JALT2025 - Tokyo

University program management: An exploratory panel

Nov 2, 2025, 9:40 AM

1h

National Olympics Memorial Youth Center / 国立オリンピック記念青少年総合センター

Forum (60-minutes) Teacher and Professional Development Room 504

Speakers

Catherine Oki (Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts) Jennie Roloff Rothman (Kanda University of International Studies) Jennifer Jordan (Kwansei Gakuin University) Marcos Benevides (J. F. Oberlin University) Travis Past (Kyoto Sangyo University)

Description

This forum brings together five language program coordinators currently working at universities in Japan. They will discuss various challenges and triumphs related to their experience with: hiring and faculty development, curriculum development and implementation, testing and placement, dealing with faculty changeover, pushback from administration and other stakeholders, and more. This will be followed by a Q&A session. Organizers will also gauge interest in establishing a program management group and/or mini-conference in the future.

Summary

This forum brings together five language program coordinators currently working at universities in Japan. They will discuss various challenges and triumphs related to their experience with: hiring and faculty development, curriculum development and implementation, testing and placement, dealing with faculty changeover, pushback from administration and other stakeholders, and more. This will be followed by a Q&A session. Organizers will also gauge interest in establishing a program management group and/or mini-conference in the future.