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ASDP23rdNationalConference

AsiaConnections:ConfluencesandContradictions

March2-4,2017

AsianStudiesDevelopmentProgram

HiltonPortlandDowntown&ExecutiveTower921SW6thAvenuePortland,OR97204Tel:503-226-1611

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TheASDPNationalConferenceisanannualeventthatprovidesanopportunityforASDPalumniandotherinterestedcollegeanduniversityfacultymemberstoshareresearchrelatedtoAsianculturesandsocieties,aswellasstrategiesforeffectivelyinfusingAsiancontentintoundergraduatehumanities,socialscience,business,andsciencecurricula.Thisyear,theASDPNationalConferenceishostedbyPortlandCommunityCollegeandisco-sponsoredbytheAsianStudiesDevelopmentProgramandtheAssociationofRegionalCentersforAsianStudies.TostudyAsiaistostudyconnections.Whetherthroughwide-anglehistoricallensesorthroughtightly-focusedanalysesofcontemporaryissues,studyingconnectionsamongpeoples,cultures,ideasandidealsenhancesandbroadensunderstanding.The2017ASDPNationalConferencepresentspapersfromfacultyandstudentsinthehumanitiesandsocialsciencesthatexploreconnectionswithandwithinAsia.Inadditiontoprovidingaforumforsharingdiverse,disciplinaryandinterdisciplinaryresearch,theConferencewelcomesproposalsthatexplicitlyexplorehowtoconnectundergraduatestudentswithcurrentscholarshiponAsia.KEYNOTESPEAKERS

Dr.AlisaFreedmanTalkTitle:"TokyoinTransit:JapaneseTrainsasSocialandCulturalVehicles"March3,2017Thesightoflongtrainsrapidlysnakingbetweenskyscrapersandofcommuters,especiallyworkersinsuitsandstudentsinuniforms,floodingstationplatforms,characterizesthealluresanddifficultiesofTokyointheglobalimagination.Themostefficient,largest,andbusiesttransitnetworkintheworld,Tokyo’spublictransportationincludesmorethan100trainand13subwaylinesthatcarryatotalofmorethan28.85millionpassengersdaily.Tokyovehiclesaresocialandculturalspacesdifferentfromothermetropolitancommuternetworks:theyareameanstoseehowthecityhasaffectedwayspeoplebehave.IwillsurveyimportanthistoricalchangesinTokyo’ssocialfabricmadepossiblebydevelopmentsinmodernmasstransportation.Commutertrains,streetcars,andbuseshavechangedhumansubjectivityandartisticproduction,givingrisetogenderrolesthathavecometorepresentJapan.TheextensionofTokyo’stransitnetworksmadeitpossibleformenandwomenofdifferentsocialclassestowork,play,andinteractwitheachotherinunprecedentedways.PrewarcultureinvolvingcommutervehiclesanticipateswhatisfascinatingandfrustratingaboutTokyotodayandprovidesinsightintohowpeopletrytomakethemselvesathomeinthecity.

AlisaFreedmanisanAssociateProfessorofJapaneseLiteratureandFilmattheUniversityofOregon.HerpublicationsincludeTokyoinTransit:JapaneseCultureontheRailsandRoad(StanfordUniversityPress,2010),anannotatedtranslationofKawabataYasunari’sTheScarletGangofAsakusa(UniversityofCaliforniaPress,2005),aco-editedvolumeonModernGirlsontheGo:Gender,Mobility,andLaborinJapan(StanfordUniversityPress,2013),andaco-editedtextbookonIntroducingJapanesePopularCulture(forthcomingfromRoutledgein2017),alongwithguest-editedjournalissues,articles,andliterarytranslationsonarangeoftopics.SheisEditor-in-ChiefoftheU.S.-JapanWomen’sJournalandhasbeennationallyrecognizedforhereffortsinadvisingstudents.

Dr.EdwardSlingerlandTalkTitle:"TryingNottoTry:Cooperation,TrustandtheParadoxofSpontaneity"March4,2017

ManyearlyChinesethinkersendorsedthespiritualidealofwuwei,oreffortlessaction.Byadvocatingspontaneityasanexplicitmoralandreligiousgoal,however,theywerefacedwiththeparadoxofhowonecantrynottotry,whichlaterbecameoneofthecentraltensionsinEastAsianreligiousthought.ThistalkwilllookattheparadoxfrombothearlyChineseandcontemporaryperspectives,drawinguponworkineconomics,socialpsychology,cognitiveneuroscience,andevolutionarytheorytoarguethatthisparadoxisreal,andisintimatelytiedupwithcooperationdilemmasinlarge-scalesocietiesandconcernsabouttrustandmoralhypocrisy.

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EdwardSlingerlandisProfessorofAsianStudiesattheUniversityofBritishColumbiaandaFellowattheCenterforAdvancedStudiesintheBehavioralSciences,StanfordUniversity.HereceivedanM.A.fromUCBerkeleyinEastAsianLanguages(classicalChinese),andaPh.D.inReligiousStudiesfromStanfordUniversity.HisresearchspecialtiesandteachinginterestsincludeWarringStates(5th-3rdc.B.C.E.)Chinesethought,religiousstudies,cognitivelinguistics,ethics,andtherelationshipbetweenthehumanitiesandthenaturalsciences.Hispublicationsinclude:TryingNottoTry:AncientChina,ModernScienceandthePowerofSpontaneity(2014);CreatingConsilience:IntegratingtheSciencesandtheHumanities(co-edited,2012);WhatScienceOfferstheHumanities:IntegratingBody&Culture(2008);Confucius:Analects(2003);andEffortlessAction:Wu-weiasConceptualMetaphorandSpiritualIdealinEarlyChina(2003).

