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Kaitlyn Ugoretz

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PhD Candidate, East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Kaitlyn Ugoretz is a PhD Candidate at the University of California, Santa Barbara and an expert in Japanese religions, globalization, digital technology, and popular culture. Her dissertation research focuses on a digital ethnography of global Shinto practitioners and the growth of online Shinto communities. She is more generally interested in issues relating to authority, authenticity, belonging, and innovation in East Asian religions in the age of digital technology and social media. Kaitlyn has experience consulting on Japanese religion and popular culture for game and animation projects, and she hosts the educational YouTube channel, Eat Pray Anime.

Experience

  • –present
    PhD Candidate, East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies, University of California Santa Barbara

Education

  • 2017 
    University of Pennsylvania, BA, East Asian Languages and Civilizations
  • 2017 
    University of Pennsylvania, MA, East Asian Languages and Civilizations

Grants and Contracts

  • 2021
    Doctoral Research Fellowship
    Role:
    Recipient
    Funding Source:
    Japan Foundation, New York
  • 2021
    Sacred Writes Public Scholarship Training Award
    Role:
    Recipient
    Funding Source:
    Henry Luce Foundation
  • 2021
    Individualized Professionalization Skills Grant
    Role:
    Recipient
    Funding Source:
    University of California, Santa Barbara
  • 2020
    International Dissertation Research Fellowship
    Role:
    Recipient
    Funding Source:
    Social Science Research Council
  • 2020
    Research Accelerator Award
    Role:
    Recipient
    Funding Source:
    Japan Foundation/UCSB Graduate Division

Professional Memberships

  • American Academy of Religion
  • Association for Asian Studies