Japanese Studies Program Awards
Graduation 2010
Honors
Jordan Dickson--High Honors in East Asian Studies
Modern Languages Book Prize In Japanese
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The Japanese section is pleased to award its annual Book Prize to Nathan Revere. Nathan is an East Asian Studies and Linguistics major at W&M who has studied Japanese through the fourth year level. Nathan has also taken a number of classes with the professors in the Japanese section on Japanese Film, contemporary culture, and literature. Nathan worked as a translator for the “Future Shock” exhibit and went to Japan with Professor Hamada Connolly to conduct ethnographic research on politeness and etiquette as relates to Japanese foodways. Nathan has also worked as a TA for the program for two years in our First Year Japanese classes. After graduation, Nathan will begin graduate work at University of Wisconsin-Madison in their Anthropology Ph.D. program. Nathan will be focusing on language and culture in Japan. Read Nathan’s work on foodways and localization of Japanese anime. |
Kinyo Prize for Excellence in Japanese
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The Kinyo Prize for Excellence in Japanese was established through the generous support of Mr. Kazuo Nakamura of Kinyo Virginia, Inc. This prize is given annually to recognize the hard work and achievements of the top students at each level of our Japanese program. This year’s recipients are (from left) Chris Bubb, Soyoung Kim, Dongseok Shin, and Roger Chesley. Read about them below. |
Chris Bubb (400 level) After four years of hard work and one summer in Osaka for intensive language training, Chris has achieved a high level of fluency. He is confident and always does a superb job for oral presentations and other speaking activities in class. He has also deepened his knowledge about Osaka-ben(Osaka dialect), Japanese culture and people. He is one of the few students Kato-sensei had who is able to pick up the nuance of and understand jokes in Osaka-ben!
Dongseok Shin (300 level) Dongseok was most successful in improving his command of the Japanese language. He was well-prepared, organized, logical, and persuasive in his comments and discussions.
Roger Chesley (200 level) Roger is always trying his newly acquired skills immediately. He makes a great effort to use Japanese creatively. He is not afraid of taking risks. These are the factors which facilitated Roger’s improvement in his communication skills in Japanese. He is well prepared for the class, is a very active participant, and always does very thorough work.
Soyoung Kim (100 level) Soyoung is modest and unassuming, but an active and hard-working student. She almost always earned a perfect score on the quizzes and tests.
