Teaching

College & University Positions:

  • University of Colorado, Boulder: 
    • ALC Department Chair, January 2020-present
    • Professor, 2017-present
    • 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 

Areas of Specialization:

Premodern Japanese Literature (particularly late Heian, Kamakura, Muromachi, and early Edo periods); Japanese Buddhist Literature; Heian and Medieval Poetry and Poetics; Seventeenth-century Puppet Theater; Medieval Warrior Fiction; Japanese Narrative Painting 

Undergraduate Courses Taught at CU:

  • JPNS 1012, "Introduction to Japanese Civilization"
  • JPNS 2811, "Heroes and the Supernatural: Word and Image in Old Japan"
  • JPNS 3811, "Classical Japanese Literature in Translation"
  • JPNS 3821, "Monsters, Monks, and Mayhem: Medieval Japanese Literature in Translation"
  • JPNS 4310, "Classical Japanese 1"
  • JPNS 4320, "Classical Japanese 2"

Graduate Courses Taught at CU: 

  • JPNS 5010, "Bibliography and Research Methods"
  • JPNS 5310, "Advanced Classical Japanese 1"
  • JPNS 5320, "Advanced Classical Japanese 2"
  • JPNS 5410, "Medieval Prose Literature"
  • JPNS 5420, "Japanese Buddhism and Literature"
  • JPNS 5480, "Topics in Medieval Literature"
  • JPNS 5920, "Topics in Modern Literature: Class and Culture in Meiji Fiction"