SANAA AHMED (B.A., 2014) is a Planning Staff Member in the Glass Business Planning Department at the Tokyo headquarters of Central Glass.
ZEBA AHMED (B.A., 2014) is a Coordinator for Northside Leadership Conference in Pittsburgh, PA.
REIKO ATSUMI (Ph.D., 1975) is Professor Emeritus at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.
SHALMIT BEJARANO (Ph.D.,2010) is Lecturer at Hebrew Univesity and Tel Aviv University.
BLAINE CONNOR (Ph.D.) is Associate Service Fellow (Behavioral Scientist) in the Human Factors Branch, Office of Mine Safety and Health Research (OMSHR), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
DEBORAH CORDERO FIEDLER (1996) is a Professional Midwife.
WENDE DIKEC (B.A., 1989) is an award-winning author of Young Adult Fiction and Adult Romance. Her most recent novel Saying Goodbye Part One (2016) has been dedicated to the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at the University of Pittsburgh. www.wendedikec.com
MIKIKO HIRAYAMA (Ph.D., 2001) is Associate Professor in the Department of Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies at the University of Cincinnati.
ANN JANNETTA (Ph.D., 1990) is Professor Emerita in History at the University of Pittsburgh.
OLIVER JIA (B.A., 2019) is now a graduate student at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto studying international relations on the MEXT scholarship.
DAVID JORTNER (Ph.D., 2003) is Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre Arts at Baylor University.
SATSUKI KAWANO (Ph.D., 1997) is Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
KAORU O. KENDIS (1979) is formerly of the Japanese American Museum of Los Angeles.
MASATO KIKUCHI, (Ph.D., 1995). Associate Professor, School of Modern Languages, Georgia Institute of Technology.
JUNGEUN LEE, (2017). PhD in History of Art & Architecture. Supervised by Karen M. Gerhart (History of Art & Architecture). Dissertation Title: “Formal Decoration and Display at Ashikaga Shogunal Residences"
ABBY RACHAEL MARGOLIS (2002) is in Marketing research in Barcelona, Spain.
ROBERT MARRA (1986) is Former Executive Director & President of the National Association of Japan-America Societies.
ROBERT C. MARSHALL (Ph.D., 1981) is Professor Emeritus and former Chair, Department of Anthropology at Western Washington University.
PAUL NOGUCHI (Ph.D., 1977) is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and former Head, Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Bucknell University.
ELIZABETH OYLER (B.A., 1988) is Associate Professor, Japanese, at the University of Pittsburgh
BENJAMIN J. PACHTER (2013) is now the Executive Director of the Japan-America Society of Central Ohio. He completed his PhD in Ethnomusicology and is a taiko drum specialist.
ELIZABETH SELF (Ph.D., 2017) PhD in academic counselor for the Department of Asian Languages and Literature at the University of Washington.
ERIC C. SHINER (B.A., 1994) is the Artistic Director of White Cube Gallery in New York. e is also the former Director of The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, PA.
GEORGE SIPOS (IDMA, Ph.D. U Chicago) is Executive Director, Office of International Studies & Programs, University of Missouri, St. Louis)
JOHN W. TRAPHAGAN (Ph.D., 1997) is Associate Chair and Professor of Religious Studies at The University of Texas at Austin, where he also is a professor in the Human Dimensions of Organizations program.
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/rs/faculty/jt27
GEORGE (KEN) VICKERY (Ph.D., 2005) is Director of External Fellowships at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
HIDEO WATANABE (2000) is Professor of Japanese Language and Culture in the Department of Languages and Cultures at William Patterson University.
http://www.wpunj.edu/cohss/departments/lang_cul/faculty/watanabe.dot
KEVIN J. WETMORE (1997) is Professor of Theatre Arts at Loyola Marymount University.
http://cfa.lmu.edu/programs/theatrearts/faculty/kevinjwetmore/
JEROME WHITE (JERO) (2003) is an enka singer in Japan. He won the Best New Artist Award in the 50th Japan Record Awards in 2008.
http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/-/Artist/A021548.html
MITSUHIRO YOSHIDA (1997) is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the Research Institute of Japanese Studies, Kanda University of International Studies, Japan.