2021~
James B. Duke Assistant Professor, Asian Studies and History, Furman University
2019
Assistant Professor, Asian Studies and History, Furman University
2018-2019
Lecturer, Asian Studies and History, Furman University
2019
PhD, History, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Dissertation: “Making the Realm, Transforming the People: Foreign Subjects in Seventh- Through Ninth-Century Japan” (ProQuest link)
2013
MA, History, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Fields: Premodern Japanese History (Joan Piggott), Modern Japanese History (Clinton Godart), Chinese History (Bettine Birge), Japanese Religions (Lori Meeks)
2006-2007
Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies, Yokohama, Japan
Advanced Language Training, 10-month Intensive Program
2006
BA with distinction in History, Yale University, New Haven, CT, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
2020
Author, "East Asia’s First World War, 643–668,” in East Asia in the World, edited by David Kang and Stephan Haggard, Cambridge University Press, October 2020.
2017
Author, “Approach and Be Transformed: Immigrants in the Nara and Heian State” in Hapa Japan: History (Volume 1), edited by Duncan Ryuken Williams, Ito Center Editions, an imprint of Kaya Press, January 2017.
2017
Translator, “Japanese International Marriages (Kokusai Kekkon): A Longue Durée History, from Early Modern Japan to Imperial Japan,” by Itsuko Kamoto in Hapa Japan: History (Volume 1), edited by Duncan Ryuken Williams, Ito Center Editions, an imprint of Kaya Press, January 2017.
2017
Translator & Interpreter, “Immigrants, Outsiders, and the Outside World in the Yōrō Administrative Code” on the Project for Premodern Japan Studies Website.
2020-2021
Furman Humanities Center Collaborative Fellowship, “An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Immigration in Early Japan and Korea" with Alex Francis-Ratte and Eiho Baba
2018-2019
Harvard Reischauer Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship (declined)
2017-18
Harold Hastings McVicar Scholarship, University of Southern California
2011-2018
Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Culture Graduate Student Research Support Award
2013, 2015, 2017
Roberta Persinger Foulke Endowment Fellowship, University of Southern California
2011-2013, 2015, 2017
ACE/Nikaido Japanese Studies Fellowship
2010-2016
University of Southern California Provost’s Ph.D. Fellowship
2015
University of Southern California Provost’s Fellowship Travel Award
2014-2015
Japan Foundation Doctoral Fellowship
2011
Cressant Foundation Award
Furman University
AST 200: Introduction to Asian Studies, Asian Studies Department, Fall 2020, Spring 2022
FYW 1299: “Samurai: Real and Imagined,” Spring 2020
HST 161: “Ancient to Early Japan,” Fall 2018, 2019, 2020
HST 162: “Modern Japan,” Spring 2019~2022 and Fall 2018 (evening)
HST 500: “Microhistories of Asia,” Spring 2021
The University of Tokyo
2014-2015 Foreign Researcher at the Historiographical Institute
University of Southern California - Graduate Teaching Assistant
“A Consilient Approach to the Study of the Past," Thematic Option Honors Program, Main Instructor: Jason Glenn (Spring 2018)
“Worlds of the Silk Road," History Department, Main Instructor: Azade-Ayse Rorlich (Fall 2017)
“America and the World: Japan," Office for Diversity and Strategic Initiatives and American Studies and Ethnicity, Main Instructor: George Sanchez (Maymester 2012, 2014, 2016)
“Business and East Asian Culture, 1800-present,” History, Main Instructor: Brett Sheehan (Fall 2016)
“Ethical Issues and the Religions of Los Angeles,” Religion Department, Main Instructors: Duncan Williams, Don Miller (Spring 2013)
“Chinese Lives: An Introduction to Chinese History,” History Department, Main Instructor: Brett Sheehan (Fall 2012)
“History of Japan,” History Department, Main Instructor: Clinton Godart (Spring 2012)
“Introduction to Buddhist Literature,” Religion Department, Main Instructor: Lori Meeks (Fall 2011)
March 26, 2022
“Negotiating Names: A 757 CE Policy Change for Foreign Subjects in Kōken's Court.” Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies
December 14, 2021
“Ask Us Anything – Graduate Student Session.” IMAP/IDOC Historians at Work series, Kyushu University
December 7, 2021
“Working with Databases & Digital Methods.” IMAP/IDOC Historians at Work series, Kyushu University
December 5, 2021
“The Name Game in Nara Japan: Immigrant Origin and the Court Status System.” IMAP/IDOC Historians at Work series, Kyushu University
November 1, 2021
“Leveraging the Limitations of Immigrant Descent in Nara Japan: The Life and Times of Takakura no Fukushin.” USC Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Culture
March 23, 2021
“Who Created Koma District? Challenges in Defining Ancient Japanese Populations with Texts and Artifacts.” Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies
