Spinning Reels: Teaching Throne of Blood, Kurosawa's adaptation of Macbeth
A NCTA-SCREENSHOT: Asia Workshop for K-12 Educators
Associate Professor Ethan Segal (Michigan State University, History)
Ethan Segal is Associate Professor of History and Chairperson of the Japan Council at Michigan State University. He earned his Ph.D. at Stanford University and is currently conducting research in Japan with the support of a Fulbright Fellowship. Professor Segal is the author of Coins, Trade, and the State: Economic Growth in Early Medieval Japan as well as numerous articles and chapters on various aspects of pre-modern Japanese history. He has won several teaching awards at MSU, served as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Harvard University, and been an NCTA seminar leader and speaker for more than fifteen years.
Mr. Matthew Roberts (Pine-Richland High School, Pittsburgh, PA)
Matt Roberts is the chair of the Social Studies department at Pine-Richland High School and has been teaching Asian Studies for the past fifteen years. He has been an NCTA alumnus since 2007, has participated in NCTA study tours to East Asia, and is a regular presenter for the Pitt NCTA coordinating site. He serves on the NCTA Board of Advisors with the University of Pittsburgh NCTA.
Dr. Kirsten Strayer (Asian Studies Center and SCREENSHOT: ASIA, University of Pittsburgh)
Dr. Strayer is the program coordinator for Pitt’s SCREENSHOT: ASIA series, and teaches for Pitt’s Film and Media Studies Program. She also has worked on film festivals in New York and in Pittsburgh, and is a specialist of Global Cinema with a subspecialty of Mexican cinema.
Mr. Josh Foster (A. Mario Loiederman Middle School for the Creative and Performing Arts)
Josh Foster is Instructor of Film Studies and English Literature and has been an NCTA alumnus since 2018. He has taught and developed curricula for students ranging in age from pre-kindergarten through to the university levels. Seven of his fifteen years in education were spent teaching in Nanjing, China. Thus, he can confidently be described as possessing a level of fluency in reading, writing, and speaking Mandarin commensurate with that of a native Chinese preschooler—except with regard to his debilitating ear for tones, which should only be characterized, at best, as reprehensible. Josh serves on the NCTA Board of Advisors with the University of Pittsburgh NCTA.