Karen Nakamura

Karen Nakamura (born 23 October 1970[1]) is an American academic, author, filmmaker, photographer and Associate Professor of Anthropology and East Asian Studies at Yale University.[2]

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Early life

Nakamura was awarded a B.A. in Psychology from Cornell University in 1993. She continued her studies at Yale University, earning an M.Phil. in Socio-Cultural Anthropology in 1998. She was awarded her Ph.D. at Yale in 2001.[2]

Career

Nakamura is currently an associate professor at Yale in the Department of Anthropology. She has previously worked at Macalester College and Bowdoin College.[2]

Selected works

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Karen Nakamura, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 9 works in 10+ publications in 1 language and 400+ library holdings.[3]

Honors

Notes

  1. ^ "Karen Nakamura". Library of Congress Authorities. http://authorities.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?AuthRecID=6778128&v2=1&HC=1&SEQ=20110130102312&PID=vTjqVnWI0f_wxQYOr7OutbTVqj. Retrieved 30 January 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c Yale University, Nakamura faculty bio notes
  3. ^ WorldCat Identities: Nakamura, Karen, 1970-
  4. ^ John Whitney Hall Book Prize of the Association for Asian Studies, list
  5. ^ Abe Fellow, Karen Nakamura, "The Reformulation and Expansion of Disability Politics in Japan and the United States," 2003