November 29-30, 2018
“The First East Asian World War,” second invited conference in preparation for the publication of a volume titled 10 Events from East Asian History that Every IR Scholar Should Know, edited by David Kang and Stephan Haggard, UCSD
May 14-15, 2018
“The Fall of Koguryŏ, 640-668,” invited conference in preparation for the publication of a volume titled 10 Events from East Asian History that Every IR Scholar Should Know, edited by David Kang and Stephan Haggard, USC
March 22-25, 2018
“Transforming the Realm: Foreign Lineages in the Shinsen shōjiroku.” Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies
February 16, 2017
古代日本の改賜姓請願の中にみる「氏姓」について (“What Should Be in a Name: Petitioning the Sovereign to Change Names and Titles in Early Classical Japan”), USC-Meiji Research Exchange, USC
November 7, 2016
“What are the Ties that Bind? Allegiance and Belonging in Sixth Century Korean-Japanese Interaction,” Soft and Hard Power in East Asian History, USC
March 17, 2016
“Changing Ways and Altering Manners: Interpretations of Customs in the Ritsuryō Codes and Commentaries,” USC-Meiji Research Exchange, USC
December 19-20
“The Precarious Place of “Mixed” People in Sixth and Seventh Century Korean-Japanese Interaction,” European Forum on Korean-Japanese History Workshop “Circuits of Knowledge, Goods, and People,” Brussels, Belgium
May 28, 2015
渡来系氏族と改賜姓 (Name and Title Changes for Immigrant Lineage Groups), Senshu University Classical Japanese History Seminar
February 22, 2015
“The Japanese Dream? Immigrants in the Nara and Heian State,” Historical Perspectives on Multiethnic Communities in Japan, University of Southern California
November 18, 2014
"米国における日本古代史についての研究ー現状と課題 (“Recent Trends and Issues in English-language History of Classical Japan”), Tokyo University Historiographical Institute
November 29-December 1, 2012</p> <p>“Gaps and Bridges in English Studies on Shōen: Reflections on the Recent Conference,” 4th Annual Meeting of the Meiji University-USC Exchange, University of Southern California</p> —
April 13, 2022
“Creating and Codifying Belonging: Immigrants in the Early Court”
Guest Lecture, for Paula Curtis, "The Written Word in Japan: Prehistory to 1600" (undergraduate & graduate course), University of California, Los Angeles
March 23, 2022
“Introduction to Reading Kambun & Classical Japanese Laws”
Guest Lecture, for Alex Francis-Ratte, "Advanced Japanese II" (undergraduate course), Furman University
April 8, 2021
“Introduction to Reading by Gloss and Tools for Interpreting Official Texts of the Classical Japanese Court”
Guest Lecture, for Alex Francis-Ratte, "Advanced Japanese II" (undergraduate course), Furman University
February 16, 2021
“Introduction to Classical Law & Legal Commentary in Japan”
Guest Lecture, for Joan Piggott and Bettine Birge, "Law and Society in Premodern China and Japan" (undergraduate course), University of Southern California
October 27, 2022
“Tale of the Heike in Historical Context”
Guest Lecture, for Margaret Oakes and Bryan Bibb, "Studies in the Humanities" (undergraduate course), Furman University
March 25, 2020
“Classical Japanese Immigration Law”
Guest Lecture, for Alex Francis-Ratte, "Introduction to Asian Studies" (undergraduate course), Furman University
April 11, 2019
“Genealogies of Gods in Japan – Nihon shoki”
Guest Lecture, for Chiara Palladino, "Introduction to Classics" (undergraduate course), Furman University.
April 16, 2019
“Spiritual Travel in The Journey to the West”
Guest Lecture, for Chiara Palladino, "Introduction to Classics" (undergraduate course), Furman University.
August 29, 2017
“Historical Overview of the Heian Period”
Guest Lecture, for Jason Webb, "Asian Aesthetic & Literary Traditions" (undergraduate course), University of Southern California
2021-present
Japan Past & Present - Premodern Section Project Manager
2020-present
Furman Humanities Center, Faculty Advisory Board
2019-present
Premodern Japanese Studies (PMJS) Online Community Steering Committee & Moderation team
2019-2022
Curriculum Committee, Furman University
2019-2021
Phi Alpha Theta faculty advisor, Furman University History Department
2019-2020
Premodern Japanese Studies (PMJS) Online Community, Inclusivity Subcommittee
2019-2020
Humanities Development Fund Committee, Furman University
2017-2018
Coordinator, USC Interdisciplinary Dissertation Writing Group
2017
USC Coordinator, Hapa Japan Fest & Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference
2011~2013
History Graduate Student Association Co-President
Japanese: advanced (speaking, reading, writing, listening)
Classical Japanese: advanced (reading & analysis)
French: intermediate
German: intermediate
The American Historical Association
The Association for Asian Studies
Digital Humanities Japan
