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CV for GIL LATZ, Ph.D. for a summary of the CV, see concluding pages
Professor of Geography
Associate Vice Chancellor for International Affairs
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Philanthropic Studies Affiliated Faculty Member
Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
Associate Vice President for International Affairs
Office of Vice President for International Affairs
Indiana University
902 West New York Street, ES 2126
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
Tel: (317) 278 1265/ Fax: (317) 278 2213/ Email: [email protected]
Education
1986 Ph.D. Geography, The University of Chicago
Dissertation: Agricultural Development in Japan: The Land
Improvement District in Concept and Practice.
Principal reader, Dr. Norton Ginsburg
1980-84 Kenkyusei Dissertation Research, Institute of Human Geography, University
of Tokyo
1980-81 Advanced Japanese Studies Inter-University Center, Stanford
University, Tokyo
1978 M.A. Geography, The University of Chicago
Thesis: Soil and Water Conservation Policy in North America
1974 B.A. Religion and English Literature, Occidental College, Los Angeles
1972-73 Ryugakusei Junior Year Abroad, International Div., Waseda University, Tokyo
Employment
2012- Associate Vice Chancellor for International Affairs; Professor of Geography, and
Philanthropic Studies Affiliated Faculty, Indiana University-Purdue University
Indianapolis; Associate Vice President for International Affairs, Office of the Vice
President for International Affairs, Indiana University. Responsibilities: Strategic
planning and international partnerships; curricular internationalization; study
abroad; international admissions. $2 million annual budget; 34 staff.
2002-11 Vice Provost for International Affairs, Office of International Affairs, Portland
State University, 2002-11. Responsibilities: strategic planning and international
partnerships; study abroad; curricular internationalization. $1.5 million annual
budget; 24 staff. From 2010-11, my portfolio expanded to include appointment as
Executive Director, Waseda Oregon Program, a joint venture between Waseda
University (Tokyo) and PSU providing exchange programs in language and
culture for Waseda, Oregon, and other US undergraduate students.
1983-2011 Professor of Geography, Geography Department, Portland State University, 1993-
2011 and Professor of International Studies, International Studies Program, 1993-
2011. Instructor, Assistant, Associate Professor of East Asian Geography,
Geography Department, Portland State University, 1983 to 1988. Appointed
Instructor, 1984; Assistant Professor, 1985; Associate Professor, 1988; granted
tenure, 1989. Advisor for East Asia, International Studies Program, Portland
State University, 1985 to 1987. Responsibilities: teaching, research service;
curriculum development, advising students participating in the East Asia track of
the International Studies undergraduate degree program, grantsmanship.
1991-99 Co-Coordinator, Oregon Geographic Alliance, sponsored by the National
Geographic Society and Portland State University. Responsibilities: coordinating
K-12 in-service projects aimed at addressing geographical illiteracy in Oregon,
managing annual budget of $100,000, and acting as liaison between the Oregon
State Legislature, Oregon Department of Education, National Geographic Society,
and Portland State University.
1990-93 Executive Director, International Trade Institute, Portland State University.
Responsibilities: devising programs and projects addressing the international
business information needs of the Oregon State System of Higher Education,
Oregon State Legislature, and the Oregon business community. Managed a staff of
nine and annual budget of $500,000. Position reported directly to University
President. Interim Director, 1987-90.
1974-76 Land-use Planning Technician, Allen County Plan Commission, Fort Wayne,
Indiana. Responsibilities: research, writing, and publication of ten-year
comprehensive plan, specifically sections on suburban, agricultural, and
environmental land-use policies, for Allen County, Indiana. Coordination of plan
objectives with city planners for Fort Wayne, Indiana, population 200,000.
Awarded Indiana Committee for the Humanities grant to conduct public meetings
with the farm community on appropriate prime agricultural land zoning.
Refereed Publications and Other Creative Achievements
Books
2015 Gil Latz and Mel Gurtov. Trans-Pacific Leadership Project: A Report to the
Shibusawa Eiichi Memorial Foundation. Final report of the Trans-Pacific
Leadership course convened at Portland State University and Waseda University,
2010-13. National Library Bindery Co. Inc., Indianapolis. Japanese version
published jointly by Waseda University, 2015.
2014 Gil Latz, Ed. Rediscovering Shibusawa Eiichi in the 21st Century: The Shibusawa
Eiichi Memorial Foundation, 1999-2014. The Japan Journal: Tokyo, Japan.
Japanese edition: Shibusawa Eiichi Kinen Zaidan no Chosen (Rediscovery of the
Shibusawa Eiichi Memorial Foundation). Fuji Publishing Co., 2015.
2006 Gerald Curtis, Gil Latz, Masato Kimura, eds. Nihon no Chosen (Challenges for
Japan). Tokyo: Shibusawa Ei'ichi Memorial Foundation, 2006. The publication is
the Japanese translation of: Challenges for Japan: Democracy, Finance,
International Relations, Gender, ed. by Gil Latz and Izumi Koide. (Tokyo: The
International House of Japan; for the Third Shibusawa International Seminar on
Japanese Studies, 2003).
2005 Gil Latz, Guest Editor. Special Issue on Controversial Issues in Japanese Politics
and Society. Asian Perspective Vol. 29, No. 1, 2005.
2003 Gil Latz and Koide Izumi, eds. Challenges for Japan: Democracy, Finance,
International Relations, Gender. Tokyo: The International House of Japan, Inc.,
for the Shibusawa Ei’ichi Memorial Foundation.
1996 Gil Latz. University Study and Faculty Guides for Power of Place: World
Regional Geography. John Wiley & Sons, in conjunction with The Annenberg /
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Project, World Regional Geography
Telecourse. 235p. Second editions, 1997; Third editions, 2000. Text developed in
conjunction with: (a) The Power of Place: World Regional Geography
Telecourse, premiering on PBS, Fall, 1996 and; (b) Geography: Realms, Regions,
and Concepts, 7th edition, 1994, 8th edition, 1997, 9th edition, 2000, by Harm de
Blij and Peter O. Muller, John Wiley & Sons.
1996 Gil Latz and Sacha Gilbert. High School Teachers Guide for Power of Place:
World Regional Geography. The Annenberg / Corporation for Public
Broadcasting Project, World Regional Geography Telecourse. Text developed in
conjunction with: (a) The Power of Place: World Regional Geography
Telecourse, premiering on PBS, Fall 1996; (b) Geography: Realms, Regions, and
Concepts: 7th ed., 1994, Harm de Blij and Peter O. Muller, John Wiley & Sons;
and c) Geography for Life: National Geography Standards, 1994, by Geography
Education Standards Project, National Geographic Research & Exploration, 1994.
1992 Mark Borthwick and Gil Latz. The Pacific Century Study and Faculty Guides.
Boulder, CO.: Westview Press. 170p. Text developed in conjunction with: (a)
The Pacific Century, A Ten-part Educational Telecourse, premiering on PBS
October 15, 1992 and; (b) Pacific Century: The Emergence of Modern Pacific
Asia, by Mark Borthwick, Westview Press, 1992.
1989 Gil Latz. Agricultural Development in Japan: The Land Improvement District in
Concept and Practice. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, for the
Committee on Geographical Studies, Geography Research Paper No. 225.
1986 Gil Latz. Nihon ni okeru kangai ni kan suru waei yogoshu fuzuhyo [Contemporary
and Historical Irrigation in Japan--Selected Terminology and Illustrations--].
Tokyo: The Toyota Foundation.
Chapters
2015 Julie F. Hatcher, Mary A. Price, Dawn M. Whitehead and Gil Latz. “Using a
partnership approach in study abroad: Implications and strategies for program
design and assessment”. Invited chapter: Assessing International Learning:
Theory and Practice, Ed. by V. Savicki and B. Brewer. Stylus, pp. 277-93.
2012 Gil Latz. “Asia: Transnational Organizations”. 21st Century Geography: A
Reference Handbook. Joseph P. Stoltman, Editor. Sage Publications, pp. 585-600.
2011 Gil Latz. "The Experience of Place in Japan". Janschitz, Susanne and Lieb,
Gerhard Karl (editors). Nachhaltigkeit – Regionalentwicklung – Tourismus.
Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstag von O. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Friedrich M.
Zimmermann (Sustainability – Regional Development – Tourism. Festschrift in
Honor of Prof. Dr. Friedrich M. Zimmermann). Graz Studies of Geography and
Regional Science, Vol. 46. Graz, Austria 2011, pp. 201-204.
2010 Gil Latz and Mauro Agnoletti. “Montagnola senese di Spannocchia” (The
Montagnola Senese of Spannocchia). Mauro Agnoletti, Editor. Paesaggi Rurali
Storici: Per Un Catalogo Nazionale (Historical Rural Landscapes: For a National
Register). Rome: Gius, Lareza & Figli, pp. 317-19.
2006 Gil Latz. “Comparative international research on agricultural land-use history and
forest management practices: the Tuscan estate of Castello di Spannocchia and
Vermont’s Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park”. In Mauro
Agnoletti, ed. The Conservation of Cultural Landscapes. Oxfordshire: CABI
Publishing, pp. 225-39.
2002 Gil Latz, "L'area di studio di Spannocchia: descrizione stazionale, cenni storici,
elaborazioni grafiche"(Area Study of Spannocchia: Site Characteristics, History,
Cartography and Spatial Analysis), in Mauro Agnoletti, ed., Il paesaggio agro-
forestale toscano, Strumenti per l'analisi, la gestione e la conservazione (The
Agricultural and Forested Landscape of Tuscany: Instruments for Analysis and
Conservation Management). Florence: Agenzia Regionale per Io Sviluppo e
l'Innovazione nel settore Agricolo-forestale, pp. 111-22.
2001 Gil Latz. “Back to the Future: The Intellectual Themes of the Second Shibusawa
Seminar on Japanese Studies”. Challenges for Japan: Democracy, Business, and
Aging. Tokyo: International House of Japan.
1998 Gil Latz. Editor. Japan Section. The Columbia Gazetteer of the World. Saul
Cohen, editor. New York: Columbia University Press.
1997 Gil Latz, contributing author. "Japan." In Encyclopaedia Britannica. Chicago:
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. A longer, electronic version of this article
appeared for those subscribing to Encyclopaedia Britannica On Line, 1996.
1992 Gil Latz. "Geographical Perspectives on Investment Opportunities: Pacific Rim".
Association for Investment Management Research, ed. Investing Worldwide III.
