Inter-University Center is governed by an Inter-University Committee of scholars representing 16 universities with strong, established graduate programs in Japanese studies. The Committee's chairmanship rotates among Committee members; its Executive Director is Steven Carter, Professor of Asian Languages, Stanford University. The Stanford Institute for International Studies at Stanford University handles the committee's administrative affairs.
The Inter-University Committee meets annually to act on policy questions, appoint or reappoint the director, review the annual budget, and consider other questions of importance to the proper functioning of the Center.
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Committee for 2007-08: |
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| Haruo Shirane | Columbia University |
| Robert Sukle | Cornell University |
| Wesley Jacobsen | Harvard University |
| Edith Sarra | Indiana University |
| Mari Noda | Ohio State University |
| Seiichi Makino | Princeton University |
| Steven D. Carter | Stanford University (Executive Director) |
| Yoko Hasegawa | University of California, Berkeley |
| Fred Notehelfer | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Seiji Lippit | University of California, Los Angeles |
| James Ketelaar | University of Chicago |
| Lucy Lower | University of Hawaii |
| Nancy Abelmann | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| David Goodman | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Ken Ito | University of Michigan |
| Joan Piggott | University of Southern California |
| Marie Anchordoguy | University of Washington |
| Edward Kamens | Yale University |
The Center Director is Kenneth D. Butler, Ph.D. The staff includes nine full-time, experienced Japanese teachers who have prepared its teaching materials and developed innovative methods of language instruction, and several part-time instructors. Three administrative office staff members handle practical affairs.
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Center Staff
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| Director: | Kenneth D. Butler |
| Teaching Staff: | Soichi Aoki (Associate Director), Tomotaro Akizawa, Tamaki Kono, Kiyomi Kushida, Takashi Matsumoto (Program Coordinator), Makiko Ohashi, Hiroko Otake (Instructional Coordinator), Ari Sato, Tsukasa Sato |
| Office Staff: | Mieko Furuoya (Financial and Administrative Manager) Junko Tanaka (Administrative Officer) Chieko Yoshida (Student Coordinator) |
Inter-University Center meets its operational costs from attendance fees paid by students participating in its program, contributions from the participating consortium universities, and from grants provided by the United States Department of Education Group Projects Abroad, the Japan Foundation, and the Japan-United States Friendship Commission. The Yokohama municipal government generously provides space, services and other support.
Student fellowship funds are provided by the College Women's Association of Japan (CWAJ), the Shoyu Club, the Tokyo Club, the America-Japan Society (AJS), the UFJ Foundation, the Sato Foundation, the Cressant Foundation, the Hirko Araki Fowler Scholarship, the Itoh Foundation, the United States Department of Education Group Projects Abroad and by the universities represented on the Inter-University Committee.