Japanese Studies Teaching Faculty, Administrative Faculty, and Staff | Japanese Language and Japan Studies Programs

Japanese Language and Japanese Studies Program: Teaching Faculty, Administrative Faculty, and Staff

Japanese Studies Faculty

	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
	Marc Benamou Associate Professor of Music Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Teaching & Research Interests: Musics of Japan (traditional and contemporary) Office: Runyan 105 E-Mail Marc Phone: 983-1350
	Nelson Bingham Provost 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: Carpenter Hall, Rm 160 E-mail: Nelson Phone: 765-983-1211
	Marya Bower Professor of Philosophy Ph.D., University of Notre Dame Teaching and Research Interests: Women in Japan; Women in Asia; Asian Philosophies; Environmental and Bioethical Issues in Asia. Office: Carpenter Hall, Rm 335 E-Mail Marya Phone: 765-983-1438
	Gary DeCoker Director, Japan Study, SICE Director, Institute for Education on Japan Professor of Japanese Studies Education B.S. (Sociology), Michigan State; M.A. (Japanese Studies), Ph.D. (Comparative Education), University of Michigan Teaching & Research Interests: Japanese education, Japanese traditional arts Office: Bolling Center, Rm 136 E-mail: Gary Phone: 765-983-1890
	Susan Furukawa Teaching Fellow Languages & Literatures Landrum Bolling Center, 983-1649 EC Drawer 13, Email: furuksu@earlham.edu
	Dawn Grimes-MacLellan Assistant Professor Japanese Studies 123 Landrum Bolling Center, 983-1884 EC Drawer 202, Email: dawnm@earlham.edu
	Akiko Kakutani Professor of Japanese Language 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
	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 Office: Carpenter Hall, Rm 231 E-mail: Yasumi Phone: 765-983-1409
	Julia May Assistant Professor of Art History; Curator, Earlham College Permanent Art Collection Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University E-Mail Julia
	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
	Andrew Moore Assistant Professor of Geology Ph.D., University of Washington E-Mail Andrew
	Erin Nelson Program Associate, Japan Study, SICE, & Japanese Studies M.A., Ohio State University 118 Landrum Bolling Center, 983-1883 EC Drawer 13, Email: nelsoer@earlham.edu
	Mary Owens Administrative Assistant, Japanese Studies, Japan Study & Institute for Education on Japan B.G.S., Indiana University 119 Landrum Bolling Center, 983-1224 EC Drawer 13, Email: owensma@earlham.edu Email: owensma@earlham.edu
	Yumiko Tashiro Visting Instructor of Japanese Languages & Literatures231 Carpenter Hall, 983-1409 EC Drawer 15, Email: tashiyu@earlham.edu
	Jane Terashima Director, English as a Second Language; Thematic Studies Abroad — Waseda Programs M.A., University of Birmingham, United Kingdom E-Mail Jane
	Michael White Professor of Theatre Arts M.F.A., Humboldt State University E-Mail Michael
	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) Office: Bolling Center, Rm 122 E-mail: Chuck Phone: 765-983-1428