Executive Vice President
Texas International Education Consortium
1103 West 24th Street
Austin, TX 78705
TEL: (512) 477-9283
FAX: (512) 322-9079
E-MAIL: ronaq@yahoo.com
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INTERVIEW LANGUAGES: English, Japanese
SPECIALIZATIONS:
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Program Director, US-Japan Foundation, 1982-89; Staff Associate, Social Science Research Council, 1976-82; Volunteer, US Peace Corps, 1970-71.
IN JAPAN: 1973 - pre-dissertation research; 1974-76 - dissertation research; repeated brief trips.
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:
"Political Choice and Policy Change in Medium-Sized Japanese Cities 1962-1974," Political Opposition and Local Politics in Japan (ed. Steiner et al.) (Princeton University Press, 1980); "Japan Confronts its Cities: Central-Local Relations in a Changing Political Context," National Resources and Urban Policy (with Muramatsu) (ed. Ashford) (Mehuen, 1980); "Transforming Needs into Services: The Japanese Case," The Politics of Urban Public Services (ed. Rich) (Lexington Books, 1982); "Economic Growth Trends of Japan in the 1990s and Beyond: A Non-Economist's Perspective," The Pacific in the 1990s: Economic and Strategic Change (ed. Radvanyi) (University Press of America, 1990).