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REGULAR
FACULTY


Chinese Faculty

JIANG, Li ‘Julie’
Associate Director
Chinese Language Flagship
Moore Hall 359
Phone: (808) 956-2055

JIANG, Song
Director
Chinese Language Flagship
Lincoln Annex 2, Room 7
Phone: (808) 956-2087


PENG, Yun
Chinese Section Coordinator
Moore Hall 363
Phone: (808) 956-2058

SPRING, Madeline
Biomed 111D / Moore 388
Phone: (808) 956-8780, 956-2071
On leave for Fall 2021

WANG, Haidan
Graduate Chair
Placement Coordinator
Moore Hall 355
Phone: (808) 956-2053


YUE, Ming-Bao
Center for Chinese Studies (CCS) Director from Aug 2021 – 2024
Moore Hall 201
Phone: (808) 956-7047

Japanese Faculty

COOK, Haruko
Japanese Linguistics Coordinator
Moore Hall 362
Phone: (808) 956-2057











YOSHIMI, Dina
Director, Hawaii Language Roadmap Initiative
Lincoln Annex 2, Room 6
Phone: (808) 956-2077

Pier-Carlo Tommasi
Moore 387
Phone: (808)956-7283

Korean Faculty


CHEON, Sang-Yee
Director,
Korean Language Flagship Center
Moore Hall 352
Phone: (808) 956-2054



KROLIKOSKI, David
Korean Section Coordinator
Moore Hall 386
Phone: (808) 956-2233



OTHER
FACULTY

SOHN, Ho-min
Professor Emeritus

CHENG, Robert
Professor Emeritus

LI, Ying-Che
Professor Emeritus

LO, Ching Tang
Professor Emeritus

NIYEKAWA, Agnes
Professor Emeritus

VIGLIELMO, Valdo
Professor Emeritus

MURAKAMI, Haruki
Adjunct Faculty
East Asian
Languages and
Literatures

May Arakawa

Kristina Hsu

Dylan Lee
Graduate
Students
Ph.D. program
Graduate
Students
Ph.D. Program
Graduate
Students
MA Program
Graduate
Students
Ph.D. Program

