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RICHARD RICE ___________________________________ CURRICULUM VITAE

Asia Program

University of Tennessee/Chattanooga

Chattanooga, TN 37403‑2598

(423) 425‑5314   FAX: (423) 425-2138

Richard-Rice@utc.edu

1102 River Hills Drive

Chattanooga, TN 37415

(423) 267-1359

Education

      B.A.    1966  Portland State University (History)

      M.A.   1967  University of Illinois (European History)

      M.A.   1971  Harvard (Regional Studies: East Asia)

      Ph.D.  1974  Harvard (History and East Asian Languages)

                 Dissertation: "Hitachi: Japanese Industry in an Era of Militarism, 1937‑1945"

Employment

      1981-Present:  Professor of History, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga;

                              Director, UTC Japan Project, 1985 – present (now Asia Program)

      1989 (fall):      Visiting Faculty, University of Pittsburgh Semester‑at‑Sea

      1974-1981:     Assistant Professor of History, University of Tennessee/Knoxville

      1973-1974:     English as a Second Language Instructor,  Cambridge Schools 

      1972-1973:     Teaching Fellow, Harvard University

      1972:              Teaching Assistant, Brandeis University

      1969-1970:     English Conversation Teacher, Tokyo

      1966-1968:     Grading Assistant, University of Illinois

Administration

    Director, UTC Japan Project (1985‑1999); Asia Program (1999-present):

    Plan and implement outreach services designed for teachers and the business

    community.  Fund‑raising to support Japanese studies. Achieved national recognition

    in teacher training workshops, materials and educational videos.  Supported efforts  to

    attract Japanese investment the community.  Host visiting delegations and plan 

    conferences.

         1. fund raising and budget supervision (career total over $1.5 million)

         2. business and community services: interpreting, hosting, consulting, recruitment

             in Japan, referrals

         3. off-campus courses in Japanese language for local companies

         4. workshops for teachers in the region and nation (funded by the USJF; CGP;

             NEH; Department of Education)

         5. publication of teaching materials including educational videos

         6. faculty development to expand Japan curriculum

         7. administration of Japanese language courses

         8. development of a materials center, resource guides

         9. house and support Education About Asia

    Assistant Director for Academic and Curricular Activities, Honors Program 

          1987-1992):

           Helped plan and write successful $400,000 grant to assist Director in creation of a

           newly expanded honors program at UTC. Achievements:

             1. recruitment of outstanding students

             2. development and evaluation of new liberal arts curriculum for honors students

             3. planning and implementation of two‑week faculty retreats

             4. organization of faculty seminars

             5. selection, orientation, and advisement of honors  students

             6. writing university and community publicity

             7. preparation of data and reports to NEH

             8. supervision of staff

   UTC Faculty Secretary, 1999-2004

Prepared agenda, arranged meeting room, took and distributed minutes for four meetings each year, prepared ballots, obtained sponsors, read student names at three commencements each year.

   President, UTC Faculty Senate, 2004-2006

Preside at Senate meetings, prepare agenda with executive committee and others, meet with the Chancellor and other administration officers to represent faculty views, receive annual reports from standing committees, preside at annual retirement dinner, act as counselor to President of the UT system, serve as faculty representative on academic affairs committee of the Board of Trustees.

   Trustee, University of Tennessee, 2006-2007     

Professional Experience

      Secretary-Treasurer, 1975-1978, Tenn. Consortium for Asian  Studies

      Administration of pilot Japanese language program, 1983-1986

      Chair, UTC Petitions Committee 1983-1985

      Coordinator, 1983-1985, Washington and S.E. Region Japan  Seminar

      President, 1984-1987, Parents of the Gifted Organization

      President, 1986-1988, Tennessee Consortium for Asian Studies

      Local Arrangements Chair, 1987 Meeting of Southeast Conference Association for

      Asian Studies

      Editorial Board, 1986-1989, Virginia Consortium for Asian Studies

      Member, Business School Committee on International Education

      Coordinator, 1990-1992, Washington and S.E. Region Japan  Seminar

      Vice‑President, Southeast Conference/ Association for Asian  Studies, 1992 

      President, Southeast Conference, Association for Asian  Studies, 1993    

      Editorial Advisory Board, Current Politics and Economics of Japan; Southeast

      Review of Asian Studies

      Reviewer for National Endowment for the Humanities (1991, 1993, 1999) and a 

      Japanese private foundation (1993, 1994, 1999, 2001)

