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2008 Fulbright Grantees

2008~American Grantees



Distinguished Lecturer (3)

Name, Title
  
Institution/Expertise/Theme
CHOW, Rey
Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities, Brown U.
 Nagoya American Stds. Summer Sem. / Japan in American Studies: Challenges of the Heterolingual Address
LEE, Jennifer
Associate Professor, U. of California, Irvine 		Nagoya American Stds. Summer Sem. / The Question of the Color Line in the 21st Century: Race and Multiracial Identification in American Studies
MASTANDUNO, Michael
Associate Dean/Professor, Dartmouth College		 Nagoya American Stds. Summer Sem. / After Bush: A Return to Multilateralism in U.S. Foreign Policy?


Lecturer (7)

Name, Title
  
Institution/Expertise/Theme
BERNARDI, Daniel L.
Director and Associate Professor, Dept. of Film and Media Stds., Arizona State U.
 Sophia U., Japan Women's U. / Art History; American Film, Popular Culture and Global Diversity
KENREICH, Todd, W.
Associate Professor, Dept. of Secondary Education, Towson U.		 Kansai Int'l U. / Education; Schooling in a Democratic Society: Education Policy in the U.S.
KOWERT, Paul A.
Associate Professor, Dept. of Int'l Relations, Florida Int'l U.		 Tohoku U. / Political Science; "America" as an Uncertain Mirror
MASON, Susan V.
Professor, Dept. of Theatre Arts and Dance, California State U., Los Angeles		 Tsuda Coll., Kyoritsu Women's U. / American Literature; Contemporary American Dramatic Literature
ROBINS, Roger
Associate Professor, Behavioral & Soc. Sci, Marymount Coll., Palos Verdes		 U. of Tokyo / American Studies; U.S. Religion and Culture in comparative perspective
WARREN, Wilson J.
Professor, Dept. of History, Western Michigan U.		 Doshisha U. / American History; Using authentic approaches to understand U.S. working-class history
WINTER, Molly C.
Assistant Professor, Dept. of English, California State U., Stanislaus		 U. of the Ryukyus / American Literature; Study of the U.S.


Lecturer / Researcher (3)

Name, Title
  
Institution/Expertise/Theme
COOPERSMITH, Jonathan C.
Associate Professor, Dept. of History, Texas A&M U.
 Tokyo Inst. of Technology / American History; History of Technology in America; Comparative Study of the Decline of Faxing in Japan and the U.S.
D'ANDREA-WINSLOW, Lisanne
Professor, Dept. of Biology, Science and Math., Northwestern Coll.		 U. of Tokyo / Marine Biology; Cellular and Biochemical Analysis of Immune Coelomocytes as an Indicator of environmental Stress in the Northern Pacific Sea Urchin
FESMIRE, Steven A.
Associate Professor and Chair, Dept. of Environmental Stds., Green Mountain Coll.		 Kyoto U., Kobe U. / Philosophy; Ecological Imagination in the Kyoto School of Philosophy and Classical American Pragmatism: Citizenship Education in Japan and the U.S.


Researcher (9)

Name, Title
  
Institution/Expertise/Theme
ABRAHAM, Dorothea
Associate Professor, Operations & Info. Systems Mgmt, Coll. of William and Mary
 Keio U. / Business Management; A Comparative Study of Care Initiatives as a Technological Change Agent for Elder Healthcare in Japan and the U.S>
BRANDT, L. Kim
Associate Professor, Dept. of East Asian Lang. and Cultures, Columbia U.		 / Japanese History; Cold War Japonisme: A Cultural History of Japan-U.S. Relations, 1945-1965
BYRON-GERTEIS, Christopher
Associate Professor, Dept. of History, Creighton U.		 Sophia U. / Japanese History; Blue-Collar Youth Culture and the Rise of New Left Radicalism in Postwar Japan
COVELL, Stephen G.
Associate Professor and Director, Dept. of Comp. Rel. & Soga Jpn Ctr., Western Michigan U.		 U. of Tokyo / Religion & Theology; Tendai's Flying Head Priest: Crossing Boundaries to Reshape Contemporary Japanese Religion
FLOWERS, Petrice R.
Associate Professor, Dept. of Political Science, U. of Hawaii		 / Political Science; Expanding Protection: Increasing Coordination of Refugee and Anti-Trafficking Policies in Japan and Korea
GINGERICH, Stephen B.
Research Hydrologist, Pacific Islands Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey		 Nat'l Inst. of Advanced Industrial Sci. & Technology / Geology; Collaborative Investigation of Ground-Water Flow Beneath the Kanto Plain, Japan Using Numerical Modeling
HEIN, Laura E.
Professor, Dept. of History, Northwestern U.		 / Japanese History; Cosmopolitan Local Political Community in Postwar Japan
MORRIS, Gary A.
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Valparaiso U.		 Frontier Rsrch Ctr for Global Change, Hokkaido U. / Atmospheric Sciences & Metheology; A Study of the Influence of Chinese Pollution on Air Quality in Japan
MUKHERJEE, Ranjan
Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State U.		 U. of Tokyo / Mechanical Engineering; Robotic Technology for Transporting Wheelchair-bound Residents in Long Term Care (LTC) Facilities


