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EDUCATION

Harvard University, History Department. Ph.D., June 2001. M.A., June 1991.

Dissertation: "Emigration and Local Development in Meiji Era Yamaguchi."
General Examination Fields: Modern Japan; Pre-Modern Japan; U.S. Diplomatic Relations; Modern European Thought.

Georgetown University, School of Languages and Linguistics. B.S. Languages, May 1989. Japanese Major, Computer Science Minor (Pi Mu Epsilon Honor Society). Summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa.

PUBLICATIONS

"International Labor Migrants' Return to Meiji-era Yamaguchi and Hiroshima: Economic and Social Effects." International Migration, vol. 46, no. 3. (Summer 2008), pp. 65-94.

"Japanese Meiji Government Instructions to Emigrant Laborers: A Study in Documents," PAN-JAPAN: The International Journal of the Japanese Diaspora, Volume 5: Numbers 1&2 (2007 Spring/Fall), pp. 23-43.

"Japanese Government Instructions to Emigrant Laborers, 1885-1894,'" pp. 52-68 in Japanese Diasporas: Unsung Pasts, Conflicting Presents and Uncertain Futures, edited by Nobuko Adachi. Routledge, Asia's Transformations series, 2006. Published in Japanese as “一八八五～九四年の移住者への訓示.” [Instructions to Emigrants, 1885-1894] pp. 90-111 in ｼﾞｬﾊﾟﾆｰｽﾞﾃﾞｲｱｽﾎﾟﾗ [Japanese Diasporas], Shinseisha, Tokyo, 2008

"The Diverse Japanese: Local History's Challenge to National Narratives in the Nineteenth Century: An Introduction." Early Modern Japan: An Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol. VIII, No. 2 (Nov. 2000), pp. 2-4.

Bibliography on Social Change and Development, compiled by John Trumpbour in cooperation with the 1997 HTUP Sawyer Fellows, Harvard Trade Union Program, Sawyer Seminar Series, Cambridge: HTUP Publications, 1997. Contributed references on Asian development and social sciences.

REVIEWS

"Review of Kurokawa, Katsutoshi. The Labor Movement and Japanese Immigrants in Seattle," Vol. 99, No. 2 (Spring 2008), pp. 101-102.

"Studying Keene's Emperor Meiji" Frog In A Well: Japan. 10 April 2008. URL: http://www.froginawell.net/japan/2008/04/studying-keenes-emperor-meiji/

"Putting The Pieces Together: Review of Yuji Ichioka, Before Internment: Essays in Prewar Japanese-American History," H-US-Japan, H-Net Reviews, August 2007.
URL: http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=316961195574066

"Review of Franklin Odo, No Sword to Bury: Japanese Americans in Hawai`i during World War II," Biography: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly 27:3 (Summer 2004), pp. 622-625.

"How True to History is Tom Cruise's The Last Samurai?" History News Network.
5 January 2004. URL: http://hnn.us/articles/2746.html

"Review of Henry (Yoshitaka) Kiyama, The Four Immigrants Manga: A Japanese Experience in San Francisco, 1904-1924," Education About Asia, Vol. 6, No. 2 (Fall 2001), pp. 63-64.

"Sushi Civilization: Review of Michael Ashkenazi and Jeanne Jacob, The Essence of Japanese Cuisine: An Essay on Food and Culture", H-US-Japan, H-Net Reviews, August 2001.
URL: http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=13620997895879

"Individual Agency in Circumscribed Circumstances: Review of Jere Takahashi, Nisei/Sansei: Shifting Japanese American Identities and Politics," H-US-Japan, H-Net Reviews, June 2000.
URL: http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=28070961002477

RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

"Diaspora Memory: Selective Histories of Japanese Emigration," American Historical Association Annual Conference (Washington, DC; January 2008). Also presented at ASPAC 2008 (Victoria, BC, June 2008).

"Leadership in Yamaguchi Prefecture in the Early Meiji era," ASPAC 2007 (Honolulu, HI, June 2007)

"Japanese Emigration Policy: Government Priorities as Structure," Association of Asian Studies Pacific Region (ASPAC), (Claremont, CA; June 2005)

"Early Meiji Reforms in Yamaguchi Prefecture," American Historical Association Annual Conference, (Seattle WA, January 2005).

Panel Organizer and Chair: "Japanese Returning to Japan: Social and Psychological Effects," Annual Conference of the Association of Asian Studies (San Diego; March 2004)

"Going Home: International Labor Migrants Return to Meiji-era Yamaguchi and Hiroshima," Annual Conference of the Association of Asian Studies (San Diego; March 2004). Revised and presented as "Economic and Social Effects of International Labor Migrants Return to Meiji-Era Yamaguchi and Hiroshima," Association of Asian Studies Pacific Region (ASPAC), (Eugene OR, June 2004).

