Associate Professor of Political Science
B.A. University of Tokyo; M.A., Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
Theories of international relations and comparative politics, globalization and the future of the nation-state, nationalism, Soviet and post-Soviet politics
t-anno@sophia.ac.jp
Professor of Sociology
B.A. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; M.A., Ph.D. University of Chicago
Sexuality, marriage and courtship, transnational cultures in Asia, Chinese society, Shanghai and Tokyo
j-farrer@sophia.ac.jp
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., University of California, Davis; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
Modern Chinese history, urban history, Japanese imperialism and
colonialism in China, the regional history of Northeast China,
globalization and Chinese cities
Associate Professor of Political Science
B.A., Keio University; M.A. Hitotsubashi University; M.A. and M.Phil, Yale University; Ph.D., Yale University
Agrarian and environmental politics, political economy of development, power, dominationand resistance, Southeast Asia
Assistant Professor of Religion
B.A. Beloit College; M.A., Syracuse University; Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara
Hermeneutics of contact situations/indigenous religions, religion and colonialism, popular religious movements
muraka-t@sophia.ac.jp
Professor of Political Science
B.A. University of Tokyo; B.A. University of Oxford; M.A., Ph.D. Princeton University
Party politics and policy change, decentralization in France/Japan, administrative reform, transnational policy ideas
knakano@sophia.ac.jp
Associate Professor of Sociology
B.A. International Christian University; M.A. University of Toronto; Ph.D. Harvard University
Globalization, international migration and social policies
nana_oishi@sophia.ac.jp
Professor of Sociology
B.A. Oberlin College; M.A., Ph.D. Harvard University
China, political sociology, economic sociology
davidwank@yahoo.com
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
B.A. State University of New York, Albany; M.A., Ph.D. Columbia University
Cultural and social anthropology, modernity, critical theory, history, Japan
takwatanabe.sophia@gmail.com