AP Japanese Language and Culture Development Committee

2021-22 Development Committee Members

These dedicated educators play a critical role in the preparation of the Course and Exam Description and exam for AP Japanese Language and Culture. 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. The AP development committees represent a unique collaboration between high school and college educators.

Committee Co-Chairs

Naomi Larson, Cornell University – Ithaca, New York

Mihoko Yamamura, Richardson High School – Richardson, Texas

Committee Members

J. Paul Warnick, Brigham Young University – Provo, Utah

Koji Tanno, University of Kentucky – Lexington, Kentucky

Laura Semba, Carroll High School – Fort Wayne, Indiana

Naomi Okada, Lowell High School – San Francisco, California

College Board Advisor

Kyoko Shoji, Notre Dame High School – Sherman Oaks, California

Chief Reader

Kazue Masuyama, California State University – Sacramento, California