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Medieval Japanese renga; Buddhism and medieval Japanese aesthetics; Heian women's writing and self-representation; theories and problems of translation.

• Affiliation(s)

  • Center for Japanese Studies
  • Department of Asian Languages and Cultures

• Fields of Study

  • Japanese Literature

• Education

  • PhD, Japanese Literature, Harvard University, 1983
  • MA, Japanese, University of California (Berkeley), 1973
  • BA, English and Comparative Literature, University of the Philippines, 1966

• Awards

  • Faculty Research Grant for the Medieval Poetics, Buddhism, and Sasamegoto Translation Publication Projects, University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies, 2003-2004
  • Faculty Fellow, University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities, 1999-2000
  • Career Development Fund for Women Faculty Award, Winter 1999
  • Rackham Faculty Recognition Award, 1998
  • Conference Funding Grants: Japan Foundation, Association for Asian Studies, Center for Japanese Studies, 1997-1998