Linda Hasunuma, Ph.D.

lhasunuma@gmail.com


Assistant Director

Temple University, Center for the Advancement of Teaching

Year of PhD: 2010

Country: United States (Pennsylvania)

About Me:

I earned my B.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles. As Assistant Director of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching, I develop and facilitate trainings and workshops to support active learning, student-centered teaching, and inclusive pedagogy. With two decades of teaching experience at institutions ranging from large research universities to liberal arts colleges on the east and west coast, I have dedicated my career to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education. At previous institutions and within my discipline, I created initiatives to support women, minorities, and first-generation students and faculty. At Temple, I will focus on inclusive pedagogy and continue my work on mentoring initiatives for women and minorities in higher education. Recent scholarship includes peer-reviewed publications on gender and ethnic politics, Japan-S. Korea relations, the politics of commemorating comfort women in the US, and the #MeToo movement. I have given commentary to the BBC World News, The Economist, and WBEZ's Worldview/NPR; and presented at national and international conferences for my work on Asia. Please see my website for the most current information about my scholarship, teaching, media interviews, and service to the profession: http://www.lindahasunuma.com/

Research Interests

Asian Politics

Gender and Politics

Gender & Institutions

Gender And Politics

Womenomics

Japan-South Korea

Comfort Women

Korean Americans

Countries of Interest

Japan

South Korea

My Research:

My dissertation was on the decentralization and structural reforms implemented by the Japanese government during the Koizumi administration. My current research agenda is on women's activism and participation in civil society in Japan and South Korea; womenomics and gender equality policies and institutions in Japan; the local, national, and transnational politics of commemorating the Comfort Women issue; and transnational networks and their impact on international relations and gender issues. I am also actively involved in communities dedicated to the diversity, inclusion, and retention of minority students and faculty, especially women of color. I can speak about Japan, the Koreas, and East Asian politics (domestic and international) as well as on gender politics more broadly, including the #metoo movement in East Asia. I can also comment on diversity, inclusion, and the advancement of minorities in higher education.