Professor of Japanese Literature, Performance, and Gender Studies
- Art/ Media
- Drama
- Film
- Novel
- Philosophical Texts & Intellectual History
- Short Story
- East Asia
- Western Europe
- World Literature
- C19
- C20, including Modernism
- C21/ Contemporary
- Film theory
- Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory
- Post-colonial
- Race and Empire
- Translation
Fields of Study
Research Interests:
Gender, sexuality, feminist studies, modern Japanese literature, theater, and film studies. Author of Japanese Feminist Debates: A Century of Contention on Sex, Love, and Labor; Acting Like a Woman in Modern Japan: Theater, Gender, and Nationalism.