Faculty

Professor of History
Public Affairs Center 135
860-685-2375

Chair, Asian Languages and Literatures

Professor, East Asian Studies
860-685-2375

Professor, Science in Society
860-685-2375

wjohnston@wesleyan.edu

BA Elmira College
MA Harvard University
PHD Harvard University

EAST419 - 01
Student Forum

HIST271 - 01
Atomic Bomb & Japan in History

HIST362 - 03
Issues Contemp Historiography

HIST409 - 20
Senior Thesis Tutorial

SISP409 - 07
Senior Thesis Tutorial

EAST201 - 01
Pro-Seminar

EAST402 - 07
Individual Tutorial, Undergrad

HIST323 - 01
Religion and History

HIST410 - 30
Senior Thesis Tutorial

SISP410 - 08
Senior Thesis Tutorial

Office Hours:
Spring 2012: Tuesday mornings, 10 to 12, or by appointment.

Research Interests:
My current research topics are: Syphilis in Early Modern Japan Warfare and State Formation in Sixteenth Century Japan The Historiography of Amino Yoshihiko

Scholarly Keywords:
Modern Japanese History

BA Miyagi Gakuin Woman's College

JAPN205 - 01
Intermediate Japanese I

JAPN491 - 02
Teaching Apprentice Tutorial

JAPN104 - 02
Elementary Japanese II

JAPN206 - 01
Intermediate Japanese II

JAPN492 - 02
Teaching Apprentice Tutorial

Associate Professor of Asian Languages and Literatures
Fisk Hall 313
860-685-3456

Associate Professor, East Asian Studies
860-685-3456

tkawashima@wesleyan.edu

BA Cornell University
MA Harvard University
PHD Harvard University

Office Hours:
TBA

Assistant Professor of Asian Languages and Literatures
Fisk Hall 313
860-685-3453

Assistant Professor, East Asian Studies
Fisk Hall 313
860-685-3453

mnakamura@wesleyan.edu

BA University of California, Los Angeles
MA Columbia University
PHD Stanford University

ALIT207 - 01
Japanese Women Writers

JAPN219 - 01
Fourth-Year Japanese

ALIT202 - 01
Japanese Horror

JAPN220 - 01
Fourth-Year Japanese

Scholarly Keywords:
Modern Japanese Literature; Fantastic Fiction, Gender Theory, Popular Culture.

Adjunct Associate Professor of Asian Languages and Literatures
Fisk Hall 303
860-685-3458

Adjunct Associate Professor, East Asian Studies
860-685-3458

etakahashi@wesleyan.edu

BA University of Iowa
MA University of Iowa
PHD University of Pittsburgh

JAPN103 - 01
Elementary Japanese I

JAPN103 - 02
Elementary Japanese I

JAPN217 - 01
Third-Year Japanese I

JAPN491 - 01
Teaching Apprentice Tutorial

JAPN491 - 03
Teaching Apprentice Tutorial

JAPN104 - 01
Elementary Japanese II

JAPN218 - 01
Third-Year Japanese II

JAPN492 - 01
Teaching Apprentice Tutorial

Office Hours:
MT 11-12, WF 2-3 (FALL 2011)

BA Beijing University
MA Washington University
PHD Yale University

ALIT225 - 01
Introduction to Chinese Poetry

CHIN217 - 01
Third-Year Chinese

CHIN401 - 01
Individual Tutorial, Undergrad

ALIT212 - 01
Gender in Chinese Literature

CHIN218 - 01
Third-Year Chinese

CHIN402 - 01
Individual Tutorial, Undergrad

BA Yale University
PHD Yale University

ALIT210 - 01
Japanese Culture through Food

CHIN205 - 01
Intermediate Chinese

MUSC405 - 45
Music Lessons/Nonmusic Majors

MUSC406 - 45
Music Lessons/Music Majors

MUSC428 - 01
Chinese Music Ensemble

CHIN206 - 01
Intermediate Chinese

MUSC405 - 45
Music Lessons/Nonmusic Majors

MUSC406 - 45
Music Lessons/Music Majors

MUSC428 - 01
Chinese Music Ensemble

Personal Homepage:
http://pwengweb.wesleyan.edu

Assistant Professor of Asian Languages and Literatures
Fisk Hall 307
860-685-3389

Assistant Professor, East Asian Studies
Fisk Hall 307
860-685-3389

swu03@wesleyan.edu

BA Fudan University
MA Fudan University
PHD University of California, Los Angeles

ALIT226 - 01
Chinese Fiction & Film

CHIN221 - 01
Fourth-Year Chinese

CHIN221 - AU01
Fourth-Year Chinese

EAST409 - 02
Senior Thesis Tutorial

ALIT257 - 01
20th C. Chinese Literature

CHIN222 - 01
Fourth-Year Chinese

MA Wesleyan University

CHIN101 - 01
Chinese Character Writing

CHIN103 - 01
Elementary Chinese

CHIN103 - 02
Elementary Chinese

CHIN104 - 01
Elementary Chinese

CHIN104 - 02
Elementary Chinese

Office Hours:
10:00 - 12:00 am, Wednesday

BA Aichi Prefectural Women's College
MA Michigan State University
MA Indiana University Bloomington
PHD Indiana University Bloomington

Office Hours:
by appointment 204 Wasch Center for Retired Faculty 51 Lawn Avenue

Research Interests:
Minority writers of modern Japan Content-based instruction in JFL using literary works

Scholarly Keywords:
Modern Japanese literature
Japanese pedagogy

Academic Associations:
Association of Asian studies
Association of Teachers of Japanese
Modern Language Association

FFaculty Emerita, 2006 -

BA Wellesley College
MA Tufts University
MA Harvard University
PHD Harvard University
MAA Wesleyan University