Curriculum Vitae

Education:

  • Yale University, 1994-99; M.A., 1996; Ph.D., Dec. 1999
  • Rikkyō University, 1997-98
  • Columbia University, 1992-93; M.A., 1994
  • Colorado College, 1986-90; B.A. (cum laude), 1990

Teaching:

  • University of Colorado, Boulder:
    • Professor, 2017-present
    • ALC Department Chair, January 2020-June 2025
    • Associate Professor, 2009-2017
    • Assistant Professor, 2006-2009
  • Colby College: Assistant Professor, 2001-2005
  • University of Virginia, Charlottesville: Assistant Professor, 2000-2001
  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor: Visiting Assistant Professor, 1999-2000
  • Yale University: Teaching Fellow, 1995-1997 

Selected Publications:

  • Preachers, Poets, Women, and the Way: Izumi Shikibu and the Buddhist Literature of Medieval Japan (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies, 2008).
  • Wondrous Brutal Fictions: Eight Buddhist Tales from the Early Japanese Puppet Theater (New York: Columbia University Press, 2013).
  • Monsters, Animals, and Other Worlds: A Collection of Short Medieval Japanese Tales (New York: Columbia University Press, 2018), co-edited with Haruo Shirane.