Formal Education and Credentials

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Geography

Master of Science (M.S.) in Community Development

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in English Language and Literature with Honors

Certificate in the Financial Planning and Management of Nonprofit Organizations

Teaching Specializations

• Food and Agriculture
  
• Ethnographic and Qualitative Research Methods
• Hunger, Food and Agriculture in the Majority World
• Reflective Practice for Social Change
• International Development Practice and Theory
• Political Geography and Globalization
• Civic Engagement for Social Change
• Organizational Development and Leadership
• Program Development, Management and Evaluation
• Adult Education Theory and Practice

Research Interests

• Sustainable Agriculture and Alternative Food Systems

• Civil Society/Nongovernmental/Community Based Organizations
• Food Sovereignty Social Movements
• Philanthropy
• International Health
• Biotechnology and Food Security
• Service/Community Based Learning Program Development and Education
• Cross-Cultural Education

Academic/Teaching Appointments

Core Faculty
Antioch University, Seattle, Center for Creative Change, Environment and Community graduate program (Seattle, WA)

• Fall 2008 (scheduled), Environment and Community 665: The Political Ecology of Food and Eating
• Fall 2008 (scheduled), Center for Creative Change 692: Reflective Practicum 2: Capstone Change Project
• Summer 2008, Center for Creative Change 520: Critical Inquiry
  
• Spring 2008, Center for Creative Change 691: Reflective Practicum 2: Capstone Change Project (with Mark Hower)
• Winter 2008, Environment and Community 665: The Political Ecology of Food and Eating
• Winter 2008, Center for Creative Change 692: Reflective Practicum 2: Capstone Change Project (with Mark Hower)

Directed Studies

• Spring 2008, Center for Creative Change 599: Community Integrated Agriculture
• Spring 2008, Center for Creative Change 599: Political Ecology of Food and Eating
  

Visiting Faculty
Antioch University, Seattle, Center for Creative Change, Environment and Community graduate program (Seattle, WA)

• Fall 2007, Center for Creative Change 692: Reflective Practicum 2: Capstone Change Project (with Mark Hower)
• Fall 2007, Center for Creative Change 545: Systemic Thinking for a Changing World (with Betsy Geist)
• Summer 2007, Center for Creative Change 521: Methods in Collaborative Inquiry
• Spring 2007, Center for Creative Change 691: Reflective Practicum 1: American Cultural Patterns and 20th Century Social Movements (with Donald Comstock)
• Winter 2007, Center for Creative Change 520: Critical Inquiry (with Donald Comstock)
• Winter 2007, Center for Creative Change 691: Reflective Practicum 1: Group Dynamics and Organizational Change (with Donald Comstock)

• Fall 2006, Center for Creative Change 691: Reflective Practicum 1: Individual and Social Change (with Donald Comstock)

• Fall 2007, Center for Creative Change 599: Social Marketing
  
• Fall 2007, Center for Creative Change 599: Semiotics and Storytelling
  
• Fall 2007, Center for Creative Change 599: Thesis Preparation
  
• Summer 2007, Center for Creative Change 599: Foundations in Ombudsing
  
• Summer 2007, Center for Creative Change 599: Re-thinking the Supermarket
• Summer 2007, Center for Creative Change 599: Creating Attractive Incentives: The Offspring of Hollywood and the Environment
• Summer 2007, BA Completion 399: Globalization and Economics
  
• Spring 2007, Center for Creative Change 599: Civil Society and Sustainable Development
• Spring 2007, Center for Creative Change 599: Formal Consensus Decision Making
• Winter 2007, Center for Creative Change 599: Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development in the Global South
• Winter 2007, Center for Creative Change 599: Field Studies in Rural Economic Development in India

• Fall 2006, Center for Creative Change 599: Comparative Perspectives on Sustainable Development in the Global South

Lecturer
University of Washington, Comparative History of Ideas program (Seattle, WA)
March 2007 to present

• Fall 2007, Comparative History of Ideas 499: Critical Development and Community Consciousness for Social Change
  
• Summer 2007, Health Services 504: Health Communication (Distance Learning Specialist)
• Spring 2007, Comparative History of Ideas 498: Bringing it Home: Integration of International Experiences
• Spring 2007, General Studies 350: Directed Studies in Community-Based Fieldwork

