ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Adjunct, Dept. of Political Science, Temple University (Spring 2022 and 2023) POLS 4121. Women and Politics
University of Bridgeport (Fall 2019), Assistant Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Political Science program, School of Public and International Affairs
University of Bridgeport (2017-19), Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Public and International Affairs
Franklin and Marshall College (2010-17), Assistant Professor of Government
Pepperdine University (2006-07, 2009), Adjunct in International Studies & Languages
Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles (2007-08, 2009), Part-time Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science
University of California, Los Angeles (2005), Instructor in Political Science
Teaching assistant, UCLA (1999-2005), led the TA Training Workshop for Political Science and was a TA for the Freshman Summer Program, an intensive summer program for students from underrepresented groups.
Fellowships/Awards
2017: Black Student Union Ujima award for leadership/mentorship, Franklin and Marshall College
2012-2014: The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation US-Japan Network for the Future Fellow, Cohort II, 2012-2014
2011: Hackman Fellowship, Franklin &Marshall (Summer research with student)
2008: Sasakawa Foundation Dissertation Grant
2008: Aratani Fieldwork Grant
2006-7: Aratani Dissertation Fieldwork Grant
2007: Social Science Research Council, Japan Studies Dissertation Workshop
2002 and 2003: Departmental Nominee for UCLA Distinguished Teaching Assistant
2000: The Sasakawa Foundation Summer grant for advanced language training at International Christian University in Japan
1999-2002: Title VI, National Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Award for Japanese
Teaching
University of Bridgeport
GLDP/GMCS 543, Grad seminar, Media and Development
FYS 101, First Year Seminar, Citizenship and Social Justice
PSCI 103-11, Introduction to Political Science (online and face-to-face)
PSCI 218, Human Security (face-to-face and hybrid)
PSCI 207, World Politics
PSCI 204, Comparative Politics
PSCI 101, American Politics (online)
PSCI 398, Senior Thesis
PSCI 238, Gender Politics from a Global Perspective
Franklin and Marshall College
GOV 120, Comparative Politics
GOV 130, International Politics
GOV 226, Gender Politics from a Global Perspective
GOV 324, East Asian Politics
GOV 472, Postwar Japanese Politics
IND 490, Independent Study
IND 499, Honors Thesis
Loyola Marymount University
PS 395, Gender and Politics: A Global Perspective
PS 150, Introduction to Comparative Politics
PS 395, The Politics of East Asia
PS 155, Comparing Foreign Governments
Pepperdine University
Asian 301, Survey of East Asia
Asian 331, Modern China
University of California, Los Angeles
PS 160, Introduction to Japanese Government and Politics
Service
Co-editor of a special issue on gender politics in Japan and the US with Melissa Deckman, Mari Miura, and Ki-young Shin for the American Political Science Association and Japan American Women Political Scientists Symposium (2019-to the present)
Mentor to minority women in the profession (doctoral students, post-docs, and junior faculty), American Political Science Association (2019-to the present).
University of Bridgeport (2017-19)
Chair, Political Science Program (2018-19)
Academic Advising for two majors: 1) Political Science and 2) International Political Economy and Diplomacy/Asia)
General Education Committee
Honors Committee
Faculty Advisory Council for the Heckman Center, Bridgeport Plan
Faculty Advisor to F.E.M.A.L.E.S. (student leadership organization supporting minority women)
Franklin & Marshall College (2011-17)
Organizer of the Minority Faculty and Staff Alliance
Provost Committee on Faculty Diversity and Recruitment
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Committee
Day of Dialogue Planning Committee
President’s First-Generation Allies Group
International and Off-Campus Studies Committee
Faculty advisor to the Black Student Union for the campus Dream Speaker Common Hour with Dr. Cornel West
Student Conduct Committee
Public Affairs Lecture Fund Committee
East Asian Studies Group, faculty mentor
Academic advising for International Studies majors or minors on East Asia
Admissions Autumn Open House Academic Panel and Interest Fair
Asian American Alliance faculty advisor
Government Club Advisor
Invited by Carol Cohn to contribute my gender politics syllabus to the Consortium on Gender, Security and Human Rights resource database
Other Relevant Experiences or Trainings
Board Member, Lancaster YWCA (2020-22) and serving on the Nominating Committee of the YWCA board (recruitment and onboarding of new board members)
Worked for the former mayor, John Heilman (and his deputy mayor, Fran Solomon), and the City Council of the City of West Hollywood, CA on LGBT rights.
Counseling Asst. to Gaby Solomon, Director of Student Affairs at the UCLA International Institute. Advised for BA programs in African, East Asian, International Development, Latin American, Middle Eastern and North African, and Southeast Asian Studies; and the MA program for East Asian Studies. Assisted with degree progress and advising for graduate and fellowship applications, and internships. Also advised social science majors for the College at UCLA.
Served as a Teaching Assistant and mentor for a summer program that helps students from underrepresented backgrounds transition into their first year at UCLA. (Freshmen Summer Program, FSP).
Lancaster City’s Public Arts Diversity Sub-Committee
Former Board Member, World Affairs Council
Competencies in course design (Dee Fink’s Significant Learning, March 2020; and Ken Bain’s Best Teachers Institute, Super Courses, Spring 2021 Saturday Seminar) and for online learning.
Completed trainings with Temple University’s IDEAL Office, for LGBTQIA Safe Zone I and II, March, 2020; the Racial Equity Institute, January 17-19, 2020; and the Western States Center, Confronting White Nationalism, March 5-7, 2021.
