Japanese Culture through Film JAPN 3162

To students who wish to sign up for Japanese Culture through Film:

I do not add students beyond the cap. Period. While there may seem to be some seats available, this is because the course JAPN3162 is cross-listed with ANTH3709. Students registered through anthropology will not show up in Japanese Culture through Film listing and vice versa. Once the course reaches its cap, I close the course to allow everyone a fair chance to join the class at the beginning of the semester.

Still, you can add your name to the Waiting List at the first class meeting to see if seats become available. While the following process may sound rather cumbersome, it is the fairest way to add students to this popular (I don't know why!) course.

1. You must come to the first class meeting. You will be asked to line in a cue to sign a waiting list.
2. You must add your name and signature on the initial Waiting List at the beginning of the first class. The Waiting List will be available at the beginning of  class only. Waiting List will no longer be available once the course begins. You may add your name to the Waiting List at the end of class. Be sure to bring your GWID.
3. At the end of the first class, you must provide your name and signature again to the Confirmation List. If you fail to sign the Confirmation List, your name will be dropped to the bottom of the Waiting List even if you signed the Waiting List early. No exception.
4. If seats become available, I will contact students and ask them to bring completed RTF forms for me to sign at the beginning of the second class. Students will be contacted in the order which students added their names to the Waiting List and who have sign the Confirmation List. At the second class meeting if you are not present when I call your name or if your RTF form is not completed--your name, ID number, name of course, CRN, etc--I will move to the next student and you will be dropped to the end of the Waiting List. No exception. 
5. NOTE: Even if you do the above completely, there is NO GUARANTEE you will get a seat in the course. Students can add the course ONLY if seats are available--these are seats dropped by  students who have already registered.
6. In general, I will not sign in anyone after the second class meeting. 

If you are a Japanese major and a graduating senior who can demonstrate appropriate need for this course in order to graduate--lack of Japanese major credit units and conflict with other available/eligible courses--come to my office immediately.

The ISI Guide to Choosing the Right College,

A former student wrote this on my facebook wall:

Sensei, I was browsing through the GW section of "The ISI Guide to Choosing the Right College," and while it does, of course, spend a fair amount of time talking about the poli-sci/internat affairs departments (and a surprising amount on English and history departments) it specifically commends the EALL department! A full paragraph just to talk about how great you all are :)

Now if I only knew what this publication is and where I can get a hold of it to read it. Hmmm..

Curriculum Vitae

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

9/96-12/19

The George Washington University, Washington, DC. Assistant professor for the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures. Instruction and lectures on Japanese language (all levels), literature, film and culture; Japanese Major Advisor; Acting Coordinator for Japanese Language and Literature (2008).

6/95-8/95

Stanford University, Stanford, CA. Instructor for the Department of Asian Languages in Intensive Third-Year Modern Japanese. The course dealt primarily with improving Japanese reading ability to prepare students for advanced work and research, and focused on non-textbook sources, including essays, magazine and newspaper articles, and literary short stories. (Also 6/88-8/88 and 6/93-8/93)

6/89-11/89

Development Associates, Cupertino, CA. Developed and taught introductory conversational Japanese course. Course designed for professionals interested in understanding basic Japanese.

6/89-8/89

Stanford University, Stanford, CA. Teaching Assistant for the Department of Asian Languages in First-Year Modern Japanese. (Also 6/87-8/87)

10/85-3/86

University of California, Los Angeles. Teaching associate for the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures in Advanced Modern Japanese.

10/83-6/84

University of California, Los Angeles. Teaching assistant for the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures in Elementary Modern Japanese. (Also 4/86-6/86)

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OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

1/91-3/93

National Institute for Research Advancement (Sôgô kenkyû kaihatsu kikô), Center for Policy Information Research. Secretary for overseas affairs. Responsibilities included correspondence with overseas research institutes, and the development, coordinating and editing of English publications.

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EDUCATION

9/86-3/97

Stanford University, Stanford, CA. Graduate Division. Ph.D. degree in the Department of Asian Languages. Concentration: Medieval Japanese Poetry. Dissertation topic: The Priest Jakuren and his Poetry.

1/90-3/91

Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan. School of Letters and Science. Conducted dissertation research in the Department of Japanese Literature as non-matriculated research student. Concentration: Shinkokin Poetry.

4/83-6/86

University of California, Los Angeles. Graduate Division. Master of Arts degree in East Asian Languages and Cultures, June, 1986. Concentration: Classical Japanese Literature.

