Area of Expertise: Japan
Dennehy, Kristine
Professor of History
Chair of the History Department
Areas of Knowledge
- Japanese colonialism in Korea
- Korean ethnic minority in Japan
- Post-1945 Japanese history
Kakihara, Satoko
Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures
Areas of Knowledge
- Modern Japanese Literature
- Contemporary Japanese Culture
Lagerberg, Don
Professor Emeritus of Art
Areas of Knowledge
- Figure drawing and painting
- Head and hands drawing
- Portraiture (historical and contemporary)
- Character design (historical and contemporary)
- Scene design (historical and contemporary)
- Storyboarding
- Aspects of the arts as they relate to certain periods in ancient art
- Western art since 1400
- Japanese 19th century
- Popular culture
- Comics in America
- Production design for film
Self, Eriko
Professor of Psychology
Chair, Psychology Department
Areas of Knowledge
- visual perception
Watanabe, Kazuha
Assistant Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures
Areas of Knowledge
- Linguistics
- French language
- Japanese history
- Japan
- ballroom dance
- historical linguistics
- Japanese language
- Romance language
- typology
- Japanese culture
- Asian culture
- Spanish language
- Asian languages
