Invited Lectures

  • Wesleyan University (2019), at the College of East Asian Studies of Wesleyan University (scheduled for November 7, 2019).

  • Ochanomizu University (2018), “Geo-politics, Security, and Women’s Bodies.”

  • Johns Hopkins University (2017), “Womenomics and Women’s Equality in Japan”

  • University of Zurich (2016), “Women and Civil Society in Japan and South Korea”

  • Yale University (2016),“Beyond Womenomics: Women’s Activism and Civil Society in Japan”

  • Women’s Impact Leadership Forum at Lockheed Martin (2016), Panelist for “Harnessing the Global Power of Women,” with Ambassador Cathy Russell, Ambassador Kirsti Kauppi of Finland to the United States, and Ambassador (ret) Marcelle Wahba, President of the Arab Gulf Institute

  • World Affairs Council, Harrisburg (2016), “Great Decisions: the Koreas,” lecture on North and South Korea

  • University of Pennsylvania (2015),“Beyond Womenomics: Women’s Activism and Civil Society in Post-3.11 Japan”

  • Haverford College (2014),“Womenomics and Women’s Activism in Japan”

  • University of Bridgeport (2017-2018),“Womenomics, Women’s Equality, and Women in Civil Society”, “The Humanitarian and Nuclear Crises on the Korean Peninsula”, and “North Korea: State, Society, and Geopolitics”

  • Franklin and Marshall College (2012-2013), “Reflecting on 3/11: The Crisis Continues” and“The Future of the US-Japan Alliance”

PRESENTATIONS (This is not a complete list)

  • POD Network Annual Meeting, Roundtable on Educational Developers of Color with Derina Samuels (Cornell University), November 2022.

  • Teaching Race, Ethnicity,& Politics Symposium (organized by Natalie Masuoka and Christopher Stout) for the American Political Science Association, April 2022. I presented and collaborated with colleagues to create resources for an AAPI inclusive syllabus which are forthcoming on the APSA Educates blog.

  • POD Network Annual Meeting. “Birds of a Feather on AAPI Ed Developers and Learners,” with Wei Ming Dariotis, Nov. 8, 2021 and “Grading the Personal: Evaluating Digital Storytelling Projects” with Ariel Siegelman, Nov. 9, 2021.

  • Webinar for the American Political Science Association on Building an Inclusive Syllabus, October 27, 2021.

  • “Using Digital Storytelling and an Intersectionality Framework to Share the Experiences of Asian American Women’s Political Participation and Leadership” at the American Political Science Association Centennial Teaching and Learning Symposium focused on Race, Ethnicity, and Politics (originally set for April 30-May 2, 2020 but postponed to 2022 in Washington, DC. Date TBA).

  • “Asian American Memory Activism,” A roundtable discussion with Dr. Mary McCarthy, Judge Lillian Sing, Dr. Jungsil Lee, and Judith Mirkinson for the 2021 Fifth Annual Conference of the Memory Studies Association, “Convergences” July 5-9, 2021. (Conference was to be in Warsaw, Poland but will be held via zoom).

  • “Digital Storytelling as Inclusive Pedagogy” with Ariel Siegelman, live/synchronous presentation for the POD Network annual conference (virtual). November 11, 2020.

  • Accepted to the Association for Asian Studies in Asia. A panel on “Women in Protest: Gender and Social Movements in East Asia.” Rescheduled from June, 2020 to August 31-September 2, Kobe, Japan

  • Panelist, South Korea’s #MeToo Movement and Feminist Activism against Sexual Violence, the Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting in Boston, March 19-22, 2020 (cancelled because of the pandemic).

  • Panelist, Prevention Activism: Advancing Historical Dialogue in Post-Conflict Settings Conference at Columbia University, December 12-14, 2019.

  • Panelist, International Conference on the Comfort Women, Yale University, October 12th, 2019.

  • Participant in a joint Korea Foundation and Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation program, BRIDGING THE DIVIDE, with Asia policymakers and experts in Seoul, June 17-21, 2019.

  • Accepted to the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in Washington, DC, August 29-September 1, 2019. I will present a paper, serve as discussant for two panels, (Asian American politics and another on gender politics), and Chair a panel.

    Paper presentation, “The Impact of #MeToo on Sex Education Reform in Japan and South Korea” for the panel, “Confronting Patriarchy in Government Institutions and Policies.”

    Discussant for the following two panels: “Asian American Empowerment: Marginalization and Voice (Co-Sponsored with the Asian Pacific American Caucus)”

    and “The Pull of Tradition: When Women Challenge, Resist, or Change”.

    Chair for the session, “The Gendered State and Women’s Equality”

  • Accepted to the Memory Studies Association annual meeting in Madrid, Spain, June 25-28, 2019. (Panel organizer).

  • Accepted to the International Intersectionality Conference at the Center for Feminist Research at the University of Southern California, March 6-8, 2019.