10/84-9/85

Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. Institute of Language Teaching. Non-degree Advanced Specialized Japanese. Concentration: Japanese language.

6/84-8/84

University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Summer program in the Department of Asian Languages and Literature. Intensive Elementary Modern Chinese.

4/81-3/83

University of California, Los Angeles. Bachelor of Arts degree in Japanese Studies, March, 1983.

9/75-1/81

East Los Angeles College, Monterey Park, CA. Associate of Arts degree, general education, June, 1980.

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2019 January

University Teaching & Learning Center, Active Learning - Small Group Work, January 9, 2019. Practical strategies to promote student engagement in class.

2016 May

University Teaching & Learning Center, Course Design Institute, May 16-20, 2016. Program to explore learner-centered design principles, research, and activities to design new or re-design existing courses. 

2016 April

Border Crossing in the East Asian Cultural Sphere Symposium, April 30, 2016. Interdisciplinary symposium exploring how the language systems, literature and art forms of East Asia reflect multiple and intertwined paths of cultural flow.

2015 December

Unpacking Reflection: Helping Our Learners Slow Down and Think Deeply, December 10, 2015. University Teaching & Learning Center, George Washington University. The workshop provided the tools and frameworks needed to develop reflective questions that facilitate higher order critical thinking, whether for assignments, providing feedback, or enhancing coaching strategies.

2014 May

GW-CIBER. Teaching Business Japanese in the 21st Century: A Professional Development Seminar for Japanese Instructors.

2012 April

ACTFL Workshop. Participated in 2-Day Oral Proficiency Interview Assessment Workshop-Japanese. April 27-28, 2012.

2010 September

eTeaching Core Workshop Series. Completed the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning eTeaching Core Workshop.

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AWARDS

• Bender Teaching Award, nominee, GWU, 2018.
• Bender Teaching Award, nominee, GWU, 2014.
• Service Excellence Award, nominee, Service Excellence Celebration Committee, GWU, 2012.
• Robert W. Kenny Prize. CCAS, GWU, 2010
• GW University Service Award, nominee, 2010.
• Bender Teaching Award, nominee, GWU, 2006.
• Bender Teaching Award, nominee, GWU, 2003.
• University Facilitating Fund Grant. Funding to promote the research of faculty at The George Washington University. 2002-3
• Japan Fund Grant. Supplemental dissertation research funding awarded by the Institute for International Studies, Stanford University. 1991
• Stanford Graduate Fellowship. Awarded by the Graduate Division of Stanford University. Three-year full tuition and stipend. 1986-89
• UCLA Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award. Awarded by the Academic Senate Committee on Teaching for performance as a teaching assistant in first-year Japanese instruction. 1984
• Chancellor's Achievement Award. Awarded by East Los Angeles College in recognition of academic achievement. 1980

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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: Publications, Papers and Presentations

