Associate Professor, English
Liberal Arts and Sciences
t (310) 665 6922  email takayama@otis.edu

MA (Education) Stanford Univ.; BA (Geography/East Asian Studies) UCLA. Educator and ceramic artist, she teaches English, public speaking, and ceramics. Appointed to the Advisory Board of the American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA. In 2007, she received a Center of Cultural Innovation Investing in Arts equipment grant. Joan’s ceramics are in many permanent collections including the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Her work is also in various public collections including the  Hallmark Racene Art Museum.

Joan has been teaching full-time at Otis since Fall 1998. 

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