Montana State University
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Associate Professor Emerita
The University of Michigan
Center for Japanese Studies
Affiliate
Research field (3):
Local studies
, Gender studies
, Cultural anthropology and folklore
Research keywords (5):
Gender
, Popular Culture
, Feminism
, Social Movements
, Anthropology
Research theme for competitive and other funds (5):
2023 - 2023 The Unification Church, “Family Education,” and Local Politics
2017 - 2017 The “History Wars” and the Japanese Right-wing in the U.S.: The Controversy over the “Comfort Woman” Statue in Glendale, CA
2015 - 2016 行動する女たちの会 DVD作成
2010 - 2013 The role of the internet in changing landscape of social movements: the emergence of new racism and nationalism in contemporary Japan
2008 - 2010 メディアイベントとしての「男女共同参画」と「ジェンダーフリー論争」の未来
Papers (18):
Yoshiaki Yoshimi, Emi Koyama, Norma Field, Tomomi Yamaguchi. Response to “Contracting for sex in the Pacific War” by J. Mark Ramseyer. International Review of Law and Economics. 2023. 76
Tomomi Yamaguchi. Abe and the Unification Church: Opposing Gender Equality and LGBTQ+ Rights. The Asia-Pacific Journal, Japan Focus. 2022. 18. 6
Tomomi Yamaguchi. Ramseyer, the Japanese Right-wing and the “History Wars”. Journal of International Women's Studies. 2022. 24. 9
Tomomi Yamaguchi. The “history wars” and the “comfort woman” issue: Revisionism and the right-wing in contemporary Japan and the U.S. Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus. 2020. 18. 6. 1-23
Japan’s Right-wing Women and the “Comfort Women” Issue. Georgetown Journal of Asian Affairs. 2020. 6. 45-54
“How did Japan mix seemingly liberal gender policies (i.e. “womenomics”) with authoritarian approaches to its colonial history?”
("Challenges to Citizenship: Authoritarianism in East Asia" webinar, Syracuse University 2023)
The Unification Church and the Politics of Gender, Sexuality and Family
(European Association for Japanese Studies conference, Ghent, Belgium 2023)
RoundtableRoundtable presenter “Precarities in Public Scholarship and on Public Platforms in Japanese Studies.”
(Modern Language Association, annual meeting 2023)
“The ‘History Wars’ and Japan’s Right-wing”
(“Comfort Women: Gendered Violence of Militarism.” DePaul Humanities Center, DePaul University 2023)
“Japan’s Far Right, Gender and Family.”
(Re-discovering the Work of Mishima Yukio, Fifty Years Out.” Portland State University 2021)
- 2004 University of Michigan Department of Anthropology Ethnology, Ph.D.
- 1992 University of Michigan Women's Studies Program Women's Studies, Graduate Certificate
- 1992 University of Michigan Department of Communication Communication Studies, M.A.
- 1990 International Christian University Liberal Arts Division of Language (Communication Major)
Professional career (4):
Ph.D. in Anthropology (University of Michigan)
M.A. in Communication Studies (University of Michigan)
Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies (University of Michigan)
B.A. in Liberal Arts (International Christian University)
Work history (8):
2024/09 - 現在 Ritsumeikan University College of International Relations Professor
2024/05 - 現在 Montana State University
2023/11 - 現在 The University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies Affiliate
2013/08 - 2024/05 Montana State University Department of Sociology & Anthropology Associate Professor
2018/09 - 2023/05 Montana State University Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program Director
2014/08 - 2015/06 Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Visiting Scholar
2007/08 - 2013/07 Montana State Univeresity Department of Sociology & Anthropology Assistant Professor
2004/09 - 2007/06 Center for East Asian Studies, University of Chicago Post-doctoral Scholar
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Committee career (2):
Society for East Asian Anthropology, American Anthropological Association Program Editors Committee
Society for East Asian Anthropology, American Anthropological Association Councilor
Awards (2):
2023/03 - College of Letters and Science, Montana State University Outstanding Teaching Award (Excellence in teaching that enhances our University and College’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
2018 - Montana State University Betty Coffey Award
Association Membership(s) (6):
The Women's Studies Association of Japan
, National Women's Studies Association
, Association for Asian Studies
, Association for Feminist Anthropology
, Society for East Asian Anthropology
, American Anthropological Association