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EDUCATION

• 2010. PhD in Sociology. University of California-Davis, USA.
  Dissertation Title: You Can’t Go Home Again: Japanese Peruvians and the Struggle for Identity and Integration in the Japanese Homeland. (A review of this dissertation is available at dissertationreviews.org.)
  Committee: Lyn Lofland (chair), Bruce Haynes, John Lie, Ayumi Takenaka
• 2005-07. Fulbright Graduate Research Fellow. United States Department of State/Japan-United States Education Commission. Tokyo, Japan. Also Visiting Research Student. Aichi Prefectural University. Nagakute, Japan.
• 2002. MA in Sociology. University of California-Davis, USA.
• 1989. BA with honors in Sociology. University of California-Santa Cruz, USA.

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS/EMPLOYMENT

• Professor, College of DuPage. Glen Ellyn, USA. 2023-present.
• Discipline Chair, Sociology, College of DuPage. Glen Ellyn, USA. 2021-2022.
• Associate Professor (tenured), College of DuPage. Glen Ellyn, USA. 2018-2023.
• Associate Professor, College of DuPage. Glen Ellyn, USA. 2017-2018.
• Assistant Professor, College of DuPage. Glen Ellyn, USA. 2015-2017.
• Associate Professor, Ritsumeikan University, College of International Relations. Kyoto, Japan. 2011-2015.
• Lecturer, University of California-Davis, Department of Sociology. Davis, USA. 2010-2011.

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Journal Articles

• 2013. “Separate and Unequal: The Remedial Japanese Language Classroom as an Ethnic Project.“ The Asia Pacific Journal 11(32):3. Revised and updated version of chapter in Language and Citizenship in Japan (2012).
• 2007. “Ethnic Boundary Enforcers: Conceptualizing Japanese Teachers’ Treatment of Migrant Latino Parents.” Shakai Fukushi Kenkyū [Social Welfare Studies] 9:77-87.
• 2007. “Teaching and Learning Across an Ethnic Divide: Peruvian Parents and a Japanese School.” Imin Kenkyū [Immigration Studies] 3:89-104.
• 1994. “A Comparison of Outreach Strategies for Hispanic Caregivers of Alzheimer’s Victims.” Clinical Gerontologist 15:57-63. Listing of authors: Gallagher-Thompson, Dolores, Robert S. Moorehead, Theresa Polich, David Arguello, Carmen Johnson, Veronica Rodriguez, and Mary Meyer.

Book Chapters

• 2012. “Remedial Language Education and Citizenship: Examining the JSL Classroom as an Ethnic Project.” Pp. 98-116 in Language and Citizenship in Japan, edited by Nanette Gottlieb. London: Routledge.

 Book Reviews

• 2016. Transnational Faiths: Latin-American Immigrants and their Religions in Japan, edited by Hugo Córdova Quero and Rafael Shoji. In Social Science Japan Journal 19:247-250.
• 2014. “Bringing Class and Indigeneity in, but Leaving Japaneseness out.” Review essay of On the Margins of Empire: Buraku and Korean Identity in Prewar and Wartime Japan by Jeffrey Paul Bayliss, and  Japan’s Ainu Minority in Tokyo: Urban Indigeneity and Cultural Politics by Mark K. Watson. Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review 3(2):619-628.
• 2012. Lost in Transition: Youth, Work, and Instability in Postindustrial Japan, by Mary C. Brinton. In Contemporary Sociology 41:320-321.
• 2012. Minorities and Education in Multicultural Japan: An Interactive Approach, edited by Ryoko Tsuneyoshi, Kaori H. Okano, and Sarane Spence Boocock. In Social Science Japan Journal 15:146-149.
• 2009. Multiculturalism in the New Japan: Crossing the Boundaries Within, edited by Nelson H.H. Graburn, John Ertl, and R. Kenji Tierney. In Pacific Affairs 82(1):137-139.

