Dr. Gil Latz currently serves as External Director at the Radiation Effects Research Foundation. He has over 40 years of experience in the fields of international education and non-profit organization activity in Japan and the United States. His academic appointments include Portland State University (Oregon), Indiana University, The Ohio State University, and Waseda University. Responsibilities at these institutions include teaching, research, community engagement, and administrative leadership. In these roles, he has a particular interest in student and faculty research and study initiatives between Japan and the U.S.

Administrative leadership appointments at the national and international level were added to Dr. Latz’s teaching, research, and service portfolio from 2015, when he became Board Member of the Association of International Education Administrators. Dr. Latz was elected President of AIEA in 2016. Also in 2016, he commenced serving as Senior Associate for Internationalization, American Council on Education, where he advised over two dozen U.S. universities on internationalization strategies. From 2021 to 2024, he served as an elected Executive Committee member, Association of Public and Land Grant Universities (APLU), Commission on International Initiatives (2021-24; Executive Committee Chair, 2022-24), contributing to efforts by APLU to prioritize the role of global engagement in pursuit of the public mission of institutions of higher education in North America.

Dr. Latz currently holds the appointment of professor at Waseda University, and as Leadership Fellow, Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.

He is a 2025-26 Fellow in the University of Chicago Leadership and Society Initiative.

1986

PhD in Geography, Social Sciences Division, University of Chicago

1980-1984

Graduate Research Student, Institute of Human Geography, University of Tokyo

2025-

Director, Radiation Effects Research Foundation

2024-

Waseda University and Indiana University.
Serves as professor, member of the Waseda USA Board of Directors, and Strategic Policy Committee, Office of the President. Leadership Fellow, Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. In addition, appointed Fellow, the University of Chicago Leadership and Society Initiative.

2019-2023

The Ohio State University.
Vice Provost for Global Strategies and International Affairs, Professor of Geography, East Asian Studies Center Adjunct Professor, and President, Global Office Gateway Network.

2012-2018

Indiana University.
Associate Vice Chancellor for International Affairs and Professor of Geography, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (now IU Indianapolis); Philanthropic Studies Adjunct Faculty Member, IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy; and Associate Vice President, IU Office of International Affairs.

1984-2011

Portland State University.
Academic and administrative appointments in Geography, International Studies, and as Vice Provost for International Affair. Also served as PSU Executive Director, International Trade Institute, and PSU Co-Coordinator, Oregon Geographic Alliance.

2025-26

Fellow, University of Chicago Leadership and Society Initiative.

2024

University Professor and Waseda USA Board of Directors, Waseda University; Strategic Policy Committee, Waseda University Office of President.

2024-27

Leadership Fellow, Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy

2022-23

Fulbright International Educators Award, France. U.S. Fulbright Commission.

2021-24

APLU Commission on International Initiatives (CII) Executive Committee. Appointed Chair (2022).

2019-23

Tenured Full Professor of Geography and Senior International Officer, The Ohio State University.

2020-23

The Ohio State University Global One Health Initiative (GOHi), Advisory Board.

2019-23

The Ohio State University Global Gateway Network LLC, President, Board of Advisors.

2019-21

US-Japan Bilateral Advisory Board, US-Japan Higher Education Engagement Study.

2018

Global Vision Award, Texas Tech University. Inaugural external recipient.

2016-24

Senior Associate for Internationalization, Center for Internationalization and Global Engagement, American Council on Education, Washington, D.C.

2015-17

President-Elect/ President/ Past-President, Association of International Education Administrators.

2013-16

Global Cities Exchange Initiative, Indianapolis Core Team Member. Brookings/ JPMorgan Chase.

2012-18

Tenured Full Professor of Geography and Senior International Officer, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (now Indiana University, Indianapolis).

2011

Global Business Award, conferred by the Oregon Consular Corps.

2010-12

Selection Jury Chair, Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization, NAFSA: Association of International Educators.

2010

India Seminar for International Education Administrators. Selected by Institute for International Education as one of ten participating U.S. educators.

2009-13

Trans-Pacific Leadership (curriculum development), Shibusawa Eiichi Memorial Foundation, Tokyo; in collaboration with Waseda University.

2009

Sustainable Development in Vietnam (Faculty Program), Portland State University/Miller Foundation.

2006-09

Advisory Council, Internationalization Collaborative, American Council on Education, Washington, D.C.

2009

NAFSA: Association of International Educators, Senator Paul Simon Award for Exemplary Campus Internationalization. Chair, Nominating Committee, Portland State University.

2008-09

University Representative, Advisory Working Group for the Vietnam/US Education Task Force, convened by the U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C.

2005

University Bilateral Relationships in Thailand and Vietnam. Project Director, Japan Foundation.

2004-08

Intel Vietnam Scholars Program, supporting PSU degree completion from 2009 for 75 Vietnamese engineering students. Chair, PSU/Intel Core Leadership Team charged for program design for engineering education reform in Vietnam.

2004-07

Global Learning for All. Project Co-leader, with D. Carter. American Council on Education.

2003

National Geographic Atlas of the World, 8^th edition. Consultant, National Geography Society.

2003-11

Board Member, Japan America Society of Oregon.

2001-02

Fulbright Research Scholar, University of Florence, Italy.

2000-2020

Shibusawa Eiichi Memorial Foundation, Tokyo, Japan. Advisor to the Research Department.

1993-2011

Tenured Full Professor of Geography and International Studies and Senior International Officer (2002-11), Portland State University.

1992-2004

Academic Consultant: Annenberg/ Corporation for Public Broadcasting [e.g., The Pacific Century, 1992 (winner, 1993 Emmy and the Columbia University Silver Baton for Broadcast Journalism); Teaching World Regional and Human Geography: Standards–Content–Methods, 2003 (Winner, 2003-04, National Council of Geographic Education Excellence in Media Award)].

2025

G. Latz, M. A. Helms, and K. Ikeda. 16 ‐ “Internationalizing the Curriculum”. Thriving in an Academic Career: An International and Interdisciplinary Guide for Early Career Faculty. M. Solem et al, Editors, Routledge, pp. 220-34.

2021

G. Latz and J. A. Toft. “Driving U.S.-Japan Innovation: The Honda-Ohio State Partnership.” U.S.-Japan Higher Engagement Study (USJP HEES). https://www.acenet.edu/Research-Insights/Pages/Internationalization/US-Japan-Higher-Education-Engagement-Study.aspx

2019

G. Latz. “Effective Leadership in Japan: The Case of Shibusawa Eiichi”. Japan’s Future and a New Meiji Transformation: International Reflections. Coates et al, Editors, Routledge, pp. 120-29