Earlham College
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Academics: Teaching Faculty, Administrative Faculty, and Staff

Name
Office
Phone
E-mail
Lilly Library

765-983-1355

Marc Benamou
Runyan Center
765-983-1350
Bolling Center, Rm 302
765-983-1205
Bolling Center, Rm 136
765-983-1890
Carpenter Hall, Rm 233
765-983-1336
Carpenter Hall, Rm 231
765-983-1409
Joanne Martin
Bolling Center, Rm 333
765-983-1226
Julie May
Runyan Center
765-983-1403
Carpenter Hall, Rm 331
765-983-1214
Andrew Moore
Dennis Hall, Rm 315
765-983-1672
Carpenter Hall, Rm 330
765-983-1343
Bolling Center, Rm 123
765-983-1884
Jane Terashima
Bolling Center, Rm 132
765-983-1889
Runyan Center, Rm 118
765-983-1361
Mickey White
Runyan Center, Rm 107
765-983-1359
Bolling Center, Rm 122
765-983-1428

Neal Baker

  • Information Technology & Reference Librarian
  • Education: B.A. Carleton College, M.A., M.A. University of Iowa
  • Teaching & Research Interests: Japanese film
  • Office: Lilly Library
  • E-mail: Neal
  • Phone: 765-983-1355
  • Mail: Earlham College, D-198, Richmond, IN 47374

Nelson Bingham
  • Professor of Psychology
  • Education: A.B. Johns Hopkins, M.A., PhD Cornell University
  • Teaching & Research Interests: Development of young adults in college and development in Japanese culture
  • Office: Bolling Center, Rm 302
  • E-mail: Nelson
  • Phone: 765-983-1205
  • Mail: Earlham College, D-55, Richmond, IN 47374

Gary DeCoker
  • Director, Institute for Education on Japan
  • Convenor, Japanese Studies Program
  • Director of Japan Study and SICE Study Abroad Programs; Professor of Japanese Studies
  • Education: B.S. (Sociology), Michigan State; M.A. (Japanese Studies), Ph.D. (Comparative Education), Univ of Michigan
  • Teaching & Research Interests: Japanese education, Japanese traditional arts
  • Publications: National Standards and School Reform in Japan and the United States (link); most recent article on Japanese education appears in the Fall 2006 issue of Education About Asia
  • Office: Bolling Center, Rm 136
  • E-mail: Gary
  • Phone: 765-983-1890
  • Mail: Earlham College, D-13, Richmond, IN 47374

Akiko Kakutani
  • Professor of Japanese
  • Education: B.A. International Christian University, M.A. McGill University, further advanced study, University of Maryland
  • Teaching & Research Interests: Language pedagogy at the secondary and post secondary levels, development of language teaching materials, language variations in social context
  • Office: Carpenter Hall, Rm 233
  • E-mail: Akiko
  • Phone: 765-983-1336
  • Mail: Earlham College, D-17, Richmond, IN 47374

Yasumi Kuriya
  • Assistant Professor of Japanese Language
  • Education: M.A. Univ of Michigan; Ph.D., University of Iowa
  • Teaching & Research Interests: Japanese Pedagogy; Japanese Language; Process of Word Recognition in Japanese; Evolution of Writing Systems
  • Publications: "An exploratory study into the reading strategies of learners of Japanese as a foreign language" (1998), Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese, 32, 1-21.
  • Office: Carpenter Hall, Rm 231
  • E-mail: Yasumi
  • Phone: 765-983-1409
  • Mail: Earlham College, D-15, Richmond, IN 47374

Lyn Miller
  • Assistant Professor of Religion
  • Education: B.A. College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, MN; M.A. and Th.D., Harvard University
  • Teaching and Research Interests:World Religions; World Philosophies; Interfaith Dialogue; Buddhist Practices, especially Zen; Women's Studies in Religion
  • Office: Carpenter Hall, Rm 331
  • E-mail: Lyn
  • Phone: 765-983-1214
  • Mail: Earlham College, D-144, Richmond, IN 47374

John Newman
  • Professor of Religion and Philosophy
  • Education: B.A. Carleton College; M.Div Union theological Seminary; M.Phil, PhD Columbia University
  • Teaching and Research Interests: Asian Religions, especially Buddhism; Comparative Religion; Philosophy of Religion; Forms of Spiritual Practice
  • Office: Carpenter Hall, Rm 330
  • E-mail: John
  • Phone: 765-983-1343
  • Mail: Earlham College, D-121, Richmond, IN 47374

Kumiko Sato
  • Assistant Professor of Japanese Studies
  • Education: B.A., M.A., Rikkyo University, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
  • Teaching and Research Interests: 20th-century Japanese and American literature and culture; women's writing; feminist theory; modern Chinese literature; science fiction and fantasy; contemporary Japanese culture (film, anime, manga, etc.)
  • Website: www.earlham.edu/~satoku
  • Office: Bolling Center, Rm 123
  • E-mail: Kumi
  • Phone: 765-983-1884
  • Mail: Earlham College, D-202, Richmond, IN 47374

Mike Thiedeman
  • Professor of Art
  • Education: B.A. Rollins College; M.F.A Florida State University
  • Office: Runyan Center, Rm 118
  • E-mail: Mike
  • Phone: 765-983-1361
  • Mail: Earlham College, D-53, Richmond, IN 47374

Chuck Yates
  • Professor of History
  • Education: B.A., M.A. IU, Bloomington, M.A., PhD Princeton
  • Teaching and Research Interests: Japanese history (early modern/modern; institutional, social, cultural, intellectual); theory (Marxism, postmodernism, critical race, gender, ethnicity studies).
  • Publications: Saigo Takamori: The Man Behind the Myth (link)
  • Office: Bolling Center, Rm 122
  • E-mail: Chuck
  • Phone: 765-983-1428
  • Mail: Earlham College, D-202, Richmond, IN 47374

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