      Local Arrangements Chair, 2002 Meeting of Southeast Conference Association for

      Asian Studies

Awards

1966-1968 NDEA Fellow in History, University of Illinois
1972-1973 Teaching Fellow, Harvard University
1971-1973 Harvard Graduate School Fellowship
1977    Fulbright‑Hays Summer Seminar In India
1978    Association for Asian Studies Travel Grant
  UT Summer Faculty Research
1980  UT Summer Faculty Development
1983 Fellow, St. Antony's College, Oxford University
1984 University of Tennessee Summer Faculty Research
1986    UC Foundation Japan Research Grant
1989 UTC Instructional Excellence Grant
1991    UC Foundation Japan Research Grant
   Association for Asian Studies Travel Grant
  Southeast Association for Japanese Research Travel
1994 Director, Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad, Indonesia
  UC Foundation Indonesia Research Grant
  UTC Faculty Development Grant
1995 Mombusho Research Travel Grant
1996 UTC Sabattical
1998 NEH Faculty Summer Institute on World and Environmental History,  University of California/ Santa Cruz
2000 UTC Faculty Development Grant, Morocco
2001 Freeman Foundation/Columbia University Asia Study Tour
2002 UTC Chancellor’s Funds for SEC/AAS Meeting subvention
2002 Lupton Renaissance Grant for Faculty Globalization Seminar
2003 Walker Resource Center Faculty Fellow, 2003-2004
2005  NEH Summer Seminar on Human Rights in an Age of Globalization, Columbia University
2005  UTC Faculty Development Grant to supplement NEH award
2007 UTC Sabattical Spring  Semester  

Teaching

      Exceptional Merit Rating l988‑1992; 1998; 2004

      Traditional and Modern Japan and China

      Asian and World History

      Western Civilization

      University Honors Seminars on Asian Civilization

      Energy History, Seminars on Asia, World War II in the Pacific, Japanese Tutorial 

      World Economic History, Japanese Business/Economic History, Japanese

      Management, Japan Training Programs for Businessmen, Cartoon History

      Teacher Workshops and Summer Institutes on Japan

      Numerous specials senior projects on Modern Japan

      Three undergraduate students recipients of annual SEC/AAS best paper

      prize: cash award and publication

      Nominated for 2001 UT National Alumni Association Outstanding Teacher Award

      Faculty Fellow for Walker Teaching Resource Center, 2003-2004 

Publications

      Commentary on Kozo Yamamura's "The Role of Meiji Militarism in Japan's 

      Technological Progress," The Journal of Economic History 31 (March 1977), 136‑8.

      "Economic Mobilization in Wartime Japan: Business, Bureaucracy, and Military in

      Conflict," The Journal of Asian Studies, 38:4 (August 1979), 689‑706.

       Two book review‑essays in Magill's Literary Annual:1979.

       Commentary on three papers in MacArthur Memorial,  Proceedings: The Occupation

       of Japan: Economic Policy and Reform (1980).

       Three articles with six accompanying book review‑essays in Great Events From

       History: Supplement, Salem Press, 1980; "Japanese Military Campaigns in China,"

       "Japan Occupies the Dutch East Indies, Singapore, and Burma," "General MacArthur       

       Administers the Reconstruction of Japan."

        Book review‑essay in Magill's Literary Annual:1980.

        Two book review‑essays in Magill's Literary Annual:1981.

        Three book review‑essays in Magill's History Annual:1982.

        Entry on Kuhara Fusanosuke in Kodansha's Encyclopedia of Japan, Tokyo, 1983,

        Vol. 4, 302‑303.

        "Contrasting Images of the Pacific War," in Annals of the  Southeast Conference 

        Association for Asian Studies.

