Past Directors Former Directors Linda Walton PhDFounding Director (1997 -1999)Professor EmeritaEmail: brlw@pdx.edu Laurence Kominz 2nd Director ( 1999 - 2001)Professor of JapaneseEmail: kominzl@pdx.eduPatricia Thornton PhD3rd Director (2001 - 2002)Former Faculty of Political Science Stephen Wadley4th Director (2001)Professor of Chinese Email: wadleys@pdx.edu Patricia J. Wetzel5th Director (2001 - 2007)Email: wetzelp@pdx.edu Sharon Carstens (2007 - 2013)Professor Emerita AnthropologyEmail: b5sc@pdx.edu Suwako Watanabe (2016 - 2022)Department Chair & Professor of JapaneseEmail: suwako@pdx.edu DirectorHyeyoung Woo, PhDProfessor of Sociology, Liberal Arts & Sciences hyeyoung@pdx.edu Karl Miller Center - 660T Program CoordinatorFara Mendy, M.Ed.iasias@pdx.edu Karl Miller Center, Room 660Q Main OfficeOffice of Global Engagement and Innovation intl-services@pdx.edu 503-725-4094Karl Miller Center 660