Alumni Profile: Meet Steven Horowitz, JETwit Founder (Aichi-ken, 1992-1994)
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. . Posted by: Margie Banin (Kochi, 2005-2007), a former CIR with a love of the written word. Currently she connects others to Japan through translating, writing, and editing texts on Japan. Margie also manages the JETwit Bluesky account, serves as the JETwit Volunteer Coordinator and a JETwit jobs-list welcomer, and engages in various other […]
Alumni Spotlight: Steven Horowitz
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Check out AJET’s Connect Alumni Spotlight featuring JETwit’s own, Steven Horowitz: http://connect.ajet.net/2019/05/30/alumni-spotlight-steven-horowitz/
JETwit’s Steven Horowitz quoted in Japan Times article on the eikaiwa market in Japan
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Thanks to key members of the JET alum community for providing me with the background info necessary to sound reasonably knowledgeable in my quotes in the below Japan Times article (“The curious case of the eroding eikaiwa salary“). One of my sub-goals in the article was to try and counter any misinformation or misperceptions about JET that might […]
“American View” interview with JETwit publisher Steven Horowitz on JET involvement in Japan’s recovery efforts
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Update 03.13.12: Realized I neglected to mention in the interview The MUD Project, an ongoing Tohoku relief effort organized by JET alum Colin Rennie (CIR Yamagata-ken, 2007-10). Update 03.12.12: Here’s the interview translated into Japanese “American View,” a quarterly magazine published by the Press Office of the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, recently interviewed JETwit publisher Steven Horowitz (Aichi-ken, 1992-94) […]
Bankruptcy Man vs. Mortgantua, Part 7 – by Steven Horowitz
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Bankruptcy Man and Bankruptcy Bill are cartoons created by Steven Horowitz (Aichi-ken, 1992-94) and Gideon Kendall. For more cartoons, original bankruptcy haiku and even a bankruptcy country song, go to bankruptcybill.us. Do you work in bankruptcy or restructuring? Now you can join the JET Alumni Restructuring & Bankruptcy Group on LinkedIn. Additionally, if anyone would […]
NPR’s Studio360 Features Bankruptcy Haiku by Steven Horowitz
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Bankruptcy Bill is a cartoon created by Steven Horowitz (Aichi-ken, 1992-94) and Gideon Kendall. To see more strips as well as original bankruptcy haiku, go to bankruptcybill.wordpress.com. Listen to one of Bankruptcy Bill’s haiku read on the “Haiku-ing It To The Man” feature on NPR’s Studio360. (Starts with about 1:31 left in the feature.) Here’s […]
New Bankruptcy Comic Strip by JET Alum Steven Horowitz (Aichi-ken, 1992-94)
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Steven Horowitz (Aichi-ken, 1992-94) (i.e., the guy who does this JetWit site) has launched a new comic strip about bankruptcy lawyers called Bankruptcy Bill. The first two strips are viewable at bankruptcybill.wordpress.com. Also, The Deal’s Bankruptcy Insider ran a nice item on the cartoon in this week’s issue (subscription required).
Life After JET: Podcast interview with Stephen Horowitz, Director of Legal English Programs
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******* ******* Steven Horowitz (Aichi-ken, Kariya-shi, 1992-94) is the founder of JETwit, a member of the JETAA USA Board of Advisors, and Director of Legal English Programs at St. John’s University School of Law in Queens, NYC, “the most ethnically diverse urban place on the planet.” He also writes for the St. John’s Legal English […]
Job: Assistant Director of Admissions and Program Administration – Duke University School of Law (North Carolina, USA)
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Posted by Sydney Sparrow. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email. Position: Assistant Director of Admissions and Program Administration, International Studies, Duke LawPosted by: Duke University School of LawLocation: Durham, NC, USAContract: Full-Time Thanks to Steven Horowitz (Aichi, 1992-1994) for passing along the following job opening. Be You. At Duke University School of […]
JET alum Paige Cognetti announces her campaign for Congress in Pennsylvania
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Post by Steven Horowitz (Aichi-ken, Kariya-shi, 1992-94) JET alum Paige Cognetti, who has served as the Mayor of Scranton, Pennsylvania since 2019, recently announced her campaign to run for Pennsylvania’s 8th congressional district in 2026. Her announcement follows JET alum Taylor Wettach’s recent announcement to run for Congress in Iowa. For more information about her, check out […]
JET alum Taylor Wettach is running for Congress in Iowa!
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Post by Steven Horowitz (Aichi-ken, Kariya-shi, 1992-94) It’s not every day that a JET alum runs for Congress. The last time it happened (at least that I’m aware of) was when JET alum Rob Cornilles ran for Congress in Oregon in 2012. And before that when David Boling ran for Congress in Arkansas in 2010. […]
Volunteer Position: Writer – JETwit (Remote)
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Posted by Sydney Sparrow. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email. Position: Volunteer WriterPosted by: JETwitLocation: RemoteContract: Part-Time Thanks to JETwit for passing along the following job opening. Project: In March-April 2025 JETwit ran a survey inviting JET alumni to share how changes in US government employment and funding were impacting them. JETwit […]
JETAA-sphere Ep 15: Takaaki Hiratsuka on his new book about ALTs in the JET Program
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**In Episode 15 of the JETAA-sphere podcast, we interview Professor Takaaki Hiratsuka, author of the new book Narrative inquiry into language teacher identity: ALTs in the JET program. Click this link http://bit.ly/VBL-Register to register for the May 28 book launch event! **Co-hosts: Steven Horowitz (Aichi, 1992-94) & Mark Frey (Kumamoto, 2002-2006) **About Prof. Takaaki Hiratsuka: […]
The JETAA-sphere Podcast: Ep 8 – Designer, educator and JETAANY stalwart Lee-Sean Huang (Oita-ken, 2003-06)
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******************************* Designer, educator and longtime JETAANY contributing member Lee-Sean Huang (Oita-ken, Nakatsu-shi, 2003-06) joins Steven Horowitz(Aichi-ken, 1992-94) and Zach Piper (Kochi-ken, 2001-04) to talk about his path to JET and since JET as well as his longtime role as JETAANY Webmaster. Plus hear Leesean singing enka! Show Links: AIGA: The Professional Association for Design AIGA book event: The Impossibility of Silence: Writing for Designers, […]
The JETAA-sphere Podcast: Ep 7 – Monica Yuki, Jessyca Livingston & James Gannon discuss the JETAA USA Board of Advisors and 3.11
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****************** From JETwit Media, it’s the 6th episode of the JETAA-sphere Podcast! Three members of the JETAA USA Board of Advisors—Monica Yuki (Saitama-ken, 2002-04), Jessyca Livingston, formerly Wilcox (Hokkaido, 2003-06) and James Gannon (Ehime-ken, 1992-94) join Steven Horowitz(Aichi-ken, 1992-94) and special co-host Matt Gillamof CLAIR NY (aka the Japan Local Government Center) to talk about the JETAA USA Board of Advisors–what it is, who’s on it, and how the tragedy of […]
