Wherever I am, the world comes after me.
It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it.
Now I understand why the old poets of China went so far
and high into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist.
"The Old Poets of China" by Mary Oliver

▼ EDUCATION & RESEARCH

Education & Research

    • AB in Interdisciplinary Studies (Psychology and History), Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines, 2001
    • MA in Japanese Studies, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 2005
    • D. Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan, 2010

Courses Taught

    • AS 221 Modern Japanese Texts
    • AS 234 Special Topics: Northeast Asia (History in/with/from Comics)
    • Int Jap A Elementary Japanese
    • Int Jap B Intermediate Japanese