FOX, Bonnie
Advisor: Cheon, Sang-Yee
Research interests: Phonetics (articulatory, sound change), Phonology (prosody, tone, intonation), Korean, Jejueo, Second Language Acquisition (especially relating to Korean L2), Morphology (neologisms), Korean Historical Linguistics (comparative theory within phonology), Experimental Linguistics.
Graduate
Students
MA Program
CHINESE • JAPANESE • KOREAN
(2020) Brown, Gregory
(2018) Lin, Chuan – Lecturer, Department of World Languages & Cultures, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
(2018) Xia, Xue – Senior Lecturer, Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
(2018) Riggs, Reed
(2017) Chuang, Hui-Ju – Lead Flagship Instructor, Chinese Flagship Center, Brigham Young University, USA
(2017) Zhang, Liulin — Assistant Professor of Chinese, Department of Classical and Modern Languages, Truman State University, Kirksville, Missouri, USA
(2016) Yu, Qiaona – Assistant Professor of Chinese, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Caroline, USA
(2013) Paul, Jing (Zhang)
(2012) Zhou, Ying – DLI, Monterey, St. Olaf College, MN, USA
(2012) Child, Daniel – private company
(2011) Wu, Shu-Ling – DLI
(2010) Wong, Ka Fai – Olaf College, MN, USA
(2010) Wang, Pingli
(2010) Xiao, Yang – University of South Carolina, San Francisco State, USA
(2010) Wang, Pingli – Beijing Foreign Language University, China
(2010) Hu, Xiaoming
(2009) Su, Shuhui – DLI / Grove City College, USA
(2009) Parinyavottichai, Chanyaporn – Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
(2009) Jiang, Song – University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, USA
(2009) Hwang, Menq-ju Monique – Kapi’olani Community College, USA
(2006) Chen, Zhen – Indiana University, USA
(2004) Chu, Chengzhi – UC Davis, USA
(2004) Hayden, Jeffrey – IES Abroad–Beijing Center; Savannah College of Art & Design, USA
(2003) Wang, Shao-Ling – Harvard University / Wellesley University / Trent University, USA
(2003) Tian, Yuan – Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE), USA
(2002) Wang, Haidan – University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, USA
(2002) Gammon, Roderick A. – Kapi’olani Community College, USA
(2000) Stasiewski, Rainer H. – Srinakharinwirot University, Thailand
(2000) Fujitani, Shufen – Punahou School, Kapi’olani Community College, USA
(1998) Jang, Shyue-Chian – Taitung Teachers College, Taiwan
(1998) Chokkajitsumpun, Pranee – Thammasat University, Thailand
(1997) Sun, Sylvia
(1996) Wang, Jianqi – University of Arrhus, Denmark, Ohio State University
(1996) Zeng, Suzanne Veyveris – University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, USA
(1994) Lee, Hae-Woo – University in Korea
(2012) Geng, Changqin – DLI Monterey, USA
(2009) Su, Shuhui
(2005) Li, Yanfeng – Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE), Shanghai, China
(2000) Oem, Kui Duck – Chungnam National Univeristy, Korea
(1999) Eichman, Shawn R. – Chicago Institute of Art; Honolulu Academy of Art, USA
(1996) Wang, Jong – University of Ruhr, Germany
(1996) Crossland, Shuyun G. – University of Singapore
(1995) Hsiung, Hsien-Kuan Ann Marie
(1993) Lee, In-Tack – Teaching in Korea
(2020) Hamada, Masumi
(2020) Ikeda, Maiko
(2019) Suzumura, Nana – Assistant Professor, California State University, Long Beach
(2019) Chen, Yunchuan – Assistant Professor of the Practice of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Duke University
(2018) Martin, Krystin
(2017) Hoshi, Saori – Instructor, the Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia
(2014) Tominaga, Waka – Kapiolani Community College
(2014) Shores, Matthew Wayne
(2014) Matsuda, William J
(2014) Moody, Stephen – Assistant Professor, the Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages, Brigham Young University
(2012) Murayama, Emi – Instructor, Japanese Language Coordinator, the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, UHM
(2011) Nishikawa, Reiko – Nihon Taiiku University
(2011) Bushnell, Cade – Tsukuba University, Japan
(2010) Iwai,Tomoko – Instructor, the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, UHM
(2010) Fukuda, Chie – University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, USA
(2009) Saito, Junko – Temple University Japan
(2009) Narita, Ritsuko – Macalester College, USA
(2009) Ishida, Kazutoh – Stanford University Program Director, USA
(2008) Tateyama, Yumiko – Instructor, the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, UHM
(2007) Zimmerman, Erica (Starr) – Naval Academy, USA
(2007) Ikeda, Keiko – Kansai University, Japan
(2006) Komori, Saeko – Chubu University, Japan
(2006) Russell, Kerri – University of Arizona, USA; Oxford University
(2005) Kitade, Keiko – Ritsumeikan University, Japan
(2005) Hagiwara, Akiko – Tokyo Yakka University, Japan