OtherSpecialGuestsConsulGeneralKojiroUchiyama,fromtheConsularOfficeofJapaninPortland.ConferenceEvents

FieldTriptoLanSuChineseGarden

JoinmembersofPCC'sAsianStudiesCommitteeonThursdayafternoonforaninformaltouroftheLanSuChineseGarden.LanSuChineseGardenisawalledChinesegardenofroughly40,000squarefeetintheChinatownneighborhoodofPortland.Thenameofthegardencombineslan(蘭)or"orchid"andsu(蘇)or"arise”or"awaken"andcanthusbeinterpretedpoeticallyasthe"GardenofAwakeningOrchids."LanSuChineseGardenisoneofPortland'sgreatesttreasuresandistheresultofacollaborationbetweenPortlandandhersistercityofSuzhou,locatedinChina'sJiangsuprovinceandfamousforitsbeautifulMingDynastygardens.BuiltbyartisansfromSuzhou,LanSuisonethemostauthenticChinesegardensoutsideofChina.Toenterthegardenistoenteranothereraandatrulydistinctiveaestheticcombiningarchitecture,landscapedesign,andnatureinwaysthatafforddirect,experientialinsightintoChineseculture,historyandwaysofthinking.

OtherAsia-relatedActivitiesandSitesinPortland"WhattheWorldOwestheComfortWomen"byDr.CarolGluck.

ThepracticesandnormsofpublicmemoryhavechangedintheseventyyearssincetheendofWorldWarIIcreatingwhatProfessorGluckcallsa“globalmemoryculture.”Changesinthelaw,theroleofwitnesses,therealmofrights,thepoliticsofapology,andconceptsofresponsibilityhavetransformedourunderstandingofdoingjusticetothepast.Andineachinstancetheformercomfortwomenhaveplayedaroleinthattransformation,helpingtochangeattitudestowardsexualviolenceandwomen’srights--helping,inshort,tochangetheworld.March2,2017,5:30–7:00,PortlandStateUniversityBallroom,Room355,1825SWBroadway,Portland.PresentedbyThePSUCenterforJapaneseStudies,co-sponsoredbyTheFriendsofHistory.

Asia-relatedSitesandActivitiesinPortland

ThereareseveralAsiarelatedsitesinPortland,includingtheOregonNikkeiLegacyCenter,theChinatownHistoricDistrict,thePortlandJapaneseGarden,theLanSuGarden,thePortlandArtMuseum,andPowell’sCityofBooks.Pleasesee:http://www.eastwestcenter.org/sites/default/files/filemanager/ASDP/ASDP2017NationalConference/Portland_Asia-relatedactivities-1.pdf

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ConferenceSchedule

Thursday,March2nd

9:00–11:00 ASDPAlumniAssociationBoardMeeting.StudioRoom.

11:00–2:00 ARCASDirector’sMeeting.Director’sRoom.

2:10–4:30 VisittoLanSuGardens.MeetintheHotelLobbyat2:00PM.

12:00–6:00 ConferenceRegistration–BroadwayFoyer.

5:00–7:30

LecturebyDr.CarolGluck,atPortlandStateUniversityBallroom.“WhattheWorldOwestheComfortWomen.”MeetintheHotelLobbyat5:00towalkovertoPortlandStateUniversity.

Friday,March3rd

7:00AM–6:00PM ConferenceRegistration–BroadwayFoyer.

8:00–5:00 BookSalesandLanSuChineseGardensInformation.BroadwayFoyer.

8:00–9:00 BuffetBreakfast.AtriumBallroom.SponsoredbyPCC'sInternationalizationInitiativesCommittee.

8:30–8:45 WelcomingRemarks:PeterHershock,DonaCady,TomPatterson.

Friday,March3rd 9:00-10:15

Panel1-BroadwayOne-ConfucianEthicsandtheDharmaWorld.Chair:DawnGale,JohnsonCountyCommunityCollege

DennisArjo JohnsonCountyCommunityCollege

MoralExpertise:AComparativePhilosophicalApproach

DawnGale JohnsonCountyCommunityCollege

ConfucianRoleEthics,GenderRoles,andEcofeminism

KeithKrasemann CollegeofDuPage SexWithintheDharmaWorld:DevianceorBadDharma? TimothySeitz McHenryCountyCollege DoesaDogHaveJunziNature?ReflectionsonNussbaum'sMissing

ThoughtinConfucianGoldenRuleArguments

Panel2-BroadwayTwo-Globalization,InterconnectedAsia,US-ChinaandCurricula.Chair:JohnBowen,CentralWashingtonUniversity

KhoushikGhosh CentralWashingtonUniversity

GlobalizationandClimateChange:TransformingtheEconomiesofAsiaandtheUnitedStates

NancyCarr CCofPhiladelphia EnhancingBusinessManagementCourseswithaJapanesePerspective:ACurriculumModule

MartinF.Farrell RiponCollege US-ChinaEconomicRelations:MythsversusRealities

JohnBowen CentralWashingtonUniversity

Nonstop:TheRoleofAsia’sLow-CostAirlinesinFosteringaMoreInterconnectedRegion

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Friday,March3rd 9:00-10:15

Panel3-BroadwayThree-AsianLiterature,EnglishLiteracy.Chair:MarlaLunderberg,HopeCollege

GerardHogan&YuanxiaLiu

CentralWashingtonUniversity

CreatingCommunityThroughPoetry:Chinese/EnglishandJapanese/EnglishBilingualPoetry-ReadingPrograms

