Mark Bookman 736 Mustin Lane Villanova, PA 19085 Phone: (610) 955-8652 E-mail: [email protected] Web: https://bookmanresearch.com
EDUCATION
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Ph.D., East Asian Languages and Civilizations (Expected April 2021) Thesis: “Politics and Prosthetics: 150 Years of Disability in Japan” Committee: Jolyon Thomas (Chair), Ayako Kano, Eric Feldman, Beth Linker Competencies: Gender, Religion, Law, and Popular Culture in Japan Graduate Certificates: Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, University Teaching and Learning
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA MA, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, 2016
Villanova University, Villanova, PA BA, Summa Cum Laude, Global Interdisciplinary Studies, 2014
SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS
External
Japan Foundation Doctoral Research Fellowship (University of Tokyo), 2018–2019 Fulbright U.S. Student Award to Japan (Toyo University), 2014–2015 Japan US-Senate Youth Exchange Scholarship (Waseda University), 2008
University of Pennsylvania
Benjamin Franklin Fellowship, 2015– Center for Teaching and Learning Fellowship for Teaching Excellence (Declined), 2018–2019 Geo L. Harrison Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2015–2016
GRANTS AND AWARDS
External
Association for Asian Studies Council of Conferences Panel Prize, 2018 Khyentse Foundation Award for Excellence in Buddhist Studies, 2018 Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies Graduate Paper Prize, 2017 Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, and Japanese National Honors Societies, 2013 Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges Award, 2013 Greater Philadelphia Asian Studies Consortium Undergraduate Paper Prize, 2012
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University of Pennsylvania
Penn Prize for Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching, 2018 Campaign for Community Grant, 2018 Community Impact Fund, 2018 GAPSA Research Student Travel Grant, 2018 SAS Dean’s Travel Subvention, 2018 Dale E. Saunders Prize for East Asian Studies, 2018 Cecilia Seigle Prize for Japanese Studies, 2016, 2017 Schneidman Award for Students with Disabilities, 2016, 2017 Batemen Award for Students with Disabilities, 2016 Joseph H. Lauder Institute Conference Grant, 2016 Center for Contemporary China Conference Grant, 2016 Center for East Asian Studies Conference Grant, 2016
Villanova University
Valedictorian, 2014 Falvey Award for Scholarship in the Humanities, 2014 Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence, 2014
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Monograph
“Politics and Prosthetics: 150 Years of Disability in Japan,” (In preparation for submission)
Journal Articles
“The Coronavirus Crisis: Disability Politics and Activism in Contemporary Japan,” (Accepted for publication, Japan Focus: The Asia-Pacific Journal).
“Seeing a Way Forward: How Blind People Created the Concept of ‘Disability’ in Postwar Japan,” (Revising for resubmission, Journal of Japanese Studies).
“Localizing Independent Living: The Road to Accessibility Legislation in Japan,” (Under review, Disability Studies Quarterly).
“Prosthetic Dharma: Understanding Debility and Defilement in Medieval Japan,” (Solicited and in preparation for a special issue of Japanese Studies).
Book Chapters
“Disability, Accessibility, and the Study of Religion in Japan: A Fieldwork Guide,” (Solicited and in preparation for The New Nanzan Guide for Japanese Religions).
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Translations
“Oguri Kōzukenosuke: ‘The Father of Meiji’” in Linda H. Chance and Tetsuko Toda ed., Phila-Nipponica: A Historic Guide to Philadelphia and Japan (2015): 32–37.
