DEPARTMENT OF ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES

Japanese Faculty

Alex Jania

Visiting Lecturer (Winter and Spring quarter 2026)

Office location: 1880 Campus Drive, Kresge Hall, Office 4-540
alexander.jania@northwestern.edu

Phyllis Lyons

Professor Emerita

p-lyons@northwestern.edu

Jeung-Hee Park

Lecturer

Office location: 1880 Campus Drive, Kresge Hall, Office 4-520
jeunghee.park@northwestern.edu

Junko Sato

Japanese Language Program Administrative and Placement Coordinator; Associate Professor of Instruction

Phone number: 847-491-2762
Office location: 1880 Campus Drive, Kresge Hall, Office 4-347
jsato@northwestern.edu

Yumi Shiojima

Japanese Language Program Study Abroad Adviser; Charles Deering McCormick Distinguished Professor of Instruction

Phone number: 847-491-2764
Office location: 1880 Campus Drive, Kresge Hall, Office 4-349
shiojima@northwestern.edu

Noriko Taira Yasohama

Professor of Instruction; Co-Director, Weinberg Language Resource Center

Phone number: 847-467-1986
Office location: 1880 Campus Drive, Kresge Hall, Office 4-552
ntaira@northwestern.edu