Biographical Information  

• Associate Professor, specializing in Japan, East Asia to 1600
• B.A. 1975 at the University of Queensland
• M.A. 1981 at the University of Queensland
• Ph.D in 1987 at Stanford
• With the U of O since 1990

Major Publications

• Kenmu: Go-Gaigo's Revolution (Harvard University Press, 1996)
• "Social Change, Knowledge, and History: Emperor Hanazono's Admonitions to the Crown Prince", Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, p. 55 (1995)
• "Truth, Contradiction, and Harmony in Medieval Japan: Emperor Hanazono (1297-1348) and Buddhism." Journal of the International
• Association of Buddhist Studies 12 (1989)
• "The Officials of the Kamakura Bakufu" in J. Mass and W. Hauser, The Bakufu in Japanese History (Stanford University Press, 1985)

Fellowships, Grants, and Honors

• Japan Foundation Professional Fellowship Postdoctoral Fellowship
• Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies
• Harvard Foreign Area Fellowship, Social Science Research Council

Current Research and Writing

• Illness, mortality, and medical concepts in medieval Japan, illness and treatment in the 16th century Recent Teaching
• History of Japan
• Medicine and Society in Pre-modern Japan
• East Asian Civilization
• Buddhism and Society in Medieval Japan