Faculty & Staff
CAPS faculty members come from a variety of disciplines across the campus with expertise in the field of Asian and Pacific Studies. The Core Committee is the main decision-making body and CAPS Associated Faculty members who are dedicated to CAPS serve on the committee voluntarily.
Minjeong Kim, Ph.D.
Director
Office: AL 473
Email: [email protected]
Jocelyn Killmer, Ph.D.
Asian and Pacific Studies
Office: AL 455
Email: [email protected]
Alvin Henry, Ph.D.
Asian American Studies
Office: AL 471
Email: [email protected]
Virginia Loh-Hagan, Ph.D.
Executive Director, SDSU APIDA Resource Center
Chair, SDSU APIDA ERG
Email: [email protected]
Drew Thomases, Ph.D.
Study of Religion
Office: AL 672
Email: [email protected]
Stephen Cho Suh, Ph.D.
Asian American Studies
Office: AL 469
Email: [email protected]
Sandra A. Wawrytko, Ph.D.
Philosophy
Office: AL 428
Email: [email protected]
Ruey-Jiuan Regina Wu, Ph.D.
Linguistics and Middle Eastern/Asian Languages (Chinese Language Advisor)
Office: SHW 242
Email: [email protected]
Michelle Lenoue
Student Success Advisor
Email: [email protected]
Cassie Fuller
Student Assistant
Email: [email protected]
Jerald Lipa
Student Assistant
Email: [email protected]
Nya Kim
Student Assistant
Email: [email protected]
Ana Topete
Kirstin Curtis
Office: AL 465
Email: [email protected]
Hye-Kyoung Kwon, Ph.D.
(also in Linguistics and Asian/Middle Eastern Languages)
Office: SHW 207
Email: [email protected]
Todd Myers, Ph.D.
(also in Economics)
Office: AL 465
Email: [email protected]
Amira Noeuv
Office: AL 465
Email: [email protected]
James Paligutan
Office: AL 465
Email: [email protected]
Joseph "JoJo" Ruanto-Ramirez
Office: AL 465
Email: [email protected]
Kirk Sandvig, Ph.D.
(also in Study of Religion)
Office: AL 664
Email: [email protected]
Yuki Arita, Ph.D.
Linguistics and Asian/Middle Eastern Languages (Japanese Language Director & Advisor)
Office: SHW 250
Email: [email protected]
Grace Cheng, Ph.D.
Political Science; Center for Human Rights
Office: NH 108
Email: [email protected]
Hyejin Cho
Linguistics and Asian/Middle Eastern Languages
Office: SHW 203
Email: [email protected]
Kyung Chun
Linguistics and Asian/Middle Eastern Languages (Korean Language Advisor)
Office: SHW 207
Email: [email protected]
Raechel Dumas, Ph.D.
History
Office: AL 561
Email: [email protected]
Yoshiko Higurashi, Ph.D.
SDSU Fulbright Program
Email: [email protected]
Brian Hu, Ph.D.
Television, Film, and New Media
Office: LT 171A
Email: [email protected]
Jaeyoung Kim, Ph.D.
Political Science
Office: NH 118
Email: [email protected]
Vijayanka Nair, Ph.D.
Anthropology
Office: AL 476
Email: [email protected]
Leticia Pagkalinawan
Linguistics and Asian/Middle Eastern Languages (Tagalog Language Advisor)
Email: [email protected]
Office: SHW 203
Chuyun Oh, Ph.D.
School of Music and Dance
Office: ENS 121
Email: [email protected]
Erin Riley, Ph.D.
Anthropology
Office: AL 457
Email: [email protected]
Eunice Uhm, Ph.D.
Art History
Office: Art North 514G
Email: [email protected]
Jenny Wong-Welch
Library and Information Access
Office: LL 250
Email: [email protected]
Chiou-Ling Yeh, Ph.D.
History
Office: AL 517
Email: [email protected]
Elena Yu, Ph.D.
Public Health
Office: HT 169
Email: [email protected]
Mei Zhong, Ph.D.
Journalism and Media Studies
Office: AH 3104
Email: [email protected]
Zhengsheng Zhang, Ph.D.
Linguistics and Middle Eastern/Asian Languages
Office: SHW 218
Email: [email protected]
Lilly Cheng, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita, School of Speech, Language and Hearing Science
Email: [email protected]
Soonja Choi, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita, Linguistics and Middle Eastern/Asian Languages
Email: [email protected]
M. C. Madhavan, Ph.D
Professor Emeritus, Asian Studies and Economics
Email: [email protected]
Allen Wittenborn, Ph.D.
Lecturer Emeritus, Asian Studies
Email: [email protected]