Charlottesville, VA.: Association for Investment Management Research, 42-47.
1992 Alexander B. Murphy and Gil Latz. "Geography and International Studies". In
Devorah Lieberman and Mel Gurtov, eds. Revealing the World: An
Interdisciplinary Reader for International Studies. Dubuque, IA: Kendall-Hunt,
pp. 23-51.
1992 Gil Latz. “Oregon’s Experience in Japanese Direct Investment”. James Morgan,
Jack. R. Huddleston, Yoshio Kimura, eds. Japanese Business: Management and
Investment Perspectives. Menlo Park, Ca.: SRI International, Business
Intelligence Program.
1991 Gil Latz. "The Persistence of Agriculture in Urban Japan: An Analysis of the
Tokyo Metropolitan Area". N. Ginsburg, T. McGee, B. Koppel, eds. The
Extended Metropolis: Settlement Transition in Asia. Honolulu: U. Hawaii Press,
pp. 217-38.
1989 Gil Latz. "An Oregon Perspective on U.S./Japan Trade" [Oregon kara mita
nichibei boeki]. Proceedings: Third International Symposium, Urban Economic
Research Institute, ed. Tokyo: Toshi Keizai Kenkyu Jo, pp. 15-70.
1987 Gil Latz. "Portland's East Asian Connection". Portland's Changing Landscape.
Ed. by Larry Price. Portland, OR: Association of American Geographers and
Portland State University Foundation, pp. 121-135.
Articles
2016 Gil Latz, “For New Grads, Global Trade Means Local Opportunities”.
INside Edge: Inside Indiana Business, Perspectives, posted 13 May 2016:
http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/story/31970885/for-new-grads-global-
trade-means-local-opportunities#.Vzsvorj_XjM.email
2016 Gil Latz, AIEA Presidential Message, “Building a Better World: The Academy as
Leader”. Association of International Education Administrators Newsletter.
Spring 2016, Issue 17: 1-2.
2015 Gil Latz, Susan Sutton, and Barbara Hill, “An Internationalized Stewardship of
Urban Places”. Metropolitan Universities Journal. March 2015. Vol. 25 Number
3: 83-98.
2012 Gil Latz, “The Intersection of Internationalization and Civic Engagement”, as
found in: Sutton, S., et al, Collaborating on the Future: Strategic Partnerships and
Linkages. Deardorff, D., et al, ed. The Sage Handbook of International Higher
Education. (Sage Publications, 2012), pp. 149-51.
2012 Masami Nishishiba and Gil Latz, “Institutionalizing the Diversity and
Internationalization Initiatives at Portland State University”, as found in: Olson,
C. and James Peacock, Globalism and Interculturalism: Where Global and Local
Meet. Deardorff, D., et al, ed. The Sage Handbook of International Higher
Education. (Sage Publications, 2012), pp. 310-12.
2010 Duncan Carter, Gil Latz and Patricia Thornton. “Through a New Lens: Assessing
International Learning at Portland State University”. The Journal of General
Education. Vol. 59, No. 3: 172-81.
2009 G. Latz, Ingle, M., and Fischer, M. “Cross-Border Capacity Building: Selected
Examples of Portland State University’s Involvement in Tertiary Level
Educational Reform in Vietnam”. /Technology Management in the Age of
Fundamental Change/. Editors: T. R. Anderson, T. U. Daim, D. F. Kocaoglu.
Portland, PICMET, pp. 2263-67.
2006 Gil Latz and Masato Kimura. “Afterward: Shibusawa Ei’ichi’s Legacy.” In
Gerald Curtis, Gil Latz, Masato Kimura, eds. Nihon no Chosen (Challenges for
Japan). Tokyo: Shibusawa Ei'ichi Memorial Foundation. The publication is the
Japanese translation of: Challenges for Japan: Democracy, Finance, International
Relations, Gender, ed. by Gil Latz and Izumi Koide. (Tokyo: The International
House of Japan; for the Third Shibusawa International Seminar on Japanese
Studies, 2003).
2005 Gil Latz and Masato Kimura. “A Synopsis of the Shibusawa Ei’ichi International
Seminars in Japanese Studies: 2000-04.” In Gil Latz, ed. Special Issue:
Controversial Issues in Japanese Politics and Society. Asian Perspective Vol 29,
No. 1: 1-10.
1999 Gil Latz. “The Geography Discipline Network Guides on Teaching, Learning,
and Assessment: A North American Perspective.” Journal of Geography in
Higher Education, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 258-59. One of four commissioned essays.
1997-2001 Gurtov/Latz, eds. APEC Issues: Asian Perspective “Sustainable Development”.
1996 Gil Latz. "The Power of Place: World Regional Geography." Agenda: The PBS
Adult Learning Service Magazine. Fall Winter: 1995/96: 7.
1993 Gil Latz. “Regional Factors Influence Pacific Basin Trade: The Example of
Korea and the U.S.” Waseda Journal of Asian Studies. Vol. 15: 1-17.
1993 Gil Latz. "Geographical Perspectives on Trade Relations between the U.S. and
Korea". In Current Issues in Korean-U.S. Relations: Korean-American Dialogue.
M. Lee, ed. Seoul, Institute for Far Eastern Studies, Kyungnam University: 9-29.
1992 Gil Latz. "U.S./Japan Trade Relations Under the Clinton Administration."
[Kurinton seiken ni okeru nichibei boeki mondai no tenkai ni tsuite]. Kansai 21st
Century Research Committee, December 1992: 7p.
1992 Gil Latz. "The Experience of Place in Japan." Asian Art Vol. 5, No. 2, Spr.: 2-7.
1990 Michael Martin, Gil Latz and Hiroshi Yamauchi. "Reforming Japanese
Agricultural Policy: Problems and Prospects". Natural Resources Trade
Consortium Working Paper No. 90-02. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University.
77p. Published concurrently as an International Trade Institute Working Paper.
1989 Gil Latz. "Thoughts on Building a Successful International Partnership".
Goodwill FORUM Vol. 3, No. 5, Fall: 13-16.
1981 Nishikawa Osamu and Gil Latz. "The Role of Land Improvement Districts, Tochi
Kairyo Ku, in the Modernization of Japan's Agricultural Sector: A Preliminary
Research Report". Proceedings, Humanities Department, College of General
Education, The University of Tokyo. Vol. 73 (Series on Human Geography,
Number 7): 53-70.
Editorships/Consultancy
2016 Senior Associate for Internationalization, Center for Internationalization and
Global Engagement, American Council on Education, Washington, D.C.
2016 Editor, Metro Indy Global Trade and Investment Plan, Indy Chamber and
Brookings/ JPMorgan Chase Global Cities Initiative. Indianapolis, 2016.
2015 Editor, Global Indy Export Plan. Indy Chamber and Brookings/ JPMorgan Chase
Global Cities Initiative. Indianapolis, 2015.
2013- Contributing Review Editor, Asian Perspective, Lynne Rienner Publishers.
2007- Editorial Board, Global Environment: Journal of History and Natural and Social
Sciences. Biyearly; inaugurated 2007. Department of Forest and Environmental
Science and Technology of the University of Florence and the Institute of Studies
on Mediterranean Societies of the National Council of Research in Naples, Italy.
2007 Consultant to Countries of the World: Japan, by Charles Phillips. National
Geographic Society, Washington, DC, 2007.
2006 Gerald Curtis, Gil Latz, Masato Kimura, eds. Nihon no Chosen (Challenges for
Japan). Tokyo: Shibusawa Ei'ichi Memorial Foundation, 2006. The publication is
the Japanese translation of: Challenges for Japan: Democracy, Finance,
International Relations, Gender, ed. by Gil Latz and Izumi Koide. (Tokyo: The
International House of Japan; for the Third Shibusawa International Seminar on
Japanese Studies, 2003).
2005- Editorial Board, Japan and Global Society Series, University of Toronto Press in
collaboration with the Shibusawa Ei'ichi Memorial Foundation and University of
Missouri-St. Louis.
1999-2000 Academic Production Consultant, National Science Foundation, Geography and
Multimedia Education: the Power of Place Telecourse. Cambridge Studios.
1995-2012 Editor. Asian Perspective. Kyungnam University and Portland State University,
publishers.
1994-98 Editor. Japan section. Columbia Gazetteer of the World. Columbia University
Press.
Book and Educational Video reviews
2007 The Power of Place: Geography for the 21st Century. Small Farms Big Cities:
Northern Japan and Tokyo. Reviewed by Gil Latz, Joe Narus, Joel Stewart.
Special Issue of Education about Asia, “Natural Disasters in Asia: Geography and
Environment”. Vol. 12.2 (Fall 2007).
2000 Modern Japanese Geography: An Intellectual History. Keiichi Takeuchi. Tokyo:
Kokon Shoin Publishers Ltd. 2000. xiv and 250pp., glossary; index. Association
of American Geographers, Annals: Vol. 92, No. 1 (March 2002): 162-65.
1996 “Realities of Pacific Asia”, for Asian Perspective, Vol. 20, No.1: 191-94 (Spring-
Summer, 1996). Book reviews of: Asia Pacific Fusion: Japan's Role in APEC.
Yoichi Funabashi. Washington, D.C.: Institute for International Economics,
1995; and What is in a Rim?: Critical Perspectives on the Pacific Region Idea.
Arif. Dirlik, ed. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1993.
1990 Japanese Agricultural Policies: A Time of Change by Australian Bureau of
Agricultural and Resource Economics. Canberra: Australian Government
Printing Service, 1988. For the Journal of Asian Studies Vol. 49, No. 3, August
1990: 656-58.
1990 Arms Across the Pacific: Security and Trade Issues Across the Pacific by
Malcolm McIntosh. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987. For Geographical
Review 80 (2) 1990: 189-90.
Educational Video Projects
2003 The Power of Place: Geography for the 21st Century. Core advisor and
contributor. The Annenberg/ Corp. for Public Broadcasting Project/Cambridge
Studios. 2003.
2002 Regional Geography Commentator and Regional Geography Content Advisor,
Teaching Geography: An 8-hour professional development video workshop for
grade 7-12 teachers. Produced by Cambridge Studios, Inc. in conjunction with the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Project for the Annenberg/Corporation for
Public Broadcasting Channel (Co-Host with Susan Hardwick and James Binko).
2002.