Conference Proceedings
“Access to Accessibility: Building Better Assistive Technologies アクセシビリティへのアクセ ス：より良い支援技術の構築 ” in Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers ed., Conference Proceedings of LIFE2019 (2019): 1–6. (Published in English and Japanese)
DIGITAL PROJECTS
“Accessibility Mapping Project (AMP) at the University of Pennsylvania,” mobile app for tracking the emergence of physical and social barriers to access on university campuses, (2018–)
“LIVES HEART One Minute Message Project,” a digital crowdsourcing platform for disability- specific problems and solutions related to the COVID–19 pandemic in Japan, (2020)
“Building Access in Japan: Memoirs of a Wheelchair User,” an autoethnographic blog about living and working in Japan as a foreign researcher with a disability, (2018–2020)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
As Teaching Assistant
“Introduction to Buddhism,” University of Pennsylvania, Spring 2018
“Japanese Popular Culture,” University of Pennsylvania, Fall 2016, 2017
“Intensive Japanese I,” Villanova University, Summer 2014
“Readings in Advanced Japanese,” Villanova University, Spring 2014
“Knowledge, Reality, and Self,” Villanova University, Fall 2013
“Japanese II,” Harriton Senior High School, Spring 2012
“Japanese I,” Harriton Senior High School, Fall 2011
As Research Assistant
“Japanese History & Civilization,” University of Pennsylvania, Spring 2016
“Sects and Violence in East Asia,” University of Pennsylvania, Spring 2016
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INVITED LECTURES
“Disaster, Disability, and Design in Japan: Reflections on Accessibility from 3/11 to COVID–19,” Nanzan University Anthropological Institute, Nagoya, Japan, July 2020
“Environmental Barriers and the Institutionalization of Disabled People in Japan,” Meiji Gakuin University Faculty of International Studies, Yokohama, Japan, June 2020
“Inclusive Design Starts at Home: Investigating Accessibility in the Age of COVID–19,” Nanzan University Anthropological Institute, Nagoya, Japan, June 2020
“Accessibility Mapping as Autoethnographic Method: Disability, Diversity, and Inclusive Design Practices,” University of Delaware Department of English, Newark, DE, April 2020
“On Disability Policies and Publics in Present Day Japan: Revelations, Reparations, and Representations,” Doshisha University Sociology Department, Kyoto, Japan, January 2020
“Disability and Marginalized Religious Politics in 21st Century Japan,” University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies, Ann Arbor, MI, November 2019
“Olympic Opportunity: Equitable, Diverse, and Inclusive Mapmaking for the 2020 Games in Tokyo,” Toyo University Faculty of Human Life Design, Saitama, Japan, October 2019
“Envisioning the Future: How Blind People Created ‘Disability’ in Modern Japan,” University of Tokyo Modern Japanese History Workshop, Tokyo, Japan, September 2019
“Access to Accessibility: Building Better Assistive Technologies アクセシビリティへのアクセ ス：より良い支援技術の構築,” LIFE2019: A Symposium by the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers at Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, September 2019
“Cyborgs, Crips, and Community Formation in Contemporary Japan,” Waseda University Center for International Education, Tokyo, Japan, July 2019
“Prosthetics and Public Imaginations in Early Modern Japan,” University of Tokyo Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan, July 2019
“Aging Anxiety, Birthrate Bureaucracy, and Care Consulting in Japan: Identifying the ‘Us’ in ‘Nothing About Us Without Us’,” University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, July 2019
“Academic Activism: The Life of a Researcher on Accessibility 学術活動―アクセシビリティ に関して研究している学者の生活について,” Meiji Gakuin University Department of Social Welfare Studies, Tokyo, Japan, November 2018
“Barrier-Free Geosophy: Challenging Preconceived Notions of Inclusion,” Villanova University Department of Education and Counseling, Villanova, PA, April 2018
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“Towards an Architecture of Liberation: Mobile Apps and Mobile Bodies,” University of Pennsylvania Architecture Talks Lecture Series, Philadelphia, PA, April 2018
“Cartographies of Care: Using Technology to Open Doors and Realize Dreams,” University of Pennsylvania Working Group on Multimodal Scholarship, Philadelphia, PA, April 2018
“Building Accessible Communities: Universal Design and University Campuses,” University of Pennsylvania Symposium on Disability, Philadelphia, PA, April 2018
