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. 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. Interested in intercultural communications. 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–

BA, Barnard College. MA, PhD, University of California-Berkeley. Special interests include Japanese language, literature, and culture of all periods; modern Korean studies; minority studies; gender studies; colonial and postcolonial studies; and the relationship between memory and narrative. Raised bilingual in Japan, she is an experienced translator and interpreter between Japanese and English. Fellowships received include the Japan Foundation Fellowship, the Korea Foundation Fellowship, and the Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships. SLC, 2011—