1999-2000 Academic Production Consultant. National Science Foundation, Geography and
Multimedia Education: Power of Place Telecourse. Cambridge Studios, 1999-
2000.
1997 Final Report. "Research in Collaborative Distance Education Projects in Japan
the US." Hoso Bunka Foundation. 1997.
1996 The Power of Place: World Regional Geography, PBS educational telecourse,
1996, and subsequent iterations, 2003, see Teaching Achievements. Served as:
Study / Faculty Guide author; Academic Production Consultant for 26 program
telecourse; member of the Advisory Board; and Corporation for Public
Broadcasting Liaison to the Japan, Dutch, and Australian National Broadcasting
Systems. 1993-96; 1999-2002.
1992 The Pacific Century, PBS educational telecourse, 1992. Served as Advisory
Board Member; Study / Faculty Guide author, 1987-92. See Teaching
Achievements for details.
Completed works under review for publication
2015 Marjorie Lyles, Gil Latz, Shimin Liu. “Corporate Social Responsibility:
Persistent Challenges in a Dynamic Environment”. Indiana University/ Luce
Foundation China Philanthropy Project.
International Trade Institute, Portland State University, Working Papers
1992 Michael Martin, Gil Latz, and Gary Finseth. The Impact of International Trade
on the Oregon Economy. Commissioned by the Oregon Economic Development
Department; in cooperation with Oregon State Economists Office, Port of
Portland, and Oregon State University. International Trade Institute Working
Paper.
1992 Gil Latz and Michael Carnahan. Public Rights and the Common Good: An
Assessment of the Oregon/Waseda Summer Program at Lewis and Clark College.
Commissioned by Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, and the Oregon Partnership
for International Education. International Trade Institute Working Paper.
1992 Gil Latz, ed. Gary Finseth and Michael Carnahan. Air Cargo Traffic between
Europe and the Pacific Northwest. Commissioned by the Port of Portland.
International Trade Institute Working Paper, August, 1992.
1992 Gil Latz. ed. Michael Carnahan. Report on the Status of Foreign Investment in
Oregon. Commissioned by KPMG/Peat Marwick Company. International Trade
Institute Working Paper. September, 1992.
1991 Gil Latz, ed. Wallace Bain. Japanese Investment in Oregon: A Case Study.
Commissioned and published by Commission on U.S.-Japan Relations for the
21st Century, Washington, D.C., June 1991. Published concurrently as
International Trade Institute Working Paper.
1990 Gil Latz, ed. Gary Finseth. Market Opportunities in Germany for Value-added
and Secondary Wood Products Manufactured in Oregon. Commissioned by the
Oregon Economic Development Dept. International Trade Institute Working
Paper, 1990.
1990 Gil Latz, ed. Michael Moffett. A Preliminary Survey of the Presence of Foreign
Direct Investment in Oregon. International Trade Institute Working Paper,
Summer.
1989 Gil Latz, ed. Paul Anton. "Globalization: Commentary and Implications for
Oregon". Commissioned by the Portland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce.
International Trade Institute Working Paper, January 1989.
1989 Gil Latz, ed. Michael Martin, et al. "Opportunities for Willamette Valley
Agriculture Resulting from the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement: An Initial
Assessment". Commissioned by Mid-Willamette Valley Co. of Governments.
Oregon State University Natural Resources Trade Consortium and International
Trade Institute, Working Paper, March 1989.
1988 Gil Latz, ed. The Interstate 90 Project: Public Issues, Debate, and Process
[Shukan doro 90 go sen jigyo: kokyo mondai togi to sono keii]. Susan C. Cary
and Lucy B. Steers (translator, Haruhisa Naruse). Commissioned by Japanese
Ministry of Construction. Tokyo: Urban Economic Research Institute and
International Trade Institute Working Paper, 1988.
1987 Gil Latz, Gary Finseth, and Christina Ward, eds. Japanese Business in Oregon,
An Opinion Survey and Research Profile. Commissioned by Touche Ross Co.
Portland: Touche Ross Co. and the International Trade Institute Working Paper.
Other
1988 Gil Latz and Gary Finseth, eds. "Educational Options to Enhance Oregon-Korea
Trade". Final Report, Chiles Foundation, October 1988.
1985 Gil Latz, "A Bibliography of Japanese Studies, with Emphasis on Social Science
Research in English". Sponsored by the Research and Publications Committee,
Portland State University. Submitted to PSU Millar Library as acquisition guide.
Selected Presentations at Professional Meetings, Conferences, Webinars
2016 NAFSA, Association of International Educators Annual Meeting. Presenter:
Academic Collaboration with Iran: Opening New Doors. 1 June 2016.
2016 NAFSA, Association of International Educators Annual Meeting. Presenter:
World Café; The Case for Internationalization on US Campuses. 1 June 2016.
2016 Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA) Annual Meeting.
Presenter: Academic Collaboration with Iran: Opening New Doors. Chair:
Service-learning in an International Network of Engaged Universities. 23
February 2016.
2016 Global Indy Update, Indianapolis International Airport. Panel presenter on the
Brookings/JP Morgan Chase Global Cities Exchange Initiative Foreign Direct
Investment Project. 16 February 2016.
2015 ARNOVA Annual Conference, Chicago. Effective Business and Philanthropic
Leadership in Japan: the Case of Shibusawa Eiichi. 19 August 2015. Chicago.
2015 Conference on Philanthropy and Social Development in China, represented the IU
Lilly Family School of Philanthropy with opening and closing remarks, and
moderating the panel on International Philanthropy in China (1-3 November
2015). Pocantico Center of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Tarrytown, NY.
2015 IUPUI Assessment Institute, Global Learning Track, The Trans-Pacific Civic
Leadership Curriculum Project, Indianapolis, Indiana, 26 October 2015.
2015 Japanese Business History Conference, Invited panel commentator, Shibusawa
Eiichi Kinen Zaidan no Chosen (Rediscovery of the Shibusawa Eiichi Memorial
Foundation), Osaka, Japan, 9 October 2015.
2015 IUPUI Strategic University Partnerships in China and Kenya. APLU CII/CEO
Summer Meeting Passport Session, Estes Park, Colorado. July 12-14, 2015.
2015 Co-organizer, Association of American Geographers, The Extended Metropolis in
Asia: Reconsidering the Ginsburg/McGee Thesis 25 Years Later. 23 April 2015.
2015 Invited Panelist. Administrative Perspectives on Integration of International
Students to US Campuses. Educational Writers Annual Conference. Chicago. 21
April 2015.
2015 Invited Panelist. Building a Competitive Global Region. Brookings/JPMorgan
Chase Global Cities Initiative, Indianapolis. 19 February 2015.
2015 Convener. Internationalization and Community Engagement Roundtable,
Association of International Education Administrators, Annual Conference, 17
February 2015.
2014 Invited Panelist. ACE Leadership Network for International Education meeting,
“’Collaborative Internationalization’: The New Complexity of Global
Partnerships.” 17-18 November 2014. American Council on Education,
Washington, DC.
2014 Invited Panelist. “An Expansive Notion of International Education:
Transformative Models that Deepen our Commitment to Global Learning”. APLU
Annual Meeting, 2-4 November 2014. Orlando, Florida.
2014 Co-Presenter. “Corporate Social Responsibility: Comparing MNCs and Chinese
Companies”. Marjorie Lyles and Gil Latz. The China Philanthropy Summit,
Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana. October 31-November 1.
2014 Chair, “Technology Transfer, Education and the State: Shibusawa Eiichi's
entrepreneurial activities in late 19th and early 20th century”. 50th Congress of the
Business History Society of Japan. Tokyo, Japan. 12 September 2014.
2014 Invited Plenary Speaker, “Effective Leadership in Japan: the Case of Shibusawa
Eiichi”, Tobias Leadership Conference, 26 April 2014, Indianapolis, Indiana.
2014 Team presenter, with Scott Blair, Craig Shealy, and Lee Sternberger, “Workshop
on Assessing Global Learning: Leadership Practices & Imperatives for the 21st
Century Academy”, AIEA Annual Conference, 17 February 2014.
2013 Gil Latz, “Campus and Community Partnerships: IUPUI and the Indianapolis
Chinese Festival”. Global Annual Confucius Institute Conference. Beijing,
China. 7 December 2013.
2013 Gil Latz and Dan Paracka, “Leveraging Assessment for Campus
Internationalization”. AIEA: Association of International Education
Administrators Webinar. 6 November 2013.
2013 Elizabeth Brewer and Gil Latz, Cross-Campus Collaboration: Strategies for
Successful Internationalization”. NAFSA: Association of International Educators
Webinar. 17 July 2013.
2013 Gil Latz, “Internationalization and the Stewardship of Urban Places”. Association
of American Geographers Annual Meeting, 10 April 2013.
2013 Gil Latz, “The Experience of Place in Japan”. Western Michigan University
Geography Lecture Series. 29 March 2013.
2013 Roundtable Chair, with Elizabeth Redden, Inside Higher Education, “Integrating
International Students into our Institutions: Challenges, Issues, Solutions”, AIEA
Annual Meeting 2013.
2013 Julie Hatcher and Gil Latz, “International Civic Engagement: Institutional
Approaches through Strategic Partnerships”. Association of International
Education Administrators Annual Meeting, 20 February 2013.
2013 Gil Latz. Lead presenter, Indiana University and AIEA-sponsored regional
conference: ‘Indiana University’s Global Learning and Teaching Institute’, March
2013, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
2012- Gil Latz, Workshop Leader, Comprehensive Campus Internationalization,
Institute for Campus and Curricular Internationalization, Indiana University
(annual).
2012 Presentation on: ‘President William Jefferson Clinton, 1993-2001, and US-Japan
Relations’. Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. Invited presentation on Trans-
Pacific Leadership. August 6, 2012.
2011 Gil Latz, “Expanding Education through Student Exchanges: An Oregon
Perspective on Credit Recognition and Dual Degree Arrangements”. China
Service Center for Scholarly Exchange, Beijing, March, 2011.
2011 Gil Latz, “At Home in the World: Lessons from the Field; Portland State
University’s Learning Goals, Unit Planning and Course Implementation for
Intercultural Competence”. Panel Presentation. Association of International
Education Administrators Annual Conference, San Francisco, February 2011.