“Mapping Accessibility at College: A Critical Approach to Campus Construction,” University of Pennsylvania Group on Access and Learning Technology, Philadelphia, PA, March 2018
“Bodies and Borders: Locating the Periphery in Neal Stephenson’s Diamond Age,” Villanova University Institute for Global Interdisciplinary Studies, Villanova, PA, October 2017
“On the Benefits of Experiencing Foreign Cultures 異文化体験の利益とは？” Toyo University Faculty of Regional Development Studies, Tokyo, Japan, May 2015
“A Brief Guide to the Establishment of Esoteric Buddhist Metaphysics in Japan” Fulbright Foundation “Crowned” Grantees Research Symposium, Tokyo, Japan, February 2015
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
As Panelist
“Disabled Truths in the Field: Eroding the Myth, Forging New Paths,” American Anthropological Association Conference, St. Louis, MO, November 2020 (Cancelled due to COVID–19)
“The Coronoavirus Crisis: Disability Politics and Emergency Response in Japan,” New England Regional Association for Asian Studies Conference, Burlington, VT, October 2020
“Understanding Diversity Through Participatory Mapping,” St. Luke’s University International Health Humanities Conference, Tokyo, Japan, September 2020
“Mega Events and the Politics of Access-Making: Case Studies in Collaboration From Japan,” Asian Studies Conference Japan, Tokyo, Japan, July 2020 (Cancelled due to COVID–19)
“Seeing A Way Forward: Blindness and the Birth of ‘Disability’ in Modern Japan,” Association for Asian Studies Conference: Boston, MA, March 2020 (Cancelled due to COVID–19)
“Compliance, Competition, and Coordination: Access in Contemporary Japan,” Anthropology of Japan in Japan (AJJ) Conference, Tokyo, Japan, November 2019
“Archiving Access in Japan and the Colonization of Care,” Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies Conference, Carlisle, PA, October 2019
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“Geopolitical Developments and Paradigm Shift in Japan’s Crip Communities,” Japan Foundation Fellows Conference, Tokyo, Japan, June 2019
“Violent Accessibility: An Examination of Solidarity and Stigma in Contemporary Japan,” Association for Asian Studies Conference, Denver, CO, March 2019
“Ritualized Rehabilitation: Capacity and Kinship in Ancient Japan,” University of Pennsylvania Center for Ancient Studies Graduate Student Conference, Philadelphia, PA, February 2019
“Barrier-Free Conflict: Recent Trends in Access-Making and Abuse in Japan,” Anthropology of Japan in Japan (AJJ) Conference, Nagoya, Japan, November 2018
“Disability Justice in Contemporary Japan 現代日本の障害者運動と正義,” Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) Research Conference, Tokyo, Japan, November 2018
“‘For the Sake of Japan and World Peace’: Disability Justice at a Turning Point,” Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies Conference, Elizabethtown, PA, November 2018
“The Sagamihara Stabbings: Murderers, Martyrs, and Political Paralysis in Contemporary Japan,” University of Pennsylvania EALC Graduate Conference, Philadelphia, PA, April 2018
“Problematic Prescriptions: On the Politics of Exclusion in Premodern Japan,” Association for Asian Studies Conference, Washington, DC, March 2018
“On Modernity and Mobility: Fictionalized Fugusha and Idealized Impairment,” Harvard East Asian Society Conference, Cambridge, MA, February 2018
“Remarkable Opportunity and Untold Hardship: Impairment in Interwar Japan,” Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies Conference, Philadelphia, PA, October 2017
“Rethinking Religion and Medical Modernity in Japan,” University of Pennsylvania EALC Graduate Conference, Philadelphia, PA, April 2017
“Prosthetic Dharma: An Exploration of Disability and Defilement in Medieval Japan,” Association for Asian Studies Conference, Toronto, Canada, March 2017
“Facing Facts: Seeing Disability in Hiroshi Teshigahara’s Face of Another,” Columbia University Graduate Conference on East Asia, New York, NY, February 2017
“The Disabling Functions of Impurity in Medieval Japan” (Graduate Prize), Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies Conference, Towson, MD, November 2016
“On Disability and Dystopia: Theorizing the Body in Ghost in the Shell,” Oriental Club of Philadelphia Regional Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, February 2016
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“Revelation as Resolution: Language and Ontology in Shingon Buddhism,” Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, October 2015