WilliamLowe HowardCommunityCollege HeadingEast:InfusinganAsianFocusintoanESLWritingCourse

MarlaLunderberg HopeCollege InfusingAsianStudiesIntoaFreshmanEnglish(Core)Class:WorkingWithChang-raeLee'sAGestureLife

Panel4-BroadwayFour-Mongolia!Chair:GeorgeP.Brown,SlipperyRockUniversityofPA

SuzannePenuel UniversityofSouthCarolinaLancaster

WhatWeTalkAboutWhenWeTalkAboutMongolia

LarissaN.Pitts UniversityofCaliforniaBerkley

Same

HenryJ.Antkiewicz EastTennesseeStateUniversity

Same

Friday,March3rd 10:30-11:45

Panel5-BroadwayOne-Korea:Business,Unification,andReverseMigration.Chair:BarbaraLass,CityCollegeofSanFrancisco

BarbaraLass CityCollegeofSanFrancisco KoreanReunification:AnAnthropologicalPerspective

YongJooLee CentralWashingtonUniversity

TheImpactofEnvironmentalVariablesonKoreanBankPerformance

MaryYuDanico CaliforniaPolytechnicUniversityPomona

ReverseMigration:AFullbrightScholar'sExperienceinSouthKorea

Panel6-BroadwayTwo-ComparativeCultures,HumanRights,andGlobalization.

Chair:JessicaSheetz-Nguyen,UniversityofCentralOklahoma

TracieJustus PerimeterCollege/GeorgiaStateUniversity

Food,Society,andAsianConnectionsinaComparativeCultureCourse

Hue-pingChin DruryUniversity ConnectingorDividing:ConnectingHumanRights

BarbaraA.Bateman PerimeterCollege/GeorgiaStateUniversity

FranceandAsia:EverythingOldisNewAgain

BryanHull PortlandCommunityCollege Post-colonialism,globalizationandthedangerofdisciplines.

Panel7-BroadwayThree-AsianPhilosophyandReligion.

Chair:StephenJ.Laumakis,UniversityofSt.Thomas

StephenJ.Laumakis UofSt.Thomas,St.Paul,MN

Meditation:EastandWest

KendallMarchman YoungHarrisCollege SeekingthePureland(intheClassroom) HaixiaWLan UofWisconsin-LaCrosse IntroducingDiversity-TeachingChineseDaoistRhetoric

DorothyPayton PortlandCommunityCollege TheTaoTe(a)Ching

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Friday,March3rd 10:30-11:45

Panel8-BroadwayFour-NEHConfucianAsiaI.Chair:PamelaHerron,UniversityofTexasatElPaso

PamelaHerron UniversityofTexasatElPaso

NEHConfucianAsia:TraditionsandTransformationsIRoundtable

CeciliaMiller WesleyanUniversity Same

LindseyWilbur UniversityofHawai’iatManoa

Same

Lunch12:00-1:30–AtriumBallroom

Speaker:Dr.AlisaFreedman"TokyoinTransit:JapaneseTrainsasSocialandCulturalVehicles"

Friday,March3rd 1:45-3:00

Panel9–BroadwayOne-TheAsiaPacificCentury.Chair:NancyMartinsen,CaliforniaStateUniversityEastBay

SartazAziz CaliforniaStateUniversityEastBay

APIAPatternsofImmigrationandMigration

AnnFajilan CaliforniaStateUniversityEastBay

TheChallengesofAPIAEmbodimentinTheatrePerformance

DanvyLe CaliforniaStateUniversityEastBay

CreatingtheAPIALearningCommunityandEnvironment

Panel10-BroadwayTwo-NEHConfucianAsiaII.Chair:PamelaHerron,UniversityofTexasatElPaso

PamelaHerron UniversityofTexasatElPaso

NEHConfucianAsia:TraditionsandTransformationsIIRoundtable

TimothyGutmann UniversityofChicago Same ChunminMariaTu UniversityofDelaware Same

GregoryWilkinson BrighamYoungUniversity Same

Panel11-BroadwayThree-ObstaclesandSynergiestoCampusCollaboration.

Chair:MarthaBailey,PortlandCommunityCollege

KimSmith PortlandCommunityCollege ObstaclesandSynergiestoCampusCollaboration

UshaRamanujan PortlandCommunityCollege Same

TiffHayes PortlandCommunityCollege Same

AnneFrey PortlandCommunityCollege Same

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Friday,March3rd 1:45-3:00

Panel12-BroadwayFour-FilmandLiteratureinTeachingAboutAsia.Chair:FayeBeauchamp,CommunityCollegeofPhiladelphia

LaraKradinova MiddlesexCommunityCollege

Post-Fulbright:ReflectionsonArtsandCultureinCambodia

JeffreyC.Kinkley PortlandStateUniversity FictionandFilmasResourcesforTeachingtheModernHistoriesofChinaandOtherEastAsianRegions

A.PaigeRogers TheCommunityCollegeofBaltimoreCounty

DisturbingMotivesandDifficultChoices:DecodingViolenceinRepresentativeAsianLiterature

FayeBeauchamp CommunityCollegeofPhiladelphia

TheLongMarchofMaoandNyerere:ChineseandTanzanianConfluencesandRhetoricalContrasts

Friday,March3rd 3:15-4:30

Panel13-BroadwayOne-Qi,MatterandEnergy.Chair:NickBrasovan,UniversityofCentralArkansas.

NickBrasovan UniversityofCentralArkansas

Qi,MatterandEnergy:neo-ConfucianEngagementswithNewMaterialism

ClaytonCrockett UniversityofCentralArkansas

Same

EihoBaba FurmanUniversity Same

Panel14-BroadwayTwo-LearningLanguages.

