
Sonya Lee
Department Chair
sonyasle@usc.edu
Brian Bernards
Director of Graduate Studies
bernards@usc.edu
Kerim Yasar
Director of Undergraduate Studies
kyasar@usc.edu
Yi-Hsien Liu
Director of Chinese Language Program
yihsienl@usc.edu
Yuka Kumagai
Director of Japanese Language Program
kumagai@usc.edu
Yuka Kumagai & Yi-Hsien Liu
Directors of Korean Language Program
kumagai@usc.edu, yihsienl@usc.edu
Christine Shaw
Program Administrator
shawc@usc.edu
Julianne Vu
Program Specialist
juliannv@usc.edu
Jessica Kanoski
Undergraduate Student Advisor*
jkanoski@usc.edu
*Advisor for First-year students (Freshmen, entry term Fall 2023 and Spring 2024)
Brianna Beltran
Undergraduate Student Advisor*
bnbeltra@usc.edu
*Advisor for students in Year 2 and beyond