Dr. Josephine Squires, assistant professor of political science at Fort Hays State University, has been awarded a Sasakawa Fellowship by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.

Squires will attend the June 2-27 National Faculty Development Institute convention at San Diego State University, San Diego, CA. She will present "Incorporating Japanese Studies into the Undergraduate Curriculum."

Squires has been a professor at FHSU since 1995. She has a bachelor's degree in psychology from St. Mary's University and her doctorate in political science from the University of Colorado.