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: glatz@iupui.edu

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: glatz@iupui.edu

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