Conference Proceedings

• 2014. “Defining Peruvians as a Problem: Ethnic Projects and Resistance at a Japanese Elementary School.” Damunhwawa Ingan [Multicultural Studies] 3(1):31-60. Proceedings of the Conference “Ins and Outs of Migration: Migration and the Life-World in Global Asia.” Catholic University of Daegu, Korea.

Manuscripts in Preparation

• “Defining Peruvians as a Problem: Ethnic Projects and Resistance at a Japanese Elementary School.” Article manuscript in progress.
• “Gaijin Insiders and Outsiders: Foreigners’ Fluid and Contingent Status in Japan.” Article manuscript in progress.
• “Meet Me in the Middle: The Selective Assimilation of Japanese Peruvian Immigrants in Japan.” Article manuscript in progress.
• Caught in the Middle: The Assimilation and Education of Peruvian Children in Japan. Book manuscript in progress.

Other Publications

• 2001. Survey to Determine the Status of Domestic Violence in the State of California. Sacramento, CA: Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. Listing of authors: Hendricks, Colleen, Robert Moorehead, Diane Carlson, and Richard Fernandez.
• 1992. Cómo controlar su frustración: Una clase para personas que atienden a un familiar enfermo. Palo Alto, CA: Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Listing of authors: Gallagher-Thompson, Dolores, David Arguello, Carmen Johnson, Robert S. Moorehead, and Theresa Polich.
• 1992. Controlling Your Frustration: A Class for Caregivers. Palo Alto, CA: Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Listing of authors: Gallagher-Thompson, Dolores, Jonathan Rose, Margaret Florsheim, Frank Gantz, Paulette Jacome, Susan Del Maestro, Laura Peters, David Arguello, Carmen Johnson, Robert S. Moorehead, Theresa Polich, Margaret Chesney, and Larry W. Thompson.

ACADEMIC AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND RESEARCH FUNDING

• 2021-22. Outstanding Full-Time Faculty Award for Social and Behavioral Sciences and the Library Division, College of DuPage.
• 2014-15. Faculty Research Grant, Ritsumeikan University.
• 2014. International Research Travel Grant, Ritsumeikan University.
• 2013-14. Faculty Research Grant, Ritsumeikan University.
• 2013-14. Faculty Development Grant, Ritsumeikan University
• 2012-13. Faculty Research Grant, Ritsumeikan University.
• 2012-13. Faculty Development Grant, Ritsumeikan University.
• 2011-12. Faculty Research Grant, Ritsumeikan University.
• 2009. Dissertation Fellowship, University of California, Davis.
• 2008. Dissertation Award, Institute for Governmental Affairs, University of California, Davis.
• 2008. Dissertation Fellowship, University of California, Davis.
• 2007. Dissertation Fellowship, University of California, Davis.
• 2005-06. J. William Fulbright Graduate Research Fellowship, United States Department of State.
• 2005-06. Dissertation Research Grant, University of California Pacific Rim Research Program.
• 2005. East Asian Studies Graduate Research Grant, University of California, Davis.
• 2004. Research Grant, Department of Sociology, University of California, Davis.
• 2004. High Pass on Qualifying Examination in the areas of Race & Ethnicity, and Community & Urban Sociology, University of California, Davis.
• 2001. Summer Research Fellowship, University of California, Davis.
• 2000-01. Graduate Fellowship, University of California, Davis.

