About Us
The National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA) is a collaboration among seven East Asian Studies programs to support primary and secondary teachers in incorporating East Asia into their classrooms and to build a global competency for students.
Along with our partner sites, we provide learning opportunities through workshops, seminars, book groups and more for K-12 educators nationwide. The Freeman Book Awards identifies quality texts from picture books to graphic novels (submission guidelines). Our resources link to a wide range on online content, including primary resources and learning units aimed at students .
NCTA is funded by the Freeman Foundation. NCTA’s History.
National Coordinating Sites
Glenn Osaki
U.S.-China Institute, University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Email: asiak12@usc.edu
Lynn Kalinauskas
Program for Teaching East Asia, University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, CO
Email: lynn.kalinauskas@colorado.edu
Patrick W. Hughes, Interim Director
Asian Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Email: hughespw@pitt.edu
Roberta H. Martin
Asia for Educators, Columbia University
New York, NY 10027
Email: rhm1@columbia.edu
Morten Oxenboell
East Asian Studies Center, Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
Email: mortoxen@indiana.edu
Anne Prescott
Five College Center for East Asian Studies at Smith College
Northampton, MA
Email: aprescott@fivecolleges.edu
Kristi Roundtree
East Asia Resource Center, University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-3650
Email: earc@u.washington.edu
The National Consortium for Teaching about Asia partners with the following institutions across the United States to deliver its educational programs.
Partner Sites
Georgia State University
Kevin Hsieh
Princeton University
Thomas Conlan and Richard Chafey
Rhodes College – Memphis, TN
Stephen Ceccoli and Han Li
Texas Christian University
Carrie Liu Currier
University of Central Arkansas
Zachary Smith
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – Carolina Asia Center
Becky Butler