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