RIJS People Associates in Research: A - C

Marié Abe
BU, Asst. Prof. of Music
Intersection of sound, public space, and social difference in contemporary Japanese urban life through ethnographic analysis of chindon-ya
marieabe(at)bu.edu

Barbara Ambros
UNC Chapel Hill, Assoc. Prof. of East Asian Religions
Early modern through contemporary Japanese religions in particular gender issues and human-animal relationships
bambros(at)email.unc.edu

Galen D. Amstutz
Independent Scholar
How to "reinvent" Pure Land Buddhism and to communicate with a larger American audience
amstutzgalen(at)gmail.com

Marnie Anderson
Smith, Assc. Prof. of History
Gender and political culture of the Meiji Period
msanders(at)email.smith.edu

Anna Andreeva
Karl Jaspers Centre, Heidelberg Univ., Asst. Prof. in Japanese History
Japanese religious and cultural history during the medieval and early modern periods
andreeva(at)asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de

Linda I. Angst
Independent Scholar
War memory and experience in Okinawa; anthropology of violence and conflict resolution; oral histories of Japanese Americans' wartime experience in Oregon
urizun73(at)yahoo.com

Yuko Aoyama
Clark, Assoc. Prof. and Henry J. Leir Faculty Fellow of Geography
New forms of economic governance, specifically corporate R&D and bottom-of-the-pyramid markets in India
yaoyama(at)clarku.edu

Galit Aviman
Ben Gurion Univ. and Hebrew Univ, Lecturer
Images of women in the artwork of Hakuin Ekaku (1685-1768)
galitaviman(at)yahoo.com

Bruce Baird
UMass Amherst, Asst. Prof. of Japanese
Butô, intellectual history, angura theatre, video games
baird(at)asianlan.umass.edu

Jeffrey Bayliss
Trinity, Assoc. Prof. of History
Oral history project on life in the evacuation centers during the months following the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
jeffrey.bayliss(at)trincoll.edu

Thomas Berger
BU, Assoc. Prof. of Intl. Relations
Comparing the development of the U.S. system of alliances in Europe and in Asia (Germany/Japan, South Korea/Poland, and others)
tuberger(at)bu.edu

Rosemarie Bernard
Waseda, Asst. Prof. of Anthropology and Japanese Studies
Anthropology and History, Ritual and Politics; Shintô (esp. Ise Jingu); Islam; Ideology; Identity
rbernard(at)waseda.jp

Joanne R. Bernardi
Rochester, Assoc. Prof. of Japanese and Film and Media Studies
Book ms: "Tourist Japan"
joanne.bernardi(at)rochester.edu

Victoria Lyon Bestor
North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources, Executive Director
Library resources, especially on-line resource development
vbestor(at)fas.harvard.edu

Phyllis Birnbaum
Writer
Princesses of Manchuria
phyllis.birnbaum(at)gmail.com

Herbert P. Bix
SUNY Binghamton, Prof. of History and Sociology
Post WWI war crimes trials and changing views of war crimes
hbix(at)binghamton.edu

Verena K. Blechinger-Talcott
Free Univ. of Berlin, Prof. of Japanese Politics and Pol. Econ.
Corporate social responsibility in Japan in comparative perspective
vblechin(at)zedat.fu-berlin.de

Mark L. Blum
SUNY Albany, Prof. of Japanese
The intersection of Japanese culture and Buddhist culture
mblum(at)albany.edu

Daniel Botsman
Yale, Prof. of History
Emancipation in 19 th-c. Japan; translations of recent work on Tokugawa social history
daniel.botsman(at)yale.edu

Ikuko K. Burns
Mass.-Hokkaido Association, VP; Japan Society of Boston, Board
U.S.-Japan cultural exchange
ikoburns(at)gmail.com

Patrick Caddeau
Princeton, Director of Studies, Forbes College; Visiting Prof., East Asian Studies
Genji reception; Meiji Taishô fiction
caddeau(at)princeton.edu

Haeng-ja S. Chung
Hamilton, Asst. Prof. of Anthropology
Tokyo Univ., SSRC-JSPS Long-Term Postdoctoral Fellow
Book project on Korean nightclub hostesses in Japan
hschung(at)hamilton.edu

Gina Cogan
BU, Asst. Prof. of Religion
Edo-period nuns and convents
gcogan(at)bu.edu

Ellen P. Conant
Independent Scholar
Book ms concerning Joseph Lindon Smith's visits to Japan in 1901 and 1910
epconant(at)aol.com

Ian Condry
MIT, Assoc. Prof. of Japanese Cultural Studies
Book project: "Anime Revolution: The Making of Japan's Media Success Story"
condry(at)mit.edu

Thomas D. Conlan
Bowdoin, Prof. of Japanese History
The political importance of Esoteric Buddhism in 14 th-c. Japan; medieval Japanese warfare; literacy in medieval Japan
tconlan(at)bowdoin.edu

Theodore F. Cook, Jr.
William Patterson, Prof. of History; Director, Asian Studies Program
The Japanese experience of war, 1931-1945; culture in the midst of total war
cookt(at)wpunj.edu

Teruko Craig
Tufts, Senior Lecturer Emerita in Japanese
Translating essays by Fukuzawa Yukichi
acraig(at)fas.harvard.edu

Michael P. Cronin
William and Mary, Asst. Prof. of Japanese Literature
The city as an alternative space to nation: Osaka in literature and film of the transwar period, 1930s-1950s
mpcronin(a)wm.edu

Jennifer Cullen
Independent Scholar
Representations of virginity in modern Japanese literature, 1900-1930s
jenniferkw8(a)gmail.com

Michael Andrew Cusumano
MIT Sloan School , Sloan Management Review Distinguished Prof. of Management
Problems and solutions in the Japanese economy; business models
cusumano(at)mit.edu