Step 1

Download the Application Packet and Instructions. This packet includes essay questions, recommendation forms, a waiver form, and a study abroad approval form. Follow all instructions carefully.  Your home college may have an internal application for study abroad applicants separate from the Japan Study application. Some colleges have a very early fall deadline.  Please contact your study abroad office as soon as possible to determine the deadline for this application.

Step 2

Enter the online application portal to begin your application after thoroughly reading the Application Instructions. Begin by creating an account. You can save your application and come back to it at any time. Make sure to submit your online information and essays by the due date, even if other documents, such as recommendations or transcripts, are still in route. Remember, all essays are uploaded via the online application portal found at japanstudy.slideroom.com.

step 3

Gather all necessary documents to be mailed separately from the online application. Refer to the Application Instructions for a complete list of documents needed. Keep copies of all documents.

Remember to give the recommendation forms (2) to your chosen references and enter your reference’s names and emails on the online application portal.  A link will be sent to your references that are entered on the application portal to allow for online recommendation submission. It is especially important to request your recommendations before winter break since professors are very busy at this time of year.

Step 4

Complete all forms. The online portion of the application must be submitted by the deadline to be eligible for consideration.  We understand that official transcripts and some other documents may not be ready by the deadline.  Please request an official transcript be sent, and send unofficial grades/transcripts in the meantime.

Great Lakes Colleges Association

Albion College | Midori Yoshii, Associate Professor of International Studies
(517) 629-0587 | myoshii@albion.edu

Allegheny College | Brita Doyle, Assistant Dean for Global Education
(814) 332-3364 | bdoyle@allegheny.edu

Antioch College | TBA
(937) 767-1286 |info@antioch.edu

Denison University | Michael Tangeman, Associate Professor of East Asian Studies
(740) 587-6423 | tangemanm@denison.edu

DePauw University | Hiroko Chiba, Professor of Asian Studies
(765) 658-4599 | hchiba@depauw.edu

Earlham College | Natanya Cooper, Japan Study Program Associate
(765) 983-1883 | coopena@earlham.edu

Hope College | Yoshiko Tsuda, Associate Professor of Japanese
(616) 395-7579 | tsuda@hope.edu

Kalamazoo College | Noriko Sugimori, Professor of Japanese
(269) 337-7408 | sugimori@kzoo.edu

Kenyon College | Marne Ausec | Director, Center for Global Engagement
(740) 427-5572 | ausecm@kenyon.edu

Oberlin College | Ann Sherif , Professor of Japanese/ Emer O’Dwyer, Director of East Asian Studies
(440) 775-8827 | ann.sherif@oberlin.edu
eodwyer@oberlin.edu |(440) 775-6708

Ohio Wesleyan University | Jun Kawabe, Lecturer in Modern Languages, Japanese
(740) 368-3692 | jjkawabe@owu.edu

Wabash College | Amy Weir, Director of Off-Campus Studies
(765) 361-6078 | weira@wabash.edu

The College of Wooster | David McConnell, Professor of Anthropology
(330) 263-2476 | dmcconnell@wooster.edu

Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM)

Carleton College | Noboru Tomonari, Associate Professor of Japanese
(507) 222-5955 | ntomonar@carleton.edu

Coe College | David Nordmann, Associate Professor of History
(319) 399-8692 | dnordman@coe.edu

Colorado College |Francesca Pizarro, AssistantProfessor of Japanese
(719) 389-6567 |fpizarro2023@coloradocollege.edu

Cornell College | Erin Davis, Associate Dean (319) 895-4296 | edavis@cornellcollege.edu

Grinnell College | Mariko Schimmel, Associate Professor of Japanese
(641) 269-4498 | schimmel@grinnell.edu

Knox College | Natsumi Hayashi, Visiting Instructor in Japanese
(309) 341-7309 | nhayashi@knox.edu

Lawrence University | Lezlie Weber, Director of Off-Campus Programs
(920) 832-7354 | lezlie.r.weber@lawrence.edu

Luther College |Gereon Kopf, Professor of Religion (563) 387-1497 | kopfg@luther.edu

Macalester College | Satoko Suzuki, Professor of Asian Languages and Cultures
(651) 696-6723 | suzuki@macalester.edu
Arthur Mitchell, Professor of Asian Languages and Cultures
(651) 696-6276 | amitche3@macalester.edu

Monmouth College | Tim Gaster, Associate Professor of Modern Languages
(309) 457-2306 |tgaster@monmouthcollege.edu

Ripon College | Michele Wittler, Associate Dean of Faculty and Registrar
(920) 748-8119 | wittlerm@ripon.edu

St. Olaf College | Joanne Quimby, Associate Professor of Japanese
(507) 786-3637 | quimby2@stolaf.edu