• “Content Course syllabus incorporating literary works to promote critical thinking.” Proceeding presentation: 34th Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Teachers of Japanese, Wake Forest University, March 2, 2019.
• “Teaching Haiku.” Workshop: Delaware Valley Teachers of Japanese, Villanova University, October 20, 2018.
• “Composing Haiku.” Lecture, Georgetown University, March 13, 2018.
• “Teaching Haiku.” Workshop: Mid-Atlantic Association of Teachers of Japanese, George Mason University, January 13, 2018.
• "Gateway to authentic literary text: Short stories by Murakami Haruki" Foreign Language Association of Virginia (FLAVA) Conference 2015, September 24-26, 2015. Co-authors: Takae Tsujioka (George Washington University) and Kumi Sato (Georgetown University).
• “Using Short Stories in Murakami Haruki in Advanced Japanese Language Instruction,” Mini Workshop, Language Center, GWU, May 30, 2013.
• “Teaching and Composing Haiku in the Classroom.” Keynote speaker at the Mid-Atlantic Association of Teachers of Japanese at the Foreign Language Association of Virginia Annual Conference, November 1, 2008.
• “Context and Intertext in Japanese Literature,” Foreign Service Institute Training Center, Arlington, VA, May 2008.
• "Loosening the Links: Considering Intention in Linked Verse and Its Consequences," in Matsuo Basho's Poetic Spaces: Exploring Haikai Intersections, ed. Eleanor Kerkham (New York: Palgrave Macmillan), 2007
• "Composing Haiku and Senryu." Greater Washington Association for Teachers of foreign Languages 2006 Fall Conference, 2006.09.
• "Identifying Elements of Japanese Culture Through Film." Mid-Atlantic Region/Association for Asian Studies Conference. 2003.10.
• Twelfth Mid-Atlantic Japanese Pedagogy Workshop. Co-Coordinator. Implementing Japanese Literature and Culture in the classroom. June 1-2, 2002.
• "Reading, Writing, and Creating in Japanese on a PC." The Seventh Virginia Japanese Pedagogy Workshop. 1999.06.
• Chair of Discussion Panel, “Kim Iryop's (1896-1971) Conflicting Worlds,” Hahn Moo-Sook Colloquium in the Korean Humanities, GWU. October 1998.
• Seventh Virginia Japanese Pedagogy Workshop. Co-Coordinator. Workshop designed to share and exchange ideas on the effective use of “authentic” material in the classroom. May 31-June 1, 1997.
• "The Priest Jakuren and His Poetry: A Reflection of Late-Twelfth Century Poetics." Diss. Stanford University. 1997.03.
• The Washington & Southeast Japan Seminar; paper on Interacting with Tradition: Intertextual Engagement in Shinkokin Waka, at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD. 1996.11.
• "The Confidence to Live! Experiencing the Buraku Liberation Movement." Translation of story by Kariya Ryuichi, in Diversity in Japanese Culture and Language, John C. Maher and Gaynor Macdonald, eds. (London: Kegan Paul International), pp. 178-201. 1995.
• Tama International Friendship Club. Tama City, Tokyo. Volunteer translator for newsletter, "Information for Daily Life in Tama City." 1993-94.
• NIRA's World Directory of Think Tanks 1993, National Institute for Research Advancement. Coeditor. 1993.
• International Crossroads (periodical), National Institute for Research Advancement. Coeditor. 1991-93
• "Japanese Court Poetry in the Noh Plays of Zeami." Journal of Asian Culture, Vol. X. University of California, Los Angeles. 1986.
• "The Priest Jakuren." Journal of Asian Culture, Vol. VIII. University of California, Los Angeles. 1984.

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PUBLIC SERVICE

Community Outreach

• Passport DC: Around the World Embassy Tour. Embassy of Japan, Food and Cultural section. May 4, 2019.
• “Traditional Japanese Poetry: Context and Intertext” Presentation at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at the George Mason University. Intellectual and cultural experiences for Northern Virginia residents in their retirement years. May 8, 2019
• Judge and commentator for haiku contest conducted by the Mid Atlantic Association of Teaching Japanese (MAATJ)—an organization of Japanese teachers in the DC, MD, and VA area. Approximately 60 to 70 haiku poems written by junior and high school students. Annually, Spring 2006-2019. 
• Japanese New Year Festival—Shinnenkai, Japan Commerce Association of Washington, D.C. Food and Snack table. January 27th, 2019.
• “On Haiku” Presentation at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at the George Mason University. October 4, 2017
• “Contemporary Japanese Culture”. Presentation for faculty members of the Sidwell Friends School—PK-12 co-educational Quaker day school in Washington, DC. June 2004.
• Served on the Fulbright Memorial Fund Scholarship selection committee. February 2000.
• Presented talk to Downtown Jaycees (Junior Chamber of Commerce) Washington, D.C., March 1998. On “Sakura, Cherry Blossoms in Japan” in preparation of the Cherry Blossom Festival.

Professional Service

• Japanese Language Proficiency Test, Proctor. Georgetown University. 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019.
• KAKEHASHI Project: Japan's Friendship Ties Programs, sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and coordinated by the Japan International Cooperation Center (JICE). Led twenty-three (23) GW students for one week in Japan, visiting Tokyo, Ōmihachiman City and Hino Town. March 10-18, 2019. 
• Discussant for the 11th Annual EuroAsia Short Films Festival, “What Is Home?” sponsored by the Japanese Information and Culture Center, Embassy of Japan and Alliance Française DC (France), June 8, 2016.
• Discussant for the 10th Annual EuroAsia Short Films Festival, “Food for Thought” sponsored by the Japanese Information and Culture Center, Embassy of Japan and the Italian Cultural Institute of the Embassy of Italy, June 3, 2015.
• Discussant for the 9th Annual EuroAsia Short Films Festival, sponsored by the Japanese Information and Culture Center, Embassy of Japan and the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain, June 4, 2014.
• Recited and commented on two poems by Matsuo Bashō for Poetry Month on National Public Radio in Washington D.C., WETA (90.9FM), April 30, 1999.

