Alison Keiko Harsch

Alison Keiko Harsch

Alison Keiko Harsch

  • Instructor, Stanford e-Kobe
  • Instructor, Stanford e-Sendai Ikuei

Biography

Alison Harsch is the instructor for the Stanford e-Kobe course at the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE). In addition to her work at SPICE, she supports the Silicon Valley Japan Platform (SVJP).

Prior to joining SPICE, Alison gained experience in teaching and program management as a head coordinator for the global education company GPI US. She also taught English at five schools ranging from kindergarten to junior high school as an Assistant Language Teacher through the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program. Her interests lie in cross-cultural education, cognitive development, and language acquisition.

Alison received a BA in International Relations, Japanese, and Psychology from the University of California, Davis. A native Californian, she has studied abroad in Aichi Prefecture and Kyoto, Japan, and lived in Sanuki, Kagawa Prefecture during her time with JET.

In The News

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Blogs

SPICE’s New Course Aims to Develop Students’ Autonomy and Independence

SPICE’s Alison Harsch offers a class with the newly established FC Imabari High School in Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture.
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Blogs

Top Students in SPICE’s 2023–2024 Regional Programs in Japan Are Recognized

Congratulations to the 2023–2024 student honorees from Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Kagoshima, Kawasaki, Kobe, Oita, Tottori, and Wakayama.
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2023–2024 Stanford e-Kobe students with instructor Alison Harsch and guest lecturer Karin Zaugg Black
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Approaching Education with Kindness and Humility

Reflections on the 2023–2024 Stanford e-Kobe Closing Ceremony
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