        Two book review‑essays in Magill's History Annual:1984.

        Analysis of four Japanese short stories by Mishima, Dazai, Oe, and Tanizaki for

        Masterplots II, Salem Press, 1986.

        "Japanese Technology and Postwar Trade: The Hitachi Case," in

         Occasional Papers of the Virginia Consortium for Asian Studies, Vol. 2 (Spring

         1985), pp. 55-69.

         Two writing strategies in Writing Across the Curriculum, NEH funded booklet for

         UTC faculty, 1985.

         Contributor to Teaching About the Japanese Economy, Joint Council on Economic  

         Education: New York, l986.

         "A Brief History of Modern Japan: 1868‑1945," and "Japanese Investment in the

         United States: American Investment in Japan," in West Meets East/ East Meets

         West, Idaho Council on Economic Education & Idaho Humanities Council, Boise,   

         1987,  pp. 38‑45; 68‑87.

         "Intercultural Contact: The Japanese in Rutherford County, Tennessee," in

         Occasional Papers of the Virginia Consortium for Asian Studies, Vol. 4 (Spring

         1987).

         "Tennessee" chapter in The Regional Underpinnings of the U.S.‑Japan

         Partnership, Vol. 3: American States: Four Case Studies, Japan Center for

         International Exchange, Tokyo, 1987, Co‑Author Lucien Ellington.

         Critical essays on Akutagawa Ryunosuke and Oe Kenzaburo for Salem Press,

         1987.

         "Regional Underpinnings of U.S.‑ Japan Partnership," in Occasional Papers of the

         Virginia Consortium for Asian  Studies, Vol. 5 (l988), pp. 26‑54, Co‑author Lucien

         Ellington.

         "Taira Kiyomori," in Great Lives From History: Ancient and Modern Series, Salem

         Press, 1988, pp.2059‑2064.

         "Japanese Investment in America," Chattanooga Times, December 16, 1988, A12.

          "Japanese Investment in America" article reprint in Newsweek "Japan's High Tech

          Challenge" special school supplement, Fall l989.

          "Brief Economic History of Modern Japan," historical survey and two lessons in

          Teaching About the Japanese Economy,

          Joint Council on Economic Education, February 1990.

          "Japanese Investment: A Threat to America?" Willamette Journal of the Liberal

        Arts, Supplemental Series 3, Spring 1990, pp.119‑136.

          "Comment on Andrew Gordon," Journal of Labor Research, XI:3(Summer l990),

          pp.255‑6.

          "Japanese Labor in World War Two," International Labor and Working‑Class

          History, No.38 (Fall 1990), pp.29‑45.

          "Technology and Trade: Hitachi Industries," Current Politics and Economics of

           Japan, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1991), pp.

          "Odor Culture in Japan," Annals of the Southeast Conference/ Association for

          Asian Studies, Vol. 13 (January 1992), pp.59-70.

          "Japan" entry reviewed and updated for Academic American Encyclopedia, l992

          edition.

          "International Experiences for Educators: A Study Tour to  Japan," co‑authored

          with Lucien Elington, Clearinghouse, 65:3 (January‑February 1992, pp.183‑185.

        "An Exercise in Scapegoating," Chattanooga Times, March 13,1992, A7.

        "Bibliography," rationale and annotation for background reading and educational

         exchanges with Japan for Internationalizing U.S. Classrooms: Japan as a Case

          Study,  Clearinghouse for Social Studies Education, February, 1992.

          "The Specialist‑Teacher Gap," Newsletter of the Committee for Teaching About

          Asia, Association for Asian Studies, Spring 1992.

          Three syllabuses in Grant K. Goodman (Ed.), Asian History: Selected Course

          Outlines and Reading Lists for American Colleges and Universities, Markus

          Wiener Publishing, New York, 1993.

          Co-author with Mary Price "Tennessee" chapter in The Survey  Reports on Japan-

          Related Regional Activities in the U.S. (Vol.1) (Tokyo: The Japan Foundation/

          Center for Global Partnership, 1993), pp.587-611 (in Japanese as Beikoku no

          chiiki reberu no Nihon kanren katsudo).

