Continuing Students
![Headshot of Nicole Colvette](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/08/Nicole-Colvette-768x432.png)
Nicole Colvett
Contemporary Media and Popular Culture in Japan and China; Chinese and Japanese religion and literature; Gender and Queer identity in East Asia
![Headshot of Aina Jinguji](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/08/Aina-Jinguji-768x432.png)
Aina Jinguji
Progressive Degree Program
Japanese Society: Popular Culture, Mental Health and Fashion
![Headshot of Lisa Kwan](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/08/Lisa-Kwan-768x432.png)
Lisa Kwan
Post-WWII Impact on Current Trends in Sino-Japanese Relations; Historical and Geopolitical Conflicts behind “Greater China;” East Asian Language Politics
![Headshot of Joshua Mallard](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/07/Joshua-768x432.png)
Joshua Mallard
Contemporary Media and Popular Culture in Japan and Korea, Mixed Media, Music and Entertainment in East Asia
![Headshot of Seth Marshall](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/08/Seth-Marshall-1-768x432.png)
Seth Marshall
Comparative Analysis of Gender and Sexuality Under Colonialism; Indigenous Identity and Colonial Hegemony In The Pacific
![Headshot of Angelica Medina Cuevas](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Angelica-Medina-Cuevas-768x432.png)
Angelica Medina Cuevas
Contemporary Media and Popular Culture in Korea, Religion in China and the Diaspora, Modern Chinese Film
![Headshot of Zerui Pan](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/08/Zerui-Pan-1-768x432.png)
Zerui Pan
Popular Culture in Japan and China; Modern Japanese Literature and Film; Modern Chinese Literature and Film; Science Fiction in East Asia
![Headshot of Zimeng (Azusa) Qin](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/08/Zimeng-Azusa-Qin-768x432.png)
Zimeng (Azusa) Qin
Popular Culture in Japan and China; Modern Japanese and Chinese Literature and Film; Science Fiction in East Asia
![Headshot of Sydney Tsai](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/08/Sydney-Tsai-768x432.png)
Sydney Tsai
Progressive Degree Program
Contemporary Media and Popular Culture in Korea and Japan; East Asian Cinema; Korean and Japanese History
![Headshot of Linfeng (Maple) Yang](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/08/Linfeng-Maple-Yang-768x432.png)
Linfeng (Maple) Yang
Comparative Modernization of China and Japan in the 19th Century; Japanese Drama and Film
![Headshot of Haotian Zhang](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/08/Haotian-Zhang-768x432.png)
Haotian Zhang
Progressive Degree Program
Popular Culture in East Asia; Animation and Game History in Japan; East Asian Languages
Fall 2022 Cohort
![Headshot of Kuper Bergman](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/07/Kuper-768x432.png)
Kuper Bergman
East Asian Geopolitics, Japan-U.S. Relations, East Asian Cultural Relations
![Headshot of Asha Rieussec](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/07/Asha-768x432.png)
Asha Rieussec
Contemporary Media and Popular Culture in Korea; Korean Film and Literature; Korean Identity in Modern Korea
![Headshot of Yuanjing (Fiona) Xu](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/07/Fiona-768x432.png)
Yuanjing (Fiona) Xu
Contemporary Chinese and Korean Literature; Feminism in East Asia
![Headshot of Xinhui (Liane) Yang](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/07/Xinhui-768x432.png)
Xinhui (Liane) Yang
Dunhuang Cave Arts; Chinese Folk Customs; Buddhism in East Asia
![Headshot of Shiyi Zhang](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/07/Shiyi-768x432.png)
Shiyi Zhang
Migration; Gender and Family; Chinese Popular Culture
![Headshot of Yixiao Zhang](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/07/Yixiao-768x432.png)
Yixiao Zhang
East Asian Cinema; Modern Chinese History; Modern Chinese and Japanese Literature
Fall 2021 Cohort
![Headshot of Jasmine Chang](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Jasmine-Chang-768x432.png)
Jasmine Chang
Progressive Degree Program
Popular Culture in Korea, Japan, and China; Modern Japanese Literature and Film; Modern Korean Literature and Film
![Headshot of Joe Collins](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Joe-Collins-768x432.png)
Joe Collins
East Asian Geopolitics; Social Movements in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Mainland China; U.S.-China Relations