Chair:Ching-HsuanWu,WesternKentuckyUniversity

JoshuaS.Nelson CentralWashingtonUniversity

ResistanceisFutile:TheRiseofEnglishasthePost-ModernWorld'sLinguaFranca

Ching-HsuanWu WesternKentuckyUniversity

CreatingGlobalProfessionals:ConnectingUndergraduateEducationwithChinaandTaiwanThroughDomesticAdvancedLanguageTrainingandOverseasUniversityDirectEnrollmentandInternships.

Panel15–BroadwayThree-CommunicatingwithEastAsia.Chair:MeilingWu,CaliforniaStateUniversityEastBay

MeilingWu CaliforniaStateU.EastBay CommunicatingwithEastAsia RieKawachiHannon CaliforniaStateU.EastBay Same

HuitzuLu CaliforniaStateU.EastBay Same

ShioriHoke-Grellar CaliforniaStateU.EastBay Same

Panel16-BroadwayFour-ArtandChineseGardens.Chair:TomPatterson,JohnsonCountyCommunityCollege

AlbertWong TheU.ofTexasatElPaso AnIncoherentIdentity:AnAsianAmericanArtist

RayOlson ASDPAlumnus ChineseClassicalGardensDVD

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Friday,March3rd ASDPAlumniAssociationMeeting-4:45-5:30-BroadwayOne&Two.AllAreWelcome!

OpeningReception-6:00-8:00–AtriumBallroom.AllAreWelcome!RemarksbyConsulGeneralKojiroUchiyama,fromtheConsularOfficeofJapanin

Portland,andWelcomingRemarksfromPortlandCommunityCollege

Saturday,March4th 8:00–5:00 BookSalesandLanSuChineseGardensInformation.

BroadwayFoyer. 8:00–12:00 ConferenceRegistration–BroadwayFoyer.

Saturday,March4th 9:00-10:15 Panel17-BroadwayOne-TeachingAsianHistoryandAsianStudies.

Chair:SylviaGray,PortlandCommunityCollege

SylviaGray PortlandCommunityCollege TeachingChineseHistoryin10weeks:KeepingitFunandReal JessicaSheetz-

NguyenUofCentralOklahoma Women'sHistory:NewPublicationsinAsianStudies

MelissaLudtke IndependentProducer/Writer

China:TalkingAcrossCultures,ConnectingAcrossThemes–AllintheDigitalRealm

MatthewRuane FloridaInstituteofTechnology

AdaptingtheInfusingExperience:LessonsLearnedfromTeaching"HUM3085:TheBritishEmpireandSouthAsia"

Panel18-BroadwayTwo-BuildingaJapaneseLanguageProgram.

Chair:TakakoYamaguchi,PortlandCommunityCollege

TakakoYamaguchi PortlandCommunityCollege SuccessesandChallengesinBuildingaRobustJapaneseLanguageProgram

DonnaYount PortlandCommunityCollege Same

TeeKamoshita PortlandCommunityCollege Same

BenCorum PortlandCommunityCollege Same CaitlynLemmon PortlandCommunityCollege Same

LeezaRancourt PortlandCommunityCollege Same

OrrinAylward PortlandCommunityCollege Same

Panel19-BroadwayThree-EverythingisConnected:AsianArtandCulture.Chair:AkikoWalley,UniversityofOregon

AkikoWalley UniversityofOregon EverythingisConnected:ThePotentialoftheObjectOrientedApproachtotheStudyofAsianArtandCulture

JennyLin UniversityofOregon Same

KristinSeaman UniversityofOregon Same

AnneRoseKitagawa UniversityofOregon Same

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Saturday,March4th 9:00-10:15

Panel20-BroadwayFour-UnresolvedHistoricalIssuesandBorderControversiesinEastAsia.Chair:GeorgeP.Brown,SlipperyRockUniversityofPA

Bang-SoonL.Yoon CentralWashingtonUniversity

"ComfortWomen"Movement'sStatuePoliticsHinderSouthKorea-JapanDiplomaticRelations

RobertY.Eng UniversityofRedlands TheDefendDiaoyutaiMovementoftheEarly1970s:TransnationalActivism,CivicEngagement,andState-SocietyRelations

MichaelA.Launius CentralWashingtonUniversity

TheDokdoandEastSeaControversiesBetweenKoreaandJapan

Saturday,March4th 10:30-11:45

Panel21-BroadwayOne–NoWa,andMeetingintheGreenRoomChair:JosephOverton,KapiolaniCommunityCollege

PaulDunscomb UofAlaskaAnchorage ThereisNoJoyinFukuoka:TheOtherCrisisinJapaneseProfessionalBaseballof2004

KatharinePurcell TridentTechnicalCollege TheSurfingRootsinEast-WestConnections

Panel22-BroadwayTwo-ConnectingwithChinaonaBudget.

Chair:EricKendrick,PerimeterCollege,GeorgiaStateUniversity

EricKendrick PerimeterCollege-GeorgiaStateUniversity

ConnectingwithChinaonaBudget:Curricular,Campus,andCommunityInitiatives

FredBounds PerimeterCollege-GeorgiaStateUniversity

Same

LiamMadden PerimeterCollege-GeorgiaStateUniversity

Same

Panel23–BroadwayThree-ChallengingConventionalWisdomAboutIdentityPoliticsandAsianStudies.