2011 Gil Latz, “Constraints and Imperatives in the Global Transformation of Higher
Education: Gaining University-wide Engagement in Advancing Global Learning
in the Curriculum”. Panel Presentation. Association of International Education
Administrators Annual Conference, San Francisco, February 2011.
2011 Gil Latz, International Learning Outcomes and Assessment: “Lesson’s Learned
from PSU’s collaboration with the American Council on Education”. Pre
Conference Workshop Presenter. ACE Internationalization Collaborative
Conference, Washington, DC, February 2011.
2010 Roy Koch, Gil Latz, and Kevin Kecskes. Invited presenters, AASCU 2010
Academic Affairs Winter Meeting, ‘Global Reach, Local Focus: Exploring the
Engagement/ Internationalization Nexus at Portland State’ (St. Thomas, U.S.
Virgin Islands/, Feb. 2010).
2008-2010 Gil Latz, Panel Presenter, "American Universities: Educational Programs in
Vietnam”, convened by the US Embassy, Hanoi, Support for Education in
Vietnam: A Brainstorming Session for American ‘Stakeholders, Annually, January
2008, 2009 and 2010, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
2006-2009 Gil Latz, Annual presentations for American Council on Education, on the topics
of Internationalization and the relationship between Internationalization and
Multicultural Education. ACE annual conference, Washington, DC. 2006-2009.
2008 Gil Latz, Co-Participant with Dr. Madeleine Green, Vice President for
International Initiatives, ACE, ACE and AACSU Webinar on Internationalization.
2005-1985 Various presentations at the Association of American Geographers Annual
Meetings on such topics as: “Fieldwork in Asia”, “The University of Chicago's
Perspective on Globalization and Area Studies Research", “Geographical
Perspectives on The Pacific Century, An Educational Telecourse", "Japanese
Foreign Investment in Oregon: A Case Study"; "Opportunities for Willamette
Valley (Oregon) Agriculture Resulting from the U.S.-Canada Free Trade
Agreement" (with Michael V. Martin); "A Critique of the Validity of the Rural-
Urban Distinction in Japanese Metropolitan Areas"; "Japan's Connections to the
Pacific Rim"; "Agricultural Politics in Japan's Kanto Plain: The Land
Improvement Districts of Saitama Prefecture"; "Agricultural Infrastructure
Development Policies in Japan"; “Irrigation in Japan”; as well as serving as
discussant on a variety of panels relative to Asian Specialty Group.
2003 Gil Latz. "Giving Students a World of Diversity: Fulbright's Visiting Scholar
Program". Annual Meeting, American Association of Colleges and Universities.
Seattle.
2002 Gil Latz. “Shibusawa Eichi and in the 21st Century". Third Shibusawa Seminar.
Tokyo and Misawa, Japan.
2000 Gil Latz and Ken Spice. Multimedia Geography Education. Oregon Academy of
Sciences Annual Meeting. George Fox University.
2000 Gil Latz. “Perspectives on Teaching the Urban and Rural Geography of Japan”.
World 2000 Conference. University of Texas, Austin.
1999 David Adams and Gil Latz. “Scholarly Collaboration in Asia”. Asia Pacific
Conference. Portland State University.
1999 Gil Latz. “Shibusawa Eichi and Modern Japanese Capitalist Development”.
Shibusawa Foundation Conference. Tokyo.
1999 Gil Latz. University of Chicago Conference on Shifting Boundaries: East Asia in
Area Studies. Invited Discussant, The Asian Metropolis.
1995 47th Annual Meeting, Association of Asian Studies, Washington, D.C., April,
1995. “Japan’s Agricultural Trade Relationships with the United States: The
Changing Role of the Sogo Shosha.” Invited paper.
1993 “The Role of Universities and Research Institutes in International Cooperation in
the North Pacific.” Invited lecture. 1993 Japanese, American, and Russian
Relations Intensive Study Program. Sapporo International Communication Plaza
Foundation. Sapporo, Japan, August, 1993.
1993 “Japan’s Agricultural Trade Relationships with the United States: The Changing
Role of the Sogo Shosha.” Invited paper, Agriculture and Farming in Japan: A
Comparative Perspective. University of Pittsburgh and the East-West Center,
Honolulu, Hawaii.
1993 45th Annual Meeting, Association for Asian Studies, Los Angeles, 1993.
Roundtable: "Infusing Asian Content into the Undergraduate Core".
1992 Investing Worldwide III. "Geographical Perspectives on Investment: Pacific Rim".
Association for Investment Management Research, February 24, Amelia Is.,
Florida.
1992 Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, “Japanese Foreign
Investment in Oregon”. With Wallace Bain.
1992 27th International Geographical Congress, August, 1992, Washington, D.C.,
“Japanese Foreign Investment in Oregon”. With Wallace Bain.
1991 42nd Meeting of the Professional Committee, Japan-Western U.S. Association,
Welches, Oregon, July 17-19, "Oregon’s Experience in Japanese Foreign
Investment".
1991 Pacific Science Congress, Honolulu, May 27, 1991, "The Extended Metropolis in
Asia: A New Paradigm of the Settlement Transition in Asia". With Norton
Ginsburg.
1990 Annual Meeting, Association for Investment Management Research (AIMR), New
York. "Geographical Perspectives on the Pacific Rim and Europe". With
Alexander B. Murphy. Also presented to: Executive Forum '90, organized by the
Continental Asset Management Corporation of the Continental Insurance
Company, New York, 1990.
1990 42nd Annual Meeting, the Association of Asian Studies, Chicago, 1990, "The
Persistence of Agricultural Activity in Urban Japan: An Analysis of the Tokyo
Metropolitan Area". Session organizer and presenter.
1989 In the Pacific Interest: Rethinking the Past and Defining the Future, Willamette
University, Salem, Oregon, February 24-25, 1989, "Geographical Imperatives in
the Study of Contemporary East Asia and the Pacific Basin".
1989 Second Portland State University/Hokkaido University Faculty Research
Symposium, Portland State University, April 14, 1989, "Japanese Agricultural
Reform: Problems and Prospects". With Michael V. Martin.
1989 Second Portland State University/Hokkaido University Faculty Research
Symposium, Portland State University, April 14, 1989, "The Extended Metropolis
in Asia: An Analysis of the Tokyo Metropolitan Area".
1988 Conference on the Extended Metropolis in Asia, Environment and Policy
Institute, the East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, September 19-23, 1988, "The
Persistence of Agricultural Activity in Urban Japan: An Analysis of the Tokyo
Metropolitan Area".
1988 Third International Symposium, Urban Economic Research Institute, Tokyo,
1988, "An Oregon Perspective on U.S./Japan Trade" [Oregon kara mita nichibei
boeki].
1988 40th Annual Meeting, Association for Asian Studies, San Francisco, California,
1988, "Agricultural Policy Perspectives on Urbanization and Economic
Development in Japan". Young Scholar's Panel Finalist. Also presented at the
84th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, 1988.
1987 Annual Meeting, Global Education: Issues and Initiatives, Association for Asian
Studies on the Pacific Coast, Willamette University, Salem, Oregon, June 19-20,
1987, "Pacific Rim Studies: Implications for Education".
1985 10th Technical Conference on Irrigation, Drainage and Flood Control, Reno,
Nevada, 1985, "Contemporary and Historical Irrigation in Japan".
1985 Annual Meeting, Assoc. Pacific Coast Geographers, Los Angeles, Pacific Rim
Forum.
Teaching Achievements
Teaching Achievements, Geography
University level:
1998-99 Portland State University Scholarship of Teaching with Technology Award,
"Power of Place Telecourse and Webpage". See Power of Place Telecourse,
below.
1995-96 Project Director, Fulbright Visiting Professor Fellowship, hosting Dr. Arnon
Soffer, Professor of Geography, Haifa University.
1986 Project Director of a Japan Foundation Visiting Professorship Grant hosting Dr.
Hisao Nishioka, a specialist on the Economic Geography of Japan. Professor
Nishioka and I collaborated on his course offerings on Japanese Regional
Development Policies during the PSU Summer Session, 1986.
1984- During my appointment to Portland State University, designed and taught the
following undergraduate and graduate courses: Geography of Pacific Rim,
Geography of Southeast Asia, Geography of East Asia; Geography of China;
Geography of Japan; Japanese Tourism; Tourism; Developed /Developing World;
History of Ideas in Geography.
National / International level:
1999-2003 Academic production consultant and Co-Host (with Susan Hardwick and James
Binko). Teaching World Regional and Human Geography: Standards–Content–
Methods. The Annenberg/ Corporation for Public Broadcasting Project and
Cambridge Studios. Winner, 2003-04, National Council of Geographic Education
Excellence in Media Award.
1999 Academic production consultant to National Science Foundation-funded
multimedia education project based on Power of Place Telecourse (see below).
1993-96 Participated in the development of Power of Place: World Regional Geography, a
thirteen hour, twenty-six hour telecourse commissioned by The Annenberg /
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Project. Major project responsibilities for
film conception and script editing, as well as authorship of the Study and Faculty
Guides accompanying the telecourse (Study / Faculty Guides for The Power of
Place: World Regional Geography, Wiley, 1996). Produced for CPB/ Annenberg
by Cambridge Studios, with co-production participation from the Australian,
Japanese, Swedish, French, and Dutch National Broadcasting Systems. Telecourse
released concurrently in all six countries in 1996 and is currently being adopted
for use at the university and high school levels. Linked in the United States to
Geography: Realms, Regions, and Concepts: 7th edition, 1994, by Harm de Blij
and Peter O. Muller, John Wiley & Sons. For high school adaptation of this
introductory college course, see Teachers Guide to the Power of Place: World
Regional Geography, The Annenberg / Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Project, 1996. Offered at PSU beginning Winter, 1997.
1991-95 Served as Advisor and Liaison to the Japanese Team in the United States/Japan
Geography Curriculum Materials Exchange Project, a major curriculum review
of secondary school Geography and Social Studies texts, sponsored by the
Association of American Geographers, US-Japan Foundation, and the Japan
Foundation.
Interdisciplinary Teaching Achievements
University level:
1988/ 1994 Awarded Faculty Development Grants by Portland State University for the topics,
respectively: "Asia's Financial Crisis and its Impact on Trade and Investment
Between Oregon and Japan"; and "Trade and Policy Relations between the US,
Japan, and Pacific Asia." Funding used to conduct research and overseas travel
augmenting the courses taught in the Geography Department and the International
Studies Program on The Pacific Century.
