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Years at Knox: 1999 to present
Education
Ph.D., Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, 2000, Indiana University.
M.Ed., Educational Foundations, 1993, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
M.A., Asian Theatre, 1982, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
B.Ed., 1978, Tokyo University of Education.
Teaching Interests
Japanese language and culture. Comparative and international education.
Honors/Grants
Philip Green Wright-Lombard College Prize for Distinguished Teaching, 2002.
ITOH Scholarship Foundation Grant for Japanese Studies, 1999-2000.
Publications
"Countering Hegemony through Educational Assistance: The Role of U.S. Faculty." Rethinking Hegemony, Edited by Thomas Clayton. James Nicholas Publishers, 2006.
"Adult Education in the Twenty-First Century: The Evolving Discourse." World Trends and Issues in Adult Education, 1988.
Presentations
"Master Teachers and the Development of World-Class Talent in Different Domains: A Comparative Study." (with R. Arnove) Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, 2009.
"Challenges and Hopes: Japanese Language Programs at Small Colleges." Annual ACTFL Convention, 2008.
"Japanese Living Treasures in the Arts: A Comparative Study." (with R. Arnove) Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, 2008.
"Educational Assistance and Endogenous Development in Africa: Internationalization of a Midwestern Land-Grant University's School of Agriculture." Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, 1999.
"Kosoku: School Rules and Regulations in Japan." Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, 1999.
Campus & Community Involvement
Actor, musician, and coordinator, The Road to Tokyo!, English Kabuki productions.
Panelist, "U.S.-Japan Exchange: Issues and Opportunities" at NAFSA.
Assistant Management Director, international conference, "Food Security and Governance in Africa, "Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research.
Member, Comparative and International Education Society, International Society for Systems Science.
Mark Konkol, a member of the Chicago Sun-Times team that won a 2011 Pulitzer Prize, converses about his work and offers tips to aspiring journalists about how to report and write high-quality news stories.
The National Endowment of the Arts' Big Read Blog interviews a Knox College student and faculty member who helped to create a unique audio archive that spotlights writers from across the United States.
"Horizons: A Celebration of Student Inquiry, Imagination, and Creativity" featured student research presentations in the humanities, sciences and social sciences on May 5, and student presentations in music in on May 8.