Chair:TaineDuncan,UniversityofCentralArkansas

TaineDuncan UniversityofCentralArkansas

ResistanceandBlackBuddhism:bellhooks'TransnationalandIntersectionalIdentityPolitics

JamesDeitrick UniversityofCentralArkansas

WhoisBuddhist?JewishMindfulness,ChristianYoga,andReligiousIdentityinthe21stCentury

ZacharySmith UniversityofCentralArkansas

AwakeningtheMasses:NationalandClassIdentityFormationinEarly20thCenturyChinesePopularTextbooks

Panel24-BroadwayFour-CommunityEducation:PreservingandLearning.

Chair:CynthiaBayse,OregonNikkeiEndowment

CynthiaBayse OregonNikkeiEndowment Preserving,SharingandLearningfromaCommunity'sHistory

JuneShuman OregonNikkeiEndowment Same

WestonNakamura-Koyama

OregonNikkeiEndowment Same

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Saturday,March4th Lunch12:00-1:30–AtriumBallroom

Speaker:Dr.EdwardSlingerland"TryingNottoTry:Cooperation,TrustandtheParadoxofSpontaneity"

Saturday,March4th 1:45-3:00

Panel25–BroadwayOne-PedagogicalStrategiesforIntroducingAsianStudies. Chair:JosephOverton,KapiolaniCommunityCollege

PeteGiordano BelmontUniversity TheUseofConfucianUnderstandingsofPersonhoodinaTheoriesofPersonalitycourseinPsychology

QingjunLi BelmontUniversity CreativeUsesofMulaninTeaching:TraditionandTransformationofaWomanWarrior

RonnieLittlejohn BelmontUniversity TheErasureofMoralityinEthicsandMoralTheory:SuggestionsfromBuddhismandDaoism

Panel26-BroadwayTwo-ArtandReligioninAsia.

Chair:LisaB.Safford,HiramCollege

KerriGamache MiddlesexCommunityCollege

AVisualEssayon"Syncretism"inKhmerBuddhistArt

LawrenceE.Butler GeorgeMasonUniversity MosquesinChina:AnUpdatefrom21stCenturyShanghai

LisaB.Safford HiramCollege SyncretisminEarlyBuddhistJapaneseArt:theCaseofZenkiandGoki LisaB.Safford&

AlainaSeguinHiramCollege EyesoftheStorm:KamakuraSculpturalEmbeddedCrystalsExpressiveof

anAgeofAnxiety

Panel27-BroadwayThree-ConnectingAncientSciencetotheModernWorld.Chair:DebWilliams,JohnsonCountyCommunityCollege

MattMarone MercerUniversity SciencerevealedinBrushTalksfromDreamBrook(梦溪笔谈),ConnectingAncientSciencetotheModernWorld.

DebWilliams JohnsonCountyCommunityCollege

TraditionalEcologicalKnowledge:IndigenousPerspectivesonEnvironmentalProblemSolving

KimSmith PortlandCommunityCollege AchievingaSustainableFutureThroughEducation,Collaboration,andAgenda2030

Panel28-BroadwayFour-Japan:Cinema,Literature,Gender,andCivicEducation.Chair:FayBeauchamp,CommunityCollegeofPhiladelphia

LauraVivianaCastruita

TheUniveristyofTexasatElPaso

Miyazaki'sHeroines,WitchesandtheFragmentationoftheFemaleIdentity

LissaSchneider-Rebozo

UofWisconsin-RiverFalls AHusband,AWife,ABandit:VoiceinKurosawa’sRashomon,Akutagawa’s“IntheBambooGrove,”andtheKonjakuMonogatarishu

SetsukoBuckley WhatcomCommunityCollege

SocialJustice,Diversity,andtheNeedsofCivicEducationinJapan

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Saturday,March4th 3:15-4:30

Panel29-BroadwayOne-PerformanceArt,HeroicFantasy,ZenBikersandSoulMountain.Chair:DonaCady,MiddlesexCommunityCollege

JeffreyDippman CentralWashingtonUniversity

ZenandtheArtofMotorcycleMaintenanceBesideLingshan/SoulMountain

PaulRodell GeorgiaSouthernUniversity APhilippineTheaterofMemory:PerformanceArtandtheNextGeneration's'Memory'oftheMarcosEra

DonaCady MiddlesexCommunityCollege

TheHeroinTranslation:LookingatHeroicFantasyLiteraturethroughtheConceptsofRenandWu-wei

Panel30-BroadwayTwo-MemoryandLaborMigration.Chair:ChongEunAhn,CentralWashingtonUniversity

ChongEunAhn CentralWashingtonUniversity

AcrossAsiaandthePacific:AnInterdisciplinaryApproachtotheQuestionofMemoryandTraditioninLaborMigration

TongyuWu UniversityofOregon Same

XiaZhang PortlandStateUniversity Same

Panel31-BroadwayThree-AsiaCouncil:CollaboratingonStudyAbroad,CurriculumIssuesandFacultyDevelopment.Chair:BaogangGuo,DaltonStateCollege

EricSpears GeorgiaCollege CooperationonStudyAbroad,AsianStudiesCertificatesandTeachingAsiaFacultyWorkshopsinTheUniversitySystemofGeorgia

EricKendrick PerimeterCollege/GeorgiaStateUniversity

Same

BaogangGuo DaltonStateCollege Same

Panel32-BroadwayFour-SustainingAsianStudies.