![Headshot of Hanna Ramirez](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Hanna-Ramirez-768x432.png)
Hanna Ramirez
Chinese Contemporary Art and Film; Gender and Sexuality in China
![Headshot of Cristian Roman](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Cristian-Roman-768x432.png)
Cristian Roman
Modern Japanese and Korean Popular Culture and Media; Global Consumption of Anime; Japan-U.S. Relations
Fall 2020 Cohort
![Headshot of Ursula Collins-Laine](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Ursula-Collins-Laine-768x432.png)
Ursula Collins-Laine
Progressive Degree Program
East Asian Popular Culture and Media Globalization; Unscripted Korean Television; Fandom Studies
![Headshot of Madeline Hawk](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Madeline-Hawk-768x432.png)
Madeline Hawk
EAAS Graduate Certificate
PhD, Cinema and Media Studies
Postcolonial Theories; Female Agency and Involvement in Colonialism; Korean Contemporary Media; Queer Studies; Theories of Nostalgia and Memory in Popular Culture
![Headshot of Anthony Lee](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Anthony-Lee-768x432.png)
Anthony Lee
EAAS Graduate Certificate
PhD, Cinema and Media Studies
Japanese Popular Culture, Animation Industries, Japanese Foreign Policy, Cultural Geography, Media Globalization, Representations of Environments and Spaces in Animation
![Headshot of Ellen Li](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Ellen-Li-768x432.png)
Ellen Li
Transnational Film/Media, Theory and Poetry; Diasporic Imaginaries in Popular Culture; Queer Chinese Performance and Politics
![Headshot of John Tang](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/John-Tang-768x432.png)
John Tang
Modern Chinese Literature; Modern Japanese Literature and Film
![Headshot of Yingke Yang](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Yingke-Yang-768x432.png)
Yingke Yang
Contemporary Media and Popular Culture in Korea and Japan; East Asian Language and Linguistics
![Headshot of Songyue Zhang](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Songyue-Zhang-768x432.png)
Songyue Zhang
LGBTQ Identity in China; Korean and Chinese Popular Culture
Fall 2019 Cohort
![Headshot of Yuwei Liu](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Yuwei-Liu-768x432.png)
Yuwei Liu
East Asian Linguistics; Chinese and Japanese Comparative Literature
![Headshot of Adam Silverman](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Adam-Silverman-768x432.png)
Adam Silverman
Japanese National Cinema and Visual Culture; Representations of Ethnicity and Alterity in Japanese Media, Media Theory and Animation Studies
![Headshot of Sui Wang](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Sui-Wang-768x432.png)
Sui Wang
Chinese Popular Culture; Visual Communication and Media Production in China
![Headshot of Weidong Wang](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Weidong-Wang-768x432.png)
Weidong Wang
Chinese Society and Foreign Policy; Chinese Film and Media Studies
![Headshot of Tiara Wilson](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Tiara-Wilson-768x432.png)
Tiara Wilson
EASC Student Feature
EASC Student Feature
Chinese Social Movements and Reform; Korean Democratization; Korean and Chinese Popular Culture and Contemporary Studies
Fall 2018 Cohort
![Headshot of Nicole Xinyuan Chen](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Nicole-Xinyuan-Chen-768x432.png)
Nicole Xinyuan Chen
U.S.-East Asia Media Policy; Feminism and Visual Culture in East Asia
![Headshot of Donald Collins](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Donald-Collins-768x432.png)
Donald Collins
Queer Identity in East Asia, Body Modification and Aesthetics, Korean Media and Culture
![Headshot of Ted Hongqiao Li](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Ted-Hongqiao-Li-768x432.png)
Ted Hongqiao Li
Contemporary Chinese Culture and History; U.S.-China/East Asia Relations
![Headshot of Steve Literati](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Steve-Literati-768x432.png)
Steve Literati
Economic and Political Development of North and South Korea; East Asia-U.S. Security and Geopolitics
![Headshot of Xizhu Liu](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Xizhu-Liu-768x432.png)
Xizhu Liu
Pre-modern Chinese History
![Headshot of Becky Yuxuan Shao](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Becky-Yuxuan-Shao-768x432.png)
