Karen Nakamura
Karen Nakamura (born October 23, 1970[1]) is an American academic, author, filmmaker, photographer and Associate Professor of Anthropology and East Asian Studies at Yale University.[2]
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]
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- Deaf Identities, Sign Languages, and Minority Social Movement Politics in Modern Japan (1868-2000) (2001)
- About American Sign Language (2006)
- Deaf in Japan: Signing and the Politics of Identity (2006)
- Deaf Resource Library (2009)
Honors
- Association for Asian Studies, John Whitney Hall Book Prize, 2008[4]
- Abe Fellowship, Social Science Research Council and Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership, 2003[5]
Notes
- ↑ "Karen Nakamura". Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved January 30, 2011.
- 1 2 3 Yale University, Nakamura faculty bio notes
- ↑ WorldCat Identities: Nakamura, Karen, 1970-
- ↑ John Whitney Hall Book Prize of the Association for Asian Studies, list
- ↑ Abe Fellow, Karen Nakamura, "The Reformulation and Expansion of Disability Politics in Japan and the United States," 2003