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Japanese National Honor Society
College Chapter - 2010 Inductees

The Japanese National Honor Society–College Chapter (JNHS–CC) inducted 149 students from 31 college chapters for the 2009–10 academic year.

Each chapter received Certificates of Excellence and red/white cords for their students to be presented at their graduations.

The following are the names of the chapters, the faculty sponsors, and their inducted students.

Arizona State University - Tomoko Shimomura
DREW, Matthew Lee
NECKER, Cory

Brandeis University - Hiroko Sekino
PITT, Michael
STEWART, Clarissa

California State University, Monterey Bay - Shigeko Sekine
BENNETT, David
BORACCA, Josh
FLOWERS, Bret
KUWANA, Tomoki
McKEE, Sandra
ONG, Dustin

The College of New Jersey - Holly HK Didi-Ogren
NGUYEN, Kathy
RIVERA, Tony

Colorado State University - Masako Beecken
FISHER, Jade (12/09)
PETERS, Kyle (12/09)

Furman University - Shusuke Yagi
TACKETT, Rachel
THOMPSON, Lauren

George Mason University - Sufumi So
HALL, Bailey

Indiana University at Bloomington - Keiko Kuriyama
KRUG, Danielle Mari
LOUDERBACK, Nicholas James

Kalamazoo College - Roselee Bundy
COOPER, Robert O.
PAYNE, Briana N.

Kansas State University - Kumiko Nakamura
KLIEWER, Greta
SCALER, Kimberly

Lyon College - Mieko Uchida Peek
ERICKSEN, Katharine
LOONEY, Joshua

Middlebury College - Kyoko Hayasaka Davis
BERTAGNOLLI, Alexandra
CONOUR, Grant
GOSSELIN, Erin
HARTLEY, Kathleen
LAM, Christopher Ching Fung
LIM, Jean
LIN, Leslie
NEWTON, Thomas
NORDEN, Toby
PARKER, David
SANCHEZ MARTINEZ, Nestor
SELOVER, Gregory
ZHOU, Wanyi

North Central College - Fukumi Matsubara
DINOFFRIA, Anthony
ELFMAN, Megan
ROGERS, Matthew

Occidental College - Motoko Ezaki
BONAPARTE, Robert
HORWITZ, Alison
NIKAMI, Jamie
NOORI, Navid Brian
PARUBRUB, Arlene
SENN, Katrina
TONOZUKA, Kent

The Ohio State University - Yuko Kuwai
RHOADS, Stephanie M.
SCHINDEWOLF, Brandon C.
WARING, Michael C.

Old Dominion University - Mieko Ishibashi
HUDGINS, Megan

University of Arizona - Mariko Karatsu
PEEK, Cameron
MOLINA, Gabriel

University of California, San Diego - Yasu-Hiko Tohsaku
KIM, Donna
LEE, Jung-Hyun
VU, Khoa
ZIMMERMAN, Michelle

University of Colorado - Laurel Rasplica Rodd
DENSON, Katrina (12/09)
FURLONG, Erin
KO, Sung Hee (12/09)
LEE, HyeSeung
SUZUKI-PARKER, Joseph Torin
THIEM, Victoria
TUTTLE, Michael

University of Delaware - Rachael Hutchinson
DOMIAN, Chris
KIM, Young
LIN, Shin-Ying
MINCH, Brian
MUSSONI, Paul
RUHLMAN, Daniel
WISNER, Lisa

University of Hawaii, Manoa - Arthur Thornhill
FORTE, Sean (12/09)
FUKATA, Joyce M. (12/09)
IDA, Tomomi J. (12/09) 
KIM, Sunhee (12/09) 
PAUL, Jason T. (12/09)
TAFLINGER, Brandon L. (12/09)

University of Hawaii, Manoa - Kazue Kanno
GROOVER, Matthew J.
HANSEN, Matias V.
HOOD, Benjammin A.
NAGAJI, Meaghan H.
ONO, Lauren K.
PETERSON, Carolyn M.
RAMOS, Arlyn V.
RYAN, Joseph R.
SHIMA, Risa

University of Maryland, College Park - Lindsay Amthor Yotsukura
CHASE, Christine
DARWICK, Amy
DEMENT, Kevin
DOUGHERTY, Michael
GROSS, Sachi
JAMES, Jeffrey
KIM, Julia
NIESI, Emiko

University of Michigan - Mayumi Oka
AHN, Hyejin
BRINKS, Katherine
CHAN, Sze Yen
CHONG, Jin Yi
DIMAGGIO, Kyle
GU, Hang
HEWLETT, Laura
PARK, Sang-Hyun
OSHIKIRI, Yumi
RONNEBAUM, Joshua
ROSENGREN, Emily
ROTTMANN, Douglas
SUNSTRUM, Dan
TAY, Donald
WELLS, David Lyle
WENDT, George
WISTI, Zachary

University of North Texas - Yayoi Takeuchi
ECKERT, Ezekiel
GARTON, Rachel
GROSARDT, Chris
KING, Arielle
LIZARRAGA, Carlo
MARTINEZ, Francesca
McCRARY, Benjamin
McDONALD, Sarah
PETERS, Jessica
POSTER, Shaleah
SARODJO, Lea
SMITH, Alex
SNYDER, Heather
STRUNC, Rachel
WOODHULL, Lara

University of South Florida - Mako Nozu
ESPINOSA, Julio
HARDY, Joshua
KOEPKE, Arelan

University of Vermont - Mutsumi Corson
HOFFMANN, Caitlin Scott
MANAGAN, Sarah Siobhan
NI, Wei
WALSH, Anna Raine

Ursinus College - Matthew Mizenko
MORROW, Ryan

Villanova University - Masako Hamada
LUTY, Jarrod W.
NORCROSS, Gregory
RIESTER, Benjamin J. (12/09)
WENGER, Erica L.

Washington and Lee University - Janet Ikeda
HOLLAND, Kim Suk

Washington University in St. Louis - Ginger Marcus
CARPENTER, Shelby
CAVALLO, Nicholas
GREVE, Ashley
HU, YiNa Betty
JASNY, Aaron
MATEO, Alexander

Wittenberg University - Terumi Imai
ANDERSON, Neil
CATALFU, Cameron
CREWS, Jessica
TINNEY, Kaitlyn

Congratulations to all of the students for their outstanding scholastic achievement and excellence in the study of the Japanese language.

For more information about JNHS-CC, please contact the ATJ office at


Janet Ikeda, President
Yasu-Hiko Tohsaku, Past President
Susan Schmidt, Administrative Director

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