INVITED TALKS

• 2021 “White Resistance: Understanding the Obstacles to Change.”  Messenger Public Library, North Aurora, IL. November 1. (https://youtu.be/iXy1RhY7XTs)
• 2021. “Systemic Racism in America: Understanding Our Racial Past and Present.” Messenger Public Library, North Aurora, IL. February 22. (https://youtu.be/XQjmDe_A-To)
• 2019. “They’re Taking Our Books Away from Us.” Question, Disrupt, Transform: Challenging the Use of Literary Classics, PreK through YA. Center for Teaching through Children’s Books Annual Spring Institute. National Louis University. Skokie, IL. March 2.
• 2014. “Oaths, Tests, and Semi-Adapting: Testing Nikkeijin Loyalty in Japan.” Ins and Outs of Migration Conference. Institute for Multicultural Studies, Catholic University of Daegu. Daegu, South Korea. May 14, 2014.
• 2006. “Peruvian Parent Interventions into a Japanese School: Fighting Back at the Intersection of Race, Class, and Culture.” Aichi Prefectural University Symposium on Relations with Foreign Residents. Nagakute, Japan. October 15, 2006.
• 2006. “Peruvian Parent Interventions into a Japanese School: Fighting Back at the Intersection of Race, Class, and Culture.” Osaka City University Ethnic Community Research Colloquium. Osaka, Japan. October 7, 2006.
• 2006. “‘It Takes a Village to Raise a Child’: Paternalism and Education of Foreign Children and Parents in Tokai-chō, Japan.” Graduate Seminar in Sociology. Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan. July 5, 2006.
• 2006. “At the Back of the Class: Educating Peruvian Children in Tokai-chō, Japan.” Interdisciplinary Faculty Colloquium. Aichi Prefectural University, Nagakute, Japan. June 4, 2006.

CONFERENCE ACTIVITY/PARTICIPATION

Papers Presented

• 2014. “Testing Immigrants’ Loyalty: Tensions in Parent-Teacher Relations in Japan.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco, USA. August 18, 2014.
• 2014. “Am I Japanese, Peruvian, or Both? The Ethnic Identity Formation of Second-Generation Peruvian Youth in Japan.” International Sociology Association World Congress. Yokohama, Japan. July 14, 2014.
• 2014 “What about Me Is Peruvian? Symbolic Ethnicity and the Ethnic Identity Formation of Second-Generation Peruvian Youth in Japan.” Asian Studies Conference Japan. Tokyo, Japan. June 21, 2014.
• 2012. “Who Am I Here? Lessons from Negotiating the Presentation of Self in Fieldwork in Japan.” Anthropology of Japan in Japan Annual Meeting. Kyoto, Japan. December 1.
• 2012. “Meet Me in the Middle: The Selective Assimilation of Peruvian Nikkei into a Cosmopolitan Middle Ground.” Anthropology of Japan in Japan Spring Workshop. Osaka, Japan. April 22, 2012.
• 2011. “Remedial Language Education and Citizenship: Examining the JSL Classroom as an Ethnic Project.” Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Seattle, USA. March 13, 2011.
• 2011. “Learning from Positionality: Contrasting Cases, Stereotype Threat, and Cultural Capital in Fieldwork in Japan.” Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Seattle, USA. March 11, 2011.
• 2010. “Passing It On: Immigrant Children, Japanese Schools, and the Reproduction of Inequality.” Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Oakland, USA. April 10, 2010.
• 2009. “Passing the Test: Questioning the Loyalty of Japanese-Peruvian Immigrants in the Ethnic Homeland.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco, USA. August 8, 2009.
• 2008. “Constructing Good and Bad Foreigners: Ethnic Identity Work by Peruvian Migrants in Central Japan.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Boston, USA. August 4, 2008.
• 2007. “Ethnic Boundary Enforcers: Conceptualizing Japanese Teachers’ Treatment of Migrant Latino Parents.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. New York, USA. August 13, 2007. A version of this paper also presented at: Cultural Typhoon Nagoya. Nagoya, Japan. June 30, 2007.
• 2006. “Peruvian Parent Interventions into a Japanese School: Fighting Back at the Intersection of Race, Class, and Culture.” Anthropology of Japan in Japan Annual Meeting. Tokyo, Japan. October 22, 2006.
• 2005. “Re-Constructing Japanese Identities: Ethnicity, Gender, and Heterogeneity in Japanese Sojourner Identity.” Interdisciplinary Graduate Symposium, University of California, Davis, USA. March 5, 2005.
• 2004. “Education Abroad and the Sojourning Experience: Re-Constructing Japanese Identities in America.” Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA. April 14, 2004.
• 2003. “‘I will always be Okinawan’: The Rise of Ethnic Identity for Okinawan Sojourners in America.” California Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Berkeley, USA. Nov 7, 2003.

