B.A. East Asian Studies, DePauw University
M.A. East Asian Studies, Stanford University
Ph.D. East Asian Languages and Cultures, Indiana University

I teach all levels of Japanese and advanced literature and culture courses in translation, including Nightmare Japan, Totoro Saves the World, Japanese Cinema, Japanese Popular Culture in Fiction and Film, Narratives of War and Peace, and Japanese Women Writers.

My research interests include early modern and modern Japanese history, national identity in 20^th-century Japan, modern literature, gender, popular culture, and media studies.

The Afterlife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi: Historical fiction and popular culture in Japan (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center, 2022)

“Deconstructing the Taikō: The Problem of Hideyoshi as Postwar Business Model.” Mechademia 10: World Renewal – Counterfactual Histories. University of Minnesota Press, vol. 10 (2015), 81-96.

“Nagai Michiko and Ariyoshi Sawako Rewrite the Taikō.” US-Japan Women’s Journal. Sophia University Press, vol. 51 (2017), 59-79.

“A Multimedia Approaches to Teaching Japanese Popular Culture.” Digital Asia, special issue, ASIANetwork Exchange, vol. 25: 2 (2018), 61-81.