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Promoting Asia in the Liberal Arts

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Distinguished Service Awards

Among the many contributors to ASIANetwork, we recognize the extraordinary contributions of the following people.

Van J. Symons, Augustana College, 2008
Board Member (1995-1999) and Chairperson
Executive Director (1999-2005)
Director, Freeman Student-Faculty Fellows (2005-2014)

Stan Mickel, Wittenberg University, 2009
Board Member (1997-2001) and Chairperson
Development Officer (2000-2005)
Director, Luce Asian Art in the Undergraduate Curriculum (2005-2008)

Joan O’Mara, Washington and Lee University, 2009
Board Member (2002-2006) and Chairperson
Co-editor of the ASIANetwork book Reading Asian Art and Artifacts

Paul Watt, DePauw University, 2010
Board Member (2001 -2005) and Chairperson
Development Officer (2005 -2010)

Cathy Benton, Lake Forest College, 2012
Board Member (1997-2000)
Development Officer (2000-2017)
ANFEP-India Seminar co-faculty leader in 2011 and 2014

Teddy Amoloza, Illinois Wesleyan University, 2014
Board Member (1996-1999)
Director, Freeman Student-Faculty Fellows (1997-2005)
Executive Director (2005-2014)
Director, Luce Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow (2014-2020)
Finance Officer (2014-present)

Erin McCarthy, 2017
Board Member (2006 -2010) and Chairperson
Co-editor, ASIANetwork Exchange (2011-2017)
Co-editor, Lever Press-ASIANetwork Book Series (2018-present)

Lisa Trivedi, 2017
Board Member (2007 -2010)
Co-editor, ASIANetwork Exchange (2011-2017)
Co-editor, Lever Press-ASIANetwork Book Series (2018-present)

The award was named in honor of Van J. Symons in 2014.

About ASIANetwork

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Upcoming Deadlines

  • Journal Submission: Submit Anytime
  • AN Board Nominations: Submit Anytime
  • Asian Studies Consultancy: Apply Anytime
  • Annual Meeting Proposals: due August 31
  • Amoloza Conference Travel Award: due August 31
  • Speakers Bureau Grant: due September 30
  • Annual Meeting Student Poster Proposal: due February 1
  • McJimsey Student Essay Competition: due February 1
  • Student-Faculty Fellows: due December 1
  • Postdoc Teaching Fellows: due December 1
Executive Director
Gary DeCoker

Ohio Wesleyan University
execdir@asianetwork.org

Chair, ASIANetwork Board of Directors
Siti Kusujiarti

Warren Wilson College
skusujia@warren-wilson.edu

Program Chair, Annual Meeting
Dan Choffnes

Carthage College
dchoffnes@carthage.edu

Contact Us

ASIANetwork, c/o Ohio Wesleyan University, University Hall 101, 61 S. Sandusky St., Delaware, OH 43015
Financial Headquarters: c/o Illinois Wesleyan University, 205 E. Beecher Street, Box 2900, Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
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