South Asian Studies Minor Program (SOA) Director: Andrew Nicholson
Departmental Representatives
University Senate & Arts and Sciences Senate: Andrew Nicholson
UUP (United University Professions): Theresa Spadola
FAHSS (Humanities Initiatives): Nerissa Balce
Affiliated Center Leadership
Center for Korean Studies, Director: Hongkyung Kim
Center for Multilingualism and Intercultural Communication, Director: Agnes He
Charles B. Wang Center Asian Programing Director: Jinyoung Jin
Japan Center at Stony Brook, Executive Director: Eriko Sato
Mattoo Center for India Studies, Director: S. N. Sridhar
Student Workers
2025/26: Marie Anny Anikulapo, Daniel Chen, Emily Chen, Daniella Del-Daquin, Kevin Huang, Jimmy Jiang, Emily Lee, Layton Madeira, Jonea Thompson, Saraf Wasima, Eric Yang, Barry Zheng & Shulin Zheng.