Japanese Studies Faculty and Specialists at UH Mānoa
Professor of Anthropology
Director, UHM Center for Korean Studies
PhD in Anthropology, Rutgers University (2005)
Assistant Professor, East Asian Languages and Literatures
PhD in East Asian Languages and Cultures, UCLA (2006)
Associate Professor of Asian Studies
PhD in Political Science, UC Berkeley (1989)
Professor, Matsunaga Institute for Peace
Director of UHM Center for Indo-Pacific Affairs
PhD in Political Science, University of Minnesota (2002)
Professor of Japanese Language and Linguistics
PhD in Linguistics, UC San Diego (2009)
Professor of Economics
PhD in Economics, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (1994)
Associate Professor of Japanese Literature
PhD in Japanese Literature and Culture, Stanford University (2013)
Associate Professor of Japanese Linguistics
EALL Japanese Section Coordinator
PhD in Second Language Acquisition, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2010)
Professor of Philosophy
PhD in Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University (2009)
Professor of Sociology and Adjunct Professor of Law
PhD in Jurisprudence and Social Policy, UC Berkeley (1996)
Associate Professor of Japanese
PhD in Linguistics, University of Hawai’i (1992)
SACHIYO KAWAIʻAEʻA
Japanese Language Catalog/Metadata Librarian
MA in Library Information Science and M.Ed
Professor of Sociology
PhD in Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2006)
Professor of Japanese
Associate Dean of the College of Arts, Languages & Letters
EdD in Education, University of Hawai’i (1998)
Associate Professor of Communication
PhD in Communication and Information Sciences, University of Hawai’i (2010)
Dr. Sen Sōshitsu XV Director, UHM Center for Japanese Studies
Professor of Law
JD, Yale Law School (1983)
Professor of History
Director of the Center for Okinawan Studies
PhD in History, UCLA (1998)
Professor of Religion
PhD in Buddhist Studies, University of Geneva (1992)
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Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies
PhD in History, UC San Diego (2014)
Japan Studies Librarian
MLIS, Library and Information Science (2019)
Professor of Architecture
PhD in Architecture, University of Cambridge (1993)
Professor of Philosophy
PhD in Philosophy, State University of New York (1980)
Librarian, Richardson School of Law
MA in Library Science, North Carolina Central University
Associate Director, UHM Center for Japanese Studies
PhD in Geography and Environment, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (2025)
Professor of History
The Sen Sōshitsu XV Distinguished Chair in Traditional Japanese Culture and History
PhD in History, Stanford University (2002)
Professor of Japanese Art History
PhD in Art History, University of Washington (2005)
LYNETTE TERUYA
Okinawan Studies Library, Asia Collection, Public Services Division
Professor of Composition and Theory
DMA in Composition, Northwestern University (1993)
Professor of American Studies
PhD in American Studies, Brown University (1997)
Associate Professor of Japanese
Director, Hawaii Language Roadmap Initiative
PhD in Applied Linguistics, University of Arizona (1993)