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Rylan Sekiguchi

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Rylan Sekiguchi

  • Manager of Curriculum and Instructional Design
  • Instructor, Stanford e-Hiroshima
  • Manager, Stanford SEAS Hawaii

616 Jane Stanford Way
Encina Hall, C332
Stanford, CA 94305-6060

(650) 725-1486 (voice)

Biography

Rylan Sekiguchi is Manager of Curriculum and Instructional Design at the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (91³Ô¹Ï). Prior to joining 91³Ô¹Ï in 2005, he worked as a teacher at Revolution Prep in San Francisco.

Rylan’s professional interests lie in curriculum design, global education, education technology, student motivation and learning, and mindset science. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Symbolic Systems at 91³Ô¹Ï.

He has authored or co-authored more than a dozen curriculum units for 91³Ô¹Ï, including , , , and . His writings have appeared in publications of the National Council for History Education and the Association for Asian Studies.

Rylan has also been actively engaged in media-related work for 91³Ô¹Ï. In addition to serving as producer for two films—My Cambodia and My Cambodian America—he has developed several web-based lessons and materials, including

In 2010, 2015, and 2021, Rylan received the Franklin Buchanan Prize, which is awarded annually by the Association for Asian Studies to honor an outstanding curriculum publication on Asia at any educational level, elementary through university.
 
Rylan has presented teacher seminars across the country at venues such as the World Affairs Council, the American Museum of Natural History, and the Art Institute of Chicago, and for organizations such as the National Council for the Social Studies, the International Baccalaureate Organization, the African Studies Association, and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. He has also conducted presentations internationally for the East Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools in Thailand, Malaysia, and the Philippines; for the European Council of International Schools in Spain, France, and Portugal; and at Yonsei University in South Korea.
 

publications

Working Papers
October 2007

Water Issues in China

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In The News

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Blogs

The 2025 Stanford/91³Ô¹Ï East Asia Seminars for Teachers in Hawai‘i Summer Institute

The Stanford/Freeman SEAS Hawai‘i Fellows gathered at the East-West Center, from July 12 to 14, 2025
The 2025 Stanford/91³Ô¹Ï East Asia Seminars for Teachers in Hawai‘i Summer Institute
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News

Announcing the Honorees of 91³Ô¹Ï’s 2024–25 Regional Programs in Japan

Congratulations to the 16 student honorees from Hiroshima Prefecture, Kagoshima City, Kawasaki City, Kobe City, Oita Prefecture, Tottori Prefecture, Wakayama Prefecture, and Yamaguchi Prefecture.
Announcing the Honorees of 91³Ô¹Ï’s 2024–25 Regional Programs in Japan
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Blogs

Important Perspective Towards Peace from 91³Ô¹Ï/Waseda Intensive Course 2025 on Peacebuilding in East Asia

Undergraduate student Akari Kikuchi from the School of Social Sciences reflects on her experience participating in the 91³Ô¹Ï/Stanford–Waseda intensive course.
Important Perspective Towards Peace from 91³Ô¹Ï/Waseda Intensive Course 2025 on Peacebuilding in East Asia