Since 2009, APSIA has partnered with The Japan Foundation’s Center for Global Partnership (CGP) for the Japan Travel Program for U.S. Future Leaders.   This summer, a group of 15 students from APSIA schools will travel to Japan to gain firsthand knowledge of U.S.-Japanese relations, Japanese diplomacy, and culture.  Their visit will include meetings with experts in the fields of politics, economics, and civil society; visits to government ministries, think tanks, policy institutes, businesses, and non-profit organizations; cultural excursions; and a day in Tokyo for individual, self-organized research.  

We proudly congratulate the following students on being selected:

Mary Bridges, Yale University, Jackson Institute for Global Affairs
Cynthia Elliot, American University, School of International Service
Andrew Hill, Columbia University, School of International & Public Affairs (SIPA)
Colin Hood, University of Maryland, School of Public Policy
Abdur Rah Khan, University of Maryland, School of Public Policy
Tinuviel Lathrop, University of Denver, Josef Korbel School of International Studies
Judith Li, University of California-San Diego, School of International Relations & Pacific Studies (IRPS)
Nina Maturu, University of Michigan, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Marcella McClatchey, Duke University, Sanford School of Public Policy
Bret McEvoy, Tufts University, The Fletcher School
Corey Pattison, Yale University, Jackson Institute for Global Affairs
Daniel Roarty, University of Denver, Josef Korbel School of International Studies
Casey Sheridan, George Washington University, The Elliott School of International Affairs
Kartikeya Singh, Tufts University, The Fletcher School
Jacob Vawter, Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service

Each year we also select a career director from an APSIA school to accompany the fellows and give a career-oriented perspective on the experience.  We are pleased to announce that C. Bryan Kempton, Director for Career Services & Alumni Relations at the University of Maryland, was selected.