Scholars 1981-1990
Katsuro Anazawa
Katsuro Anazawa
1990-1991
Associate Professor, University of Tokyo; Ph.D., Environmental Studies, University of Tokyo; D.S., Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology; Recent publications: “Fluorine and Coexisting Volatiles in the Geosphere: The Role in Japanese Volcanic Rocks”; “Fluorine & Environment, Advances in Fluorine Science”, Volume 1.
Kevin Kawamoto
Kevin Kawamoto
1990-1991
Associate Professor, School of Communications, University of Hawaii Manoa; Ph.D., Communications, University of Washington; M.S.W. (Social Work), University of Washington; M.A., Communication, University of Hawaii Manoa; B.A., English, University of Hawaii Manoa.
Chana Motobu
Chana Motobu
1990-1991
Program Management, Business Operations Project Management, Sales Enablement, Communications, Cisco; Stanford Advanced Program Management Certificate, Stanford University; M.A., Japanese Studies, University of Hawaii Manoa; M.A., Art History, University of Hawaii Manoa; Graduate Studies in Japanese Art History, Stanford University; B.A., Mathematics, Washington University in St. Louis.
Madoka Murakami
Madoka Murakami
1990-1991
Associate Professor, Jissen Women’s University (Tokyo); M.A., Linguistics, University of Hawaii Manoa; M.A., English Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
Julia Nakano-Holmes
Julia Nakano-Holmes
1989-1990
Retired Pastry Chef, currently full time Homemaker/Caregiver; Ph.D., History, University of Hawaii Manoa; M.A., Bilingual Education, Seton Hall University.
Darren Okimoto
Darren Okimoto
1989-1990
Extension Leader, University of Hawaii Manoa Sea Grant College Program; Ph.D., Biology, University of Delaware; M.A., Zoology, University of Hawaii Manoa.
Toru Shionoya
Toru Shionoya
1989-1990
Associate Professor, Muroran Institute of Technology; M.A., Linguistics, University of Nagoya; Recent publications: “Hawaigobunpounokiso” (Basic Hawaiian Grammar)
Eri Hashimoto Yamamoto
Eri Hashimoto Yamamoto
1989-1990
Nomura Securities Co., Ltd (Tokyo); M.A., Journalism, Sophia University; M.A., Asian Studies, University of Hawaii Manoa; B.A., Journalism, Sophia University.
Mayu Hagiwara
Mayu Hagiwara
1988-1989
Policy Planning Division, Foreign Policy Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; M.A., Sociology, Keio University, M.A., Anthropology, University of Hawaii Manoa; B.A., Rikkyo University.
Patricia Masters
Patricia Masters
1988-1989
Academic Dean, University of Hawaii West Oahu; Ph.D., Political Science, University of Hawaii Manoa; M.A., Buddhist Studies/Asian Studies, UCLA; MPH (Public Health), University of Hawaii Manoa; TESL, English as a Second Language, UCLA; Recent publications: “Politics of Memory: National & Self Understandings in Post-War Japan” (Ph.D. Dissertation; “In Search of Mary Foster” (2009).
Ida Yoshinaga
Ida Yoshinaga
1988-1989
Teaches course on English, Sociology, and Women’s Studies in the University of Hawaii system; Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology, University of Hawaii Manoa; M.A., Sociology, University of Hawaii Manoa; B.A., Asian Studies, University of Hawaii Manoa.
Carla Deicke Grady
Carla Deicke Grady
1987-1988
Professor, Philosophy, Santa Rosa Junior College; Ph.D., Comparative Philosophy, University of Hawaii Manoa; M.A., English as a Second language, University of Hawaii Manoa; Proudest accomplishment: created a course in Asian Philosophy, now popular enough to require two sections per semester.
Gen Sakamoto
Gen Sakamoto
1987-1988
Assistant Director, Hawaii Washuu Buddhist Mission; M.Phil., Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; M.A., Asian Art History, University of Hawaii Manoa; B.A., Sociology, Lewis & Clark College; Recent publications: English section of “Study of Ink-Paintings of the Kanto Region” (2007), “The Oxherder”; “A Zen Parable Illustrated” (2002).