1992-1993 Appointed by the Japan Foundation as the Project Director of a Visiting
Professorship Grant hosting Mr. Masahide Shibusawa, a specialist on the
political-economy of Pacific Asia. I collaborated with Professor Shibusawa on
the courses he taught on Pacific Asia during his appointment as a PSU Visiting
Professor, School of Business, and as Visiting Scholar, International Trade
Institute, during the Winter and Spring Quarters, 1993.
1984-87 Participated in area studies faculty team to design Portland State University's
International Studies Program. Role focused on curriculum design for East Asia
track. Assumed teaching/ advising responsibilities in new degree program.
State level:
1987-1999 Participated in state-wide efforts led by the Oregon Geographic Alliance to reform
the teaching of geography in the K-12 curriculum under the auspices of the
National Geographic Society, Oregon Dept. of Education, Western Oregon State
College, and Portland State University. 1987-99, participated in/helped design
Summer Geography Teacher Institute, attracting approx. 25 teachers annually to a
two-week intensive training institute.1991-99, Alliance Co-coordinator.
1985-93 Participated in the establishment of the International Trade Institute's Field Study
Program in International Business, a one term intensive exposure that explored
international finance, law, tax, marketing, logistics, inter cultural communication,
and country-risk assessment. Between 1987 and 1992, as Acting and Executive
Director of the International Trade Institute, had major responsibilities for the
assessment and further refinement of this program. In addition to academic
presentations, the program was distinguished by volunteer lectures by some two
dozen international business experts each quarter.
National/international level:
2009-15 Convened an international team that designed The Trans-Pacific Leadership
course series, a joint venture between the Shibusawa Eiichi Memorial Foundation,
Portland State University (PSU) and Waseda University (WU). I serve as Project
Director. The three-year project began in 2010, with the first session at PSU. The
goal of the course is to allow students from PSU and WU to collaboratively
explore aspects of leadership that are necessary to develop and maintain the
concept of “civil society”. Using a community-based learning approach
combining traditional classroom lecture/ discussion with visits to community
organizations, for-profit businesses, and govern-mental entities, students learn
about ethical/authentic leadership, partnership development, community
engagement, and other concepts related to civic leadership and civil society,
guided by the legacy and teachings of Eichii Shibusawa.
1991-93 Participated in the Oregon/Waseda University (Japan) Joint Undergraduate
Program Committee to design a new model for undergraduate education aimed at
teaching students in both countries the international perspectives required for
productive participation in the world of the 21st century. Responsibilities
included collaborative planning and execution of an interdisciplinary five-week
intensive program for 57 Oregon and Japanese students, hosted during the
summer of 1992 by Lewis & Clark College, jointly taught and administered by 18
faculty and staff from Waseda and institutions of higher learning throughout
Oregon. Program theme: Colloquium on Japanese and American Societies,
Private Rights and the Common Good. Appointed project director of the Oregon
team charged with conducting a comprehensive assessment of the summer
undergraduate program.
1987-92 Participated in the development of The Pacific Century, a ten-hour, prime-time
series on public television linked to a new text surveying the last 150 years of the
Asia-Pacific region's economic and political development, emphasizing the
interconnections among the countries in this geographic area and their relationship
to the United States. As Advisory Board Member, major project responsibilities
for conception, writing, and publication. Produced by the Pacific Basin Institute
and Annenberg/Corporation for Public Broadcasting Project, with additional
funding from the Ford Foundation. Telecourse accompanied by text, The Pacific
Century, by Frank Gibney, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1992; Pacific Century: The
Emergence of Modern Pacific Asia, by Mark Borthwick, and The Pacific Century
Faculty Guide and The Pacific Century Study Guide, by Mark Borthwick and Gil
Latz, the latter three published 1992, Westview Press. High school adaptation of
this introductory college course has also occurred and been distributed nation-
wide. Program presented to PBS national audience on October 15, 1992.
Distribution includes Japan and Korea, in each respective language. Winner,
Emmy and Silver Baton for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism, Columbia
University, 1993. Course now offered by universities in the U.S. and Canada.
Offered at PSU through the Geography Department.
Graduate Students Supervised
I have served as Graduate Office representative, Geography faculty representative, or
International Studies faculty representative on a number of Masters and Ph.D. committees
in the areas of Geography, History, Intercultural Communication, Public Administration
and Urban Studies. Two Geography Masters students completed work with me in 2010.
Service to Profession
2016- Senior Associate for Internationalization Center for Internationalization and
Global Engagement, American Council on Education, Washington, D.C.
2015-17 President, Association of International Education Administrators, Durham, N.C.
2015-16 Indy Chamber Export Implementation Team.
2015-16 Global Cities Exchange Indianapolis Metro Global Trade and Investment Project
Core Team.
2012-15 Executive Committee, Association of International Education Administrators,
Durham, North Carolina.
2011-14 Advisory Group Member, At Home in the World: Educating for Global
Connections and Local Commitments. American Council on Education; funded by
the Henry Luce Foundation. Appointed 2011.
2010-12 Selection Jury Chair, Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus
Internationalization, 2011 and 2012. NAFSA: Association of International
Educators, Washington, D.C.
2010-11 Planning Committee Member, International Education Leadership (IEL)
Knowledge Community, NAFSA, 2011 Annual Conference Program, Chaired by
Susan B. Sutton.
2006 Consultant, with Kyohei Shibata. Countries of the World: Japan. Charles
Phillips, for the National Geographic Society, Washington, DC, 2007.
2003 Consultant, National Geography Society, Washington, D.C. For the 8th edition of
the National Geographic Atlas of the World. Appointed 2003.
As invited. Advisor, Association for American Geographers. Washington, D.C. As
requested on Japan and educational media projects.
1992-95 Advisor and Liaison to the Japanese Team. United States/Japan Geography
Curriculum Materials Exchange, sponsored by the Association of American
Geographers. Funded 1992-95 by the US-Japan Fd. and Japan Foundation.
1991-99 Program Team Member. Geography Awareness Week Activities, Portland
Oregon, Annual, since 1991. Host, 1997; Principal Speaker, Gilbert M.
Grosvenor, Chairman, National Geographic Society: "The Role of Geography in
American Education.
1990-92 Guest Lecturer. Association for Investment Management Research, 1990-92,
"Geographical Perspectives on Investment: Pacific Rim." Sponsored by American
Geographical Society.
1989-92 Advisor. Toshi Keizai Kenkyu Jo [Urban Economic Research Institute].
Consultant on American and Japanese regional development and international
trade policies. Tokyo, Japan.
1989-91 Director, East Asia Section, Asia Specialty Group, Assoc. of American
Geographers.
1989 Invited discussant, Japanese Agriculture in Comparative Perspective. Univ. of
Pittsburgh, December 1989. Sponsored by the Social Science Research Council.
Expanded funding received 1992 from SSRC and Japan Foundation to continue
interdisciplinary scholarly meetings, 1993 at the East-West Center, Honolulu.
1988 Guest Lecturer. "The Subsidization of Irrigation Development in Japan",
Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, January 1988, and
Department of Geography, University of Hawaii, March 1988.
1987-92 Core Advisory Group Member. Pacific Basin Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, public
television telecourse: "The Pacific Century." 1987-92.
1987-99 Advisor. National Geographic Society; regarding geography education in Oregon,
1987 to 1999. Appointed Co-coordinator, Oregon Geographic Alliance, 1991.
1987 Advisor. American Geographical Society; regarding the awarding of its
International Medal to Professor Hiroshi Ishida, Hiroshima University, 1987.
1986-87 Member. Local Arrangements Committee, 83rd Annual Meeting of the
Association of American Geographers, 1987, Portland, Oregon.
Research and Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Global / Comparative:
The Extended Metropolis in Asia; Political-economy of East Asia; International
trade between the Pacific Northwest and East Asia; Japanese views of and policy
toward the Pacific Basin; Comparative Forest History in Europe, North America,
and East Asia; World Regional Geography; World Geography of Irrigation;
Comparative International Curriculum Assessment.
Current Research:
o Global Cities Initiative (with the Brookings Institute);
o Global trade and investment in Indiana;
Japan-specific:
Characteristics of the Japanese metropolis; regional development policy;
agricultural development policy; water resource development policy;
contemporary and historical irrigation; religious influences on the cultural
landscape; tourism, domestic and international; trends in Japanese philanthropy
and civil society, from 1868 to the present.
Current Research:
o 20th century foundations of Japanese philanthropic traditions in
comparative perspective;
o a case study of the Shibusawa Eiichi Memorial Foundation, Tokyo.
Internationalization/Curriculum development:
Infusing World Regional Geography and Asian content into the undergraduate
curriculum; development of distance education teaching and assessment
techniques –print, video, web-based-- all levels of education, especially
international.
Current Research:
o University/ Community Partnerships: Internationalization and the
Stewardship of Urban Places;
o Role of Universities as Partners in Metropolitan Regional
Development in a Globally Interconnected World;
o Assessment of Global Learning;
o Global Learning and Philanthropy.
o Culture and Philanthropy
Teaching Interests:
Trans-Pacific Leadership, Culture and Philanthropy, Geography of Japan,
Geography of China, Geography of East Asia, Geography of Pacific Asia, Pacific
Rim Trade, Political Geography, Developing World, Developed World, World
Regional Geography, History of Ideas in Geography, Tourism, Internationalization
of the Pacific Northwest Economy, Geographic Education. Distance Education
related to international themes noted above.
Honors, Grants, and Fellowships
2016- Senior Associate for Internationalization Center for Internationalization and
Global Engagement, American Council on Education, Washington, D.C.
2016 Senior Advisor, William M. Plater Institute on the Future of Learning,
‘Unpacking Curricular Internationalization’.
2016 Selected as one of the US academic representatives to participate in Germany
Today 2016, sponsored by DAAD, "German Higher Education Institutions and
Their Training Strategies for a Changing Employment Market”, 12-18 June 2016.
2016 Chair, IUPUI Holocaust Remembrance Task Force, responsible for memorial
events on 19 April 2016 and 5 May 2016.
2016- Board Member, American Pianist Association, Indianapolis, Indiana.
2015- President, Association of International Education Administrators, 2015-2017.
2014- Board Member, Japan America Society of Indiana.
2014 Invited Plenary Speaker, Effective Leadership in Japan: the Case of Shibusawa
Eiichi, Tobias Leadership Conference, 26 April 2014, Indianapolis, Indiana.
