Biographical Information

• Associate Professor, specializing in Japanese Studies
• B.A. 1973 at Williams College
• M.A. 1978 at U.C. Berkeley
• Ph.D in 1988 at U.C. Berkeley
• With the U of O since 1993

Major Publications

• "Mass Culture/Subcultures/Popular Culture: Modern Life in Interwar Japan" in Yoshimi Shunya, ed., Urban Space/Urban Body (in Japanese, 1996)
• "From Megalopolis to Megaroporisu." Journal of Urban History 19:2 (February 1993)
• Fellowships, Grants, and Honors
• Social Science Research Council Research Fellow (1993, 1995)
• Japan Foundation Research Fellow (1995)
• Queen Excellence in Teaching Award in History, University of Illinois (1993)

Current Research and Writing

• Books-in-progress: Biography of prewar Japanese urban reformer, Seki Hajime; history of modern Japanese urban planning ideas.
• Research-in-progress: interwar Japanese media culture