Journalist (1)

Name, Title
  
Institution/Expertise/Theme
COPELAND, Joseph F.
Editorial Writer, Editorial Pages, Seattle Post-Intelligencer		 / Journalism; Hiroshima and Nagasaki's Municipal Engagement in Nuclear Issues


Graduate Research Fellow - Academics (13)

Name, Title
  
Institution/Expertise/Theme
ARRINGTON, Celeste
Ph.D. Student, Political Science, U. of California, Berkeley		 U. of Tokyo / Comparative Politics; Accidental Activists: Victim's Organizations and Political Advocacy in Japan and South Korea
FLOYD, Nikki D.
Ph.D. Student, Modern Japanese Literature, Yale U.		 Nihon U. / Japanese Literature; Japanese Proletarian Literature and the "Korea Question"
JONES, Meghen
Ph.D. Student, Art History, Boston U.		 / Art History; Patterns of Modernity: Tomimoto Kenkichi and the Japanese Studio Ceramics Movement
KAPUR, Nikhil P.
Ph.D. Student, History, Harvard U.		 Waseda U. / Japanese History; Overcoming Anpo: Society, Diplomacy, and the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty Crisis of 1960
McDONALD, Kate
Ph.D. Student, History, UC San Diego		 Kyoto U. / History; The Boundaries of the Interesting in Imperial Japan: A Guided Tour
RICHARDS, Misty C.
MD/Ph.D. Student, Medicine, Albany Medical Coll.		 Nat'l Inst. of Neuroscience / Health Sciences; Treatment and Stigma Associated with Schizophrenia: A Comparison of America and Japan
SAYRE, Ryan
Ph.D. Student, Anthropology, Yale U.		 Waseda U. / Anthropology; The Work of Preparedness: Building and Living with Earthquakes in Japan
SHEPHERDSON-SCOTT, Kari
Ph.D. Student, Japanese Art, Duke U.		 Waseda U. / Art History; Utopia/Dystopia: Japan's Image of the Manchurian Ideal
SULLIVAN, Daniel
Ph.D. Student, Japanese Literature, Stanford U.		 Waseda U./ Japanese Literature; The Rise of Modern Japanese Historical Fiction, 1887-1917
UCHIYAMA, Benjamin
Ph.D. Student, History, U. of Southern California		 U. of Tokyo / Japanese History; The Culture of National Mobilization in Wartime Japan
WARD, Max M.
Ph.D. Student, Modern Japanese History, New York U.		 Waseda U. / Japanese History; The Seduction of Ideology: Tenko in Interwar Japan
WELTY, Lily Anne
Ph.D. Student, History, U. of California, Santa Barbara		 / Japanese History; Understanding Race During The Post-war Period Through Hapa History
ZIOMEK, Kirsten L.
Ph.D. Student, Modern Japanese History, U. of California, Santa Barbara		 U. of Tokyo / Japanese History; Empire on Display: The Japanese Colonial Subject in The Twentieth Century


Graduate Research Fellow - Professional (2)

Name, Title
  
Institution/Expertise/Theme
JOHNSON, Akemi N.
MFA Student, Creative Writing, U. of Iowa		 U. of Ryukyus / Creative Writing; The Value of "Mixed" Identities: Okinawa and the U.S. Military
NISHIZATO, Erika N.
MFA Student, Graphic Design, Rhode Island Sch. of Design		 Sophia U. / Social Sciences; Translating "Kawaii": Toward a Multidisciplinary Approach to Design