2013-15 Core team member, Brookings/JP Morgan Chase Global Cities Initiative
Exchange, a collaboration between Brookings Institution, Greater Indianapolis
Chamber of Commerce, the Mayor’s Office, Indianapolis, and IUPUI.
2013- Co-Chair, with Vice President and Professor Yan Guangmei, IUPUI/ Sun Yat-sen
University Cooperative Development Committee.
2013- Senior Project Advisor, IUPUI International Host Program, a partnership
between the Office of International Affairs and the Office of Alumni Relations, to
help integrate international students into the IUPUI and Indianapolis communities
2013- Board Member, Indiana University India Gateway Facility, Gurgaon, India.
2013-16 Board Member, Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
2013- Assessment Institute (IUPUI). Global Learning Track – Coordinators: Gil Latz,
and Dawn Whitehead, IUPUI, and Darla Deardorff, Duke University.
2013 Campus Liaison, Customized Research, Educational Advisory Board, ‘Curricular
Internationalization’.
2012-14 Chair, International Program Faculty Advisory Committee, Indiana University
Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.
2012-14 Executive Committee, Association of International Education Administrators.
2012- Advisory Board Member, Center for Global Health, Indiana University
2012- Advisory Board Member, Immigrant Welcome Center, Indianapolis
2012- Advisory Board Member, Confucius Institute of Indianapolis, Indiana University-
Purdue University Indianapolis.
2012- Advisory Board Member, Center for the Study of Global Change, Indiana
University.
2011-14 Advisory Group Member, At Home in the World: Educating for Global
Connections and Local Commitments. American Council on Education; funded by
the Henry Luce Foundation. Appointed 2011.
2011 Invited presenter, American Council on Education’s pre-conference workshop, ‘At
Home in the World: Bridging the Gap between Internationalization and
Multicultural Education’, Association of International Education Administrators
Annual Meeting.
2011 Winner, Global Business Award, conferred by the Oregon Consular Corps.
2010-12 Selection Jury Chair, Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization,
2010-11; 2011-12. NAFSA: Association of International Educators, Washington,
D.C.
2010-11 Planning Committee Member, International Education Leadership (IEL)
Knowledge Community NAFSA, 2011 Annual Conference Program, Chaired by
Susan B. Sutton.
2010-11 Board Member, Oregon Waseda Program, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.
2010 Selected by the Institute of International Education as one of ten US educators to
participate in a two-week India Seminar for International Education
Administrators, sponsored by the United States India Educational Foundation (17-
31 October 2010).
2010 Sponsor, Dr. Mauro Agnoletti, University of Florence, as an International Visiting
Professor teaching, ‘Cultural Values and Sustainable Development: A European
Perspective’ (3rd Summer appointment since 2003).
2010 Head of delegation, 10th Anniversary, Chinese Ministry of Land and Resources/
Portland State University, ‘Sustainable Land-use Training Program’, Beijing.
2009-13 Project Director, ‘Trans-Pacific Leadership’ (curriculum development), Shibusawa
Eiichi Memorial Foundation, Tokyo.
2009-10 Miller Foundation funded projects: ‘White Paper on Internationalization and
Sustainability’, for strategic focus on Vietnam (faculty immersion program); and
China, strategic planning for sustainability opportunities.
2009-12 Board Member. International Partnership for Service Learning and Leadership.
Portland, Oregon.
2008-09 University representative, Advisory Working Group for the Vietnam/US
Education Task Force, convened by the US Dept. of State, Washington, DC.
2008 Chair, Nominating Committee, for University’s receipt of the 2009 NAFSA:
Association of International Educators, Senator Paul Simon Award for Exemplary
Campus Internationalization.
2008- Editorial Board member. Global Environment: A Journal of History and Natural
and Social Sciences.
2007- Board Member and Co-Chair, Confucius Institute, Portland State University.
2007-08 Member, Bridging the Multicultural Education/ Internationalization Gap Advisory
Committee. American Council on Education, Washington, DC.
2006-09 Advisory Council, American Council on Education, Internationalization
Collaborative, 2005- 09. Washington, DC.
2006-08 Project Co-leader, with Duncan Carter and Patricia Thornton. FIPSE
Comprehensive Program: Lessons Learned in Assessing International Learning.
With the American Council on Education.
2006-07 Reviewer, Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation. Lindbergh Grants
Technical Review Panel Member.
2006-07 Site Assessment Team, International Programs, Boise State University, Boise,
Idaho. For the American Council on Education.
2005- Editorial board member, Challenges for Japan, University of Toronto Press in
collaboration with the Shibusawa Ei'ichi Memorial Foundation and the University
of Missouri-St. Louis.
2005 Project Director, Tokyo Foundation, program award for development of university
bilateral relationships in Thailand and Vietnam.
2005 Project Director, Sasakawa Fellowship Leadership Forum, 2005, awarded by the
Tokyo Foundation.
2004-08 Chair, PSU/Intel Core Leadership Team charged with identifying support
programs for engineering education reform in Vietnam; established Intel Vietnam
Scholars Program supporting 50 Vietnamese engineering students for degree
completion at PSU, commencing 2009.
2004-07 Project Co-leader, with Duncan Carter. Global Learning for All. With the
American Council on Education.
2004 Chair, Nominating Committee, for University’s receipt of the 2005 NASULGC
(APLU) Michael B. Malone International Leadership Award (conferred on Daniel
Bernstine, Portland State University President).
2003-04 Academic Advisor, Northwest Documentary Arts and Media, Inc. Sun Gu Ja: A
Century of Korean Pioneer in Oregon. Released 2004.
2003-04 Team Leader, Portland State University Scholarship of Teaching Research Team,
“An Assessment of the Power of Place, World Regional Geography Telecourse”.
2003 Academic Production Consultant and Co-Host (with Susan Hardwick and James
Binko). Teaching World Regional and Human Geography: Standards–Content–
Methods. The Annenberg/ Corporation for Public Broadcasting Project and
Cambridge Studios. Released, 2003. Winner, 2003-04, National Council of
Geographic Education Excellence in Media Award.
2003 Consultant, National Geography Society, Washington, D.C. For the 8th edition of
the National Geographic Atlas of the World. Appointed 2003.
2003-11 Board Member, Japan-America Society of Oregon.
2002-04 PSU representative, Global Access Project, sponsored by the US State Department and
the American Association of State Universities and Colleges.
2002-04 PSU representative, Global Learning for All, American Council for Education.
2002 Senior Fellow, Conservation Study Institute, National Park Service, US Department of
the Interior. Appointed 2002.
2002 Advisory Committee, Spannocchia Foundation, Rosia, Italy and Portland, Maine.
2002-03 National Science Foundation. "Comparative International Research on Agricultural
Land-Use History and Forest Management Practices, Italy and the US." INT/ W.
Europe Program, National Science Foundation, Project #0136284 (March 2002-
September 2003).
2001-02 Fulbright Research Award, 2001-02, University of Florence. Comparative International
Research on Agricultural Land-Use History and Forest Management Practices: The
Tuscan Estate of Castello di Spannocchia and Vermont’s Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller
National Historical Park.
2001-02 Faculty Board Member. Oregon School of Judaic Studies at Portland State
University. Appointed 2001-02.
2000-present Advisor, Shibusawa Eiichi Memorial Foundation, Tokyo, Japan.
2000-05 National Advisory Board Member. Research and Training Center on Family
Support and Children’s Mental Health. Portland State University.
1999-2000 Academic Production Consultant, National Science Foundation, Geography and
Multimedia Education: the Power of Place Telecourse. Cambridge Studios.
1999-2000 Adjunct Professor of Geography. Asian Studies Masters Program, Haifa
University, Haifa, Israel. Appointed 1999-2000.
1995-2000 Senior Advisory Committee Member, Tokyo Jogakkan Girls Schools, for
internationalization of the curriculum. Core advisory team, Ministry of Education
application for establishment of the Tokyo Jogakkan Women’s University.
1999 Senior Research Fellow, Forest History Society, Appointed 1999. Durham, N.C.
1989-99 Portland State University 1998-99 Scholarship of Teaching with Technology
Award, "Power of Place Telecourse and Webpage".
1989-90 Faculty Development Grant, 1998-99. Asia's Financial Crisis and its Impact on
Trade and Investment between Oregon and Japan. Portland State University.
1998 Academic Activities Award, Spring, 1998. The Virtual Geography Department.
Sponsorship of campus visit by Dr. Ken Foote, University of Texas, nationally
recognized expert on utilization of hypermedia materials in the liberal arts
curriculum. Portland State University.
1997 Visiting Professor, Department of Geography, Haifa University, Haifa, Israel.
December 1997. Invited to conduct a intensive graduate course and present
colloquia on the "Political and Economic Geography of Pacific Asia" to the
Geography Department, Haifa University, and to the Maritime Shipping Institute,
Haifa, Israel.
1998 Funding to support Departmental Graduate Assistantship. College of Liberal Arts
and Sciences, for development of a Web Page to support teaching of the Power of
Place: World Regional Geography Telecourse, as part of course responsibilities
for World Regions and Landscapes, Geography 230.
1997 Co-project Director. "Asia Pacific Economic Consortium and Sustainable
Development." Awarded by the Korea Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Korea
Foundation. With Mel Gurtov, Professor and Editor and Chief. Asian
Perspective. Commissioning a special journal publication on sustainable
development and Asia.
1997 Invited Participant. University of Texas Virtual Geography Workshop. Funded
by the National Science Foundation.
1996 Project Director. Comparative Research in Distance Education Projects in Japan
and the US. Hoso Bunka Kikin (National Broadcast Corporation of Japan).
1996 Advisor, Encyclopedia Britannica, Japan country-entry revisions, 1996 edition.
1996 Project Director/co-author. High School Teachers Guide for the Power of Place:
World Regional Geography. Annenberg/ Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Project.
1995-96 Project Director. Fulbright Commission Visiting Professorship Grant, appointing
Dr. Arnon Soffer, Geography Department, University of Haifa, Israel, to the PSU
faculty for the 1995-96 academic year.
1995 Presider, US-Japan Relations in Asia. Sponsored by the World Affairs Council of
Oregon, Japan America Society of Oregon, and Portland State University.
1994-96 Project Director. Study Guide and Faculty Manual publications accompanying
release of the Power of Place: World Regional Geography Telecourse. Sponsored
by The Annenberg / CPB Project and John Wiley & Sons.
