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New Haven, CT, US

Hamden, Connecticut, United States

Freelance developmental editing for academic journal and book projects. Contact me directly to discuss the possibility of working with me to amplify your voice & sharpen your argument! sfpwriting.com

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Conceiving, planning, and programming a "May Day to Labor Day Labor Film Series" as a summer-long education & fundraising event for the GNHLA. Working with a small team to select short documentaries and feature films connecting the history of the labor movement with problems and possibilities in the present. Contacting workers, activists, & scholars to.

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Co-facilitation of the following projects: -RE-Center's Race & Equity program with 7th grade classrooms in Hartford Public Schools.-RE-Center’s session “What To Do with Whiteness” at the National Education Association’s 2020 Summer Justice Series

Greater Philadelphia Area

Courses Taught:- Environment, Culture, & Japan (EALC 165/565): undergraduate/graduate course on ecocritical approaches to Japanese literature, film, manga, & anime- Theory in/and East Asia (EALC 711, COML 711): graduate seminar on contemporary theoretical approaches to cultural studies in East Asia and across the planet

New Haven, CT

• Conceived and planned research projects for publication. Presented research at several major conferences.
• Advised graduate and undergraduate students on research projects.
• Designed and taught undergraduate & graduate level courses in East Asian Literature & Culture. Courses taught: - Crime and Detective Fiction in East Asia (Undergraduate Lecture) - Hiroshima to Fukushima: Ecology and.

Cambridge, MA

• Revised and expanded research projects for written publication, including chapters in books and a work-in-progress book manuscript on the political culture of literature and film in East Asia under the Japanese Empire.
• Presented research at Harvard's Japan Forum and several major national and international conferences.
• Co-organized a yearlong series of Japanese films at Harvard.
• Co-organized a reading group on the history and culture of Northeast China in the 20th Century.

• Conceived, researched, and completed doctoral dissertation on the political culture of literature in Northeast China under Japanese rule, 1905-1945.
• Coordinated a monthly workshop series for works-in-progress and professional development. Designed topics, recruited and scheduled speakers, set agenda, facilitated discussion, and managed budget.
• Coordinated a bimonthly interdepartmental working group on Marxism and Culture. Scheduled topics, distributed reading, facilitated discussion, and managed budget.
• Served on Coordinating Committee for the Graduate Employee Student Organization. Collaboratively developed and led grassroots organizing campaigns on campus and in the wider New Haven community.

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Co-developed and co-taught an undergraduate course on Contemporary Japanese Literature and Culture (1970-present).

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Assisted teaching three undergraduate courses on East Asian Literature & Culture:- The Japanese Period Film - Man and Nature in Chinese Literature- Book and Image in Pre-Modern Japanese Literature

Seattle, Washington, United States

Second-Year Japanese Language Teaching Assistant. Responsible for independently teaching two sections (~40 students) for three quarters each academic year.

Tokyo, Japan

Teaching children’s English language conversation courses to a wide range of ages from 3-14 years-old. Curriculum development emphasizing active language learning in groups through activities, games, and singing. Teacher training for new and less experienced teachers at the company.

Saitama, Japan

English language teacher in public middle and elementary schools for the Gyōda City Board of Education. Primarily responsible for English language curriculum development and instruction in six elementary schools (grades 1-6) in collaboration with teachers in each school. Emphasis on active language learning through activities, games, and singing..

Ph.D., East Asian Languages And Literatures, Modern Japanese Literature

M.A., Asian Languages And Literatures, Modern Japanese Literature

B.A., Philosophy