Review of Asian Studies



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Nasreen Akhtar is Assistant Professor of Politics and International Relations at International Islamic University in Islamabad, Pakistan. 

Cheyenne Boyce Cheyenne Boyce is a student at Spelman College, majoring in International Studies and working toward minors in Japanese Studies and Music.  Her interest in Japan and Japanese culture began when she was in high school and expanded when she was given the opportunity to travel to Japan during her junior year of high school for a two-week study abroad experience.

Richard M. Candee is professor emeritus of American and New England Studies at Boston University and president of the Portsmouth New Hampshire Historical Society. He is the author of Atlantic Heights: A World War I Shipbuilder's Community, Building Portsmouth: The Neighborhoods and Architecture of New Hampshire's Oldest City, and numerous articles and essays.

Micaela Cook is a student at Christopher Newport University. She is an English literature major, double minoring in sociology and linguistics.

Daniel Hoshizaki is pursuing a Master of Environmental Management in the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and expect to graduate in 2013. He received a B.A. in International Studies from the University of Denver in 2008. He writes: “Currently I am studying how disasters shape the interactions between human societies and the environment. My research over the summer involves examining the recovery efforts of Japan’s Northeastern fishing industry after the March 11 disaster.”

Kuang-hao Hou is an assistant professor at the Graduate Institute of Marine Affairs, National Quemoy University, ROC. He received his PhD in Politics from the University of York, UK. Hou specialises in historical sociology and China studies. He is the author of State Domination in Modern China: An Examination of the Applicability of the IMEP Model for the Analysis of Chinese Politics in the Twentieth Century. Hou is now conducting research in order to examine the relations between political coalitions and economic development in post-militarised Quemoy. He can be reached via: kh.p.hou@gmail.com.

Victoria Kelly is an undergraduate student at Christopher Newport University pursuing a biology major and chemistry minor. She is also a member of the Honors and Pre-med Scholars Programs.

Maggie Matthews, an Honors student at Christopher Newport University, is a senior majoring in English and minoring in psychology. By incorporating a strong gender focus in much of her academic work in both fields, she hopes to one day use her knowledge and her writing to challenge the gender bias in a meaningful way.

Hannah Mauk is a student at Roanoke College majoring in History and Religion with a concentration in Anthropology.

Dequana Mervin is an Honors Student at Mary Baldwin College majoring in International Relations.

Daniel A. Métraux is Professor of Asian Studies at Mary Baldwin College and adjunct Professor of Asian History and Culture in the graduate program at the Union Institute and University. He has written extensively on Japanese and East Asian religion, history and politics. Twice a Fulbright scholar, he is a former president of the SE Chapter, Association for Asian Studies and editor of the Southeast Review of Asian Studies. He has edited the Virginia Review of Asian Studies and its predecessor since 1986.

Nghia Khac Nguyen is a Ph.D. candidate at the Graduate Institute of Political Economy, National Cheng-Kung University in Tainan City, Taiwan and a lecturer at the Hanoi University of Commerce.

Kemi Oyewole is a sophomore economics and mathematics major at Spelman College. Oyewole's interest in Japanese Studies began in her high school Japanese program and continued through her trip to participate in the inaugural International Student Environmental Summit in Yokkaichi, Japan with support from the Long Beach-Yokkaichi Sister City association. She has a special interest in contributions of women to global economic development.

Jenn-Jaw Soong is a Professor at the Graduate Institute of Political Economy, National Cheng-Kung University in Taiwan.
Jacklyn Stutts is an Honors Student at Mary Baldwin College majoring in Asian Studies. She studied at Doshisha Women’s College (Kyoto) and at Kansai Gaidai (Osaka) in 2010-2011.

John M. Thompson is an Associate Professor of Philosophy & Religious Studies at Christopher Newport University whose primary areas of interest are Buddhism and Chinese traditions.

Dave Wang PhD is Manager of Queens Library at Laurelton, New York and an Adjunct Professor at St. Johns University. In recent years, he has focused on the study of the US founders and Chinese civilization. He has delivered lectures and speeches on the topic at universities in Lisbon, London, New York, Rome, Singapore, and Tokyo. He is the author of over twenty articles on the influence of traditional Chinese civilization on the early development of the United States. His most recent publication is “The US Founders and China: The Origins of Chinese Cultural Influence on the United States,” in Education About Asia, Vol. 16, No.2, Fall 2011.



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