"Hopes and Fears: Japanese Government Instructions to Emigrant Laborers, 1885-1895," Association of Asian Studies Pacific Region (ASPAC) Annual Conference (East-West Center, Honolulu, HI; June 2003)

"Japanese Emigration Control: How Sending Countries Can, or Can Not, Shape Migration," Intl. Sociological Assoc. RC 31 Conference: Migration Between States and Markets (University of Liege; May 2001).

"Local, Regional and National History: International Emigration from Yamaguchi, 1885-1900." University of Iowa Center for Asian Pacific Studies (Iowa City, Iowa; March 2000)

Panel chair and organizer, "The Diverse Japanese: Local History's Challenge to National Narratives," Annual Conference of the American Historial Association. (Chicago; January 2000)

"Emigration and the Yamaguchi Rural Economy, 1885-1895," Annual Conference of the Association for Asian Studies. (Boston, Massachusetts; March 1999)

"International and Personal Finance in Meiji‑era Yamaguchi: Tracking Emigrant Remittances and Income," New England Association for Asian Studies Conference. (Medford, Massachusetts; October 1998)
"Japanese 'Internal' Migration: Urbanization and Empire in the Meiji Era," Harvard Conference of Japanese Studies. (Cambridge, Massachusetts; April 1998)

"Asian Migrations" Roundtable discussion panel in honor of the opening of the Asia Center at Harvard University. (Cambridge, Massachusetts; March 1998)

"Meiji Yamaguchi and Modern Michoacan: The Emigration Economy Model in Japan and Mexico," New England Association for Asian Studies Conference. (Middletown, Connecticut; October 1997)

"Chōshū after the Meiji Restoration: the Origins of an Emigration Economy in Yamaguchi Prefecture, 1868-1885," Harvard Conference of Japanese Studies. (Cambridge, Massachusetts; April 1997)

"Information Networks and Emigration Decisions in Late Meiji Cultivator Communities: Preliminary Thoughts," Western Association for Asian Studies Conference. (Tucson, Arizona; October 1992)

"The Importance of Emigration in Modern Japanese History," Berkeley Center for Japanese Studies First Berkeley Japanese Studies Symposium (Bakai). (Berkeley, California; May 1992)

TEACHING

Pittsburg State University, Kansas, Department of History
Associate Professor (Fall 2008-present) Four courses per semester, advising duties, etc. Courses include World History (to/since 1500), Japanese history (to/since 1700), Chinese history (to/since 1700). Special Topics: Samurai: History, Literature, Mythology.

University of Hawai'i at Hilo, History Department
Assistant Professor (Fall 2002 to Spring 2008) Three courses per semester, advising duties, etc. Courses include: Year-long World History sequence; Senior Thesis advising and administration; Historiography. Three semester sequence of Japanese History cross-listed with Japanese Studies, Japanese Women (cross-listed with Japanese Studies and Women's Studies), upper-division seminar on Meiji Japan. Three semester sequence of Chinese History; Directed Studies on a variety of topics. Also member of the China-US Masters faculty: Problems and Issues in Contemporary China.

Coe College, History Department
Assistant Professor (Fall 1999-Spring 2002) Three courses per semester; advising duties including First Year Seminar, study abroad; supervising student assistant. Courses: East Asian Civilization (to 1700); Modern Japan (since 1700); Nineteenth Century Japan; Modern China (since 1700); Japanese Poetry through History (January Term); year-long Western Civilization sequence; Seminar: Japan's Postwar Constitution.

Lectureships
Boston College, History Department (Fall 1993) Modern Japan Since 1868.
University of California at Berkeley, History Department (Spring 1993) 20th Century Japan.
Mills College (Oakland, CA), History Department (Fall 1992) Modernization of Japan, 1550-1990.

Harvard University
Senior Thesis Advising
East Asian Studies Department (1993-94) Three honors theses on Japanese history and political economy.
History Department (1998-99) Honors thesis on Japanese expatriate communities.

Course Administration
East Asian Studies Department Sophomore Tutorial, Course website management (Spring 1998).
Core Education Head Teaching Fellow, Tradition and Transformation in East Asian Civilization: Japan (Spring 1994) Course administration of 180 students in nine sections, overseeing examination and paper grading, and preparing handouts (Prof. Albert Craig).

