RIJS People Associates in Research: D - F

Brett de Bary
Cornell, Prof. of Asian Studies and Comp. Lit.
Morisaki Kazue, Tawada Yuko; translation theory
bmd2(at)cornell.edu

Wiebke Denecke
BU, Asst. Prof. of Mod. Langs. and Comp. Lit.
Heian kanshi anthologies and the concept of bun in Nara and early Heian Japan
denecke(at)bu.edu

Frederick R. Dickinson
Penn, Assoc. Prof. of History
Political, economic, intellectual legacy of the First World War in 1930s Japan

Chad Diehl
Emmanuel College, Asst. Prof. of History
Reconstruction of Nagasaki after the atomic bombing concentrating on politics and religion, following people and groups who contributed to the city's rise and shaped its postwar image
diehlc2(at)emmanuel.edu

Rachel DiNitto
William and Mary, Assoc. Prof. of Japanese
Nationalism and popular culture in Heisei Japan
rxdini(at)wm.edu

Sharon H. Domier
UMass Amherst, East Asian Studies Librarian
Reading materials to support undergraduate Japanese language learners; tying these materials into the curriculum
sdomier(at)library.umass.edu

James Dorsey
Dartmouth, Assoc. Prof. of Japanese Lit.
Japan in the 1960s, particularly the political folk song movement; culture in wartime Japan; representations of Pearl Harbor; immediate postwar literary criticism and the issues of "complicity" among writers
james.dorsey(at)dartmouth.edu

John W. Dower
MIT, Ford Intl. Prof. of History Emeritus
Visual history of Asia in the modern world

Fabian Drixler
Yale University, Asst. Prof. of History
Demography and discourses on demography, 17th-19th centuries; regional identity formation; the Boshin War
fabian.drixler(at)yale.edu

Edward R. Drott
Missouri, Asst. Prof. of East Asian Religions
The connections between religion, medicine, and the body, particularly with regard to aging in medieval Japan
drotte(at)missouri.edu 

Alexis Dudden
UConn, Prof. of History; Director, Program in Humanitarian Research
The modern history of several groups of disputed islands around Japan's main islands
alexis.dudden(at)uconn.edu

Steven J. Ericson
Dartmouth, Assoc. Prof. of History
Matsukata financial reform and Meiji economic development
steven.ericson(at)dartmouth.edu

Erik Esselstrom
Vermont, Assoc. Prof. of History
The Japanese anti-war movement in China during WWII; China-Japan relations during the early postwar period
erik.esselstrom(at)uvm.edu

Margarita Estévez-Abe
Syracuse, Assoc. Prof. of Political Science
"The Rise and the Fall of the Housewife"; how married women work in Japan, Europe, and the U.S.
mestev02(at)maxwell.syr.edu

William R. Farrell
Dynamic Strategies Asia, Chairman
Social and political change in Japan from Perry's visit to end of the Boshin War
wrfarrell(at)aol.com

Lawrence A. Fouraker
St.John Fisher College, Assoc. Prof. of History
Arishima Takeo, Kaneko Naokichi, Kuhara Fusanosuke and Mass Culture
lfouraker(at)sjfc.edu

Matthew Fraleigh
Brandeis, Asst. Prof. of East Asian Lit. and Culture
Japanese literature of the early modern period onward, especially Kanshibun
fraleigh(at)brandeis.edu

Ronald Frank
Pace, Assoc. Prof. of History
Sengoku Law Project
rfrank2(at)pace.edu 

Sarah A. Frederick
BU, Assoc. Prof. of Japanese Lit.
Study of Yoshiya Nobuko (1896-1973); kimono in print culture; women writers and cultural figures outside Japan who contributed to the pamphlet Kagayaku
sfred(at)bu.edu

Nicole Freiner
Bryant Univ., Asst. Prof. of Political Science
The role of democratic state institutions for citizen participation and democratization writ large
nfreiner(at)bryant.edu

Naomi Fukumori
Ohio State, Assoc. Prof. of East Asian Lang. and Lit.
Literary renderings of rituals and ceremonies in mid-Heian period texts
fukumori.1(at)osu.edu