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