Chair:MarthaBailey,PortlandCommunityCollege

MarthaBailey PortlandCommunityCollege SustaininganAsianStudiesProgramwithContingentFacultyLeadership

SylviaGray PortlandCommunityCollege Same

Hsiao-YunShotwell PortlandCommunityCollege Same

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AdditionalInformationabouttheConferenceSponsorsTheEast-WestCenterpromotesbetterrelationsandunderstandingamongthepeopleandnationsoftheUnitedStates,Asia,andthePacificthroughcooperativestudy,research,anddialogue.EstablishedbytheU.S.Congressin1960,theCenterservesasaresourceforinformationandanalysisoncriticalissuesofcommonconcern,bringingpeopletogethertoexchangeviews,buildexpertise,anddeveloppolicyoptions.TheCenterisanindependent,public,nonprofitorganizationwithfundingfromtheU.S.government,andadditionalsupportprovidedbyprivateagencies,individuals,foundations,corporations,andgovernmentsintheregion.OvermorethanfiftyyearsofservingasaU.S.-basedinstitutionforpublicdiplomacyintheAsiaPacificregionwithinternationalgovernance,staffing,students,andparticipants,theCenterhasbuiltaworldwidenetworkof62,000alumniandmorethan1,100partnerorganizations.

TheAsianStudiesDevelopmentProgram(ASDP)waslaunchedin1991toenhanceteachingaboutAsiaatAmericantwo-yearandfour-yearcollegesanduniversitiesattheundergraduatelevel.Inrecentyears,ASDPhasalsoincludedAsianfacultyinselectedprograms.Sinceitsinception,morethan1,500professorsfromtheU.S.andAsiahaveparticipatedinASDPprograms.

AjointprogramoftheEast-WestCenterandtheUniversityofHawai‘i,ASDPoffersavarietyofcontent-focusedfacultyandinstitutionaldevelopmentprogramsandactivitiescenteredaroundsummerresidentialinstitutes,fieldseminarsinAsia,workshopsontheU.S.mainland,andanannualacademicconference.

TheAssociationofRegionalCentersforAsianStudies(ARCAS)iscomposedofthe19regionalcentersofASDP.ARCASisanon-profitorganizationaffiliatedwithASDPandworkscloselywithASDPinsuchinitiativesasthedevelopmentoffacultydevelopmentworkshopsandASDP'sannualconferences.TheAssociationofRegionalCentersforAsianStudiesiscommittedtopromotingthestudyofAsiaandAsianculturesinundergraduateprogramsatcollegesanduniversitiesthroughouttheUnitedStates.ThemissionofthisAssociationistoprovidehighqualityprogramsforfaculty,administrators,staff,andstudentsatmemberinstitutionsandotherinstitutionsservedbytheregionalcenters.Thepurposeoftheseprogramsistoenhanceteaching,learning,andresearchinAsianstudies.PortlandCommunityCollege(PCC)isthelargestpost-secondaryinstitutioninOregon:PCCservesnearly90,000full-timeandpart-timestudents.PCChasfourcomprehensivecampuses,eightcentersanddozensofindependentlocationsthroughoutthecommunitythatoffercoursesandprovidestudentservices.PCCfillsauniquerole,onethatoffershighqualityeducationandopportunitiesforstudents,whichinturncontributestothevibrancyofPortland'seconomiccommunity.SpecialThanksgototheAsianStudiesCommitteeandInternationalizationInitiativesCommitteeofPortlandCommunityCollegewhoorganizedandsponsoredtheconferenceeventsinPortland;toPeterHershockandthestaffatASDPfortheirhelpinorganizingtheconference;toGeorgeP.Brown(SlipperyRockUniversityofPA)andKathleenDossfororganizingtheConferenceProgramandschedule;andtoDenysePeterson(PortlandCommunityCollege)forherthoughtfulfinishingtouch!

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ConferencePresenters

Antkiewicz Henry Professor,DepartmentofHistory EastTennesseeStateUniversity

ANTKIEWH@mail.etsu.edu

Arjo Dennis Chair,Dept.ofPhilosphyandReligion,ProfessorofPhilosphy

JohnsonCountyCommunityCollege darjo@jccc.edu

Aylward Orrin Student PortlandCommunityCollege

Aziz Sartaz Lecturer,DepartmentofEnglish CaliforniaStateUniversity-EastBay

Sartaz.aziz@csueastbay.edu

Baba Eiho DepartmentofPhilosophy FurmanUniversity Eiho.baba@furman.edu

Bailey MarthaInstructorofPhilosophyandReligion,ChairAsianStudiesCommittee

PortlandCommunityCollege mbailey@pcc.edu

Basye Cynthia EducationManager OregonNikkeiEndowment

cynthia@oregonnikkei.org

Bateman Barbara AssociateProfessorofFrench PerimeterCollegeofGeorgiaStateUniversity bbateman@gsu.edu

Beauchamp FayProfessorofEnglish&DirectorofCenterforInternationalUnderstanding

CommunityCollegeofPhiladelphia

Fay.beauchamp@gmail.com

Safford LisaB. ProfessorofArtHistoryandArtDepartmentChair HiramCollege SaffordLB@hiram.edu

Bounds Fred ProfessorofEconomicsandBusiness

PerimeterCollege-GeorgiaStateUniversity fbounds@gsu.edu

Bowen John ProfessorofGeography CentralWashingtonUniversity John.bowen@cwu.edu

Brasovan Nicholas Professor,Dept.ofPhilosophyandReligion

CentralArkansasUniversity nbrasovan@uca.edu

Brown George Professor,DepartmentofPoliticalScience,Director,HonorsProgram SlipperyRockUniversity george.brown@

sru.edu

Buckley Setsuko InstructorofJapaneseLanguage WhatcomCommunityCollege

sbuckley@whatcom.ctc.edu

Butler Lawrence AssociateProfessorofArtHistory GeorgeMasonUniversity lbutler@gmu.edu

