Graduate Students

Department of East Asian
Languages & Cultures

(213) 740-3707

ealc@usc.edu

Department Chair
Youngmin Choe
youngmij@usc.edu 

Director of Undergraduate Studies
Kerim Yasar
kyasar@usc.edu 

Director of Graduate Studies
Brian Bernards
bernards@usc.edu

Director of Chinese
Language Program
Hsiao-Yun Liao
hsiaolia@usc.edu

Director of Japanese
Language Program
Maki Irie
mirie@usc.edu

Director of Korean
Language Program
Seojin Park
seojinp@usc.edu

Undergraduate Advisor Dornsife
First-Year Advising
fya@dornsife.usc.edu

2nd – 4th Year Advising
Brianna Beltran bnbeltra@usc.edu

Graduate Advisor
Katlin Lam lamkaitl@usc.edu