East Asian Studies

The DEI Committee is currently comprised of six faculty members, two students and a staff member:

  • Wenhui Chen (Lecturer in Chinese)
  • Sabrina Hsiao (Undergraduate representative)
  • Shih-yu Juan (Graduate student representative from History)
  • Heeyeong Jung (Lecturer in Korean)
  • Hieeyoon Kim (Assistant Professor, East Asian Studies)
  • Lauren Leslie (Department Manager)
  • Naemi McPherson (Lecturer in Japanese)
  • Samuel Perry (Associate Professor, East Asian Studies) [Committee Chair]
  • Trang Tran (Lecturer in Vietnamese)


Feel free to offer the committee suggestions by way of the “suggestion box” on this page, or to reach out to us directly by emailing EASDiversity@Brown.edu.