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Ph.D., Political Economy, University of Washington (Seattle) Phone: (207) 872-3445 (Office) |
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GO255: Introduction to Chinese Politics GO357: Political Economy of Regionalism GO131A: International Relations (Fall '02) GO261: Japanese Politics (Fall '02) |
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In a former life, I was a journalist, serving briefly as a stringer
for CBS News and – for a much longer time – a political
reporter for The Seattle Times. (Before that, I was a cabinet-maker.)
I switched careers because I grew tired of listening to politicians
talk trash, and because I was thrilled to be paid to read (and write)
books, and to argue with other people about them. I turned my masters
thesis into a book (Asia in Japan’s Embrace, which was published
in 1996 by Cambridge University Press), and am now working to turn
my dissertation into a second book on the feedback effect of Asian
regionalization on the political economy of Japan. A future research
project will focus on the use and abuse of collective memory in the
Japan-China relationship. At Colby College, where I am an assistant
professor, I teach Introduction to International Relations, Japanese
Politics, Chinese Politics, and the Political Economy of Regionalization.
I also serve as editor of The Japanese Economy, a journal published
by M.E. Sharpe.