Patricia gercik biography

MISTI's Patricia Gercik Receives MIT Excellence Award

Patricia Gercik, associate director of the MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) and managing director of the MIT-Japan Program, received an MIT Excellence Award in the category of "Bringing Out the Best: Everyday Leadership throughout MIT." 

As associate director of MISTI, Gercik supervises the high functioning work of ten different country program managers.

As managing director of the MIT-Japan Program, Gercik teaches students about Japan, supervises their placement in Japanese internships, cultivates relationships with firms and institutions on both sides of the Pacific, raises funds, and manages relationships with the Japanese community. 

Gercik joined MIT more than 25 years ago to help develop what was then a fledgling program in Japanese studies at MIT.

That program—now known as MIT-Japan—marks the genesis of applied international st