“On the Teleological Philosophy of Kūkai and Western Thought Traditions,” Greater Philadelphia Asian Studies Consortium, Philadelphia, PA, April 2013
“Japan and China: A Cultural Reconciliation Through Epistemic Means,” Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom School Lecture Series, Villanova, PA, February 2013
“Faith, Adaption, and Identity: Endo Shusaku's Silence,” Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies Conference, West Chester, PA, November 2012
“Faith, Adaption, and Identity: Endo Shusaku's Silence,” (Best Paper) Greater Philadelphia Asian Studies Consortium (GPASC), Swarthmore, PA, April 2012
As Organizer
“The Blindspot in Japan’s History: Visual Impairment in Law, Film, and Medicine,” Association for Asian Studies Conference: Boston, MA, March 2020 (Cancelled due to COVID–19)
“Access, Affect, and Assistance: Infrastructures of Inclusivity in Contemporary Japan,” Anthropology of Japan in Japan (AJJ) Conference, Tokyo, Japan, November 2019
“Precarity, Possibility, and the Paralympics: Revisiting Disability in Japan,” Association for Asian Studies Conference, Denver, CO, March 2018
“Mobilizing Bodies: Deconstructing Disability in Japan,” Association for Asian Studies Conference, Toronto, Canada, March 2017
As Chair
“Gender, Religion, and Disability: Creating Coalitions in the Digital Age,” Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies Conference, Carlisle, PA, October 2019
“(Re)defining Identity in Contemporary Japan,” Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies Conference, Elizabethtown, PA, November 2018
“Narratives of Negotiated Identity in East Asia,” Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies Conference, Philadelphia, PA, November 2017
“Imagined Identities: Marginalized Bodies in East Asia,” Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies Conference, Towson, MD, November 2016
“Narratives on the Construction of Identity: International Relations, Literature, and Religion,” Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies Conference: Pittsburgh, PA, 2015
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WORKSHOPS AND COLLOQUIA ORGANIZED
“Diversity in the Digital Age,” Nanzan University, Nagoya, Japan, July 2020
“Disability Poetics Symposium,” University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, October 2018
“Bodies and Borders: Inclusion, Exclusion, and Excision in East Asia,” University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, April 2018
"Structure and Subordination: Law, Science, and Religion in East Asia,” University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, April 2017
“Disability Studies: A History of the Field,” University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2017
PEDAGOGY SEMINARS AND PUBLIC SPEECHES
“Inclusion as Innovation: The Past, Present and Future of Disability Policy in Japan,” Asia Society Policy Salon Tokyo (ASPST) Breakfast Roundtable, Tokyo, Japan, June 2020
“Have You Ever Had A Professor Who Uses a Wheelchair? If Not, Then Why?” Toyo University Department of Regional Development Studies, Tokyo, Japan, June 2020
“From Research to Praxis: Personal Experience as Power in Professional Settings,” Japan–US Educational Commission (Fulbright Japan), Tokyo, Japan, March 2020
“Mapping the Future: Crowdsourcing, Cultural Production, and the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities in Japan,” Embassy of the United States, Tokyo, Japan, January 2020
“Negotiating (Dis)ability and the Politics of Silence in International Education,” U.S.–Japan Collaboration on Disability and Self-Advocacy in Education, Tokyo, Japan, November 2019
“On the Varied Implementation of Inclusive Design in Japan and the United States 日米におけ るインクルーシブデザインの事情とその相違点,” Suzugamo Home Healthcare Service Annual Research and Training Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, November 2019
“Cripping the Classroom: A Guide to Teaching About Disability and Diversity,” Sophia University Workshop on Teaching Diversity in Japan, Tokyo, Japan, July 2019
“Learning About Accessibility by Studying the Differences Between Japan and the United States: How Should We Advise Developing Countries? アクセシビリティの示唆における日米 での差異―私たちは途上国に何を伝えるべきか,” Disabled Persons International Working Group on Disability in Asia, Tokyo, Japan, April 2019
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“Living Accommodations: Dynamic Dorms and Inclusive Architectures in Japan,” Kurofune Design Holdings Summer Internship Program, Tokyo, Japan, August 2019