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UNIVERSITY SERVICE

Administrative Duties

• Coordinator, Japanese Language and Literature Program, East Asian Languages and Literatures, GWU. 2010-2019
• Executive Committee Member, J.LIVE Talk. Organized and administered by the Japanese Program, East Asian Languages and Literatures, GWU. 2016-2019.
• Liaison for CCAS Academic Advising and Undergraduate Studies, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, GWU. 2011-2019.
• Liaison for Study Abroad, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, GWU. 2010-2019.
• Representative to promote GW’s Japanese Program, National Japan Bowl, National Cherry Blossom Festival. National 4-H Youth Conference Center. April 12, 2018.
• Colonial Inauguration, Representative for the Japanese Program and the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences’ CI Major Fair, GWU. June-July 2013.
• Director, Summer Institute for Japanese Language and Culture, Summer Session, Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, GWU, 2010, 2011, 2012.
• Library Representative, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, GWU. Fall-Spring 2001-2011.
• Coordinator (acting), Japanese Language and Literature Program, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, GWU. Fall 2008.
• Co-chair, Committee on Technology, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, GWU. Spring 1998-2003
• Webmaster, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures website, GWU. Spring 1997-2003.
• Departmental Computer Liaison, Computer Information and Research Center (CIRC). 1996-97.

Academic Committees

• Undergraduate Studies Committee, Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, GWU, 2012-2013.
• Humanities Subcommittee for the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences’ General Education Curriculum Reform (GE-PAC), Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, GWU. 2010-2011.
• Judiciary Committee, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, GWU. Fall 2008.
• Language Center Study Group, and Chaired Pedagogy Subcommittee, Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, 2003-04.
• Student Appeals Committee, Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, GWU Fall-Spring 2001-2. 

Review Committees

• The Luce Scholars Program Review Committee, Center for Undergraduate Fellowships and Research, GWU. Fall 1996, 1997, 2001, 2009-17.
• Korean Language and Culture Student Prize Review Committee, East Asian Languages and Literatures, GWU. March 2011.
• Sejong Scholarship for Korean Language Studies Review Committee, East Asian Languages and Literatures, GWU. March 2011.

Search Committees

• Departmental Search Committee for Korean Linguistics/Language position, East Asian Languages and Literatures, GWU. 2016-2017.
• Departmental Search Committee for Japanese Language and Literature position, East Asian Languages and Literatures, GWU. 2012-13.
• Search Committee for Chinese Literature position, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, GWU. 2009-10.
• Search Committee for Chinese Language, Teaching Instructor position, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, GWU. 2008-9.
• Search Committee for Japanese Language, Teaching Instructor position, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, GWU. 2006-7.
• Search Committee, Contemporary Japanese Studies, The Elliott School of International Studies, GWU. 1997-98

Advisory Committees

• Academic Advising Advisory Committee, International Programs Leader, GWU. 2010-2012.
• Athletic Council, GWU. Fall 1999-2002.
• NCAA Certification, University Steering Committee, GWU. Spring 1998-Spring 1999.
• NCAA Certification, University Subcommittee for Academic Integrity, GWU. Spring 1998-Spring 1999.

Collegial Service

• Columbian College Celebration, May 1998-19
• GW University Commencement, May 1997-19
• Columbian College of Arts and Sciences’ Major Open House, Annual, 2016-19
• Colonial Inauguration, Columbian College of Arts and Sciences’ Major Fair, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, GWU. Annual, June-July 2008-13.
• Columbian College of Arts and Sciences’ Major Declaration Expo, February 2013
• Unified Communications Demonstration Day, Office of Technology Services. Learned and provided feedback regarding new communications technologies presented by vendors. March, 2013
• CCAS Spring Major Fair, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, GWU. 2008. 2009, 2010, 2011.
• Columbian College of Arts and Sciences’ Dean’s Breakfast, Colonial Weekend, GWU. Fall 2009.
  

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ORGANIZATIONS

Current

Association of Teachers of Japanese, Boulder, Colorado.

Current

Association of Asian Studies, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Current

The Washington & Southeast Japan Seminar, Washington, D.C.

1987-88

Stanford University, Department of Asian Languages. Graduate representative.

1983-84

UCLA Graduate Students Association, Communications Council. Vice-president and treasurer.

1983-84

UCLA East Asian Languages and Cultures Graduate Association. Graduate representative.