Andrew Gordon
Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History
Professor Gordon teaches courses on modern Japanese history with a primary research interest in labor, class and the social and political history of modern Japan. His most recent book, Fabricating Consumers, examines the making of the modern consumer in 20th century Japan, with a particular focus on the sewing machine. He is currently working with colleagues in Japan and the United States to create a digital archive of Japan’s March 2011 disasters.