Cady Dona DeanofGlobalEducation MiddlesexCommunityCollege

cadyd@middlesex.mass.edu

Carr Nancy ManagementandMarketingDepartment

CommunityCollegeofPhiladelphia nancynanako@aol.com

Chin Hue-ping ProfessorandChairofHistory,PhilosophyandReligion DruryUniversity hchin@drury.edu

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Corum Ben Student PortlandCommunityCollege

Crockett Clayton Professor,Dept.ofPhilosophyandReligion

CentralArkansasUniversity claytonc@uca.edu

Danico MaryYu

AssociateDeanoftheCollegeofEnvironmentalDesign;DirectorofAsianAmericaTransnationalResearchInitiative;Professor

CalPolyPomona mkydanico@cpp.edu

Deitrick James AssociateProfessorofPhilosophyandReligion

UniversityofCentralArkansas deitrick@uca.edu

Dippmann Jeffrey DepartmentofPhilosophyandReligiousStudies

CentralWashingtonUniversity

Jeffrey.dippmann@cwu.edu

Duncan Taine AssociateProfessorofPhilosophy UniversityofCentralArkansas tduncan@uca.edu

Dunscomb Paul ProfessorandChair,DepartmentofHistory

UniversityofAlaskaAnchorage

pedunscomb@alaska.edu

Eng Robert ProfessorofHistory UniversityoftheRedlands yingmi@gmail.com

EunAhn Chong AssistantProfessor,DepartmentofHistory

CentralWashingtonUniversity Chong.ahn@cwu.edu

Fajilan Ann AssociateProfessor,DepartmentofTheatreandDance

CaliforniaStateUniversity-EastBay

Ann.fajilan@csueastbay.edu

Farrell Martin ProfessorofPoliticsandGovernment RiponCollege farrellm@ripon.edu

Frey Anne EducationAbroadDistrictManager

PortlandCommunityCollege Anne.frey@pcc.edu

Gale Dawn Professor,Dept.ofPhilosophyandReligion

JohnsonCountyCommunityCollege dgale@jccc.edu

Gamache Kerrianne AssistantProfessor MiddlesexCommunityCollege

GAMACHEK@middlesex.mass.edu

Ghosh Koushik ProfessorofEconomics CentralWashingtonUniversity

Koushik.ghosh@cwu.edu

Giordano Pete ProfessorofPsychology BelmontUniversity Pete.giordano@belmont.edu

Gray Sylvia ProfessorofHistory PortlandCommunityCollege sgray@pcc.edu

Guo Baogang Director,CenterforInternationalEducation DaltonStateCollege bguo@daltonstate.edu

Hayes Tiff InternationalEducation PortlandCommunityCollege Tiff.hayes@pcc.edu

HoffmanLunderberg Marla AssociateProfessorofEnglish HopeCollege Lunderberg@hope.edu

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Hogan Gerard ProfessorandLibrarian CentralWashingtonUniversity

Gerard.Hogan@cwu.edu

Hoke-Geller Shiori Lecturer,DepartmentofModernLanguagesandLiterature

CaliforniaStateUniversity-EastBay

Shiori.Hoke@csueastbay.edu

Hull Bryan ProfessorofEnglish PortlandCommunityCollege bhull@pcc.edu

Justus Tracie AssociateProfessor,Dept.ofESL&WorldLanguages

PerimeterCollege,GeorgiaStateUniversity tjustus@gsu.edu

Kamoshita Tee JapaneseLanguageFaculty PortlandCommunityCollege

Tee.kamoshita@pcc.edu

KawachiHannon Rie Lecturer,DepartmentofModern

LanguagesandLiteratureCaliforniaStateUniversity-EastBay

Rie.Hannon@csueastbay.edu

Kendrick Eric AssociateDepartmentChair,WorldLanguages&ESL

PerimeterCollege-GeorgiaStateUniversity ekendrick@gsu.edu

Kinkley JeffreyCourtesyProfessorofHistoryandCourtesyProfessorofWorldLanguagesandLiteratures

PortlandStateUniversity

jeffreykinkley@gmail.com

Kitagawa RoseAnnChiefCuratorofCollections&AsianArtandDirectorofAcademicPrograms

UniversityofOregon ark@uoregon.edu

Kradinova Lara AssociateProfessorofEnglish MiddlesexCommunityCollege

KRADINOVAL@middlesex.mass.edu

Krasemann Keith ProfessorofPhilosophyandReligiousStudies CollegeofDuPage kraseman@cod.edu

Lan Haixia ProfessorofEnglish UniversityofWisconsin-LaCrosse hlan@uwlax.edu

Lass Barbara Instructor,Dept.ofBehavioralSciences

CityCollegeofSanFrancisco Barbara.lass@att.net

Laumakis StephenProfessorofPhilosophyandDirector,AquinasScholarsHonorsProgram

UniversityofSt.Thomas SJLaumakis@stthomas.edu

Launius Michael DepartmentofPoliticalScience CentralWashingtonUniversity

Michael.launius@cwu.edu

Le Danvy AssistantProfessor,DepartmentofPoliticalScience

CaliforniaStateUniversity-EastBay

Danvy.le@csueastbay.edu

Lemmon Caitlyn Student PortlandCommunityCollege

Li QingJun AssistantProfessorofAsianStudiesandChineseLanguage BelmontUniversity Qingjun.li@

belmont.edu

Lin JennyAssistantProfessor&DirectorofGraduateStudies,HistoryofArtandArchitecture

