About Current Participants The following individuals and institutions are participants in the eighth program cycle of the JOI program (2009-2011): Stephen Covell and Rika Saito, Western Michigan University, Michigan Michiko Yoshimoto, Kanagawa Hiroaki Kawamura, The University of Findlay, Ohio Natsue Yonekura, Osaka Deborah Pierce, Webster University, Missouri Kana Morishita, Aichi Yasuko Takata Rallings, Wake Forest University, North Carolina Mako Aoki, Tokyo Takeo Suzuki, University of Arkansas, Fort Smith, Arkansas Yoko Kowata, Fukushima The following individuals and institutions are participants in the seventh program cycle of the JOI program (2008-2010): Maria Crummett, University of South Florida, Florida Mitsuo Ogishima, Tochigi Farley Richmond, University of Georgia, Georgia Hijiri Hattori, Shizuoka Shana Herron, University of Kentucky, Kentucky Keiko Fukuzaki, Fukuoka Tomomi Sato, University of Virginia, Virginia Kazuko Suzuki, Tokyo (Note: This site suspended participation in 2009. Coordinator returned to Japan.) About Past Participants The following individuals and institutions were participants in the sixth program cycle of the JOI program (2007-2009): David Rutherford, Croft Institute for International Studies, Mississippi Yukako Yamada, Aichi Masafumi Takeda, Western Carolina University, North Carolina Emiko Nishiwaki, Aichi Yuki Matsuda, University of Memphis, Tennessee Sachiko Matsushita, Gunma Ava Perrill, Japan America Society of San Antonio, Texas Tamaki Masuda, Fukuoka Melanie Stanley, Halifax County Public Schools, Virginia Kazuko Yamasaki, Shiga The following individuals and institutions were participants in the fifth program cycle of the JOI program (2006-2008): Kazuo Moriya, Japan-America Society of Alabama, Alabama Carol Argo, University of Alabama at Birmingham Shoko Kojima, Nara Reiko Nishioka, Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, Florida Kimiko Kitani, Kanagawa Fujiko Sawtarie and Sachiko Wood, Bethany College, West Virginia Michiko Oda, Tokyo The following individuals and institutions were participants in the fourth program cycle of the JOI program (2005-2007): Janice Gatlin, Multicultural Center of the South, Louisiana Miki Tanaka, Oita Nelljean Rice, Coastal Carolina University, South Carolina Yukiko Murata, Okinawa Atsuko Kosaka, Japan-America Society of Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas Yoshiko Ando, Kanagawa The following individuals and institutions were participants in the third program cycle of the JOI program (2004-2006): Clark Wisenbaker, Japan America Society of Georgia Yuko Takahashi, Tokyo Ayako Yamamoto, Japan/America Society of Kentucky Kumiko Fukuhara, Hyogo Karen Schafer, Tulsa Global Alliance Jessica Stowell, Oklahoma Institute for Teaching East Asia Yukiko Yokono, Fukushima The following individuals and institutions were participants in the second program cycle of the JOI program (2003-2005): Walter Nunn, Arkansas International Center and Japan America Society of Arkansas Takeo Suzuki, Hyogo Philip Pierce, Japan America Society of Mississippi, Deborah Pierce, Mississippi College Junko Tokuda, Saitama The following individuals and institutions were participants in the first program cycle of the JOI program (2002-2004): Teresa Wilson, Japan-America Society of Alabama Kaori Hisada, Nagoya Mayako Karakisawa, Smith Academy and Southeast Origami, North Carolina Yoshiko Osakada, Kagawa Kiyoshi Kawahito, Japan-U.S. Programs, Tennessee Atsuko Kuratsuji, Tokyo Reports from former and current coordinators: CGP website JOI wikisite