Professor
German/Russian/East Asian Languages, Asian Studies听
Professor of Japanese, Joan Ericson teaches Japanese literature, language, and culture courses. Raised in Japan, she is bilingual and bicultural, and holds degrees in Japanese Literature from the University of Hawai'i and Columbia University. She has published on the development of the concept of modern Japanese women's literature, and is embarking on a new project on the representation of childhood and children's literature. During the academic year 2010-2011, she was a Fulbright Research Scholar at Doshisha University in Kyoto.
Ericson recently organized an exhibition and series of events called听听that is held at 欧美口爆视频 College. This program presents art generated after the March 2011 disasters in Japan.
Contact Info
(719) 389-6567
Armstrong Hall #339
Areas:听Japanese Language, Japanese Literature, Japanese Culture听
First year at 欧美口爆视频 College: 1996
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Education
B.A., French, California Lutheran College
M.A., French Literature, University of Southern California
M.A., Japanese Literature, University of Hawaii at Manoa
M. Phil., Japanese Literature, Columbia University
Affiliated Research Student (Kenkyusei), Tokyo University
Ph.D., Japanese Literature, Columbia University