Associate Professor, Curriculum,

Teaching and Learning, National

Institute of Education (NIE) Singapore

シンガポール国立教育研究所カリキュラム・

教授・学習部門  准教授

Founder member of the World

Association of Lesson Studies (WALS)

and President from 2011 to 2016.

世界授業学会 創設者＆代表

（2011年から2016年）

Prior to joining the East-West Center,

Ms. Steinemann was Vice President of

Education at the Asia Society,

a New York-headquartered nonprofit that

works to foster global understanding of

Asia. A recognized leader in Asian Studies

outreach and global education, and a

pioneer in using the Web to deliver

Asia-related content for elementary and

secondary (K-12) schools, she developed

the Asia Society’s award-winning AskAsia

website, whose launch in 1997 was featured

in the New York Times. Ms. Steinemann

has produced acclaimed multimedia

curriculum materials exploring such topics

as the Silk Roads and World War II in

Southeast Asia, as well as instructional videos

on Japan and Korea, including an

award-winning Tune in Japan video series.

She also spearheaded the landmark

development of the ASEAN Curriculum

Sourcebook for the Association for Southeast

Asian Nations (ASEAN), which commissioned

the Sourcebook to be used in

school systems throughout Southeast Asia,

and  IUCN Youth Voices, an online learning

platform developed in partnership with the

International Union for Conservation of

Nature (IUCN) to inform, inspire, excite,

and empower young people to learn

about nature as well as take action to support

its conservation. A longtime executive

board member of the Hawaii affiliate of ASCD,

an organization that promotes best practices

in teacher professional development, capacity

building, and educational leadership,

Ms. Steinemann also sits on the editorial

board of Education About Asia, a teaching

journal published by the Association for

Asian Studies (AAS) and has previously led

the AAS Committee on Teaching about Asia

as its elected chair. Before her 14-year tenure

at the Asia Society, she spent two years as a

Peace Corps Volunteer, teaching English at a

secondary school in Thailand. Ms. Steinemann

has a B.A. in Art History and a Graduate

Certificate in Education/Studies of Asia.

In addition to being fluent in English and in

spoken Korean, she has a good command

of written Korean, French (both spoken and

written), and spoken Thai as well as some

knowledge of written Thai.