Instructor in Japanese Language, Associated Kyoto Program
The Associated Kyoto Program (AKP) invites applications for a position as full-time Instructor inJapanese Language, beginning Fall 2025. The initial appointment will be for two years,
renewable for an additional three years (and thereafter at three-year intervals) depending on
the candidate’s successful teaching and the Program’s curricular needs.
AKP is a study abroad program housed at Doshisha University in Kyoto and operated by aconsortium of 13 U.S. liberal arts institutions, including Amherst, Bates, Carleton, Colby,Connecticut, Mount Holyoke, Oberlin, Pomona, Smith, Whitman, and Williams Colleges, andBucknell and Wesleyan Universities. AKP follows a U.S. academic calendar with fall and springsemesters. Instructors are required to be on campus for the eight months that AKP is in session,
generally from the beginning of September until the end of April, and should also be available
for occasional meetings prior to and following the AKP academic year. For more information
about AKP, please visit our website at www.associatedkyotoprogram.org.
The main responsibility of the position is to teach one intensive Japanese language course eachsemester, which will meet for ten 50-minute sessions per week; and one 50-minute skill
development course per week. Other responsibilities include weekly office hours, curricular
planning and development, regular meetings with the language faculty and resident director,
supervision of extracurricular activities such as field trips, service as coordinator of the language
program on a rotating basis, and additional service as necessary to support the pedagogicalmission of the language program.
Candidates are expected to hold a Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Japanese language pedagogy or arelated field. Candidates must have native or near-native proficiency in Japanese, as well ascompetency in English sufficient to carry out administrative duties. Candidates should be
prepared to teach all levels of Japanese language. Preference will be given to candidates who
have experience teaching Japanese as a foreign/second language to students from U.S.
colleges, whether in the U.S. or at a study abroad program in Japan. Candidates must be eligible
to work in Japan.
Application materials should be submitted by email in PDF form. Candidates should submit (1) aletter of interest, (2) a CV, (3) a one-page statement of teaching philosophy, (4) syllabi andsamples of teaching materials for two courses the candidate has taught, and (5) a link to a video
recording of a class or teaching demonstration (please include the link in the body of an email
message). If available, candidates are encouraged to submit recent teaching evaluations.
Candidates should arrange for three confidential letters of recommendation to be submitted
directly to the email address given below.
Review of applications will begin on 15 October 2024, and will continue until the position isfilled. Depending on the candidate’s location, interviews of finalists will be conducted either in
Kyoto or at an AKP member institution in the U.S. Application materials and inquiries should bedirected to Professor Erik R. Lofgren, Chair of the Associated Kyoto Program(lofgren@associatedkyotoprogram.org).