          Reader and consultant for Japan content for National Review of Asia in American

          Textbooks in 1993, produced by Columbia  University (Ann Arbor: Association

          for Asian Studies, 1993).

          Advisor for Learning Enrichment's middle school unit, Today's Japan, distributed

          to 33,000 classrooms in December 1994.

          “Outreach Efforts in the Southeast: A Brief History,” Southeast Review of Asian

          Studies, January 1997, pp. 119-123.

          "Japan's Post-Bubble Economy and Its Present State,"  Southeast Review of

           Asian Studies, January 1998, pp. 119-123.

          "Economic Mobilization in Wartime Japan:  Business, Bureaucracy and Military

          in Conflict," reprinted in Michael Smitka (Ed.),  Japanese Economic History,

          Vol. 2: The Interwar Years (Hamden, Ct:  Garland Press, 1998).

          “The ‘Great Bifurcation’ Debate: New Contextualizations of the Tokugawa

          Economy and Material Life,” Southeast Review of  Asian Studies, January 2000,

          pp. 97-110.       

          "Economic Mobilization in Wartime Japan:  Business, Bureaucracy and Military

           in Conflict," reprinted in Steven Tolliday, The Economic Development of Modern       

           Japan Since 1868, Part One: 1868-1945 (Cheltenham, U.K., Edward Elgar, 2000).

          “The Empire of Japan 1868-1914,” in The World and its Peoples encyclopedia  

          (London: The Brown Reference Group, forthcoming).    

          Interview in feature article, “Drawing Conclusions,” including six cartoons and

          commentary in The Tennessee Alumnus, Summer 2003, pp.18-21.

          Short Commentary on writing in the classroom for the Fall 2003 WAC Newsletter

          distributed by the UTC Writing Across the Curriculum Committee                      

          Book reviews, 1978‑2004, in The Journal of Economic History, Business

          History Review, Journal of Asian Studies, The Journal of Asian Business,

          International Labor and Working- Class History,  Journal of Asian and African

          Studies, Education About Asia.

Papers on Japan

          "Wartime Economic Controls and Postwar Economic Development in Japan,"

          S.E. Regional Seminar on Japan, February 1976.

          "The Development of Railroads in Meiji Japan," S.E.Conference Association

          for Asian Studies, January 1977.

          "Control Associations and Industrial Autonomy in Modern  Japanese Economic

          History," Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting, March 1977.

          "Researching Railroad History in Japan," Asian Studies Banquet at Florida State

          University, May 1977.

          "The Role of Private Railroads in the Integration of Meiji Japan,"  AHA Annual

          Meeting, December, 1979.

          "Historical Origins of Research and Development in Japan: The Hitachi Case,"

          Tennessee Consortium for Asian Studies, 1981.

          "Origins of Private R&D in Japan: The Hitachi Case," Association for Asian

          Studies, April 1982.

          "Japanese Technology and Postwar Trade: The Hitachi Case,"  S.E.       

          Conference, Association for Asian Studies, January 1984.

          "Family Economics in Japan," S.E. Regional Family Economics Conference,

          February 1986.

          "Japanese in Tennessee," Amerika Nanbu Bunka Gakkai (Japan  Society for

          Southern American Culture," Tokyo, August 1986.

          "The Impact of Japan on the Economy," Insights: A Seminar for Modern

          Educator in Economics, Memphis, October 1986.

          "Japanese Business in America; American Business in Japan," World Trade

          Council, November 1986.

          "Exporting to Japan," World Trade Council, February 1987.

          "Japanese Direct Investment in Tennessee," Foreign Service Institute,

          Department of State, Washington, June l987.

          "History of Private R&D in Japan," History of Technology Conference,

          University of Surrey, Guildford England, August 1987.

          "Contrasting National and Local Views of the Nichibei Economy: The

          Tennessee Example," Washington and S.E. Region Japan Seminar, October

          1987.

