Research Interests
- Japanese Literary and Visual Media
- Film, Photography and Media Criticism
- Cultural Studies of Urbanization
- Cold War in East Asia
- Mediation and Disaster in Video Games, Social Media, and Social Movements
Research Projects
Current
First Book Project:
The Metabolic Violence of Growth: Cold War Urbanization and Radical Media Critique in 1960s and 70s Japan
Translation Collection:
Nakahira Takuma and Radical Media Critique in Japan– Selected Essays 1967-1977
Second Book Project:
Photonesia: Regarding Photography, Region, and Revolt in Cold War East Asia
Teaching Projects
Current
Enhancements in Japanese Visual Culture and Media Studies at UNCC: Improving offerings and resources in Japanese Visual Culture and Media Studies.
New Course: JAPN 4050 “Translation and Popular Culture”> Exploring translation, mediation, and disaster through video games and social media from Japan.