1994-96 Editorial Board Member, Columbia World Gazetteer, Columbia University Press.
Saul Cohen, Senior Editor. Responsibility for Japan.
1994 Portland State University Faculty Development Grant, "Trade and Policy
Relations between the U.S., Japan, and Pacific Asia."
1993 Advisory Board Member, The Annenberg / Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Project, The Power of Place: World Regional Geography: a thirteen hour, twenty-
six program television series on the world’s eleven major geographic realms. Co-
produced with the Australian, Japanese, French, Dutch, and Swedish National
Broadcasting Systems. Appointed 1993.
1993-96 Academic Production Consultant to: Cambridge Studios, Boston; the Australian
Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), and NHK (Japan Broadcasting System), with
responsibility for overall script review (Cambridge Studios) and Asian case study
development (ABC and NHK), Power of Place: World Regional Geography.
1993 Advisor, Committee for Okinawa’s Development in the 21st Century. Appointed
(1993) by the Japanese Urban Economic Research Institute in Tokyo.
1992-93 Project Director. Japan Foundation Visiting Professorship Grant, "Relations
between Japan, the U.S., and Pacific Asia in the 1990s," sponsoring Mr. Masahide
Shibusawa, Visiting Professor of International Business and Visiting Scholar,
International Trade Institute, Portland State University.
1992-93 Project Advisor. "Geography and International Education", jointly sponsored by
the National Council of Social Studies and the Oregon Geographic Alliance. Dr.
Jean Campbell, Project Director, World Affairs Council of Oregon.
1992 Visiting Scholar, Institute for Far Eastern Studies, Kyungnam University, Seoul,
May 5-9, 1992. Invited speaker, Korea-U.S. Forum: "Geographical Perspectives
on Trade Relations between the US and Korea." Sponsored by: Korea Foundation
and Kyungnam University.
1992 Project Director. "Public Rights and the Common Good," comprehensive
assessment of the Oregon/Waseda Undergraduate Summer Program, Lewis and
Clark College. Funders: Waseda University and the Oregon Partnership in
International Education.
1992 Project Co-director with Gary Finseth. "Impact of International Trade on the
Oregon Economy, a Preliminary Study". Funded by Oregon Economic
Development Dept. Study participants: Portland State University, Oregon State
University, State Economist's Office.
1992 Project Director. "Status of Foreign Direct Investment in Oregon," a
comprehensive survey. Funded by KPMG/Peat Marwick Company.
1991-95 Advisor/ Liaison to Japanese Team, United States/Japan Geography Curriculum
Materials Exchange Project, major curriculum review of secondary school
Geography and Social Studies texts, sponsored by: Assoc. of American
Geographers, the US-Japan Foundation, Japan Foundation's Ctr. for Global
Partnership.
1991-93 Project Co-director, with Maria Wulff. Global Marketplace, a quarterly
publication by the International Trade Institute and U.S. Bank.
1991 Project Director. "Japanese Foreign Direct Investment in Oregon: A Case Study,"
by Wallace Bain, for the Commission on U.S.-Japan Relations in the 21st
Century.
1990 Project Co-director with Gary Finseth. "Market Opportunities in Germany For
Value-Added and Secondary Wood Products Manufactured in Oregon."
Commissioned by Oregon Economic Development Dept., and Overseas Strategic
Services, Portland.
1990 Panel Organizer and Presenter. 1990 Association of Asian Studies Annual
Meeting, "The Extended Metropolis in Asia". Chicago, Illinois.
1990 Project Director, with Mark Borthwick. The Pacific Century Faculty Manual and
Student Study Guides, to accompany 10-part telecourse. Editor, with Mark
Borthwick, Pacific Century: The Emergence of Modern Pacific-Asia. Core
Advisor, The Pacific Century Educational Telecourse. Funding: Pacific Basin
Institute, Corp. for Public Broadcasting, Annenberg Fd., Ford Fd., Henry M.
Jackson Fd., and the East-West Fd., Tokyo.
1990 Project Co-Director, with Gary Finseth. "Oregon Electronic Business Directory",
comprehensive listing of state businesses. Sponsored by: Oregon Trade and
Marketing Center, Oregon Economic Development Dept., Oregon Dept. of
Agriculture.
1989 Project Director. "Opportunities for Willamette Valley Agriculture Resulting
from the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement: An Initial Assessment,"
Commissioned by Mid-Willamette Valley Council of Governments.
1988 Finalist, Young Scholars Panel. 1988 Association of Asian Studies Annual
Meeting, "Agricultural Policy Perspectives on Japan’s Urbanization and
Economic Development".
1988 Invited paper presenter and panelist. Environment and Policy Institute, the East-
West Center and University of Hawaii; The Extended Metropolis in Asia.
1988 Moderator. 1988 Japanese Studies Traveling Seminar. Sponsored by the Japan
Foundation. Hosted by the University of Portland.
1987-99 Affiliated 1987; appointed Co-coordinator, 1991. Oregon Geographic Alliance,
an organization co-sponsored by the National Geographic Society, which
addresses the problem of geographic illiteracy in primary, secondary, and higher
education. Annual budge of $100,000; fifty percent of these funds are from the
National Geographic Society and fifty percent are from the Oregon state
legislature. Also responsible for corporate fundraising.
1987 Organizer and Presenter. Symposium on the Pacific Rim. Funded by: the Oregon
and California Geographic Alliances; and the National Geographic Society. In
conjunction with the 83rd Annual Mtg, Association of American Geographers.
1986 Project Director. Japan Foundation Visiting Professorship Grant, "Regional
Economic Development in Japan," sponsoring Dr. Hisao Nishioka, Professor of
Economics, Aoyama Gakuin University, at PSU, July through September.
1985-86 Merit Pay. Four consecutive awards, Department of Geography, Portland State
University. 1985-1987. Two awards for merit pay granted during appointment at
the International Trade Institute, 1990-92.
1985 "Bibliography of Japanese Studies, with Emphasis on Social Science Research in
English". Sponsored by Research and Publications Comm., Portland State
University.
1984 Grant for publication of research on water resource management policy in Japan.
Toyota Foundation, National Division.
1983-84 The Japan Foundation Dissertation Fellowship. Research on contemporary
Japanese agricultural development policy. Institute of Human Geography,
University of Tokyo.
1981-83 Japanese Ministry of Education Fellowship. Research on contemporary Japanese
agricultural development policy. Institute of Human Geography, Univ. of Tokyo.
1980-82 Toyota Foundation, National Division. Two consecutive grants for preparatory
research on water resource management policy in Japan and the United States.
1980-81 Fellowship for Advanced Japanese Language Study. Inter-University Center for
Japanese Studies, administered by Stanford University. Financial sponsorship
received from Stanford University and the Center for Far Eastern Studies,
University of Chicago.
1980-81 Rotary Foundation International. Fellowship for graduate study, Institute of
Human Geography, University of Tokyo.
1976-79 The University of Chicago, Social Science Division. Tuition Fellowships for
graduate study, Department of Geography.
1975-76 Indiana Committee for the Humanities. Grant award for public meetings on “The
Preservation of Prime Agricultural Land in Allen County, Indiana”. Co-sponsored
by the Allen County Indiana Planning Commission.
1972-73 Occidental College, Year Abroad Program in Japan. Nominated to participate in
year-long course of study, International Division, Waseda University.
Memberships in Professional Societies
Association of International Education Administrators.
NAFSA: Association of International Educators.
Forest History Society.
Honorary Member. Phi Sigma Iota, National Foreign Language Honor Society.
Association of American Geographers (Asian Specialty Group [East Asia
Regional Director, 1989-91]).
Academic Member, International House of Japan, Tokyo, Japan.
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
GIL LATZ, Ph.D.
Professor of Geography
Associate Vice Chancellor for International Affairs
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Philanthropic Studies Affiliated Faculty
Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
Associate Vice President for International Affairs
Office of Vice President for International Affairs
Indiana University
902 West New York Street, ES 2126
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
Tel: (317) 278 1265 Fax: (317) 278 2213 Email: [email protected]
Gil Latz is Associate Vice Chancellor for International Affairs, Professor of Geography, and
Philanthropic Studies Affiliated Faculty Member, Indiana University-Purdue University
Indianapolis; and Associate Vice President for International Affairs, Office of the Vice President
for International Affairs, Indiana University. Until 2012, he was affiliated with Portland State
University, Portland, Oregon; over his 28-year appointment at PSU, he held positions in:
Geography, International Studies, and as Vice Provost for International Affairs. Dr. Latz is a
graduate of Occidental College (BA, 1974). His graduate research training took place at the
University of Chicago (1976-1980; MA, 1978) and the University of Tokyo (1980-84); in 1986
he was granted the Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Chicago. His research has
focused on regional development and resource management policy (agriculture and urban) in
East Asia, North America and Europe. In addition to his longstanding study of the comparative
dimensions of regional development, Dr. Latz conducts research on Japan’s modernization
process in terms of the role played by philanthropy and civic leadership. In 2001-02, he served
as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Florence, Italy. In 2016, he was elected President of
the Association of International Education Administrators.
Dr. Latz’s secondary interests focus on international trade and educational video development.
The former included a six-year appointment (1987-93) as Executive Director of the International
Trade Institute at Portland State University, an organization with responsibility for conducting
foreign market research opportunities for Oregon businesses. This interest continues with his
2013 appointment as core team member, Brookings/ JP Morgan Chase Global Cities Initiative
Exchange, a project that explores the role of metropolitan areas in global trade, in collaboration
with the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, the Brookings Institution, and IUPUI. The
latter interest includes extensive work as an educational consultant on telecourse development to
the Annenberg/ Corporation for Public Broadcasting Project (1987-2005), e.g., The Pacific
Century, 1992, the Power of Place: World Regional Geography, 1996; 2003; Teaching
Geography, 2002, 2003. The Pacific Century received an Emmy and the Columbia University
Silver Baton for Broadcast Journalism (1993). The Power of Place received the National
Council of Geographic Education Excellence in Media Award (2004).
Dr. Latz is a native of Fort Wayne, Indiana. He is married to Celia A. Latz, a native of West
Lafayette, Indiana, and a fashion designer who resided for 35 years in Venice, Italy.
Selected Publications:
2016 Gil Latz, AIEA Presidential Message, “Building a Better World: The Academy as
Leader”. Association of International Education Administrators Newsletter. Spring 2016,
Issue 17: 1-2.