          "New Japanese Management Techniques," TennRUG Users Group,  June 

          1988.

          "Japanese Management of R&D," University of Manchester School of

          Business, Manchester England, July l988.

          "The Current Export Climate in Japan," Export Now! Forum for Executives,

          World Trade Council and Chattanooga Manufacturers Association, October

          1988.

          "Japanese Direct Investment in the United States: The Tennessee

          Experience," Southern Region Japan Studies Seminar, Atlanta, October l988.

          "Japanese Investment: A Threat to America?," In the Pacific Interest

          Conference, Salem Oregon, February l989.

          "The Nichibei Economy:  A Perverse Complementarity?," Ritsumeikan

          University, Kyoto Japan, September 1989.

          "Japanese Labor in World War Two," S. E. Conference,  Association for

          Asian Studies, January 1990.

          "Odor Culture in Japan," Southeast Conference, Association for Asian

          Studies, January l991.

          "Recent Trends in Industrial R&D in Japan," Southeast Conference,

          Association for Asian Studies, January l992.

          "Technology and Economic Growth in Postwar Japan," Conference on

          Technological Change, Oxford University, September 1993.

          "R&D in Japan:  Creativity Japanese Style?," Southern Japan  Seminar,

          September 1993.

          "Deja Vu?  The Japanese Financial Crisis of the 1920s Compared to the

          1990s," Southern Japan Seminar, September1996.

          "An Analysis of the Post-Bubble Economy and Its Present State," Southeast

          Conference/ Association for Asian Studies, January 1997.

          “Prosperous of Impoverished? Re-examining the Tokugawa  Economy in

          Comparative Terms,” Southern Japan Seminar, October 1999

          “A Giant Step Backward: Asia in Landes’ Wealth and Poverty of Nations,”

          Southeast Conference/ Association for Asian Studies, January 2001.      

            “Asia Denied: China and Japan in Landes’ Wealth and Poverty of Nations,”

          Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast Regional Conference, June 2002.

          “Ainu Submergence and Emergence: Human Rights Discourse and the Expression

          of Ethnicity in Modern Japan,” Southeast Conference, Association for Asian

          Asian Studies, January 2006.     

Other Papers:

          “Racial and Ethnic Imagery in 19th Century Political Cartoons,” Symposium on the

          19th Century Press, the Civil War, and Free Expression,” November 10-11 2005.

Teaching and Curriculum Development

          Danforth Conference on Teaching‑Learning Issues, 1975.

          "Teaching Asia to Undergraduates," S.E. Conference

          Association for Asian Studies, 1978.

          Workshop on World History, Western Carolina University, 1978.

          "Workshop on Japanese Culture," Tennessee Consortium for Asian Studies, April

          1979.

          "Developing History Skills Through Simulation Exercises," workshop leader,

          Knoxville area social studies teachers, 1979.

          "The Use of Multi‑Media Materials in Teaching Asian Studies,"

          panelist at Tennessee Consortium for Asian Studies, 1978.

          Two workshops on Japan sponsored by the Asia Society, 1979.

          Curriculum and Resource Workshop for Knox County teachers, 1979.

          "The Use of Student Proctors in Writing," presentation for UTC faculty in 1983

          and 1984.

          "The Use and Abuse of Proctors," Tennessee Philological Association, 1984.

          "Teaching the Pacific War: Contrasting Images in Literature,"

          Southeast Conference Association for Asian Studies, January 1985.

         "The Use of Proctors in Undergraduate Survey Courses,"  Wyoming Conference  on 

          Teaching English, June 24-28 1985.

          "Teaching the Samurai," Tennessee Consortium for Asian Studies, January, 1985.

          "Intercultural Contact: The Japanese in Rutherford County, Tennessee," Southeast

          Conference Association for Asian Studies, January, 1986.

          "Making Japan Come Alive," Gifted Education Conference, 1986.

          Guest faculty at Governors School for International Relations, June, 1986

          "Audio‑visuals on Japan for Elementary and Secondary Levels,"

          S.E. Conference Association for Asian Studies, January 1988.