Toshiaki Shinoda
Toshiaki Shinoda
1987-1988
Associate Professor, Texas A&M University; Ph.D., Oceanography, University of Hawaii Manoa; Recent publications: Shinoda, T., P. Roundy, and G. Kiladis 2008: “Variability of intraseasonal Kelvin waves in the equatorial Pacific Ocean” Shinoda, T., 2005: “Impact of Diurnal Cycle of Solar Radiation on Intra-seasonal SST Variability in the Western Equatorial Pacific”.
Keijiro Suga
Keijiro Suga
1987-1988
Professor and Chair, Graduate program in Digital Content Studies, School of Science and Technology, Meiji University; M.A., French, University of Tokyo; B.A., Liberal Arts, University of Tokyo; Recent publications: “Honolulu, BraS/Zil” (2006); “Omniphone: Poetics of World-Echoes” (2005). He has also translated more than twenty-five books from French, Spanish, and English to Japanese in literature, anthropology, and cognitive science.
Hideki Harajiri
Hideki Harajiri
1986-1987
Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Ritsumeikan University; Ph.D., Political Science, University of Hawaii Manoa; M.A., Cultural Anthropology & Education; B.A., Cultural Anthropology & Education, Kyushu University.
Masahide Kato
Masahide Kato
1986-1987
Affiliate Faculty, Department of Ethnic Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Ph.D., Political Science, University of Hawaii Manoa; M.A., Political Science, Hiroshima University; B.A., Kobe City University of Foreign Studies.
Sonya Johnson
Sonya Johnson
1986-1987
As a CPASF scholar, Sonya Johnson studied intensive Japanese at Keio University, Mita Campus. She went on to Stanford University after the University of Hawaii PhD program and was a Fulbright fellow there. She returned to Keio, the same campus as a Fulbright fellow for her dissertation research. She went onto become a literary translator, translating novels by Hayashi Mariko, Mori Yoko, and Yamada Eimi (Amy Yamada) into English.
Susan Moriyama-Yi
Susan Moriyama-Yi
1975-1976
M.D., University of Hawaii Manoa; M.A., Asian Studies in medical anthropology, Stanford University; Family practice residency at Mercy Medical Center, California; Developed and implemented the first active antimicrobial resistant surveillance plan for the state of Hawaii with the Hawaii State Health Department as an Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Coordinator/Epidemiologist.
Gerald Groemer
Gerald Groemer
1985-1986
Professor, Ethnomusicology, University of Yamanashi; Ph.D., Tokyo Geijutsu Daigaku; D.M.A., Peabody Conservatory, Johns Hopkins University; Recent publications: “Goze to goze-uta no kenkyuu”, 2 volumes (Nagoya Daigaku Shuppan-kai, 2007); “Traditional Japanese Arts and Culture” (University of Hawaii Press, 2006).
Daisuke Onuki
Daisuke Onuki
1985-1986
Associate Professor, Department of International Studies, Tokai University; Ph.D. course completed without dissertation in Health Education, University of Tokyo; M.A., Health Education, University of Tokyo; M.S.W. (Social Work), University of Hawaii Manoa.
E. Bruce Reynolds
E. Bruce Reynolds
1985-1986
Professor, History, San Jose State University; Ph.D., History, University of Hawaii Manoa; Publications include; “Thailand and Japan’s Southern Advance, 1940-1945” (St. Martins, 1994); “Thailand’s Secret War: OSS, SOE: and the Free Thai Underground during World War II” (Cambridge, 2005); The Edited Volume, “Japanese in the Fascist Era” (Palgrave, 2004).
Mariko Takagi-Kitayama
Mariko Takagi-Kitayama
1985-1986
Professor, American Studies, Aichi Gakuin University; Ph.D., Sociology, University of Hawaii Manoa; Recent publications: chapter in “Hawai’i at the Crossroads of the U.S. and Japan before the Pacific War” (ed. By Jon Davidann, University of Hawaii Press, 2008).
Timothy George
Timothy George
1984-1985
Associate Professor, History, University of Rhode Island; Ph.D., Harvard University; A.M., Harvard University; M.A., University of Hawaii Manoa; Recent publications: “Minamata: Pollution & The Struggle for Democracy in Postwar Japan” (2001); “Japanese History & Culture from Ancient to Modern Times: Seven Basic Bibliographies” (2nd Edition, 1996, with John W. Dower).
