UCLA
Asian Languages & Cultures Department
Eight Year Review – AY 2008-2009
Site Visit Schedule
March 15, 2009
7:00 p.m.
Dinner Meeting: “On Sunset” Restaurant, Luxe Hotel, 11461 Sunset Boulevard, Los
Angeles, CA 90049; 310-476-6571
Review Team Members Only – Initial Organization Session
Robert Gimello
Martin Kern
John Whittier Treat
Rebeca Mendez
Joseph Nagy
Calvin Normore
Sheila Greibach
Univ. of Notre Dame
Princeton
Yale
Design/Media Arts, Graduate Council
English, Undergraduate Council
Philosophy, Graduate Council
Computer Science, Undergraduate Council
Note: All meetings will occur in 243 Royce Hall (ALC Conference room) unless noted otherwise.
Monday, March 16, 2009 (Day One of Two)
Fruit, Bagels, Yoghurt, Coffee (reg), Tea, Orange Juice, Water and Soft-drinks will be served.
7:40 a.m.
Ronke Epps will meet the External Reviewers in the Luxe Hotel lobby and drive them
to campus.
8:00 a.m.
The Review Team
Asian Languages & Cultures Department Chair
Gregory Schopen
Asian Languages & Cultures Department Vice Chair
William Bodiford
9:00 a.m.
Meeting with Tim Stowell, Academic Dean
10:00 a.m.
Individual meetings with faculty
David Schaberg
John Duncan
George Dutton
Shoichi Iwasaki
Robert Buswell
(China Program)
(Korea Program)
(Southeast Asia & South Asia)
(Japan Program)
(Buddhism Program)
12:00 p.m.
Lunch - The Review Team only (Faculty Center)
1:15 p.m.
Meeting with Undergraduate students in major programs
10:00 – 10:20 a.m.
10:25 – 10:45 a.m.
10:50 – 11:10 a.m
11:15 – 11:35 a.m
11:40 – 12:00 p.m
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Undergraduate Students
Jonathan Benjamin (Chinese Major)
Coryell Bogan
(Japanese Major)
Matt Fiedor
(Japanese Major)
Christian Jensen
(Chinese Major)
Jennifer Lee
(Korean Major)
Hunju Lee
(Asian Humanities)
2:00 p.m.
Woo Jung Lee (Korean Major)
Robert Mahalik (Japanese or Asian H)
Omar Oliva
(Japanese Major)
Anna Snyder (Asian Languages minor)
Frederick Stiehl (Asian Humanities)
Meeting with Graduate students in major programs
Lindsey Dewitt (Buddhist Studies – Japan)
Tug Goddard (Cult & Comp – Japan)
Clara Iwasaki (Chinese Lang & Cult)
Sangbok Kim (Linguistics – Korea)
Youme Kim (Cult & Comp- Korea)
Guangyi Li (Chinese Lang & Culture)
Jason McCombs (Buddhist Studies)
Maya Stiller (Buddhist Studies – Korea)
2:45 p.m.
Review of Teaching Assistant Program. Meetings with selected
Faculty (Shoichi Iwasaki) and graduate students (Matthew Cochran and Youme Kim)
3:15 p.m.
Review of Advising. Meeting with Namhee Lee, Director of Graduate Studies
and Natasha Heller, Director of Undergraduate Studies
4:00 p.m.
Closed session for Review Team only
5:00 p.m.
Dinner with Review Team and Professors William Bodiford, Robert Buswell,
John Duncan, George Dutton, David Schaberg, and Gregory Schopen (leave
campus at 5:00 p.m.)
Professor Schopen will drive External Reviewers to the restaurant and then back to the Luxe
Hotel after dinner 5:30 p.m.
Restaurant: Napa Valley Grille
(located in Westwood on Glendon at Lindbrook)
1100 Glendon Avenue, Suite 100
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Phone: 310-824-3322
(Dinner Reservation: UCLA, ALC Department)
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 (Day Two of Two)
Fruit, Bagels, Yoghurt, Coffee (reg), Tea, Orange Juice, Water and Soft-drinks will be served.
8:10 a.m.
Ronke Epps will meet the External Reviewers in the Luxe Hotel lobby and drive them
to campus.
8:30 a.m.
Individual meetings with faculty
Jack Chen
Robert Chi
Torquil Duthie
8:30 – 8:50 a.m.
8:55 – 9:15 a.m.
9:20 – 9:40 a.m.
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Faculty
Natasha Heller
Min Li
Sung-Deuk Oak
11:00 a.m.
9:45 – 10:05 a.m.
10:10 – 10:30 a.m.
10:35 – 10:55 a.m.
Meeting with ALC Lecturers
Supa Angkurawaranon
Liancheng Chief
Nenita Domingo
Michelle Fu
Eishi Ikeda
Yumiko Kawanishi
Mary Kim
Gyanam Mahajan
Yoko Nogami
Yan Shen
Xiaoxin Sun
Asako Hayashi Takakura
Juliana Wijaya
Yu-wen Yao
Jae Eun Yoon
11:45 a.m.
Travel to Faculty Center
12:00 p.m.
Luncheon – Faculty Center (Review Team Only)
1:00 p.m.
Meeting with Student Affairs Officers (Asiroh Cham & Emily Le)
1:20 p.m.
Tour of the Department and affiliated facilities
(Gregory Schopen, Department Chair and William Bodiford, Vice Chair)
2:00 p.m.
Closed session for the Review Team
3:00 p.m.
Final review team meeting with Chair and Vice Chair
4:00 p.m.
Exit meeting at 2121 Murphy Hall. The meeting includes:
Review Team
Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost
Dean - Humanities
Graduate Division Dean
Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
Vice Provost – Faculty Diversity & Development
Undergraduate Council Chair
Graduate Council Chair
FEC Representative
CPB Representative
Dept. Chair
Dept. Vice-Chair
(see first page)
Scott L. Waugh
Tim Stowell
Claudia Mitchell-Kernan
Judith L. Smith
Rosina Becerra
Dorothy Wiley
Jan Reiff
Ed Tuttle
David Wilkinson
Gregory Schopen
William Bodiford
Department Staff Contact:
Ronke Epps, MSO (Management Services Officer)
(310) 267-4011; ronke@humnet.ucla.edu;
Royce Hall Room 290
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