Leading Outside the Lines: Women, Culture, and Community Leadership
Program Information
Program Type
- Mason–led
Faculty
- Aoi Yamanaka, PhD
[email protected] - Nick Lennon, PhD
[email protected]
Course Options
- INTS 399 – Study Abroad
- HIST 387 – Topics in Global HIstory
- PSYC 461 – Special Topics
- INTS 595 – Experiential Learning
- Others possible (e.g. HNRS- Honors College)
- 3 credits
Deadline to apply
- Mar 1, 2026 (Need-based scholarship application due Dec 1, 2025 at Noon)
For more information about this study abroad program and to apply, please visit: https://masonabroad.gmu.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgramAngular&id=10789
Highlights
Explore leadership practices across Japan’s dynamic social landscape. Engage directly with women leaders impacting fields like religion, agriculture, entrepreneurship, Indigenous advocacy, and cultural preservation. Explore how leadership is developed, challenged, and reimagined in Tokyo, Kyoto, & Fukuoka, visiting:
- Maid cafés
- Kabuki performance
- Kyoto’s Gion district
- Ainu cultural centers
- Nun-run cafés
- Women-led farms
- Former coal mining communities
Scholarships
Application for “Increasing Access: Japan Program Scholarships” now available! These need-based scholarships are specifically for this program, are for George Mason University students, and will be approximately $1,000 to $4,000 per student. These scholarships are intended to ease financial burdens for Mason students who may have thought that studying abroad was not possible for them. The main goal of these scholarships is to eliminate, or drastically reduce, financial barriers to participation in the program. For best consideration, submit your “Increasing Access: Japan Program Scholarships” application by Monday, December 1, 2025.
- For more information about this “Increasing Access” scholarship and to request the “Increasing Access” scholarship application, please email Dr. Nick Lennon ([email protected]).
- For more information about this study abroad program overall and to apply for this program, please visit: https://masonabroad.gmu.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgramAngular&id=10789