Japanese Program Faculty

Michiko Yusa (on research leave: F2011 & S2012)
Professor of Japanese and East Asian Studies.
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara.
Areas of Expertise: Religious philosophy, Nishida philosophy.
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Massimiliano Tomasi [Major & Minor Advisor]
Professor of Japanese.
Ph.D., Nagoya University (Japan).
Areas of Expertise: Modern Japanese literature, Japanese Rhetoric.
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Masanori Deguchi [Section Coordinator, Study Abroad Advisor]
Assistant Professor of Japanese and Linguistics.
Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington.
Areas of Expertise: Theoretical linguistics: syntax, semantics, syntax-phonology interface, Japanese linguistics.
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Madoka Kusakabe
Visiting Assistant Professor of Japanese.
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The Department of Modern and Classical Languages
Western Washington University