Stover Serves as Japan Studies Association’s Co-Chair

Dr. Andrea Stover, professor of English, recently served as co-chair of the Japan Studies Association’s 22^nd Annual Conference held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Along with co-chair Maggie Ivanova, Stover sent out a call for papers, reviewed applications, set up panels and organized the conference.

She also presented a paper entitled “Teaching Japanese Essays in an English Writing Classroom” in which she demonstrated how teaching the zuihitsu, a Japanese essay form, has helped students hone particular skills needed in writing the classical essay.