Kimberly Gauderman earned her Ph.D. in Latin American History at UCLA and is a professor of Latin American history at the University of New Mexico. She also serves as an expert witness in Latin American asylum cases. She authored Women’s Lives in Colonial Quito: Gender, Law, and Economy in Spanish A...

My name is Laurie Hurtado Vessely and I am a retired physician (endocrinologist). While I hardly used French in my career, I am still happy to have gotten a French degree. Now that I am retired, I am immersed in language study, taking multiple classes weekly in both French and Spanish and listening ...

Joan Bowman Siegel is retired and a professional volunteer who works primarily with the League of Women Voters and the international high school exchange organization AFS. Before retiring in 2011, she spent six years working in Japanese finance in London and over a decade as a Japan analyst for the ...

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Matthew is VP Greater China and a member Global Executive Committee with dsm-firmenich TTH (Taste, Texture & Health). From Portland, currently based in Shanghai, he has been in the Flavor & Fragrance industry since 1988, primarily in China. Responsible for the Creation and Manufacture of cor...

Barry Jackson, Professor Emeritus, Rivier University. After completing his doctoral studies at Oregon and faced with a soft job market, he returned home to Maine and worked in business for a few years. But his love for teaching brought him back to academia, he became Chair of Modern Languages at Riv...

"Jim" Mockford, retired after over 20 years in the computer electronics and software industry in a position that involved work in China, Japan, and Taiwan and previous positions in education and public affairs involving Japan. Currently, he is the Board President of the Northwest China Council since...