“Paralympics as Possibility: The Past, Present, and Future of Accessibility,” TEDxFulbright Tokyo: Find a New Path, Tokyo, Japan, March 2019
“Inclusion for International Students: A Primer on Disabled People Studying Abroad,” Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Tokyo, Japan, October 2018
“Understanding Accessibility in Academia: Theory and Practice,” Toyo University Department of Regional Development Studies, Tokyo, Japan, May 2018
“A Discussion of Disability: Lessons Learned in Japan,” United States Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), Washington, DC, Septemeber 2016
“Three Anecdotes: Providence, Virtue, and Mindfulness,” 10th Annual U.S.–Japan Youth Forum, Tokyo, Japan, December 2014
“Shaping and Shifting Cultural Perceptions of Disability Abroad,” Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD, November 2014
“Giving Voice to the Voiceless: A Discussion of Disability Awareness & Inclusion,” Villanova University LEVEL Lecture Series, Villanova, PA, February 2012
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Service to the Profession
Project Manager and Content Creator, Asian Ethnology Podcast, Nagoya, Japan, 2020–
Board of Directors (Nominated), Society for Disability Studies, Eureka, CA, 2017, 2018
Peer Review Social Science Japan Journal
Service to the University of Pennsylvania
President, Graduate Student Government of the School of Arts and Sciences (SASGOV), 2018
Chairman of the Committee for Equity and Access, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly (GAPSA), 2017–2018
Graduate Student Representative, University Council, 2017–2018
Graduate Student Representative, Committee for an Accessible University, 2017–2018
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Representative, Ivy Council Committee for Policy and Constitutional Revision, 2017–2018
Representative for the School of Arts and Sciences, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly (GAPSA), 2017–2018
Representative for the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Graduate Student Government of the School of Arts and Sciences (SASGOV), 2017–2018
Treasurer, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations Graduate Student Research Colloquium (GSRC), 2017–2018
Graduate Student Liaison, Symposium on Gender, Embodiment, and East Asian Religions, 2017
Founder and Chairman, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations Graduate Student Research Colloquium (GSRC), 2016–2017
Service to Villanova University
President, Japanese Language Society, 2013–2014
Co-founder, Interdisciplinary Studies Club, 2012–2014
Proctor, Philadelphia Area High School Japanese Competition, 2012
CONSULTING AND POLICY-ORIENTED WORK EXPERIENCE
Founder and CEO, AffirmAbility Consulting, Philadelphia, PA, 2020–
Accessibility Consultant, Hands On Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, 2020–
Global Policy Consultant (Volunteer), Special Envoy to the Secretary General of the United Nations on Disability and Accessibility, New York, NY, 2019–
Accessibility Consultant, Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism (MLIT) Committee for the Establishment of Barrier-Free Guidelines for Persons with Disabilities and the Elderly, Tokyo, Japan, 2019–
Accessibility Consultant, Accessible Japan Inc, Tokyo, Japan, 2019–
Accessibility Consultant, Tokyo Organizing Committee of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Tokyo, Japan, 2018–
Policy Consultant, Japan Assembly of Disabled People’s International, Tokyo, Japan, 2018–
Disability Research Monitor, Mirairo Inc, Tokyo, Japan, 2018–
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Accessibility Consultant, Kurofune Design Holdings Inc, Tokyo, Japan, 2019
Accessibility Consultant, Cambridge Institute for Innovation: Cambridge, UK, 2019
Accessibility Consultant, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, 2018
Correspondent on Disability, Lenfest Institute for Journalism, Philadelphia, PA, 2018
Graduate Associate, University of Pennsylvania Perry World House Global Policy Research Center, Philadelphia, PA, 2017–2018
PUBLIC-FACING PUBLICATIONS
Monographs
Accessible Japan’s Tokyo (2020): All You Need to Know About Traveling to Tokyo With A Disability. Independently Published. 209 pp. (Co-author: Josh Grisdale), December 2019
Newspaper and Magazine Articles
“Sagamihara stabbings highlight discrimination and abuse people with disabilities face in Japan,” Japan Today (Co-author: Michael Peckitt), July 2020