Discussant

• 2016. Session on Ethnicity, Migrants, and Identity. Chicago Ethnography Conference. April 20, 2016.
• 2008. Session on Making Boundaries, Place and Policies. Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Portland, USA. April 12, 2008.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

College of DuPage (2015-present)

• Introduction to Sociology
• Introduction to Sociology (Learning Community Course connected to courses in Anthropology, Geography, and Homeland Security, themed on Immigration in a Post-9/11 World)
• Racial and Ethnic Relations

Ritsumeikan University (2011-2015)

• Contemporary Japan: Youth Insecurity and Precarity
• Global Studies Seminar: Imagined Communities
• Immigration
• International Migration
• International Sociology
• Introduction to Sociology
• Introductory Seminar
• Japanese Society: Diversity and Immigration
• Race and Ethnicity in the Modern World
• Race and Mass Media
• Race and Ethnicity in the United States (graduate course)
• Race, Ethnicity, and Skin Color in Global Perspective (graduate course)

University of California-Davis (2001-2011)

• As Lecturer/Associate Instructor (2008-2011):
• Capstone Course on Internship and Field Research
• Introduction to Sociology
• Race and Ethnic Relations
• Research Methods
• Sociological Theory

• As Teaching Assistant (2001-2008):
• Introduction to Sociology
• Race and Ethnic Relations
• Immigration and Opportunity
• Self and Society
• Sociological Theory
• Popular Culture
• Research Methods

Nagoya Bunri Junior College (now Nagoya Bunri University) (1995-1997)

• Introductory English

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• 2003-04. Research Assistant for Bruce Haynes, University of California, Davis. Coded focus group interviews using ATLAS.ti qualitative data analysis software.
• 2002. Research Assistant for Xiaoling Shu, University of California, Davis. Analyzed statistical data.
• 2001. Research Analyst, California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. Sacramento, CA. Performed a survey of efficacy of training program for first responders to domestic violence calls.
• 1990-95. Research Coordinator, Older Adult and Family Research and Resource Center, Stanford University School of Medicine. Managed multiple multi-year research projects in geropsychology, including recruiting subjects, performing interviews and assessments in English and Spanish, managing databases, and coordinating a multi-site project developing a bilingual (Spanish-English) workshop for caregivers of family members with dementia.

SERVICE TO PROFESSION

• 2023-present. Editorial board member for TRAILS, the American Sociological Association’s peer-reviewed Teaching Resources and Innovation Library for Sociology.
• 2016-present. Guest speaker for the biennial course on pedagogy for graduate students in sociology at Virginia Tech University, discussing teaching at a community college and teaching overseas.
• 2016-2018. Junior Faculty Mentor in the ASA Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities Mentoring Program.
• 2008-present. Manuscript and book reviewer for the journals Contemporary Sociology, Cross-Currents, International Journal of Japanese Sociology, International Migration, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Pacific Affairs, Race Ethnicity and Education, Social Psychology Quarterly, Social Science Japan Journal, Social Sciences, and Sociological Quarterly.

