Jones, Kimberly: - Timothy J. Vance is professor of East Asian studies at the University of Arizona. He is the author of An Introduction to Japanese Phonology and Instant Vocabulary through Prefixes and Suffixes and the editor of Kodansha's Romanized Japanese-English Dictionary. Kimberly Jones is associate professor of East Asian studies at the University of Arizona, where she served as directo of the Japanese language program for many years.