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Alumni

Updates and news for our alumni community

Keep in touch

The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures has a long tradition of training outstanding students in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages and literatures. On this page, you’ll find news from our accomplished alumni community as well as articles related to our faculty research that may be of interest to friends and alumni of the department.

Alumni

Q & A with Ananda Martin (BA '95)

4.24.20

Q&A with David Weisner (’87)

3.5.19

Faculty

Promotion: Heayoung Chun

promotion to senior lecturer

3.24.25

Faculty

Mano Yasuda receives 2025 Outstanding Faculty Award

Graduate and Professional Student Council award to Dr. Yasuda

3.18.25

How to Give

Thank you so much for your interest in making a tax-deductible donation to the department of East Asian Languages and Cultures. We are dedicated to providing the best learning experience for students at WashU. Donations from alumni, community, and other interested groups are a great way to enhance our academic excellence. It can also honor the legacy of someone special.

Gifts in memory of David Holloway (BA ’03 and PhD ’14, Japanese Language and Literature) can be made via this form. Donations support projects that align with David's research, such as annual student essay competitions that explore issues of gender in Japanese literature and culture.

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