          "Teaching About Japan," Chattanooga City and Hamilton County Teachers

          Workshop, June 1988.

          "Teaching About the Japanese Economy in Middle and Secondary

          Schools," Committee on Teaching About Asia Annual Meeting, March l989.

          "Bridging the Gap: The Role of Specialists in Asian Studies Outreach,"

          Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting, March 1990.

          "Teaching About Japan," National Conference for the Social Studies Annual

          Meeting, November l990.

          "Teaching About Japan," S.E. Conference Association for Asian Studies, January

          l99l.

          "Historical Background of Japanese Constitutionalism," Social Science

          Consortium, February 1991.

          "Teaching the Japanese Economy," CTA/AAS Conference, April 1991.

          "Developing Critical Thinking Using Primary Sources from Asia," CTA/AAS  

          Conference, April l992.

          Teaching and Curriculum Development (continued)

          Asheville Institute on General Education, June 7-12, 1992;  Member of five‑person

          UTC team including Provost, Deans of Arts and Science and Nursing; helped   

           prepare report on General Education reform at UTC.

           "Teaching the Pacific Century" panelist at Association for Asian Studies Annual

          Meeting, April, 1995.

          "Teaching About Asia" panel organizer at Southeast Conference/ Association for    

          Asian Studies, January 1994.

          Organized National Conference for Teachers for teaching about Japan, January 27- 

          30, 1994.

          Participated in two panels at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on the

          Social Studies (one the newly  released Columbia study of textbook coverage of

          Asia and one on geography of Japan), November 1993.

          Presentations on Japanese history at Summer Institute for Teachers, Boulder

          Colorado, July 1996.

          “Internationalizing the Undergraduate Curriculum,” presentation at Mississippi

          State University, December 1996.

          Attended workshops on Oral Communication, February 19-20 and May 14-15,

          1999.

          “Outreach: Serving the Business Community,” Association for Asian Studies

          Annual Meeting, March 1999.

          “Teaching the Physical and Cultural Geography of Japan,” Chattanooga Chapter of

          the Tennessee Geographic Alliance, October 5, 1999.

          “Teaching Morocco for Middle and High School Teachers,” Tennessee State     

          Social Studies Conference, Gatlinburg, March 2001.

          Organized and moderated campus-wide “Roundtable on September 11th,” Sept

          2001.   

          Workshop on Teaching Asia funded by COC grant, Chattanooga, January 19, 2002

          Served as consultant for new World History curriculum at UTK: December 2001

          and May 2002.

          UTC Faculty Fellow, 2003-2004. One week summer workshop and follow-up

          meetings during academic year, including research project in teaching      

          technologies, faculty assistance, and presentation of findings.       

          Lupton Renaissance Grant Faculty Workshop on Globalization, October 17-21,   

          2003. Organized program and speakers for 20 UTC faculty; on-campus “Lupton  

          Globalization Lectures” series 2003-2004 for campus and public, seminars.        

          “Visualizing Asia in the Classroom,” Southeast Conference/ Association for Asian          

          Studies, January 2005.   

          “The Asian Perspective,” invited panel participant on “Globalization: A Valid

          Approach to Teaching World History?” at the Tennessee Conference of Historians

          Annual Meeting, September 2005.         

Workshops

Designed, organized, and participated in state‑wide workshops  for teachers. Provided background information, teaching strategies, and resources using a multi‑media approach and lectures.  Planned and led teacher seminars in Japan in l988 and 1992.  Led Fulbright group of 12 teachers to Indonesia in 1994. Organized two week Summer Institute on Japan at UTC, 1995. Organized and led Study Tour group of 22 teachers and UTC students to China, Korea, Japan in summer of 2001.

