Graduated from the University of Sydney in 2004 with the dissertation exploring the Japanese social and sex phenomenon of 'Enjo Kosai'. In 2007 as a Japanese MEXT scholarship recipient joint the Department of Value and Decision Science (VALDES) at Tokyo Institute of Technology, where research focuses on economic development, official development assistance (ODA) from Japan to Vietnam. Key research interest includes exploring Japanese contemporary comparative cultures, socio-political change, Vietnamese political economy and societal changes.
Experience
–present
Casual Lecturer in Japanese Social, Political Change; Japanese Studies, University of Technology, Sydney
Education
2008
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Phd Candidate
2004
University of Sydney, MA in Asian Studies
2002
University of Technology, Sydney, BA in Social Science and BA in International Studies
Research Areas
Globalisation And Culture (200206)
Japanese Language (200312)
Religion And Society (220405)
Economic Development And Growth (140202)
International And Development Communication (200103)
Language, Communication And Culture Not Elsewhere Classified (209999)
Culture, Gender, Sexuality (200205)
Studies Of Asian Society (169903)
Asian History (210302)
Asian Cultural Studies (200202)
Political Science (1606)
Political Science Not Elsewhere Classified (160699)
International Relations (160607)
Language, Communication And Culture (20)
Philosophy Of Specific Cultures (Incl. Comparative Philosophy) (220316)