2015 Julie F. Hatcher, Mary A. Price, Dawn M. Whitehead and Gil Latz. “Using a partnership
approach in study abroad: Implications and strategies for program design and
assessment”. Invited chapter: Assessing International Learning: Theory and Practice, Ed.
by V. Savicki and B. Brewer. Stylus, pp. 277-93.
2015 Gil Latz and Mel Gurtov. Trans-Pacific Leadership Project, A Report to the Shibusawa
Eiichi Memorial Foundation on the Trans-Pacific Leadership course convened at Portland
State University and Waseda University, 2010-13. National Library Bindery, Indianapolis
(Japanese version published jointly in Japan by Waseda University).
2015 Gil Latz, Susan Sutton, and Barbara Hill, “An Internationalized Stewardship of Urban
Places”. Metropolitan Universities Journal. March 2015. Vol. 25 Number 3: 83-98.
2014 Gil Latz, Ed. Rediscovering Shibusawa Eiichi in the 21st Century: The Shibusawa Eiichi
Memorial Foundation, 1999-2014. The Japan Journal: Tokyo. (2015: Japanese edition
Shibusawa Eiichi Kinen Zaidan no Chosen (Rediscovery of the Shibusawa Eiichi
Memorial Foundation). Fuji Publishing Co.).
2012 Gil Latz. “Asia and Transnational Organizations”. 21st Century Geography: A Reference
Handbook. Joseph P. Stoltman, Editor. Sage Publications.
2011 Gil Latz. "The Experience of Place in Japan". Janschitz, Susanne and Lieb, Gerhard Karl
(editors). Festschrift in Honor of Prof. Dr. Friedrich M. Zimmermann). Graz Studies of
Geography and Regional Science, Vol. 46. Graz, Austria 2011, pp. 201-204.
2010 G. Latz, Carter, D., and Thornton, P. “Through a New Lens: Assessing International
Learning at Portland State University”. Journal of General Education. Vol. 59, No. 3; 17.
2009 G. Latz, Ingle, M., and Fischer, M. “Cross-Border Capacity Building: Selected Examples
of Portland State University’s Involvement in Tertiary Level Educational Reform in
Vietnam”. /Technology Management in the Age of Fundamental Change/. Editors: T. R.
Anderson, T. U. Daim and D. F. Kocaoglu. Portland, PICMET, pp. 2263-67.
2006 G. Latz. “Comparative international research on agricultural land-use history and forest
management practices: the Tuscan estate of Castello di Spannocchia and Vermont’s
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park”. In M. Agnoletti, ed. The
Conservation of Cultural Landscapes. CABI Publishing.
2006 Gerald Curtis, Gil Latz, Masato Kimura, eds. Nihon no Chosen (Challenges for Japan).
Tokyo: Shibusawa Ei'ichi Memorial Foundation.
2005 G. Latz. Special Issue on Controversial Issues in Japanese Politics and Society. Guest
Editor. Asian Perspective (Vol. 29, No. 1).
2003 Academic production consultant and Co-Host (with S. Hardwick and J. Binko). Teaching
World Regional and Human Geography: Standards–Content–Methods. The Annenberg/
Corp. for Public Broadcasting Project/Cambridge Studios.
1993-2003
The Power of Place: World Regional Geography, PBS educational telecourse, 1996, and
subsequent iterations, 2003. Served as: Study / Faculty Guide author; Academic
Production Consultant for 26 program telecourse; member of the Advisory Board; and
Corporation for Public Broadcasting liaison to the Japan, Dutch, and Australian National
Broadcasting Systems.
1992 Mark Borthwick and Gil Latz. The Pacific Century Study and Faculty Guides. Boulder,
CO.: Westview Press. Text developed in conjunction with The Pacific Century, A Ten-
part Educational Telecourse, Corp. for Public Broadcasting.
1991 G. Latz. "The Persistence of Agriculture in Urban Japan: An Analysis of the Tokyo
Metropolitan Area". Norton Ginsburg, Terry McGee, and Bruce Koppel, eds. The
Extended Metropolis: Settlement Transition in Asia. U. Hawaii Press.
1989 G. Latz. Agricultural Development in Japan: The Land Improvement District in Concept
and Practice. The University of Chicago Press, for the Committee on Geographical
Studies, Geography Research Paper No. 225.
1986 G. Latz. Nihon ni okeru kangai ni kan suru waei yogoshu fuzuhyo [Contemporary and
Historical Irrigation in Japan--Selected Terminology and Illustrations--]. Toyota Fd.
Selected Achievements: 2016- Senior Associate for Internationalization, Center for Internationalization and
Global Engagement, American Council on Education, Washington, D.C.
2015-17: President, Association of International Education Administrators, Durham, N.C.
2013-16 Indianapolis Core Team Member, Brookings/ JPMorgan Chase Global Cities
Exchange Initiative.
2012- : Associate Vice Chancellor for International Affairs, Professor of Geography,
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Associate Vice President for
International Affairs, Office of the Vice President for International Affairs,
Affiliated Professor of Philanthropy, Indiana University.
2012-15: Executive Committee, Association of International Education Administrators.
2012-14 Chair, International Program Faculty Advisory Committee, Indiana University
Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.
2011-14: Advisory Group Member, At Home in the World: Educating for Global
Connections and Local Commitments. American Council on Education.
2011: Winner, Global Business Award, conferred by the Oregon Consular Corps.
2010-11: Board Member, Waseda Oregon Program, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.
2010-12: Selection Jury Chair, Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization,
NAFSA: Association of International Educators.
2010-11: Planning Committee Member, International Education Leadership (IEL)
Knowledge Community NAFSA, 2011 Annual Conference Program.
2010: Selected by Institute of International Education as one of ten US educators to
participate in a two-week India Seminar for International Education
Administrators, sponsored by US India Educational Foundation (October 2010).
2010: Sponsor, Dr. Mauro Agnoletti, University of Florence, as an International Visiting
Professor teaching, ‘Cultural Values and Sustainable Development: A European
Perspective’ (3rd Summer appointment since 2003)
2010: Head of delegation, 10th Anniversary, Chinese Ministry of Land and Resources/
Portland State University, ‘Sustainable Land-use Training Program’, Beijing.
2009-13: Project Director, ‘Trans-Pacific Leadership’ (curriculum development), Shibusawa
Eiichi Memorial Fd., Tokyo. In collaboration w/ Waseda University.
2009: Project Director, ‘Sustainable Development in Vietnam’ (Faculty Program),
Portland State University/Miller Foundation (2009-10).
2006-09: Advisory Council, Internationalization Collaborative, American Council on
Education, Washington, DC
2008: Chair, Nominating Committee, for Portland State University’s receipt of the 2009
NAFSA: Association of International Educators, Senator Paul Simon Award for
Exemplary Campus Internationalization.
2008: University representative to the US-Vietnam Technical Advisory Group on
Educational Reform, US Department of State.
2007- : Invited presenter, American Council on Education’s workshop discussion of ‘At
Home in the World: Bridging the Gap between Internationalization and
Multicultural Education’ (2011, as part of the Association of International
Education Administrators Annual Meeting).
2006-08: Project Co-leader, with Duncan Carter and Patricia Thornton. FIPSE
Comprehensive Program: Lessons Learned in Assessing International Learning.
With the American Council on Education.
2004-08: Chair, PSU/Intel Core Leadership Team charged with identifying support
programs for engineering education reform in Vietnam; established Intel Vietnam
Scholars Program that supports 75 Vietnamese engineering students for degree
completion at PSU, commencing 2009.
2004-07: Project Co-leader, with Duncan Carter. Global Learning for All. With the
American Council on Education
2005: Project Director, Tokyo Foundation, program award for development of university
bilateral relationships in Thailand and Vietnam.
2004: Chair, Nominating Committee, for University’s receipt of the 2005 NASULGC
(APLU) Michael B. Malone International Leadership Award (conferred on Daniel
Bernstine, Portland State University President).
2003: Consultant, National Geography Society, Washington, D.C. For the 8th edition of
the National Geographic Atlas of the World.
2003-11: Board Member, Japan America Society of Oregon.
2002-11: Senior International Officer, Portland State University.
2001-02: Fulbright Research Scholar, University of Florence, Italy.
1993-2011: Tenured, full Professor, Portland State University.
Since 1976:
Fellowships/Research Support: University of Chicago, Rotary Foundation
International, Japan Ministry of Ministry of Education, Japan Foundation,
US Fulbright Program, National Science Foundation, Shibusawa Eiichi
Memorial Foundation, Tokyo Foundation, Toyota Foundation.
Research affiliate: Conservation Study Institute, US National Park Service
and the Forest History Society
Academic consultant: Annenberg/ Corporation for Public Broadcasting
[e.g., The Pacific Century, 1992 (winner, 1993 Emmy and the Columbia
University Silver Baton for Broadcast Journalism); Teaching World
Regional and Human Geography: Standards–Content–Methods, 2003
(Winner, 2003-04, National Council of Geographic Education Excellence
in Media Award)], Association of American Geographers, National
Geographic Society, Spannocchia Foundation, Rosia, Italy and Portland,
Maine; and Shibusawa Eiichi Memorial Foundation, Tokyo;
Contributor: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Editorial Board: University of Toronto Press, Japan and Global Society Series.
Journal Editor: Asian Perspective (contributing Review Editor);
Global Environment: Journal of History and Natural and Social Sciences
Board/ Advisory Memberships:
Association of International Education Administrators
o Board of Directors (President, 2015-17)
Indiana University Center for Global Health
o Advisory Board
Indiana University India Gateway Facility, Gurgaon, India
o Board of Directors
Indiana University Center for Study of Global Change
o Advisory Board
Confucius Institute of Indianapolis, IUPUI
o Advisory Board
International Center for Intercultural Communication, IUPUI
o Advisory Board
Shibusawa Eiichi Memorial Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
o Advisor
Waseda Oregon Program, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
o Board of Directors (2010-11)
Japan America Society of Indiana
o Board of Directors
Indy Chamber Export Implementation Team
o Advisor
Indy Chamber, Global Cities Exchange Global Trade and Investment
Project Core Team
o Advisor
Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana, Inc.
o Board of Directors
Immigrant Welcome Center, Indianapolis
o Advisory Board
American Pianist Association
o Board of Directors