  • Invited to participate in a roundtable discussion about our forthcoming edited volume, Beyond the Gender Gap, at the Japanese Political Studies Group business meeting at the annual meeting for the Association for Asian Studies in Denver, CO, March 21-24. 2019.

  • Presented at an international symposium about UNESCO in Tokyo, Japan “Reconstructing the Memories of Comfort Women,” on November 10, 2018.

  • Presented solo work for a book project on a panel titled “Memory, Memorialization, and Commemoration” at an international conference, “The City (Re) Shaped: Exploring the Nexus Between Politics, Memory and Urbanism in the Built Environment,” at the University of Leeds, UK, September 11-12, 2018.

  • Co-presented with Ki-young Shin at the Japan-America Women’s Political Science Symposium (JAWS) which is an international program organized by the American Political Science Association to be held at the annual meeting in Boston, August 28-31, 2018. We will provide a comparative perspective on women’s activism and the #metoo movement in Japan and South Korea.

    Other Presentations:

  • Presentation and discussion on the #MeToo movements in Japan and South Korea for Michael Strausz’s Japanese Politics course at Texas Christian University, March 16, 2021 at 3pm via zoom.

  • Presentation and discussion about Japan and S. Korea’s #MeToo movements for Erin Aeran Chung’s Korean Politics (Political Science 190.341) course at Johns Hopkins, March 3, 2021 at 7pm via zoom.

  • National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA), Fall Workshop Series on Teaching China in the Age of Covid-19. October 15, 2020.

  • Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation, Network for the Future for a program on the challenges of teaching online. Presentation and discussion with the Foundation’s Fellows on online teaching pedagogy and the challenges of teaching international students in Asia online. September 14, 2020

  • Lancaster, YWCA Center for Racial and Gender Equity, “Community Now” panelist for Women’s History Month on Thursday, March 25th at 6pm via zoom.

MEDIA/PRESS

  • Temple News story on our newly formed AAPI Faculty & Staff Affinity Group: https://news.temple.edu/news/2021-07-06/new-affinity-group-temple-strengthens-asian-and-pacific-islander-community

  • Quoted in the Agence France-Presse (AFP), “Votes for Women: South Korea’s First Feminist Party Seeks Parliament Seats,” by Clair Lee. Circulated on Yahoo news, April 9/10, 2020. https://news.yahoo.com/votes-women-koreas-first-feminist-party-seeks-parliament-040627131.html

  • Quoted in The Economist, “Yawning in the Face of Danger: Japan’s Dull Election is a Sign of Ailing Politics,” July 18, 2019 in the Asia print edition and on-line: https://www.economist.com/asia/2019/07/18/japans-dull-election-is-a-sign-of-ailing-politics

  • Quoted in the Agence France-Presse (AFP), “South Koreans Boycott Japan Beer in Brewing Trade Row,” by Claire Lee. Circulated on Yahoo News on July 19, 2019: https://news.yahoo.com/south-koreans-boycott-japan-beer-brewing-trade-row-042253784.html

  • Live radio interview about the new Japanese Emperor on Worldview with Jerome McDonnell on NPR/WBEZ Chicago affiliate, April 30, 2019. https://www.wbez.org/shows/worldview/prince-naruhito-enthroned-as-emperor-of-japan/5db6e5f8-4a83-40d1-b8d1-957f0f1e0f0d?utm_source=url&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Web-Share

  • Quoted in the Spanish newspaper, El Periodico about sexual abuse cases in South Korea. January 19, 2019. https://www.elperiodico.com/es/deportes/20190119/el-enves-del-exito-deportivo-surcoreano-7255648

  • Interviewed about the Japan medical school admissions scandal and gender equality in Japan (live on the air) by Jerome McDonnell for WBEZ/NPR Chicago's "Worldview" program on August 29, 2018 at 12:20 CT.

  • Quoted in "Ante la ola de casos, Japon obliga a sus funcionarios a tomar cursos contra los abusos," by Adrian Foncillas for La Nacion. June 22, 2018. https://www.lanacion.com.ar/2146477-ante-la-ola-de-casos-japon-obliga-a-sus-funcionarios-a-tomar-cursos-contra-los-abusos

  • Quoted in "Japanese Politician Fights for Gender Equality" by Sarah Foster for Medill Reports Chicago, March 23, 2018. http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/japanese-politician-fights-for-gender-equality/

  • Live interview for the BBC World Service news program, November 3, 2017 on the World Assembly for Women and Ivanka Trump.

  • Live interview with WBEZ, Chicago affiliate of NPR on Japan’s scandal involving the First Lady on March 28, 2017.

  • Quoted in The Japan Times, March 25, 2017 on Japan-South Korea relations, and the Comfort Women issue.

  • Live media interviews for Channel News Asia.

    8/27/15 on womenomics in Japan.

    9/19/15 on the passage of the new security bills in Japan.

    11/1/15 on the trilateral summit meeting in Asia.

  • Radio interview with CBS Philadelphia about 3.11. March, 2011.

  • Phone interviews with the Los Angeles Times on the role of NGOs in response to March 2011 and post-disaster reconstruction.