• International Development and Social Change
• Alternative Agro-Food Systems and Networks
• Program Evaluation
• Qualitative Research Design
• Civil Society and Nongovernmental Organizations

• Spring 2004, General Studies 350: Directed Studies in Community-Based Fieldwork
• Fall 2003, Geography 499B: Special Studies in Community Based Learning
• Fall 2003, Health Services 560: Application of Learning Theory to Health Education (online course development)
• Fall 2003, Health Services 504: Health Communication (online course development
• Summer 2003, Geography 499B: Special Studies in Community Based Learning
• Spring 2003, Geography 495B: Critical Engagements with Service and Community: Working in Civil Society
• Spring 2003, General Studies 350: Directed Studies in Community-Based Fieldwork

Invited Lectures and Panels

• May 2008, HSERV 590, Nutrition in Developing Countries, “Agriculture and World Hunger”
• April 2008, Antioch University Seattle, Global Issues and Perspectives series, "Grass-Roots Development in the Majority World: A Roundtable Discussion with the iLEAP International Fellows"
  
• November 2007, Antioch University Seattle, Academic Forum, "What Does Reflection do for Social Justice and Social Change?” (with Dr. Donald Comstock)
  
• November 2007, Antioch University Seattle, “Funding Your Graduate Education”
• October 2007, Antioch University Seattle, Global Issues and Perspectives series, "Re-thinking Global Citizenship: Transformative Learning and Social Justice"
• May 2007, HSERV 590, Nutrition in Developing Countries, “Agriculture and World Hunger”
• April 2007, Antioch University Seattle, “Funding Your Graduate Education”
• January 2007, University of Washington Career Discovery Week, “Careers in Global Health”
• January 2007, University of Washington, Department of Geography, “A Quality Alternative? Quality Conventions, Alternative Food and the Politics of Soybeans in Japan”
• November 2006, Center for Creative Change, Environment and Community Caucus, “Food, Farming and (re)creating Community”
• October 2006, UCONJ 501, International Health, “Hunger, Food and Agriculture in the Developing World”
• August 2004, 25th Kikuchi Youjouen Summer Seminar, “Agriculture, Food and Education in the 21st Century”
• July 2004, Keisen University, “Organic Food and Agriculture in the United States”
• March 2004, Kokugakuin University, “A Background and Introduction to my Research”
• February 2003. Huckabay Fellowship Information Session, "Panel Discussion: Huckabay Fellow's Perspective.
• January 2003. Geography 599, Geography Colloquium, "Panel Discussion: Graduate Student Funding"
• October 2001. Vashon Island Growers Association (VIGA), "Results of Vashon Island Community Survey on Food and Farming Preferences" (with Dr. Lucy Jarosz)
• July 2001. Faculty and teachers from Fukushima University, Fukushima, Japan, "An Overview of Washington State Food and Agriculture"
• March 2001. Geography 371, Asian Sustainable Development, “Food Security and Food Safety in Japan”
• March 2000. Community Development 440, Professional Methods in Community Development, “Learning from the Park Village Farm Project”
• November 1999. University of California at Davis, public forum with Luke Anderson, "In Search of Technological Responsibility: Genetic Engineering and the Food System"
• November 1999. International Agricultural Development 197, Community Food Systems, "Small Scale Farming and Community Development"
• May 1999. Community Development 297, Community Development speaker series, “Mending Way and Community Food Systems”

Conference Presentations

• April 2008, "Preparing Students for Community Engagement: Aligning Pedagogy with Practice" a workshop at the Continuums of Service conference in Portland, Oregon (w/Dr. Donald Comstock).
  
• October 2007, “Social Reflection for Social Change: Preparing Adult Learners to be Change Leaders” a workshop at the Adult Higher Education Alliance annual conference in Dayton, Ohio (w/Dr. Donald Comstock).
• April 2007, “In Daizu we Trust: Alternative Food and the Soybean Field Trust Movement in Japan” at the Association of American Geographers meeting in San Francisco, California.
• December 1999, "Farming and Communities of Color" at the Small Farm Conference in Berkeley, California.
• March 1992, “Resonating Voices in Silence: Asian American Literature as an Interpretation of History” at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
• August 1991, “Resonating Voices in Silence: Asian American Literature as an Interpretation of History” at the Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of Michigan Graduate School.

