Background
Waters, Virginia Susan Skord was born on September 4, 1952 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Daughter of Charles Robert and Evelyn Virginia (Hare) Skord.
Waters, Virginia Susan Skord was born on September 4, 1952 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Daughter of Charles Robert and Evelyn Virginia (Hare) Skord.
Bachelor in Asian Studies, Connecticut College, 1974; Master of Science in Japanese and Linguistics, Georgetown University, 1981; Doctor of Philosophy in East Asian Literature, Cornell Univercity, 1987.
Teacher St. Joseph College, Yokohama, Japan, 1975-1976. Editor Hypertext Preprocessor Magazine, Tokyo, 1977-1978. From assistant professor to associate professor Manhattanville College, Purchase, New York, since 1989.
Adjunct professor Columbia University, New York City, 1987, Hunter College, New York City, 1988. Referee Monumenta Nipponica, Tokyo, University Hawaii Press. Consultant editor Mangajin, Atlanta, since 1991.
Lecturer in field.
Member Modern Language Association, Association for Asian Studies, Association Teachers Japanese, Japan Society.
Married Christopher Robert Helm, November 25, 1975 (divorced October 1984). 1 child, Jessica Susan Helm. Married William George Waters, September 10, 1985.