Becky Yuxuan Shao
Chinese Theater and History, East Asian Art History, Contemporary Chinese Theater
![Headshot of Jiajia Kejia Song](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Jiajia-Kejia-Song-768x432.png)
Jiajia Kejia Song
Sino-U.S. Relations; China’s Economic Development; International Trade and International Communication
![Headshot of Linda Jingze Tang](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Linda-Jingze-Tang-768x432.png)
Linda Jingze Tang
East Asian Contemporary Film Theory, Chinese Cinema, Film and Culture
![Headshot of Fuyun Wei](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Fuyun-Wei-768x432.png)
Fuyun Wei
Poverty, Feminism and Equal Rights in Modern China; U.S.-China Relations
![Headshot of Howard Yanchen Zhang](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Howard-Yanchen-Zhang-768x432.png)
Howard Yanchen Zhang
Modern and Contemporary Chinese History; Modernization and Globalization
Fall 2017 Cohort
![Headshot of Yanjin Chen](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Yanjin-Chen-768x432.png)
Yanjin Chen
Online Marketing Manager at MentorX, Irvine
![Headshot of Ariel Yixuan Lim](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Ariel-Yixuan-Lim-768x432.png)
Ariel Yixuan Lim
Associate, DCM and Sustainable Bonds at Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore
![Headshot of Jaewon Shin](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Jaewon-Shin-768x432.png)
Jaewon Shin
Registration Assistant at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
Fall 2016 Cohort
![Headshot of Youngsook Choi](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Youngsook-Choi-768x432.png)
Youngsook Choi
![Headshot of Gesshin Claire Greenwood](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Gesshin-Claire-Greenwood-768x432.png)
Gesshin Claire Greenwood
Associate Marriage and Family Therapist at Marina Counseling Center; Communications and Admissions Director at Institute of Buddhist Studies, San Francisco
![Headshot of Dianne Lee](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Dianne-Lee-768x432.png)
Dianne Lee
Asia Pacific Leadership (G20) Fellow at East-West Center, Honolulu
![Headshot of Megan Ong](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Megan-Ong-768x432.png)
Megan Ong
Foreign Language Instructor at Ritsumeikan Uji Junior and Senior High School, Japan
Fall 2015 Cohort
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Lincoln Der
English Editor at Pixelogic Media, Burbank
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Xuemeng Crystal Huang
Editor at China Daily, Beijing
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Lindsay Roberts
PhD Student at EALC, University of Southern California
Fall 2014 Cohort
![Headshot of Yunfei Lillian Shang](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Yunfei-Lillian-Shang-768x432.png)
Yunfei Lillian Shang
PhD Student at the University of Texas at Austin
![Headshot of Stefan Tsai](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Stefan-Tsai-768x432.png)
Stefan Tsai
English Copywriter at Solomon AI and 3D Vision, Taiwan
![Headshot of Angela Tseng](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Angela-Tseng-768x432.png)
Angela Tseng
Fall 2013 Cohort
![Headshot of Nancy Chao](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Nancy-Chao-768x432.png)
Nancy Chao
![Headshot of Cassandra Dierolf](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Cassandra-Dierolf-768x432.png)
Cassandra Dierolf
Assistant Front End Manager at Weis Markets, Pennsylvania
![Headshot of Ju-yu Chloe Huang](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Ju-yu-Chloe-Huang-768x432.png)
Ju-yu Chloe Huang
Sales Associate at Tory Burch, Los Angeles
![Headshot of Nanzhou Li](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Nanzhou-Li-768x432.png)
Nanzhou Li
![Headshot of Kimberly Ordel](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Kimberly-Ordel-768x432.png)
Kimberly Ordel
Special Education Teacher at Altus Schools, Chula Vista
![Headshot of Yi Shao](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Yi-Shao-768x432.png)
Yi Shao
Executive Assistant at The Grand Mansion, Nanjing
![Headshot of Caitlyn Stone](https://dornsife.usc.edu/eascenter/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2023/10/Caitlyn-Stone-768x432.png)
Caitlyn Stone
Development and Strategic Communications Consultant at International Budget Partnership, Washington DC