JOI Participant List

JOI Program: Participating Organizations, Supervisors, and Coordinators

11th Program Cycle (2012-2014)

Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) at University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS)
Supervisor: Nancy F. Hope
Coordinator: Erika Norikami

University of Illinois Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies (Champaign, IL)
Supervisor: Jeffrey Friedman

Coordinator: Yoriko Hasui

University of Virginia Asia Institute (Charlottesville, VA)
Supervisor: Rachel Stauffer
Coordinator: Haruko Yuda

10th Program Cycle (2011-2013) 


Wofford College (Spartanburg, SC)
Supervisor: Levi McLaughlin
Coordinator: Manami Matsuoka

University of Nebraska at Omaha, International Studies and Programs (Omaha, NE)
Supervisor: Thomas E. Gouttierre
Coordinator: Mai Hoshino

Japan America Society of Greater Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH)
Supervisor: Amy Murray
Coordinator: Asami Ono

Japan America Society of Houston(Houston, TX)
Supervisor: Nair del Vecchio
Coordinator: Takatoshi Tsuruta

East Asia Institute at the University of Texas at San Antonio(San Antonio, TX)
Supervisor: Mimi Yu
Coordinator: Tomoe Kumashiro

Marshall University
(Huntington, WV)
Supervisor: Natsuki Fukunaga Anderson
Coordinator: Azusa Yamada


9th Program Cycle (2010-2012) 


Japan-America Society of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)     
Supervisor: J. Bernard van Lierop
Coordinator: Kanna Sato

University of Iowa, International Programs
(Iowa City, IA)
Supervisor: Karen Wachsmuth
Coordinator: Yume Hidaka

International Institute of Wisconsin (Milwaukee, WI)     
Supervisor: Alexander P. Durtka, Jr. and Sharon Rae L. Durtka
Coordinator: Fumihiko Mori

Valparaiso University
(Valparaiso, IN)     
Supervisor: Jennifer Prough
Coordinator: Rumi Mitsubayashi


8th Program Cycle (2009-2011)


Wake Forest University, Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures
(Winston-Salem, NC)
Supervisor: Yasuko Takata-Rallings
Coordinator: Mako Aoki

Webster University (St Louis, MO)
Supervisor: Deborah Pierce
Coordinator: Kana Morishita

Western Michigan University, Soga Japan Center (Kalamazoo, M)
Supervisor: Stephen Covell and Rika Saito
Coordinator: Michiko Yoshimoto

University of Findlay
(Findlay, OH)
Supervisor: Hiroaki Kawamura
Coordinator: Natsue Yonekura

University of Arkansas, Fort Smith (Fort Smith, AR)
Supervisor: Takeo Suzuki
Coordinator: Yoko Kowata


7th Program Cycle (2008-2010)


University of Virginia, Department of East Asian Languages, Literatures, & Cultures (Charlottesville, VA)
Supervisor: Tomomi Sato
Coordinator: Kazuko Suzuki (Note: Coordinator returned to Japan in 2009)

University of Georgia, Center for Asian Studies (Athens, GA)     
Supervisor: Farley Richmond
Coordinator: Hijiri Hattori

University of South Florida, International Affairs Center (Tampa, FL)     
Supervisor: Maria Crummett
Coordinator: Mitsuo Ogishima

University of Kentucky, Asia Center (Lexington, KY)     
Supervisor: Shana Herron
Coordinator: Keiko Fukuzaki


6th Program Cycle (2007-2009)


Croft Institute for International Studies, University of Mississippi (University, MS)
Supervisor: David Rutherford
Coordinator: Yukako Yamada

Western Carolina University (Cullowhee, NC)
Supervisor: Masafumi Takeda
Coordinator: Emiko Nishiwaki

University of Memphis
(Memphis, TN)
Supervisor: Yuki Matsuda
Coordinator: Sachiko Matsushita

Japan America Society of San Antonio (San Antonio, TX)
Supervisor: Ava Rae Perrill
Coordinator: Tamaki Masuda

Halifax County Public Schools (Halifax, VA)
Supervisor: Melanie Stanley & Virginia Jones
Coordinator: Kazuko Yamasaki


5th Program Cycle (2006-2008)


Japan America Society of Alabama (Birmingham, AL)
Supervisor: Kazuo Moriya & Carol Argo
Coordinator: Shoko Kojima

The Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens (Delray Beach, FL)  
Supervisor: Reiko Nishioka
Coordinator: Kimiko Kitani

Bethany College (Bethany, WV)
Supervisor: Fujiko Sawtarie & Sachiko Wood
Coordinator: Michiko Oda


4th Program Cycle (2005-2007)


Japan-America Society of Dallas/Fort Worth (Dallas, TX)
Supervisor: Anna McFarland
Coordinator: Yoshiko Ando

Multicultural Center of the South (Shreveport, LA)   
Supervisor: Janice Gatlin
Coordinator: Miki Tanaka

Coastal Carolina University (Conway, SC)
Supervisor: Nelljean Rice

Coordinator: Yukiko Murata


3rd Program Cycle (2004-2006)


Japan America Society of Kentucky (Frankfort, KY)  
Supervisor: Ayako Yamamoto
Coordinator: Kumiko Fukuhara

Tulsa Global Alliance & the Oklahoma Institute for Teaching East Asia (Tulsa, OK)    
Supervisor: Karen Schafer and Jessica Stowell
Coordinator: Yukiko Yokono

Japan America Society of Georgia (Atlanta, Georgia)
Supervisor: Clark Wisenbaker
Coordinator: Yuko Takahashi


2nd Program Cycle (2003-2005)


Arkansas International Center & Japan America Society of Arkansas
(Little Rock, Arkansas)
Supervisor: Walter Nunn
Coordinator: Takeo Suzuki

Japan America Society of Mississippi & Mississippi College (Jackson, MS)
Supervisor: Deborah Pierce
Coordinator: Junko Tokuda


1st Program Cycle (2002-2004)


Japan-America Society of Alabama (Birmingham, AL)  
Supervisor: Teresa Wilson
Coordinator: Kaori Hisada

Smith Academy and Southeast Origami, North Carolina (Greensboro, NC)
Supervisor: Mayako Karakisawa
Coordinator: Yoshiko Osakada

Middle Tennessee State University, Japan-US Programs (Murfreesboro, TN)   
Supervisor: Kiyoshi Kawahito
Coordinator: Atsuko Kuratsuji