AP Japanese Language and Culture Development Committee
Print this page2019 – 2020 Development Committee Members
These dedicated educators play a critical role in the preparation of the Course 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
Tomoko Takami, University of Pennsylvania – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Koji Otani, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology – Alexandria, Virginia
Committee Members
Naomi Larson, Cornell University – Ithaca, New York
Carlos Pimentel, Western Michigan University – Kalamazoo, Michigan
William Collazo, Deerfield Beach High School – Deerfield Beach, Florida
Mihoko Yamamura, Richardson High School – Richardson, Texas
College Board Advisor
Kyoko Shoji, Notre Dame High School – Sherman Oaks, California
Chief Reader
Kazue Masuyama, California State University – Sacramento, California