“Facing the COVID–19 Crisis With a Disability: If One Person Is Left Behind, it Could Prove Disasterous For All,” The Japan Times (Co-author: Michael Peckitt), March 2020
“Disability Doesn’t Define A Criminal Suspect: Linking Mental Illness/Violence Tarnishes an Entire Community,” The Japan Times (Co-author: Michael Peckitt), August 2019
“An Olympics Crowdsourcing Project May Be The Answer to Making Japan A More Accessible Country,” The Japan Times, May 2019
Blog Posts (Selected)
“Creating Inclusive Courses: Five Strategies for Access,” Humane Humanities, December 2019
“Self-Advocacy Strategies and Study Abroad with a Disability,” Accessible Japan, July 2019
“A Pilgrim’s Tale: Religion, Ritual, and Disability in Japan,” Accessible Japan, May 2019
“Disabled at Disneyland: Best Practices for Barrier-Removal,” Accessible Japan, May 2019
“Disability and Dreams in Japan’s Maid Cafes,” Accessible Japan, April 2019
“Robots and Remote Work for Persons with Disabilities,” Accessible Japan, December 2018
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INTERVIEWS AND MEDIA APPEARANCES
Podcasts
“Disability in Japan,” Deep in Japan Podcast, April 2020
“Accessibility in Japan on the Record,” Japan on the Record, April 2020
“Disability, Access, and COVID–19 in Japan,” Asian Ethnology, April 2020
“Accessibility Challenges in Japan,” Accessible Media Inc., February 2020
“Know Your Rights: Disability in Asia,” Accessible Media Inc., December 2019
“The Connection Between Assistive Tech and Japanese Buddhist Epistemology,” Ripple Effects: Travelers with Disabilities Abroad Podcast, October 2018
“Travel and Accessibility Consciousness,” Have Disability, Will Travel Podcast, August 2018
Television
“Living with Disability in Japan,” Deutsche Welle, February 2020
“A Society Where All Can Live Happy,” NHK’s Direct Talk, January 2019
“The Problem of Inflated Employment Statistics for Persons with Disabilities 障害者雇用水増 し問題,” RKB News, January 2019
“Barrier-Free Variety Show Foreigner SP バリバラ外国人 SP,” NHK’s Baribara, April 2015
Newspaper and Magazine Articles
“Accessibility is for Everyone: A Interview with Mark Bookman,” American View: Official Magazine of the U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Japan, July 2020
“Breaking Down Barriers: The Challenge of Getting Around Tokyo in a Wheelchair,” The Japan Times, November 2018
“Mapping Wheelchair Access in Philly and the Suburbs,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 2018
“Building Better Maps for the Disabled Community,” CNET, April 2018
“How a Trip to Japan Led a Graduate Student to Completely Overhaul Penn’s Campus,” The Daily Pennsylvanian, March 2018
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Blog Posts
“Behind the Inspiration of Project Bloom: UPenn Accessibility Mapping Project,” Project Bloom, April 2020
“To Make a More Accessible City, Turn to the Sidewalk,” Smart Cities Dive, May 2019
“Japanese University Students with Disabilities Face Many Obstacles to Succeed,” USCAnnenbergMedia, December 2018
“College Students with Disabilities are Too Often Excluded,” The Conversation, November 2018
“Crowd-Sourced Map Showcases Campus Accessibility in Real Time,” Penn Today, March 2018
ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS
Nanzan University, Nagoya, Japan Research Associate, Anthropological Institute, 2020–
University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan Visiting Researcher, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, 2018–
Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan Visiting Researcher, Research Center for Ars Vivendi, 2018–2019
Toyo University, Tokyo, Japan Graduate Research Student, Faculty for Regional Development Studies, 2014–2015
Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan Exchange Student, Faculty for Liberal Arts, 2012
Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA Undergraduate Student, Department of Philosophy, 2009–2011
Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan Exchange Student, School of International Liberal Studies, 2008
MEMBERSHIPS
American Anthropological Association, 2020–
Japan Society for Disability Studies, 2018–
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Society for Disability Studies, 2017–
Association for Asian Studies, 2016–
Oriental Studies Club of Philadelphia, 2015–2017
LANGUAGES
English – Native Sino-Japanese – Research Proficiency
Japanese – Advanced Research Proficiency Classical Chinese – Research Proficiency
Classical Japanese – Research Proficiency French – Research Proficiency
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