Yoshiki Kishida
Yoshiki Kishida
1984-1985
Deputy Editor of Foreign News Section, Jiji Press; served as Washington and Moscow correspondent; M.A., Political Science, Kansai University; LL.M, Kansai University; B.A., Law, Kansai University.
Eric Matsumoto
Eric Matsumoto
1984-1985
Eric Matsumoto received a BA degree in History and Liberal Sciences (Japanese Language and Culture) from the University of Hawaii – Hilo and an MA degree in Shin Buddhist Studies from Ryukoku University. He is actively involved with Hawaii Buddhist Council, Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai Hawaii and The Interfaith Alliance of Hawaii. He is currently the 16th Bishop of the Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii since 2011.
Tetsuya Kuratani
Tetsuya Kuratani
1983-1984
Associate Professor, Department of Business & Communications, Junior College Department, Shikoku University; Ph.D., International Economics, Waseda University; M.A., International Economics, Waseda University; B.A., Social Sciences, Waseda University.
Mami Nagao
Mami Nagao
1983-1984
Instructor, Kagawa University, Kagawa Medical University; M.A., American Studies, University of Tsukuba; M.A., Anthropology, University of Hawaii Manoa; B.A., American Studies, Tsuda College.
Jiko Nakade
Jiko Nakade
1983-1984
Resident Minister, Daifukuji Soto Mission in Kona, Hawaii; B.A., Religion, University of Hawaii Manoa; Studied abroad at Komazawa University; Graduate of Hawaii Soto Shu Ministerial Training Program; Supporter of the Hawaii Association of International Buddhists, Kona Japanese Civic Association, Kona Interfaith Community.
Thomas Schalow
Thomas Schalow
1983-1984
Professor, Department of Global Communications, Kobe Gakuin University; Ph.D., Princeton University; M.A., University of Hawaii at Manoa; B.A, University of Wisconsin – Madison.
David Furumoto
David Furumoto
1982-1983
Professor, Theatre & Drama, University of Wisconsin-Madison; M.F.A., University of Hawaii Manoa; B.A., University of Hawaii Manoa. Specialist in traditional theatre of Japan and has written plays for youth. Most popular: “Wondrous Tales of Old Japan” & “Obake! Japanese Ghosts”.
Yoshihiro Kuronuma
Yoshihiro Kuronuma
1982-1983
Professor and Head of the Department of Environmental Information Science, School of Social Information Studies, Otsuma Women’s University; Ph.D., Economics, University of Queensland; M.S., Fisheries Science, Kagoshima University; M.S., Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of Hawaii Manoa.
Joanne Kuwada
Joanne Kuwada
1982-1983
Former teacher, Japanese, Punahou School and Rochester Montessori School (Rochester, MN); B.Ed., University of Hawaii, Manoa; P.D. (Professional Diploma), University of Hawaii Manoa; M.Ed., Secondary Education, University of Hawaii Manoa; Former Graduate Assistant to Professor Emeritus Esther M.T. Sato and Mrs. Sakihara, co-authors of “Japanese Now” text book series.
Ranie Fukumoto
Ranie Fukumoto
1981-1982
Executive Secretary, Mauna Lani Bay Hotel and Bungalows; B.A., Japanese Language, University of Hawaii Manoa; A.A., General Studies, University of Hawaii Manoa; A.A., Merchandising, University of Hawaii Manoa.
Terry Milhaupt
Terry Milhaupt
1981-1982
Independent scholar; Ph.D., Washington University St. Louis; M.A., Columbia University; Twice awarded the Jane and Morgan Whitney Research Fellowship, Metropolitan Museum of Art; “Kimono: A Modern History” (2016); Received a Costume Society of America Travel Grant (2009).
Haruhiko Nishizawa
Haruhiko Nishizawa
1981-1982
Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Musashi University (Tokyo); Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Tsukuba; B.A., Oberlin College. Specializes in Cultural Anthropology and Chinese Studies.
Tadaaki Takasugi
Tadaaki Takasugi
1981-1982
Professor, Department of English, American Studies Program, Kanda University of International Studies; Ph.D., Political Science, Keio University; M.A., Political Science, University of Hawaii Manoa; B.A., Law, Keio University.