Faculty
Akiyo Cantrell
Lecturer
Area:Japanese Language
Office:HSSB 2236
Email:am4@ucsb.edu
Shu-Chuan Chen
Lecturer in Chinese language
Area:Chinese Language
Office:HSSB 2234
Email:bellachen@ucsb.edu
Howard Chiang
Professor and Lai Ho & Wu Cho-liu Endowed Chair in Taiwan Studies
Office:HSSB 2257
Email:howardchiang@ucsb.edu
William Fleming
Associate Professor and Chair
Area:Japanese Literature, Comparative Literature, Theater Studies
Office:HSSB 2224
Email:wfleming@ucsb.edu
Sabine Frühstück
Distinguished Professor and Koichi Takashima Chair in Japanese Cultural Studies
Area:Modern and contemporary Japan, history, ethnography
Office:HSSB 2232
Email:fruhstuc@ucsb.edu
Maki Fujita
Area:Japanese Language
Office:HSSB2236
Email:makifujita@ucsb.edu
Susan Hwang
Assistant Professor
Area:Modern Korean Literature, Korean Cultural Studies, Translation Studies, Theories of World Literature
Office:HSSB 2256
Email:shwang@ucsb.edu
Suma (she/her 池内須摩) Ikeuchi
Associate Professor
Area:Anthropology, Migration & Diaspora, Aging & Care, Transnationalism, Japan, Brazil, the Philippines
Office:HSSB 2254
Hours:By Appointment
Email:sikeuchi@ucsb.edu
Wona Lee
Lecturer, Program Coordinator
Office:HSSB 2238
Hours:Wednesdays 11 -12:50pm
Email:wonalee@ucsb.edu
Xiaorong Li
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Area:Late Imperial (Ming-Qing) and Early Republican Chinese Literature
Office:HSSB 2227
Email:lixiaor@ucsb.edu
Thomas Mazanec
Associate Professor
Area:Medieval Chinese Poetry, Buddhism, Comparative Literature, Digital Humanities, Translation
Office:HSSB 2255
Hours:Mondays 1-3pm, https://calendly.com/mazanec/spring-2025-office-hours
Email:mazanec@ucsb.edu
