Members

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President (AY2021 - present)

Mikiko Nishimura, Professor of Education, ICU 👉

GRN, Inaugural Steering Committee members (AY2015 – present):

Insung Jung, Professor of Education 👉 (GRN Founder; 1st President: 2015-2020)

International Christian University (Japan)　

Mikiko Nishimura, Professor of Education 👉

International Christian University (Japan)

Kuk-Woon Lee, Professor of Faculty of Law 👉

Handong Global University (S. Korea)

Rui Yang, Professor of Faculty of Education 👉

University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, SAR)

Khoo Hoon Eng, Associate Professor and Director of Special Projects 👉

Yale-NUS College (Singapore)

Andreas Matthias, Senior lecturer of Philosophy Department　👉

Lingnan University (Hong Kong, SAR)

Jisun Kim, Associate Professor of College of Liberal Arts 👉

Ewha Womans University (S. Korea)

New members (2016. Feb. - present)

Bret Kloos, Professor of Psychology 👉

University of S. Carolina, USA

Bruce Batten, Professor and Dean of Graduate Studies 👉

J.F. Oberlin University, Japan

Deirdre Klein Bog, Independent Consultant (former Amsterdam University College) 👉

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Hari Kumar, Director of Instructional & Curricular Design Services 👉

Amherst College, USA

Hyejeong Kim, Professor of Clinical Psychology 👉

Handong Global University, S. Korea

Jill S. Grigsby, Richard Steele Professor of Behavioral Sciences and Professor of Sociology 👉

Pomona College, USA

Miki Sugimura, Professor of Department of Education 👉

Sophia University, Japan

Phil Bennett, Instructor of Comparative Culture 👉

Miyazaki International College, Japan

Sanae Eda, Associate Professor and Director of the School in Japan 👉

Middlebury College, USA

Trent Maxey, Associate Professor, Departments of History and Asian Languages & Civilizations 👉

Amherst College, USA

Yuko Iwata, Professor and Director of English for Liberal Arts Program 👉

International Christian University, Japan

Yu Niiya, Professor of Global and Interdisciplinary Studies 👉

Hosei University, Japan

Marco de Waard, Lecturer in English and Comparative Literature 👉

University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Andrea Phillott, Professor 👉

Asian University for Women, Bangladesh.

Adrienne Major, Academic Dean 👉

Landmark College, USA.

Reiko Yamada, Professor 👉

Doshiba University, Japan.

Kyong Mee Chung, Associate Professor 👉

Yonsei University, S. Korea

GRN has been managed and promoted through the GRN Steering Committee with the support of the Institute of Education Research and Service (IERS) at the International Christian University (ICU), Japan. This Steering Committee defines the joint research and development projects, and oversee the implementation of those projects.

Members of the GRN include researchers, educators, and policy makers who are interested in liberal arts education. The Steering Committee is responsible for the addition or removal of members.