AKP Faculty and Staff

The AKP Language Teachers Front Row: Miho Ohno, Tomiko Kuwahira, Shiho Kanazawa Back Row: Kazumi Yoshimura, Megumi Oyama

The AKP Center Staff Miyuki Kawai (Communications), Kirie Watanabe (Homestay Coordinator), Haruko Omura (Accounting), Mari Kawata (Office Coordinator)

Prof. James C. Dobbins Oberlin College Chair, AKP Board of Directors

Prof. Thomas H. Rohlich Smith College 2007-2008 Resident Director

Adam Hempling AKP U.S. Office Program Administrator

In addition to a strong and dedicated professional language staff, the Associated Kyoto Program also selects a number of faculty from member institutions to serve as Visiting Faculty Fellows. These faculty members offer electives courses in their areas of specialty and provide AKP students with a strong curriculum of courses on Japan.

Spring 2008 Visiting Faculty

Prof. Walter Edwards Tenri University

Prof. Terry MacDougall Stanford Ctr. for Info. and Tech.

Prof. Chester Michalik Smith College

Prof. Bettina Langner-Teramoto Stanford Ctr. for Info. and Tech.

Prof. Barbara Hofer Middlebury College

The AKP also assists the Doshisha American Studies program by offering fellowships to faculty from member institutions to offer lectures or courses for Doshisha students.

AKP Faculty Fellowships:

Visiting Faculty Fellows are generally Japan specialists who offer courses on Japan at the AKP Center on the Doshisha University Campus. The application deadline for the next AKP Visiting Faculty Fellows Program (Fall or Spring Semester of 2009-2010) is June 1, 2008. Click here for an Elective Course history.

American Studies Fellows are American Studies scholars who teach students in Doshisha University's Graduate School of American Studies. Applications for the American Studies Faculty Fellowships (April 2008-July 2008 or October 2008- January 2009) are due on October 19, 2007. Click here for a listing of previous American Studies courses.

To learn about the Special Visiting Faculty Fellowships, click on the preceeding link.