Japanese Faculty

BA, Antioch College. MFA, Sarah Lawrence College. Columnist and frequent contributor to various Japanese newspapers and magazines in the United States and Japan. Translator of articles and the book Hide and Seek, by Theresa Cahn-Tober, into Japanese. SLC, 2006–

BA, Ochanomizu University, Japan. MA, University of Windsor, Canada. Special interest in intercultural communications. Taught Japanese as a second language at secondary schools and universities in Canada, The Philippines, Republic of Korea, and the United States. Trained Filipino teachers in the Japan Foundation program in Manila. Wrote featured articles in the daily Japanese newspaper, Kitanihon Shinbun.  SLC, 2010–

BA, Yale University. MA, PhD, University of California-Berkeley. Special interests include modern Japanese literature, narratological and political approaches to literature, ethnic and other minorities in Japan. Articles and presentations on Shimazaki Toson. Recipient of a Japan Foundation fellowship, University of California-Berkeley Townsend Center for the Humanities Fellow. SLC, 2002–