Professional Service

• U.S.-Japan Women’s Journal, Riverside, Calif. : Jōsai University Center for Inter-Cultural Studies and Education and the Purdue University Dept. of History. Role: Reviewer. Article Manuscript Review. 08/2016 - 01/2017

Internal Service

• Search Committee for Assistant Professor of Japanese. Committee Member, 08/2016 - present. Department service.
• Language Teaching Committee. 09/2013 - 05/2015. Department service.
• FLAS Application Review Committee. 09/01/2013 - 05/01/2014. College service.
• College Executive Committee. Elected Dept. Representative, 08/2013 - 04/30/2014. College service.
• Asian Studies Advisory Committee. 09/2012 - present. Other service.
• FLAS Application Review Committee. 09/01/2012 - 05/01/2013. College service.

Outreach

• Public lecture for the Asian Forum Series at Utah State University titled, "Rice, Ramen, and Rikyu: Japanese National and Cultural Identities Shaped through Food" http://lpcs.usu.edu/Rice_Ramen_and%20_Rikyu_2016.pdf. 10/28/2016 - 10/28/2016

Honors & Awards

• Travel Grant for archival research at the National Diet Library and Ministry of the Interior Library. Northeast Asia Council Japanese Studies Short Term Travel Grant, 09/02/2015
• Travel grant for research in Japan. College of Humanities International Travel Grant, 09/02/2015
• Faculty Fellowship Grant received for preparation of the manuscript titled _Gendered Power in Meiji Women’s Education (1890-1911). This project examines the paradoxical nature of Japanese women’s influence and authority within the field of education during a period characterized by disenfranchisement, entrenched Confucian definitions of women’s familial roles, and rapid transformation and upheaval brought about by industrialization. University of Utah Faculty Fellowship, 08/2015