East Asian Studies Program

Undergraduate Departmental Representatives

The Undergraduate Departmental Representatives serve as a resource and representative for fellow majors and minors and potential majors and minors, and brings student concerns and/or ideas to the program faculty. They also provide feedback to the program chair, undergraduate advising head, and faculty regarding scheduling problems, course offerings, etc. and help organize events for majors, minors, and other interested students.

2024-25 UDRs

Coco Trentalancia
Coco Trentalancia
East Asian Studies

Major: Education
Minor: AAPI/ WGS
Career Interest: Teacher

Steve Yan
Steve Yan
Pronouns: he/him

I am a third-year student from Beijing, majoring in East Asian Studies, History, and International and Global Studies. I am also a third-year Japanese learner so you are welcome to talk to me in English, Chinese, or Japanese. In terms of research focus I am interested in East Asian history, currently focusing on Sengoku. Japan. If you see me on campus and want to ask me anything EAS related, whether it be planning your course schedules, or course recommendations, you are more than welcome to stop me and have a talk with me. 

Nicholas Quan
Hengrui Zhu
East Asian Studies/Japanese
Spring 2026

Hi, I’m Hengrui. I am now in my third year at Brandeis, majoring in International and Global Studies (IGS) and East Asian Studies. I’m enthusiastic about Japanese language and culture, animation, and international relations. For the sake of my love toward Japan, I have traveled to Japan a couple of times, and I also plan to study abroad at Waseda University in Japan in the Spring semester next year. I have studied EAS about East Asian history, Chinese modernism, Asian films and television, gender and sexualities, and Japanese language courses at Brandeis so far. And finally, I hope to enrich every EAS major/minor student's or any prospective student’s academic plus activity experiences by studying in the EAS department.