MID-ATLANTIC REGION
ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN STUDIES

DIRECTORY 2007-2008

Note:
Email addresses have had a space inserted before and after the @ symbol to avoid spam.

 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

 

PRESIDENT:

Diditi Mitra                                           Department of Sociology
Brookdale Community College
765 Newman Springs Road
Lincroft, NJ 07738
732-224-2537 (WRK)
732-224-2182 (FAX)
dmitra @ brookdalecc.edu

 

VICE PRESIDENT:

Marlene J. Mayo                                    History Department
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
301-864-8303 (WRK)
mmayo @ umd.edu

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY:

Diane Freedman                                     Department of Social Sciences W2-40
Community College of Philadelphia
1700 Spring Garden
Philadelphia PA 19130
215-751-8547 (WRK)
dfreedman @ ccp.edu

TREASURER:

Shawn Bender (2008)                             East Asian Studies

Japan                                                   Dickinson College
Stern Center
Carlisle, PA 17013
717-245-1817 (WRK)
benders @ dickinson.edu

Acting Treasurer:

Minglang Zhou                                       Dickinson College
East Asian Studies
Carlisle, PA 17013-2896
717 245-1564 (WRK)
717-245-1025 (FAX)
zhoum @ dickinson.edu

 

SECRETARY:

Amy Laslow                                          Dover Air Force Base Middle School
3100 Hawthorne Drive
Dover, Delaware 19901
302-674-3284 ext. 179
302-730-4283 (FAX)
amy.laslow @ cr.k12.de.us

 

 

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT:

Shigeru Osuka                                       Department of Asian Studies
Seton Hall University
400 South Orange Ave.
South Orange, NJ 07079
973-275-2712 (WRK)
973-761-9596 (FAX)
osukashi @ shu.edu

 

COUNCIL ON CONFERENCES REPRESENTATIVE:

Linda H. Chance (2009)                           East Asian Languages and Civilizations
852 Williams Hall
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA  19104
215-898-6334 (WRK)
lchance @ sas.upenn.edu

 

At-Large Member:

Siddharth Chandra (2008)                        Director, Asian Studies Center
4112 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA15260
412-648-7372 (WRK)
Schandra @ ucis.pitt.edu

 

Anna Lindberg (2008)                             Department of History
Penn State University
Altoona Campus
129-I Smith Building
Altoona, PA 16601

                                                           814-949-5176 (WRK)
Alindberg @ psu.edu

 

ADVISORY COUNCIL

 

                                                                       

Cecilia Chien (2008)                               Department of History

China                                                   West Chester University
500 Main Hall
West Chester, Pennsylvania 19383
610-436-2995 (WRK)
cchien @ wcupa.edu

 

 

Masako Nakagawa (2008)                       Institute for Global Interdisciplinary Studies

Japan                                                  Villanova University
St Augustine Ctr Liberal Arts Rm 334
Classical & Modern Languages &
800 Lancaster Avenue
Villanova, PA 19085

610-519-6953 (WRK)
masako.nakagawa @ villanova.edu

 

James Orr (2008)                                 Department of East Asian Studies

East Asia                                               12 A Marts Hall
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA 17837
570-577-3388 (WRK)
Jamesorr @ bucknell.edu

 

Paula Alexander Becker (2008)                  Department of Management

Business                                                Seton Hall University
400 South Orange Avenue
South Orange, NJ 07079
973-761-9798 (WRK)
Alexanpa @ shu.edu

Eleanor Kerkham(2009)                           Asian and East European Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
301-405-2855 (WRK)
301-314-9752 (FAX)
ekerkham @ umd.edu

 

COMMITTEES

 

BOOK EXHIBIT AND ADVERTISING COMMITTEE:

Dorothy J. Perkins, Chair                          Independent Scholar
610-461-6200 (WRK)
Dorothyjperkins @ hotmail.com

 

ANNUAL CONFERENCE:

Young-mee Yu Cho                              Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
330 Scott Hall, College Ave Campus
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ 08540-1164
youngmeeyucho @ gmail.com

  

MEMBERSHIP SERVICES COMMITTEE: 

David Prejsnar, Chair                              Department of History

                                                           Community College of Philadelphia
1700 Spring Garden Street
Philadelphia, PA 19130
215-751-8644 (WRK)
215-972-6304 (FAX)
dprejsnar @ ccp.edu

 

NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE:                                 

Joanne Birdwhistell (2008)                       The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
Jdbirdwhistell @ yahoo.com

                                                                        

Linda H. Chance (2009)                          as above

 

Shigeru Osuka (2010)                            as above

 

(PRE-COLLEGIATE) OUTREACH COMMITTEE:

Jon Zeljo, Chair                                    Chair, History Department

(Washington DC)                                    Director, Chinese Studies Program

                                                          Sidwell Friends School

                                                          3825 Wisconsin Avenue, NW

                                                          Washington DC 20016

                                                          202-537-8181 (WRK)

                                                          zeljoj @ sidwell.edu         

 

Marc A. Laslow, Member                         Caesar Rodney High School

(Delaware)                                            239 Old North Road
Camden, DE19934
302-697-1321 (WRK)
marc.laslow @ cr.k12.de.us

 

Catherine Fisco, Member (New Jersey)       Cranford High School
201 West End Place
Cranford, NJ 07016
(908)709-6272 (WRK)
fiscocat @ cranfordschools.org

 

Marie Wanek Prize:

Charles Springer, Chair                          Department of Social Sciences
The Community College of Baltimore County Essex
7201 Rossville Boulevard
Baltimore, MD  21237
caspringer @ comcast.net

 

PROGRAM COMMITTEE:                                             

Masako Nakagawa, Chair                        as above

                                                                                                 

PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE:

Frank L. Chance, Chair                          http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/maraas
Center for East Asian Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104 -6305
215-573-4203 (WRK)
215-573-2651 (FAX)
chancefl @ sas.upenn.edu

 

COMMUNITY OUTREACH COMMITTEE:             

Diditi Mitra, Chair                                  as above

                                                                        

ASIA NEWSLETTER EDITOR:                                  

Amy Laslow, Chair                                as above