Ryan Masaaki Yokota, PhD
[email protected] Address Available Upon Request Phone Numbers Available Upon Request EDUCATION University of Chicago (2017) • Ph.D. received in East Asian (Japanese) History • Dissertation Title: “Okinawan Postwar Nationalism(s): Independence, Autonomy, and Indigenousness, 1945-2008” • Field Examinations Passed with Distinction - Japanese and Ryukyuan/Okinawan History: 1600-Present (Professor James Ketelaar) - U.S.-East Asian Relations and Modern Korea (Professor Bruce Cumings) - Theories of Nationalism and Modern China (Professor Prasenjit Duara) University of California, Los Angeles (2005) • Master of Arts in Asian American Studies • Thesis: “Ganbateando: A History of the Okinawan Peruvians in Los Angeles” University of California, Los Angeles (1995) • Bachelor of Arts with a Double Major in History and English (American Studies) • Specialization in Asian American Studies RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Hosei University (2011-2012) • Completed nine month researcher position investigating Okinawan regional autonomy under the guidance of Professor Yaka Munehiko at the Hosei University Institute for Okinawan Studies in Tokyo, Japan. Waseda University (2008-2009) • Completed year-long researcher position investigating Okinawan nationalism and indigenousness under the guidance of Professor Katsukata Keiko at the Waseda University Institute for Ryukyuan and Okinawan Studies in Tokyo and Okinawa, Japan. Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies (2006-2007) • Conducted preliminary research and networked with academic community while completing year-long intensive Japanese language program in Yokohama, Japan. PUBLICATIONS (Forthcoming) “Reversion-Era Proposals for Okinawan Regional Autonomy.” In Beyond American Occupation, Race and Agency in Okinawa, 1945-2015, edited by Hiroko Matsuda and Pedro Iacobelli. Lanham: Lexington Books – Rowman & Littlefield, 2017. “The Okinawan (Uchinānchu) Indigenous Movement and its Implications for Intentional/International Action.” Amerasia Journal 41:1 (Spring 2015): 55-73.