People

Chengzhi Chu

Associate Professor of Chinese
Senior Program Advisor (Chinese)
Faculty of the Graduate Group in Lingustics

303 Sproul Hall

Michael Dylan Foster

Professor of Japanese

308 Sproul Hall

David J. Gundry

Associate Professor of Japanese

302 Sproul Hall

Mark Halperin

Professor of Chinese
Department Chair of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Undergraduate Faculty Advisor for Chinese

304 Sproul Hall

Office Hours

Winter 25: Wed 1-3

Yuming He

Associate Professor of Chinese

313 Sproul Hall

Nobuko Koyama

Associate Professor of Japanese
Japanese Language Program Coordinator

311 Sproul Hall

Office Hours

Winter 24: Monday & Wednesday 2:30-3:30 pm & by appointment
Monday & Wednesday in person
Remote by appointment
Email first to get a zoom link for the security purpose

Joseph Sorensen

Associate Professor of Japanese
Undergraduate Faculty Advisor for Japanese

316 Sproul Hall

Office Hours

Winter 25: Thursday 12:10pm-2:00pm, and by appointment
In-Person, Remote by appointment

Michiko Suzuki

Professor of Japanese and Comparative Literature
Affiliate Faculty, Feminist Theory and Research Designated Emphasis

306 Sproul Hall

Office Hours

Winter 25: Tuesday and Thursday 1-2
By Zoom, Email for the link

Michelle Yeh

Distinguished Professor of Chinese
Affiliated Faculty of Comparative Literature

312A Sproul Hall

Office Hours

Winter 25: MW 3-4pm and by appointment
In-person and on Zoom

Anthony Diaz

Lecturer
Graduate Student in Linguistics

antdiaz@ucdavis.edu

Sproul 310

Ben Fong

Associate in Chinese
Graduate Student in Comparative Literature

824 Sproul

Megumi Iida-Lihosit

Lecturer of Japanese

miidalihosit@ucdavis.edu

Sproul 305

Junko Ito

Continuing Lecturer of Japanese

jito@ucdavis.edu

315 Sproul Hall

Yoko Kato

Continuing Lecturer of Japanese

ybkato@ucdavis.edu

315 Sproul Hall

Office Hours

Winter 25: Mondays (1:30 - 2:30 pm) Thursdays (12:30-1:30 pm)
Remote

I-chia Lee

Continuing Lecturer of Chinese

ichlee@ucdavis.edu

322 Sproul Hall

Office Hours

Winter 25: Monday & Wednesday 12-1pm

Jiao Li

Continuing Lecturer of Chinese

322 Sproul Hall

Office Hours

On leave 2024-25

Mayu Lindblad

Lecturer of Japanese

mlindblad@ucdavis.edu

Sproul 310

Ling-Yu Lu

Continuing Lecturer of Chinese

lylu@ucdavis.edu

307 Sproul Hall

Office Hours

Winter 25: Thursday & Friday 12:00-1:00pm
Computer Room, 1st Floor of Wellman

Priscilla Olabisi Ofei-Manu

Lecturer of Japanese

poofeimanu@ucdavis.edu

Sproul 305

Yumiko Shibata

Lecturer of Japanese

yshibata@ucdavis.edu

324 Sproul Hall

Yutian Tan

Continuing Lecturer of Chinese

yttan@ucdavis.edu

318 Sproul Hall

Office Hours

Winter 25: Mondays and Wednesdays 9:30-10:30am, or by appointment

Miyo Uchida

Continuing Lecturer of Japanese

myuchida@ucdavis.edu

410 Sproul Hall

Moeko Watanabe Svare

Continuing Lecturer of Japanese

moewatanabe@ucdavis.edu

309 Sproul Hall

Miki Wheeler

Continuing Lecturer of Japanese

314 Sproul Hall

Vivian Wong in a white dress standing in front of a window

Jing-Wun (Vivian) Wong

Lecturer of Chinese

jinwong@ucdavis.edu

Sproul 318

Binbin Yang

Continuing Lecturer of Chinese

bbyang@ucdavis.edu

307 Sproul Hall

Haiqing Yin

Continuing Lecturer of Chinese
Chinese Language Program Lead Instructor

hqyin@ucdavis.edu

322 Sproul Hall

Robert Borgen

Professor Emeritus of Japanese

Chia-ning Chang

Professor Emeritus of Japanese

cnchang@ucdavis.edu

Kazue Chavez

Lecturer Emerita of Japanese

Xiaomei Chen

Distinguished Professor Emerita of Chinese Literature
Affiliated Faculty of Comparative Literature, Performance Studies Graduate Group, Cultural Studies Graduate Group, and CATS (Cinematic and Technological Studies)