Academic Positions
2022-Present Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, University of Tokyo
2012-2022 Tenured Associate Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, University of Tokyo
2008-2012 Associate Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of Tokyo
2003-2008 Associate Professor, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo
2002-2003 Assistant Professor, Department of History, The University of Florida
2001-2002 Visiting Lecturer, Department of History, Michigan State University
Education
2002 Ph.D. in History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1996 M.A. in History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1992 A.B. in Asian Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Other Professional Activity
2020-Present Editor and Web Designer, Japanese Media and Popular Culture.
2014-Present Advisory Board Member, InVisible Culture: An Electronic Journal for Visual Culture
2014 “The World Hobbit Project” (with Martin Barker, Matt Hills, and Ernest Mathijs).
2008-Present International Editorial Board Member, Social Science Japan Journal (Oxford UP)
2003-2008 Managing Editor, Social Science Japan Journal (Oxford UP)