Japan Study Colleges

St. Olaf College
Northfield, Minnesota

Faculty
Rika Ito - Japanese language and Linguistics
Phyllis Larson - Japanese language and Literature
Tomoko Hoogenboom - Japanese Language and Linguistics
Marnie Jorenby - Japanese Language and Literature

Richard Bodman - Chinese Language and Literature
Shannon Cannella - Chinese Language and Literature
Steven Day - Chinese Language and Literature
Luying Chen- Chinese language and literatuare
Pin Wan - Chinese language and literature

Karil Kucera - Art History

Bruce Dalgaard - Economics

Robert Entenmann - History

Kris MacPherson - Library

Katherine Tegtmeyer-Pak - Political Science

Barbara Reed - Religion

Tom Williamson - Sociology/Anthropology

Other associated faculty

Resources
Art
The art collection has some Chinese and Japanese art (e.g. an original painting by Qi Baishi). The archives have some materials dealing with the
Lutheran mission in China.

Asian Takeout -- an on-line multi-media database created to serve everyone at St. Olaf College. This will be part of a larger project, IDEAS (Image Database to Enhance Asian Studies), a collaborative on-line resource funded my NITLE.

Library
East Asian Library Initiative with Macalester (funded by Freeman Foundation)

Significant collection of books in Chinese and Japanese, left
to the college by Howard Wechsler, a historian of Tang China.

Books in Japanese from the collection of Jim O'Brien, professor emeritus, University of Wisconsin, Madison.

East Asian Educational/Other Institutional Relationships
Japan
Ferris University, Yokohama, Japan
Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
Nagasaki University of Foreign Studies, Nagasaki, Japan
Waseda University through Japan Study

China
East China Normal University, Shanghai, China

Korea
Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

Thailand
Chiang Mai University, Thailand

Majors/Minors
Japanese Language: Concentration
Chinese Language: Concentration
East Asian Studies: Major and Concentration

Professional Development
The college has received a generous grant from the Freeman Foundation
that supports faculty development for both Asian specialists and
non-specialists wanting to develop courses on Asia.

Freeman Foundation grant that supports faculty development for both Asian specialists and non-specialists wanting to develop courses on Asia.
ASIANetwork Freeman Foundation grants to several faculty for mentoring students for summer research.

College's faculty development program that supports (on a competitive basis) summer research and curriculum development.

W Luce Grant to support an Asian art historian and programming in Asian Studies