Academic Service

• 2006-present, Member, Antioch University Seattle, Internal Review Board (IRB)
  
• 2007, Advisory Board Member, University of Washington, Global Health Resource Center
• 2002-present, Member, University of Washington Service learning Working Group, Edward E. Carlson Leadership and Public Service Center
• 2001-2002, President, Geography Graduate Student Association (GGSA)
• March 2001, Co-organized forum with Dr. Vandana Shiva, "Globalization, Governance and Graduate Students: Navigating Theory and Practice."

Academic Advising

• 2007-present, University of Washington, School of Public Health and Community Medicine: one (1) Masters student
• 2006-present, Antioch University, Center for Creative Change, Environment and Community program: thirteen (13) Masters students.

Works in Progress

• “Bringing it Home: Civic Engagement and the Integration of International Experiences for University Students” for journal publication
• “Soybeans and the Re-militarization of Post-War Japan: A Political Economic History”, paper for journal publication
• “In Daizu we Trust: Alternative Food and the Soybean Field Trust Movement in Japan”, for journal publication
  

Professional Affiliations

• Association of American Geographers
• Community Development Society
• Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society
• Anthropology of Japan in Japan

Academic Honors and Awards

• 2008, President's Award for Community Service, Antioch University Seattle
• 2008, Distinguished Scholarly Achievement, Antioch University Seattle
  
• 2007, Adult Higher Education Alliance (AHEA) Diversity Scholarship
  
• 2007, University of Washington Graduate and Professional Student Senate, Travel Award
• 2006, Department of Geography, Travel Award
• 2005, University of Washington, Graduate School Medal, Finalist
• 2004-2005, J. William Fulbright Full Grant for Dissertation Fieldwork in Japan, Institute of International Education and Japan-United States Education Commission (JUSEC)
• 2004, University of Washington Excellence in Teaching Award
• 2003, Institute on the Public Humanities Fellow, Connecting with the Community, Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities--declined
• 2003, Durward and Susan Huckabay Teaching Fellowship
• 2002-2003, Blakemore Freeman Fellowship for Advanced Asian Language Study, Blakemore Foundation--declined
• 2002-2003, Chiyoko and Thomas Shimazaki Scholarship, Japanese American Citizens League
• 2002-2003 Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS), International Studies center, Japanese language study at University of Washington
• 2002, Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS), East Asia Center, for Japanese language study at International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan
• 2001-2002, Henry and Chiyo Kuwahara Memorial Scholarship, Japanese American Citizens League
• 2000, University of California Grant
• 1999, Education Foundation of America Scholarship
• 1992, University of Michigan Graduate School, Travel Award
• 1991, University of Michigan Graduate School, Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP) Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Related Professional Experience

International Training and Education Center on HIV (I-TECH)
University of Washington, Department of Global Health
March 2007 to present

Executive Director and Co-Founder
iLEAP: The Center for Critical Service (Nishinasuno, JAPAN, Chennai, INDIA and Seattle, WA)
January 2004 to present

Edward E. Carlson Leadership and Public Service Center (Seattle, WA)
University of Washington, Undergraduate Academic Affairs
June 2006 to April 2007

International Training and Education Center on HIV (I-TECH)
Center for Health Education and Research (CHER)
University of Washington, Department of Global Health
January 2002 to December 2003

Service and Community Based Learning Program Coordinator
Edward E. Carlson Leadership and Public Service Center (Seattle, WA)
University of Washington, Office of Undergraduate Education
September 2000 to September 2001

Community Development Coordinator                                   
Department of Human and Community Development
University of California (Davis, CA)
September 1999 to September 2000

Farm Manager                                                                                                   
Rural California Housing Corporation (now Mercy Housing California ) (Sacramento, CA)
September 1999 to September 2000

Executive Director and Founder                                                                       
Mending Way (Davis, CA/Orange County, CA)
January 1997 to September 2000

Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF), (Davis, CA)
January 1998 to September 2000

Farm Manager                                                                                                       
Orange County Produce Organic (Orange County, CA)
June 1996 to January 1998

Languages

• English (native)
• Japanese (intermediate)
• Spanish (intermediate)
• Tamil (beginning)