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Japanese Studies Faculty and Specialists at UH Mānoa
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Professor of Anthropology
PhD in Anthropology, Rutgers University (2005)
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Associate Professor of Asian Studies
PhD in Political Science, UC Berkeley (1989)
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Professor of Political Science
PhD in Political Science, University of Minnesota (2002)
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Associate Professor of Japanese Language and Linguistics
PhD in Linguistics, University of California San Diego (2009)
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Assistant Professor of Asian Studies
PhD in Political Science, University of California, Berkeley (2016)
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Professor of Economics
PhD in Economics, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (1994)
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Associate Professor of Japanese Literature
PhD in Japanese Literature and Culture (2013), Standford University
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Associate Professor of Japanese Linguistics
PhD in Second Language Acquisition (2010), University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Director of the Center for Okinawan Studies
Associate Professor of Philosophy
PhD in Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University (2009)
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Professor of Sociology and Adjunct Professor of Law
PhD in Jurisprudence and Social Policy, Boalt Hall School of Law, Berkeley (1996)
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Associate Professor of Japanese
PhD in Linguistics, University of Hawai’i (1992)
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Professor of Sociology
PhD in Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2006)
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Professor of Japanese, Associate Dean of the College of Arts, Languages & Letters
EdD in Education, University of Hawai’i (1998)
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Associate Professor of Communication
PhD in Communication and Information Sciences, University of Hawai’i (2010)
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Director of the Center for Japanese Studies Professor of Law
JD, Yale Law School (1983)
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Professor of Religion
PhD in Buddhist Studies, University of Geneva, Switzerland (1992)
E-mail available via the UH Directory
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Japan Studies Librarian
MLIS, Library and Information Science (2019)
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Professor of Philosophy
PhD in Philosophy, State University of New York (1980)
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Law Librarian
MA in Library Information Science, North Carolina Central University
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GAY MICHIKO SATSUMA
Former Associate Director of the Center for Japanese Studies
PhD in Japanese History, University of Hawai’i (1998)
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Professor & Sen Soshitsu Distinguished Chair
PhD in History, Standford University (2002)
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Associate Professor of Art History
PhD in Art History, University of Washington (2005)
LYNETTE TERUYA
Okinawan Studies Librarian, Asia Collection, Public Services Division
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Professor of Music
PhD in Music Composition, Northwestern University
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Associate Professor of Japanese
PhD in Linguistics (Applied), USC (1993)
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Professor of American Studies
PhD in American Studies, Brown University (1997)
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