Teaching Assistantships
East Asian Studies Department, Sophomore Tutorial (Spring 1996, Fall 1997, two sections Spring 1998) China, Korea and Japan in the pre-modern era (Fall) and in modernity (Spring). Small sections: 7-8 students.
Core Education Teaching Fellow, Tradition and Transformation in East Asian Civilization: Japan (Spring 1991, Spring 1994, Spring 1996; Profs. Albert Craig, Henry Rosovsky, Harold Bolitho, Andrew Gordon)
Core Education Teaching Fellow, The Unification of Japan, 1560-1650 (Fall 1990) (Prof. Harold Bolitho)

LECTURES AND TALKS

"Hometown Ties: How Hawai`i Japanese Stayed Connected to Japan Before World War II," Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at North Hawai'i Education and Research Center. (19 February 2007)

"The Virtual Academy: Japanese History and Historians On-line" ASPAC 2005 (Claremont, CA; June 2005).

"Japanese Migration to Hawai'i: Successful but not Simple," Volcano National Park "After Dark in the Park" Speaker series (12 November 2002)

"The Roots of Japanese Migration to Hawai'i," Public lecture sponsored by the UHH Departments of History and Japanese Studies (22 October 2002)

"Was Emigration a Success? Why 19th century Japanese emigrated and what they got out of it," UHH Social Science Division Brown Bag presentation (26 September 2002)

"A Strong Woman in Rural Japan," Gender Symposium (GS 245: Gender and Self-identity) lecture centered on Gail Lee Bernstein's Haruko's World. (Spring 2002)

"Gender Definition and Transgression in the Traditional Tokugawa period," Gender Symposium (GS 245: Androgyny, Hermaphrodites and Transgendered Warriors) lecture based on readings on Kabuki and the fiction of Ihara Saikaku. (26 February 2001)

"Migration as Poverty Prevention: International Emigration from Meiji-era Yamaguchi," Coe Faculty Research Seminar Series (1 December 2000).

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

UH-Hilo Department of History. World Civilization learning assessment instrument meetings (2003-2004), Program Review Meetings (2004-2005), East Asian Curriculum Development. World History positions search committee (recorder, Spring 2004; Spring 2007). Pacific/Oceanic History position search committee (recorder, Spring 2003). RISO Advisor, History Club (Fall 2003-Spring 2006).

UH-Hilo. CAS Senate Curriculum Review Committee, secretary (Fall 2003-Spring 2007). US-China Masters program faculty (Fall 2002-present). English Department Writing position search committees (2003-2004). UHH Congress Academic Policies Committee (Spring 2003-Spring 2004); UHH Congress Budget Committee (Fall 2005-present); UHH Senate Hawaiian/Asian/Pacific Area General Education Requirement Ad Hoc Committee (Fall 2002-Spring 2003). Women's Studies Steering Committee (Fall 2004-Spring 2005) RISO Advisor, American Sign Language Club (2003-2004).

Association of Asian Studies Pacific Region (ASPAC) Board Member (2004-present). Secretary (2007-2009).

History News Network, Editor (November 2008-present). Assistant Editor (September 2004-November 2008). Editorial and moderation duties, general technical assistance.

Peer Review. Double-blind peer reviewer for NWSA Journal (February 2008), Japan Forum (March 2008).

Kenneth W. Baldridge Prize of Phi Alpha Theta Hawai'i. Judge on 4-member committee evaluating history books written by Hawai'i authors for a biennial prize. (2002-2003, 2004-2005)

Coe College. U.S. history searches (2000-2001, 2001-2002); advising searches in Teacher Education and Religion/Philosophy; Computer Policies Committee (secretary, 2001-2002); Phi Beta Kappa Faculty Committee Vice President (2001-2002).

Electronic Emissary Project, University of Texas at Austin (1998-99). Internet-based expert informant for a class of fifth grade students studying Japan in McAllen, Texas.

Board Member, Society for Japanese Studies at Harvard. (Fall 1996 to Fall 1998; Member, 1996-1999) Maintained membership list, weekly bulletin. Harvard Conference of Japanese Studies management.

Consultant, CLIO Project, University of California at Berkeley Graduate School of Education. (Fall 1992, Spring 1993) Edited lesson plans on Medieval Japanese History and participated in seminars presenting plans and background to California public school seventh- and eighth-grade teachers.

FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS

RCUH Travel Grants, paper presentation and archival research, ASPAC (Honolulu, June 2003); paper presentation and session organizer/chair, AAS (San Diego, March 2004); paper presentation, AHA (Seattle, January 2005); AHA (Atlanta, January 2007).
Coe College Curriculum Development Grant, First Year Seminar. Summer 2001.
Edwin O. Reischauer Center for Japanese Studies, Supplemental Dissertation Grant. 1995-1996, 1998-99.
Foreign Languages and Area Studies Dissertation Fellowship, 1996-97.
Societies in Transition Seminar Series Sawyer Fellowship, 1996-97; multi-disciplinary seminars. Contributed to the Bibliography on Social Change and Development (compiled by John Trumpbour: HTUP Publications, 1997).
Japan Foundation Dissertation Research Grant. 1994-95.

AFFILIATIONS

Association of Asian Studies Pacific Region (ASPAC) Board (2004-present)
American Historical Association, Member, 1997-present.
Association of Asian Studies, Member, 1997-present.
University of Iowa Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, Research Affiliate, 1999-2002.
National Council for History Education, 2001-present.
Phi Alpha Theta (History Honor Society), Member, 2003-present
Malamalama Waldorf School, Hawai'i Paradise Park, Board (January 2007-May 2008)

ON-LINE HISTORY COMMENTARY

Weblog Contributor
Frog In A Well (http://www.froginawell.net) Asian history group weblogs. (September 2004-present). 2005 Cliopatria Award for Best Group History Blog. I am one of two founding members who contribute to all three member blogs: Japan, China and Korea.
Cliopatria (http://hnn.us/blogs/2.html) Historians group weblog (December 2003-December 2005)
History Carnival: Host/Editor: Issue #6 (15 April 2005), Issue #22 (15 December 2005), Issue #38 (1 September 2006), Issue #71 (1 December 2008).
Carnivalesque: Host/Editor: Issue #6 (Early Modern, July 2005)
Asian History Carnival: co-founder. Host/Editor: Issue #1 (October 2005), Issue #3 (March 2006), Issue #11 (February 2007), Issue #15 (June 2007)
Cliopatria Awards: 2005 Chair for Best Newcomer and Best Writing Judging panels. 2008 Chair for Best New Blog and Best Individual Blog panels.
Carnival of Bad History: co-administrator. Host/Editor: Issue #6 (June 2006), Issue #14 (May 2007), Issue #15 (June 2007)
History Carnival Aggregator (http://historycarnival.blogspot.com): founder and administrator. Central location for announcements related to various history blog carnivals.

History News Network (historynewsnetwork.org): Weekly web-based newsmagazine edited by historian and author Rick Shenkman. Commentary on current events and the discipline of history. A project of George Mason University's Center for History and New Media. Editor and writer.
Articles:
"Is Hawaii a Colony that Needs to Be Freed?" 5 May 2008
"Revising Hawaiian History for an Unambiguous Age" 11 October 2004.
"Grade Inflation ... Why It's a Nightmare" 2 August 2004.
Reprinted at EducationNews.org and Tomorrow's Professor (Stanford) listserv.
"How Reagan Looks to a Teacher of World History" 6 June 2004.
"Attempting Analogy: Japanese Manchuria and Occupied Iraq" 31 May 2004.
"How Can We Know for Sure When a Country Has Succeeded in Becoming a Democracy?" 29 March 2004.
"How True to History is Tom Cruise's The Last Samurai?" 5 January 2004.
"Why the Next Election May Well Be Decided by the Vice Presidential Nominee" 24 November 2003.
"Constitution Writing in Japan, Iowa and Iraq" 13 October 2003.
"Is the Catholic Church in America Losing Its Special Privileges?" 22 September 2003.
"Why Americans Are Right to Be Suspicious of Mr. Bush's Tax Cuts." 10 Feb 2003.
"Why Did the U.S. Intern the Japanese During WW II?" 18 February 2002.
"Technological Advances Create Economic Distress," 5 September 2001.
Cited in the HNN "Cassandra" section (2 October 2003) for accurate prediction.
Atomic Bomb Mock-Trial Juror. 3 August 2001. URL: http://hnn.us/articles/190.html
Also published "Was it necessary to use the bomb? A C.R. professor tries to answer that during a mock trial," Cedar Rapids Gazette, 6 August 2001, p. 4A.

History News Service: (http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~hns) Syndicated op-ed analysis, edited by senior historians James Banner and Joyce Appleby, and distributed to hundreds of media outlets.
"Avoiding a Pearl Harbor in North Korea." 12 May 2003
"Can Iraq Learn to Live in Peace?" 28 March 2003

EducationNews.org. Education news and commentary.
"Toward a Unified Theory of Grading" 3 January 2005