I am a Japanese literature and film specialist. My research interests are
fundamentally interdisciplinary, bridging the fields of race, gender, and postcolonial
studies, and highlighting both Japan'’s place in Asia and Asia’s place in Japan. My
dissertation, entitled “Invisible Men: The Zainichi Korean Presence in Postwar Japanese
Culture,” explores the representation of Korean residents of Japan (so-called zainichi
Koreans) in postwar Japanese literature, film, and popular culture. More generally, I am
interested in the intersections of race, gender, class, and nationality in postwar
Japanese culture. During the 2006-07 academic year, I will teach two sections of
Elementary Japanese I, The Fiction of Modern Japan (a modern Japanese literature course)
and Translating Japanese: Theory and Practice.
EDUCATION:
B.A., Princeton University; M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University
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