Below are the names and addresses of former students
of the Ohio University Japanese Language Program. If you have studied
Japanese in our program (for more than three quarters) and have had
professional, academic, or personal contacts with Japan and Japanese
companies, please e-mail
your information to us.
Bradley A. Barnes,
'01 BSC (Communication Systems Management)
Current Affiliation: ALT, JET Program (from August '01) Hozumi-cho,
Gifu-ken
Courses Completed: JAPN 413
Study Abroad: Chubu University (September - December '99, September -
December '00)
Permanent Address: 1098 Arundel Ave., Westerville, OH 43081
Email Address: bab185@hotmail.com
Mark David Biesiada,
'01 BS (EE w/ Computer Engineering Option)
Minors: Mathematics, Spanish
Other Language(s): Portuguese
Study Abroad: Chubu University
Current Work: Nissan Technical Center North America Post Office Box:
9200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48333-9200
Contact Address: 203 N LaFayette Ave Apt 103, Royal Oak, MI, 48067
Email: mark.biesiada@ieee.org
Matthew Louis Buckner,
'01 BBA (Finance)
Current Affiliation: MA in International Relations (expected, March,
'03)
Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies
Waseda University, Tokyo
Course Completed: JAPN 413 (Plus Independent Studies)
Study Abroad: Chubu University, Nagoya (September-December, '98)
Internship:
1. Bushu Gas K.K., Kawagoe-shi, Saitama (June-August, '99)
[through Ohio-Saitama Internship Program]
2. Taiyo International, Shirokanedai, Tokyo (June-August, '00)
Permanent address: 712 N. McKean St., Butler, PA 16001
E-mail: mb289997@hotmail.com,
k01r079@wiaps.waseda.ac.jp
Shane Cousins, '01
BAIS/BSC (Communications systems management/Int'l Studies) Minor in
Business
Current Affiliation: Motorola Japan
Course Completed: JAPN 413
Study Abroad: Chubu University (September to December '96) Chubu
University (1 year scholarship program '98-'99)
Internship: Saitama Shimbun, Saitama. Summer '00 [through Ohio-Saitama
Internship Program]
Email: nafein@hotmail.com
Ken A. Ferrell, '98 MS
(Mathematics)
Current Affiliation: Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems, Inc. (June, 2004
- Present)
Course Completed: JAPN 213
Previous Employement:
Tokyo General Agency (relocation services provider) Hiroo, Shibuya-ku,
Tokyko
Toda City Board of Education (Assistant Language Teacher) July 1998 -
June 2000 [through Ohio-Saitama Exchange and Teaching (OSET) Program]
Permanent Address: Rt. 1 Box 211b, Middlebourne, WV 26149
Email: kenferrell@iname.com
Nikki Floyd, '99 BA
(History)
Study Abroad: Chubu University, Fall 1996, Sociolinguistic study on the
speech patterns of Japanese women, 1998, JET (Japanese Exchange and
Teaching) program 1999-2001 in Yamanashi-ken
Current Affiliation: The University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA in
Japanese, (expected graduation date: 2003)
Permanent Address: 2214 Anvil Lane, Temple Hills, MD 20748
Email: ndfloyd@hotmail.com
or ndfloyd_jp@hotmail.com
David Gavin, '00 BA
(Psychology)
Current Affiliation: ALT, JET Program (from July 2000), Komaki-shi,
Aichi-ken
Courses Completed: JAPN 412
Study Abroad: Chubu University (September 1998 - August 1999)
Permanent Address: 800 51st Street Vienna, WV 26105
Email: david_gavin@hotmail.com
Gregory A. King, '96 BA
(Linguistics), '99 MA (Linguistics)
Current Work: English Lecturer Ohio Program for English Language
Teaching (OPELT) Chubu University
Course Completed: JAPN 413
Study Abroad: Chubu University (September-December '93 and
September-December '94)
Work Experience: JET Program (July '96 - July '98) Ondo-cho,
Hiroshima-ken Contact Address: OPELT Chubu University 1200
Matsumoto-cho Kasugai, Aichi 487 Japan
Email: king@clc.hyper.chubu.ac.jp
Laura M. Norris, '98 BA
(Linguistics), '99 MA (Linguistics)
Current Work: English Lecturer OPELT Chubu University
Course Completed: JAPN 213 contact
Address: Chubu University 1200 Matsumoto-cho Kasugai-shi, Aichi-ken
487-8501 JAPAN
Email: laura@clc.hyper.chubu.ac.jp
Telephone: 81-0568-51-1111 (ext. 5854)
April M. Spencer, '91
MA (Linguistics), '97 M.Ed (Education)
Current Work: Director of International Exchanges, University of Maine
at Farmington
Course Completed: JAPN213
Previous Employment: Chubu University (March 1999 - January 2001)
& Ohio-Saitama Exchange Teaching (OSET) Program (August 1993 -
July 1994)
Contact Address: 101 South Street, Farmington, Maine 04938
Email: aprils@maine.edu
Bradley Scott York, '01
BSC (Communication-Video Production)
Current Affiliation: JET Program - Assistant teaching English in
Fukushima, Japan.
Courses Completed: JAPN211, JAPN 250
Work Abroad: Documentary Video, Tokyo (Nov-Jan '00)
Fujusha Publishing Co., Tokyo (June-Aug '00)
Permanent Address: 312 Stonington Circle, Centerville, OH 45458
Email: abzorba@hotmail.com
Website: www.abzorbed.com
Tyler Keith Stratton,
BS (Computer Science)
Current Affiliation: Arriya Solutions (www.arriya.com)
Course Completed: JAPN 413
Study Abroad: Chubu University (September '99 - March '00) (with AIEJ
scholarship)
Permanent Address: 1232 Parklane Dr, NW New Philadelphia, OH
Email: stratton_tyler@hotmail.com
Brian Wistner, '00 MA
(Linguistics)
Current Affiliation: Ohio Saitama English Teaching Program
Course Completed: JAPN 213
Email: bw494192@ohiou.edu