DEPARTMENT/UNIVERSITY SERVICE

College of DuPage

• 2022. Co-organized a Field Studies Experiential Education canoe trip to the African American Heritage Water Trail underground railroad site on Little Calumet River in Chicago. August 13.
• 2022. Co-Organized the Constitution Day panel of speakers for “The Supreme Court: The Final Word?” Event. (https://youtu.be/wFRNC7OCzVw)
• 2022. Organized and moderated a presentation on “Being Black in Japan” by African American author, activist, and Japan resident Baye McNeil, co-sponsored by the Africa and African Diaspora Committee and the Asia Committee. April 18.
• 2022. Organized and presented in a week of events on suburban poverty, race, community organizing, and the legacy of the Black Panther Party in Chicagoland. Events included keynote speakers Fred Hampton, Jr., and Akua Njeri, the screening of the film Judas and the Black Messiah, and a talk titled “Race in the Suburbs: The Protection of Privilege” by myself and Prof. Melissa Mouritsen. Sponsored by the Africa and African Diaspora Committee, and the Center for Diversity Equity and Inclusion. March 16-23. (Hampton and Njeri presentations: https://youtu.be/9hxoNMqMDbo, Race in the Suburbs presentation: https://youtu.be/MbMP6-r7RkI)
• 2021. Co-Organized and moderated the Constitution Day panel of speakers for “Voting Laws: Suppression or Avoiding Fraud?” event. (https://youtu.be/Y2pZG3oH0Bg)
• 2021. Organized and participated in the Asia Symposium live Zoom event “Stopping Anti-Asian Racism During COVID-19 and Beyond” with Dr. Russell Jeung. (https://youtu.be/ZgEsp4ykmzA)
• 2021. Participated in a panel discussion for the Social and Behavioral Sciences and the Library Division event “Constructively Managing Disagreements.”
• 2021. Participated as discussant for the visiting honors student presentation “Arab Americans: Invisible Minority.”
• 2021. Organized and participated in the event “A Spring Roundtable on Athletes and Political Activism,” with faculty in Sociology, Anthropology, and Justice Studies, along with students, staff, and administrators.
• 2020-21. Discipline Chair, Sociology.
• 2020. Participated in the Chaps Unite Against Racism video “Why Is It So Hard to Talk about Race.” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZLK1FzU5bM)
• 2020. Guest lecture on “Immigration and Diversity in 21st Century Japan” in the History and Culture of Japan (HISTO-2230) class.
• 2020. Co-Presenter at In-Service Breakout Session, “Addressing Racism and Discrimination in the Classroom.”
• 2020. Faculty interview participant in Field and Experiential Learning, Study Abroad and Global Education online video series, “Global Chats: COVID-19 Focus.”
• 2020. Completed Illinois Online Network UIS course on Instructional Design for Online Course Development.
• 2020. Faculty Participant in live video events “Critical Conversation: Systemic Injustice in America” and “Privilege: America’s Subconscious Reality,” sponsored by the Black Student Alliance and Student Leadership Council.
• 2020-present. Member, College of DuPage Anti-Racism Action Initiative (CODARAI).
• 2020-present. Chair, Africa and African Diaspora Committee.
• 2019. Facilitator for Constitution Day panel of speakers for “Rebuilding, Maintaining Hope and Persevering: From Wrongful Conviction to Exoneration” event.
• 2018-19. Pathways Mapping Committee.
• 2018. Facilitator for Constitution Day panel of speakers for “The Constitution and Immigration: A Nation of Immigrants?” event.
• 2018-present. Constitution Day Committee.
• 2017-present. Latin American Studies Committee.
• 2016-present. Africa and African Diaspora Committee.
• 2016. Honorary Inductee and Guest Speaker for Alpha Mu Gamma Annual Induction. April 29, 2016.
• 2016. Speaker on “Immigrants, Robots, and Women: Population Challenges for 21st Century Japan,” Presenter of the documentary film Hafu for the 2016 Japan Symposium. March 8-9, 2016.
• 2015-present. Asia Committee.

Ritsumeikan University

• 2011-2015. Reviewer for the journal Ritsumeikan Annual Review of International Studies.
• 2011-2015. Undergraduate Admissions Committee.

University of California-Davis

• 2010. Keynote speaker, and discussant for session on Race, Ethnicity, and Social Relations, at annual, graduate student-organized Sociology Research and Development Conference. September 22, 2010.
• 2003-04. Sociology Department Computer and Library Utilization Committee.
• 2003-04. Sociology Department Graduate Student Professionalization Committee.
• 2002-03. Sociology Department Course Evaluation Review Committee.
• 2002. International Orientation Counselor for Services for International Students and Scholars.
• 2001-02. Co-Chair, Graduate Students in Sociology Association.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH

• 2021-present. Coordinate the donation of books from National Louis University’s Center for Teaching through Children’s Books and deliver 400+ books annually to St. Paul, MN, as the Africa and African Diaspora Committee’s contribution to the Books for Africa program.
• 2021. Solicited media coverage from WBEZ of student struggles during COVID-19 pandemic, leading to interviews with education reporter Anna Savchenko. November 3 and 16, December 13. “College students are back in classrooms—but many say they’re depleted and stressed.” WBEZ January 31, radio coverage on February 14, 2022. (https://www.wbez.org/stories/cc-struggles/23242457-4473-4253-aa26-2807f56aa63e)
• 2021. Media interview on the use of skin-whitening products in Asia. “‘Whitening’: en Asie, la quête de la peau claire à tout prix.” Madame Figaro December 13. Article published February 14, 2022. (https://madame.lefigaro.fr/beaute/whitening-enquete-asie-quete-peau-pale-claire-a-tout-prix-040222-210688)
• 2021. Volunteered in support of the Hampton House in Maywood, IL, restoring the childhood home of Fred Hampton, chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, to serve as a historical landmark and community resource center for residents of Maywood and Proviso Township. October 9.
• 2019. Media interview on education of foreign children in Japan, with Syahirah Karim of Peddling Pictures. November 15.
• 2018. Media interview on contemporary Japanese society, with Nathalie Basha of Circa.com. June 26, 2018.
• 2016. Media interview on Japanese Peruvian migrations to Peru and Japan, with photojournalist Ann Wang. September 11, 2016.
• 2016. Media interview on immigrant communities in Japan, with New York Times Tokyo Bureau Chief Motoko Rich. July 20, 2016.
• 2016. Media interview on mixed-race African- and African-American Japanese in Japan, with journalist Damaso Reyes. April 2, 2016.
• 2015. Media interview on immigrant and refugee incorporation in Japan. “Få flyktingar välkomnas i Japan.” Göteborgs-Posten October 8. (http://www.gp.se/nyheter/varlden/1.2857928-fa-flyktingar-valkomnas-i-japan)
• 2015. Media interview on diversity and education in Japan. “Public schooling is a two-way street.” Japan Times July 1. (http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/07/01/issues/public-schooling-two-way-street/)
• 2014. Media interview on race and the appeal of Japanese television programs in the West. “Programmes télé japonais: ‘Les spectateurs veulent voir des gens qui leur ressemblent.'” 20 Minutes, October 24, 2014. In print, “A l’étranger, la télé se fair saquer.” 20 Minutes, October 24, 2014, p. 26.
• 2014. Guest speaker at Walnut Creek Lions Club. Walnut Creek, USA.
• 2014. Participant in the Mixed Roots Japan Research Forum. Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
• 2014. Radio interview in English on identity and citizenship in Japan for the program “Mix Roots Kansai,” on FMYY, 77.8 FM. Kobe, Japan.
• 2014. Participant in the Mixed Roots Japan Multicultural Community Workshop. Takatori Community Center, Kobe, and Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
• 2013. Judge for Annual Recitation Contest for Elementary Pupils. West Japan Private Elementary School Association, Foreign Language Section. Nishinomiya, Japan.
• 2013. Media interview on use of social networking among Japanese youth for the French website Slate.fr. “Pourquoi Line, la messagerie instantanée, rend (vraiment) les Japonais fous,” October 11, 2013.
• 2010. Guest lecturer in Japanese class at Davis Senior High School. Davis, USA.
• 2006. Radio interview in Spanish on challenges facing foreign children in Japanese schools for the program “La Hora Latina,” on Aihoku Radio, 84.2 FM. Inuyama, Japan.

LANGUAGES

• Spanish: Speaking (fluent), Reading (fluent), Writing (fluent).
• Japanese: Speaking (advanced), Reading (good), Writing (good).

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• American Sociological Association (Sections on Asia and Asian America, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Community and Urban Sociology, and International Migration)

PAST PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Midwest Sociological Society
• Pacific Sociological Association
• Fulbright Association
• Anthropology of Japan in Japan
• Nagoya Association for Multicultural Studies