PLACE     DATE    PARTICIPANTS
Kentucky (Louisville) August 1986 300
Tennessee (Chattanooga)   October l986 50
Tennessee (Cookeville)   October 1986 40
Arkansas (Little Rock) September 1986 30
Idaho (two days) March 1987 200
Arkansas (Little Rock) April 1987 150
Tennessee (East Ridge) November 1987 60
Mississippi (Greenwood) April 1988 50
Japan (Tennessee teachers) June 1988 20
Tennessee (Chattanooga) April 1989 60
Colorado (Denver) June 1989 30
Mississippi (Greenwood) March 1990 50
Tennessee (Suwanee) June 1990 12
Louisiana (New Orleans) April 1991 130
Midsouth Japan Project June-July 1991 25
Tennessee (Cookeville) March 1992 27
Tennessee (Jackson) April 1992 27
Louisiana (New Orleans) April 1992 50
New York (Scarsdale) October 1992 40
Arkansas (Little Rock) October 1992 60
Tennessee (Madisonville) October 1992 50
Alabama (Jacksonville) November 1992 45
Texas (Austin) November 1992 17
Kentucky (Louisville) December 1992 51
South Carolina (Hilton Head) January 1993 25
Tennessee (Chattanooga) February 1993 45
Alabama (Mobile) August 1993 40
South Carolina (Columbia) August 1993 40
Colorado (Denver) September 1993 50
Arkansas (Little Rick) September 1994 70
Texas (Fort Worth) October 1994 30
Tennessee (Nashville) November 1994 50
South Carolina (Hilton Head) January 1995 47
Louisiana (New Orleans) March 1995 42
Seattle (three days) July 1995 20
Colorado (Boulder) July 1996 20
Mississippi (Starkville) December 1996 15
Georgia (Savannah) January 1997 15
Tennessee (Johnson City) February 1997 25
Tennessee (Dickson) April 2000 25
Tennessee (Chattanooga) January, May 2001 22

Media Experience

      "Asia Week, "Co‑host of five hour‑long programs on Knoxville

      television, 1976.

      "Intercultural Contact: The Japanese in Rutherford County Tennessee," Senior

      Japanese Culture Consultant, assisted in editing 30 min. documentary video, l984.

      Guest on "Economic Heartbeat," discussing Japanese economy, 1985; 1987. 30 mins.

      "Dialogue," Channel 3, September 1986. Discussed Japan. 30 mins.

      "Morning Show," Channel 12, June 1987. Discussed Japan.30 mins.

      "Understanding the Japanese Economy," 30 min. educational video for advanced high

      school and introductory college economics, Co‑Producer with Jerry Johnson and

      Lucien Ellington, University of Wisconsin/ Eau Claire, l988.

      Discussed UTC Japan Project on WUTC radio, April l989. 30 mins.

      "Tune in Japan" video consultant for Asia Society;  45 min. educational video for

      middle schools, released September 1995. Advised, wrote script annotations and

      substantial portion of background essay for "Tune in Japan II," released 1997.

      “Pen in Hand: Travel Drawings” art exhibition at UTC Cress Gallery, May-June  

      2000; published cartoons in gallery lobby case: “Richard Rice: The Art of Humor,”

      January 15 to February 20, 2003.

      Cartoons and graphic art for national publications including New York Times, The  

      Chronicle of Higher Education, The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Kappan, Business

      Law, Diversion, USA Today, Across the Board; professional newsletters, university

      brochures and programs. Designed new university logo, “Baby Scrappy” for UTC

      Development Office, spring 2004.

International Experience

1962 Six months in Europe
1963 Mexico
1968 Summer Language Study in Paris, travel in Yugoslavia
1969-1970 Lanuage Study in Japan
1971-1994 Many trips to research and write in England
1977 Fulbright Summer Teachers Workshop in India
1983 Research at Nissan Institute, St. Antony's College, Oxford
1986 Research in Japan
1988 Led Teacher Seminar in Japan
1989 Faculty member, Semester-At Sea Program: Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, India, Egypt, Turkey, Russia, Yugoslavia, Morocco.
1991 Research in Japan
1992 Led Teacher Seminar in Japan
1993 Research in Japan
1994 Fulbright-Hays Group Project in Indonesia; Japan travel
1995 Research in Japan
1999 Research and travel in Japan
2000 Study and travel in Morocco's Atlas Mountains
2001 Led Teacher Study Tour of China, Korea, Japan