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Marc Yamada

Professor | Interdisciplinary Humanities
Curriculum Vitae
Department of Comparative Arts and Letters
Email: marc_yamada@byu.edu

JFSB 3037
BYU, Campus Dr
Provo, UT 84602

801-422-2550

Biography

Biography

Marc Yamada received a BA in Japanese and International Relations and a MA in Comparative Studies from Brigham Young University and a PhD in Japanese Literature & Culture from UC Berkeley. Marc has published articles on modern Japanese literature, film, and manga and a book on  Japan’s Heisei Period: Locating Heisei in Japanese Fiction & Film: the Historical Imagination of the Lost Decades (Routledge, 2019). He is the recipient of a Fulbright fellowship, a scholarship from The Japanese Ministry of Education, and a Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship from the US Department of Education. Marc has lived with his wife, Mikilani, and sons, Kyle and Sean, in Tokyo, Berkeley, Iowa City, and Winston Salem. They are excited to be back at BYU!

Degrees

PhD, University of California, Berkeley, MA, Brigham Young U., BA, Brigham Young U., 

Research Interests

Japanese and East Asian film, literature, culture

Teaching Interests

Literature, film, and culture.

Education

  • PhD, Japanese Literature , UC Berkeley (2006)
  • MA, Comparative Literature , Brigham Young University (2000)
  • BA, Japanese , International Relations, Brigham Young University (1997)

Honors and Awards

  • Scheuber-Veinz Professorship, College of Humanities, BYU (2023 - 2026)
  • P.A. Christensen Lectureship, College of Humanities, BYU (2023 - 2024)
  • One-Year Fellowship, The Humanities Center,, The Humanities Center, College of Humanities, BYU (2021 - 2022)
  • Archie Fund for the Arts and Humanities , Wake Forest University (2011 - 2012)
  • Fulbright-Hays Fellowship, US Dept of Education (2003 - 2004)
  • FLAS Fellowship, US Dept of Education (2001 - 2001)

Administrative Assignments

  • Asian Studies : International Area Studies Coordinator (2022 - Present)
  • International Cinema : Director (2018 - 2021)
  • University Academic Review Committee : Other (Appointed by a VP) (2016 - 2021)

Professional Citizenship

  • Committee/Council Chair, Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies (2021 - Present)
  • Board Member, Journal of Popular Culture (2019 - Present)

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