(2004) Yanagisawa, Miwako – Tokyo Christian University, Japan
(2004) Sawyer, Rieko – Musashi Institute of Technology
(2004) Curry, Stewart – Instructor, the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, UHM
(2003) Riley, Barbara
(2003) McMeekin, Abigail – University of Lethbridge, Canada
(2001) Tokuda, Miho (Takehara) – Oita University, Japan
(2000) Saft, Scott – University of Hawai’i Hilo, USA
(2000) Roberts, Michael – Waikato University, New Zealand
(2000) Ohara, Yumiko – University of Hawai’i Hilo, USA
(1999) Bentley, John – Northern Illinois University, USA
(1998) Sato, Yumiko – Tokyo Foreign Language University, Japan
(1997) Yokomizo, Shinichiro – Saga University, Japan
(1996) Okita, Yoko – Tokyo Ika-shika University, Japan
(1994) Matsunaga, Sachiko – California State University Los Angeles, USA
(2018) Citko, Malgorzata – Post doctoral fellow, the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics at Florida State University.
(2017) Smith, Christopher – Assistant Professor, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, University of Florida
(2017) Arkenstone, Quillon – Post-doctoral fellow, the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Washington University
(2014) Shores, Matthew – University of Colorado
(2014) Matsuda, William – Sichuan University, Sichuan, China
(2011) Keith, Elizabeth – Hawaii Tokai University
(2010) Wellman, Tad – Singapore Institute of Management, Singapore
(2009) Hansen, Kelly J. – San Diego State University, USA
(2007) Ikeda, Kyle K. – University of Vermont, USA
(2005) Hecht, Micah Spencer – Yokohama City University, Japan
(2002) Ridgeway, William
(2001) Seliger, Isabel
(1999) Nakahara, Gladys E. – University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, USA (retired)
(1988) Nakayama, Etsuko – Kansai Foreign Language University, Japan
(1985) Summersgill, Harue – Chaminade University, USA
(1985) Kavanagh, Frederick – Valparaiso University
(1984) Pugarelli, Nobuko – Honolulu Community College
(1984) Ochner, Nobuko – University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, USA
(1982) Cogan, Thomas – Waseda University, Japan
(1979) Ikoma, Albert – Koryo Joshi Tanki Daigaku, Japan
(1977) Rucinski, John
(1975) Rolf, Robert
(2020) An, Hyunjung
(2020) Jung, Bookyung – University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
(2019) Yu, Seunghy (Lee) – Hawaii Language Center
(2019) Oh, Kyoungwon – Defense Language Institute, Monterey, CA
(2019) Chung, Hyunsun – Instructor, the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, UHM
(2018) Lee, Jae Sun, – DLIFLC, Hawaii
(2018) Kim, Na Young
(2018) Kim, Ok sim – Pennsylvania State University, USA
(2017) Choi, Yoon hwa – University of Virgina, USA
(2016) Yoon, Jaerim – Princeton University
(2016) Sung, Jason Bumyong – Kapiolani Community College
(2015) Yi, So Young L. – Instructor, Washington University of Virginia
(2015) Kim, Dongmin – New York University
(2015) Jung, Soo Jin – DLIFLC, Hawaii
(2015) Jung, Heeyeong – Harvard University, USA
(2014) Park, Mi Yung – Associate Professor, Auckland University
(2014) Lee, Jieun – Naver Corp (Korea)
(2014) Lee, Hye-Seung – University of Hawaii at Mānoa
(2014) Kim, Jiyoung – University of Indiana, Bloomington
(2014) Chang, Sumi – University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
(2013) Rhoades-Ko, Yun-hee – Defense Language Institute, Monterey, USA
(2013) Kim, Eunho – Assistant Profesor, Chung-Ang University
(2013) Huh, Sorin – Pennsylvania State University, USA
(2011) Kim, Mi-Hyun – Emory University
(2011) Im, Jae-Eun – UCLA, USA
(2011) Choi, Bumyong – Emory University, USA
(2010) Yoon, Yeon-Hee – Associate Professor of Practice, University of Notre Dame
(2010) Yoon, Sangseok – Associate Professor of Instruction, University of Iowa
(2010) Choi, Min-Koo – Assistant Teaching Professor, Georgetown University
(2009) Jeong , Hee-Jeong – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
(2008) Hong , Jong-Myung – Associate Professor, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Korea
(2007) Kong , Dong-Kwan – Defense Language Institute
(2005) Kim, Hi-sun- Harvard University, USA
(2005) Ahn, Changseob Russell – UC Berkeley, USA
(2005) Turker, Ebru – Associate Professor, Arizona State University
(2002) Lee, Young-Geun – Language Training Center in Seoul, Korea
(2002) Koh, Haejin E. – Associate Director, Chao Center, Rice University
(2002) Hwang, Jiha*
(2001) Yuen, Soo-ah – Associate Professor, Kapi’olani Community College
(2001) Byon, Andrew S.P. – SUNY Albany, USA
(1996) Lee, Jeyseon – UC San Diego, USA
(2019) Yang, Jude – Librarian for Korean Studies, Yale University
(1999) Pettid, Michael J. – Professor, Binghamton University
(1995) Park-Miller, Chan E. – Professor, Ohio State University
(1992) Lee, Young-Hee – University of Auckland, New Zealand
* = deceased