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

Stanford University
Gary Mukai

Texas Christian University
Carrie Liu Currier

University of Central Arkansas
Zachary Smith

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – Carolina Asia Center
Becky Butler