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Throughout its history, Earlham's Japanese Studies Program has relied heavily on the involvement of faculty members in other fields who were willing to devote some of their teaching time to topics relating to Japan.

• Hugh Barbour in Religion
• Nelson Bingham in Psychology
• Steve Heiny in Classics
• Leonard Holvik in Music
• Arthur Little in Theatre
• Chuck Martin in Geology

These and many others have taken the time to develop focused expertise on Japan and to offer courses to enrich the Japanese Studies curriculum.

Beginning in 1998, with generous support from the Freeman Foundation and from Earlham alumnus John Stroman '69, Earlham began a new faculty development project to replace the many Japanese Studies colleagues who have left the college after long years of service. Altogether close to a third of Earlham's current faculty--nearly thirty administrative and teaching faculty members--have taken part in two summer seminars on Japan in 1998 and 1999. In June 2000 most of those participants will spend three weeks in Japan.

Given the enthusiasm of the current participants and their large numbers, as well as the breadth of fields they represent, the completion of the Freeman Project not only will sustain Earlham's already rich Japanese Studies curriculum, but actually will make it even richer.