Background
Shibusawa was born in Japan in 1964.
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Naoko Shibusawa
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She received a Doctor of Philosophy in History from Northwestern in 1998, with a major focus in American history in the 20th century and a minor focus in Modern Japan from 1850 to the present. After completing her Doctor of Philosophy, Shibusawa received a position as an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 2000.
Career
She moved to the United States in her youth, growing up in New York, Texas and California. She received a Bachelor of Arts in History from University College Berkeley in 1987. She received a Northwestern University Graduate Fellowship in 1989, completing an Master of Arts in History from Northwestern University in 1993.
During the pursuit of a Doctor of Philosophy at Northwestern, Shibusawa received the Center for International and Comparative Studies Graduate Grant and a fellowship from Chicago chapter of the National Association of Japan-America Societies.
Shibusawa left Hawaii for Brown University in 2004, starting as an Assistant Professor of History. Shibusawa was promoted to an Associate Professor of History in 2008.
Shibusawa has received the Andrew West. Mellon Fellowship in 2004 and the Andrew West. Mellon Career Enhancement Fellowship in 2007. Shibusawa currently teaches courses at Brown about 20th century United States. history, Cold War cultural history and foreign relations of the United States.
In addition to her academic appointments, Shibusawa is currently affiliated with the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, the American Studies Association and the Association for Asian American Studies.
She is primarily interested in how ideas and ideologies undergird United States. empire and foreign policy. This book explores American depictions of Japan through mass media during World World War World War II Shibusawa is currently working on a book called Seduced by the East: The Treason Trial of John David Provoo. This forthcoming book is expected to be published by the University of North Carolina Press.
Achievements
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Shibusawa identifies as a 20th-century United States. cultural historian and studies United States. imperialism and political culture. Additionally, Shibusawa has published multiple articles in the Journal of Asian American Studies, The American Historical Review, the Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History and has reviewed articles in the Pacific Historical Review, the Journal of American History, and the Journal of World History.