Fulbright Fellow (15)

Name, Title
  
Institution/Expertise/Theme
ADAMOWICZ, David H.
rec'd BA in 05/08, Cognitive Science, U. of Pennsylvania
 Ehime U. / Basic Medical Science; Melting Medical Boundaries in Light of Japan's Aging Population
DENAWA, Mai
rec'd BA in 05/08, Political Science/East Asian Sud., Brown U.		 Hokkaido U. / Government & Political Science; Public Opinion Surrounding a Revision of Article 9 of the Constiution
FEDMAN, David A.
rec'd BA in 05/08, History, Brown U.		 Hokkaido U. of Education / Japanese History; The Fuji-san Phenomenon: Trail Culture and Environmental Stewardship in Japan
FOSTER, Drew M.
rec'd BA in 05/08, Sociology, Colorado Coll.		 Hiroshima U. / Sociology; Uncovering Distinctiveness within the Newly Autonomous Japanese University
HAYWOOD, Colin H.
rec'd BS in 05/08, Japanese Studies/English, Earlham Coll.		 Chubu U. / Japanese Literature; The Poems of Higuchi Ichiyo: Translation and Biography
HELZBERG, Richard M.
rec'd BA in 05/08, Economics/East Asian Stds., Oberlin Coll.		 Kyushu U. / Economics; Public Policy and the Future of Japan's Declining Birthrate
LEACH, Daniel S.
rec'd BS in 06/08, Electrical Engineering, Ohio U.		 U. of Tsukuba / Computer & Information Science; Research on Brain-Computer Interfacing
McCLEAN, Charles T.
rec'd BA in 05/08, International Relations/Japanese, Tufts U.		 Kobe U. / International Relations; The Face of Japanese Aid in Indonesia
NIX, David G.
rec'd BA in 05/08, Studio Art, Wake Forest U.		 Tohoku U. / Architectural Design; The Origins and Trajectory of Contemporary Japanese Sustainable Architecture
SCHLACHET, Joshua E.
rec'd BA in 05/08, History & Asian Studies, Cornell U.		 Kagoshima U. / Japanese History; Food Culture & Marginality: The Making of Japanese National Identity
SCHWARTZBURG, Yuliy
rec'd BE in 05/08, Electrical Engineering, Cooper Union		 U. of Tsukuba / Electrical Engineering; Human-Computer Interface Informed by Early Adopter Culture in Japan
SHORR, Daniel J.
rec'd BS in 05/08, Psychology, Georgia Inst. of Technology		 Kyoto U. / Psychology, General; Pictorial Warnings: A Cross Cultural Study
SOLOMON, Joshua L.
rec'd BA in 05/08, East Asian Stds./Gov't & Legal Stds., Ursinus Coll.		 Hirosaki U. / Musicology, General; The Culture of Japanese Tsugaru Shamisen
STELTZER, Andrew G.
rec'd BA in 05/08, Asian Stds./Gov't & Legal Stds., Bowdoin Coll.		 Kanazawa U. / Curriculum & Instruction; Study of the Japanese English Education System; Policy and Methods
VO, Tran H.
rec'd BA in 05/08, East Asian Lang & Lit., Smith Coll.		 Kyoto U. of Art & Design / Art History; Reconstructing Emaki: Looking at History of Japanese Scroll Painting Through Art Conservation


International Education Administrator (7)

 
Name, Title
ALEXANDER, Joe F.
Associate Dean and Professor, The Jack C. Massey Grad. Schl. of Business, Belmont U.
CHAPMAN, Grant M.
Director for Int'l Programs, Academic Affairs, Webster U.
GRAHAM, Amber D.
Senior Assistant director, Career Ctr., U. of Rochester
HANER, Janet A.
Public Affairs Coordinator, Univ. Office of Int'l Programs, Pennsylvania State U.
KILLIAN, Darnita R.
Vice President for Student Affairs, Pace U.
MALMGREN, Jodi L.
Associate Director, Learning Abroad Ctr., U. of Minnesota
NIEMAN, Charles L.
Associate Director, Office of Int'l Services, U. of Pittsburgh