AP Japanese Language and Culture Development Committee

2024-25 Development Committee Members

AP development committees represent a unique collaboration between high school teachers and college faculty.

These dedicated educators play a critical role in the preparation of the AP Japanese Language and Culture course and exam. They represent a diversity of knowledge and points of view in their fields and, as a group, are the authority when it comes to making subject-matter decisions in the exam-construction process. 

Committee Co-Chairs  

• J. Paul Warnick, Brigham Young University – Provo, Utah  
• Naomi Okada, Lowell High School – San Francisco, California

Committee Members  

• Masayuki Itomitsu, Linfield University – McMinnville, Oregon
• Yukino Tanaka Goda, Ursinus College – Collegeville, Pennsylvania 
• Miho Squires, Washington High School – Cedar Rapids, Iowa
• Manami Mata, Ed W. Clark High School – Las Vegas, Nevada
• Sachiko Iwami, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School – Rolling Hills Estates, California

Chief Reader 

Yoshiko Mori, Georgetown University – Washington, District of Columbia