Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
David C. Atherton is a scholar of literature, focusing primarily on Japan’s early modern period (also known as the Edo or Tokugawa period, ca. 1600-1867...
Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History On Leave Spring 2024
Andrew Gordon’s teaching and research focus primarily on modern Japan but he has also taught Japan’s premodern history and courses on comparative history...
Department Chair Robert K. and Dale J. Weary Professor of Japanese History
Professor David L. Howell grew up in Hilo, Hawai'i. After graduating from the University of Hawai'i at Hilo, he studied at Hokkaido University in Sapporo...
Professor of the Practice of Japanese Language Director of the Japanese Language Program
Professor Wesley Jacobsen was born in Tokyo and raised largely in Japan, returning to the U.S. in his later high school years. After graduating from...
Senior Preceptor in Japanese (on leave in academic year 2023-24)
Yuko Kageyama-Hunt has been teaching in the Japanese Language Program (JLP) since 2001, first as a preceptor, then since 2013 as senior preceptor. She has...
Reischauer Institute Professor of Cultural History Director of Undergraduate Studies, 2023-24
Shigehisa Kuriyama received his A.B. degree from Harvard's Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations in 1977 and an A.M. degree in 1978. After...
Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Japanese Art and Culture Harvard College Professor On leave 2023-24
Melissa McCormick earned a dual B.A. in art history and Japanese language and literature from the University of Michigan (1990), her Ph.D. in Japanese Art...
