NEAC Members

• Sonja M. Kim, Binghamton University, State University of New York, Asian and Asian American Studies (Chair)
• Celeste Arrington, George Washington University, Political Science
• Charlotte Eubanks, Pennsylvania State University, Comparative Literature
• Yulia Frumer, Johns Hopkins University, History of Science
• Jina Kim, University of Oregon, Literature
• Suzy Kim, Rutgers University, History
• Kate McDonald, University of California, Santa Barbara, History
• Grace En-Yi Ting, University of Hong Kong, Gender Studies
• Jolyon B. Thomas, University of Pennsylvania, Religious Studies

NEAC Committees

• Committee on Korean Studies
  Chair: Maya Stiller, University of Kansas; mstiller@ku.edu
• Early Modern Japan Network (Publisher of Early Modern Japan: An Interdisciplinary Journal)
  Chair: Philip C. Brown, Department of History, The Ohio State University, brown.113@osu.edu

Grant Programs

• NEAC Japan Studies Grants
• NEAC Korean Studies Grants
• NEAC Distinguished Speakers Bureau

Book Prizes

• The John Whitney Hall Book Prize, given annually to the author of an outstanding English-language book on Japan.
• The James B. Palais Prize, given annually to an outstanding scholar of Korean studies from any discipline or country specialization.

NEAC Prize for Best Graduate Student Paper

NEAC administers a prize for the best paper presented by a graduate student at the AAS Annual Conference.

Hamako Ito Chaplin Memorial Award

A NEAC representative sits on the committee overseeing the Hamako Ito Chaplin Memorial Award for Excellence in Japanese Language Teaching.