UniversityofOregon jennylin@uoregon.edu

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Littlejohn Ronnie

ProfessorofPhilosophy&DirectorofAsianStudies,ConcurrentProfessorinForeignLanguages,ZengzhouUniveristy(PRC)

BelmontUniversity Ronnie.littlejohn@belmont.edu

Liu Yuanxia ChineseLanguageLecturer CentralWashingtonUniversity Yuanxia.Liu@cwu.edu

Lowe William AssociateProfessor,CoordinatorofAsianStudies HowardCollege WLowe@

howardcc.edu

Lu Huitzu Professor,DepartmentofModernLanguagesandLiterature

CaliforniaStateUniversity-EastBay

Huitzu.Lu@csueastbay.edu

Ludtke Melissa IndependentProducer/Writer Melissa.Ludtke@gmail.com

Madden Liam AssociateProfessorofEnglishandHumanities

PerimeterCollege-GeorgiaStateUniversity wmadden@gsu.edu

Marchman Kendall AssistantProfessorofReligiousStudies YoungHarrisCollege krmarchman@yhc.edu

Marone Matt AssociateProfessorofPhysics MercerUniversity MARONE_MJ@mercer.edu

McNichol Terri SeniorAssociateAdjunctProfessor

MercerCountyCommunityCollege mcnichot@mccc.edu

Nakamura-Koyama Weston GraduateStudent,SchoolofLaw UniversityofOregon Weston5@pdx.edu

Nelson Joshua ProfessorofJapanese CentralWashingtonUniversity

joshua.nelson@cwu.edu

Olson Raymond Alumnus,ASDP brolson@pacifier.com

Overton Joseph ProfessorandDirector,HondaInternationalCenter

KapiolaniCommunityCollege overton@hawaii.edu

Payton Dorothy InstructorofArchitecture PortlandCommunityCollege

Dorothy.payton15@pcc.edu

Penuel Suzanne AssociateProfessorofEnglish UniversityofSouthCarolina-Lancaster

suzannepenuel@gmail.com

Pitts Larissa GraduateStudent,DepartmentofHistory

UniversityofCalifornia-Berkeley

Larissa.jesanis@berkeley.edu

Purcell Katharine EnglishInstructor&DirectoroftheInternationalEducationOffice

TridentTechnicalCollege

Katharine.Purcell@tridenttech.edu

Ramanujam Usha InstructorandDepartmentChairofBusinessAdministration

PortlandCommunityCollege-RockCreekCampus

Usha.ramanujam@pcc.edu

Rancourt Leeza Student PortlandCommunityCollege

Rodell Paul Professor,DepartmentofHistory GeorgiaSouthernUniversity

rodell@georgiasouthern.edu

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Rogers A.Paige ProfessorofEnglish TheCommunityCollegeofBaltimoreCounty

progers@ccbcmd.edu

Ruane Matthew SchoolofArtsandCommunications

FloridaInstituteofTechnology mruane@fit.edu

Schneider-Rebozo Lissa ProfessorandDirectorof

UndergraduateResearchUniversityofWisconsinRiverFalls

Elizabeth.schneider-rebozo@uwrf.edu

Schumann June FoundingExecutiveDirector OregonNikkeiEndowment

jaschumann@earthlink.net

Seaman Kristen HA&AM UniversityofOregon kseaman@uoregon.edu

Seguin Alaina StudentpresentingwthL.Safford HiramCollege

Seitz Timothy InstructorofPhilosophy McHenryCountyCollege TSEITZ@mchenry.edu

Sheetz-Nguyen Jessica ProfessorofHistory UniversityofCentral

Oklahomajsheetznguyen@uco.edu

Smith Kim InstructorofSociology PortlandCommunityCollege kdsmith@pcc.edu

Smith Zacchary AssociateProfessorofHistory UniversityofCentralArkansas zsmith@uca.edu

GSpears Eric AssistantVicePresident,InternationalEducation GeorgiaCollege Eric.spears@gcsu.edu

Stout David DivisionDeanofWorldLanguages PortlandCommunityCollege dstout@pcc.edu

VivanaCastruita Laura GraduateStudent TheUniversityofTexas

atElPasolvcastruita@miners.utep.edu

Walley Akiko MaudeI.KernsAssociateProfessorofJapaneseArt UniversityofOregon akikowalley@

gmail.com

Williams DeborahProfessorandChair,EnvironmentalScienceDepartment

JohnsonCountyCommunityCollege Dwilli63@jccc.edu

Wong Albert ProfessorofArt TheUniversityofTexasatElPaso awong@utep.edu

Wu Meiling Professor&Chair,ModernLanguages&Literature

CaliforniaStateUniversity-EastBay

Meiling.wu@csueastbay.edu

Wu Ching-Hsuan AcademicDirector WesternKentucky

UniversityChing-hsuan.wu@wku.edu

Wu Tongyu GraduateStudent,DepartmentofSociology UniversityofOregon tongyuw@

uoregon.edu

Yamaguchi Takako JapaneseLanguageProgramChairPortlandCommunityCollege-SylvaniaCampus

tyamaguc@pcc.edu

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Yong JooLee AssociateProfessor,Dept.ofESL&WorldLanguages

CentralWashingtonUniversity Yongjoo.lee@cwu.edu

Yoon Bang-Soo Professor,DepartmentofPoliticalScience

CentralWashingtonUniversity

Bang-Soon.Yoon@cwu.edu

Yount Donna JapaneseLanguageFaculty PortlandCommunityCollege Donna.yount@pcc.edu

Zhang XiaAdjunctAssistantProfessorCollegeofUrbanandPublicAffairs&DepartmentofAnthropology

PortlandStateUniversity xzhang@pdx.edu

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