PROFILE
Carl is a Ph.D. candidate in East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is currently conducting fieldwork in Japan as a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science fellow. In 2020, he received a Mellon Foundation Engaging Humanities fellowship. In 2018-2019, he received a Japan Foundation Japanese Studies Dissertation Fellowship to conduct fieldwork on cultural exchange between U.S. military bases and local communities in Okinawa, Japan. He earned his BA in Interdisciplinary Studies at the Friends World Program of Long Island University (now LIU Global), and his MA in Asian Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Carl teaches courses on the society and politics of contemporary Japan, Japanese history, Japanese popular culture, Japanese language, and East Asian Cultural Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He taught U.S.-Japan Relations (2011-2015) and was the Program Coordinator for English for Academic Purposes (2012-2015) at Lakeland University Japan in Tokyo prior to starting his Ph.D. He is also an alumnus of the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme, where he worked with the Sapporo Board of Education from 2005-2008. |
RESEARCH
Carl’s research examines how the U.S.-Japan Security Alliance is experienced by Japanese and Americans at the interpersonal level. In particular, he is interested in the relationships between the military and culture, both in the sense of military bases as a site of teaching and learning about Japanese culture for Americans (and vice versa) and in terms of military interventions in mass media and popular culture.
Publications
Japan's Ageing Peace: Pacifism and Militarism in the Twenty-first Century by Tom Phuong Le [Book Review]
Pacific Affairs, Volume 95, Number 2, June 2021
“Welcome to Japan! How U.S. Marine Corps Orientation Materials Erase, Coopt, and Dismiss Local Resistance.”
Journal of American-East Asian Relations, Volume 26, Issue 4, December 9, 2019.
“Happy Wives or Hungry Witches? Non-Japanese Wives on Japanese Television.”
The Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies, Volume 14, Issue 3, December 23, 2014.
Pacific Affairs, Volume 95, Number 2, June 2021
“Welcome to Japan! How U.S. Marine Corps Orientation Materials Erase, Coopt, and Dismiss Local Resistance.”
Journal of American-East Asian Relations, Volume 26, Issue 4, December 9, 2019.
“Happy Wives or Hungry Witches? Non-Japanese Wives on Japanese Television.”
The Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies, Volume 14, Issue 3, December 23, 2014.
Guest lectures
“Okinawans and U.S. Military Bases”
Lakeland Lectures Series, Lakeland University, Japan Campus, November 10, 2022
“U.S. Troops in Japan: Status, Stigma, and SOFA”
Presented in Minorities in Japan, Meiji Gakuin University, Yokohama, Japan, September 29, 2022
“Japanese Diaspora in America”
Presented in GLOBL104 Global Diasporas, University of California, Santa Barbara (online), July 13, 2021
“Militarizing Pop Culture”
Presented in JAPAN165 Popular Culture in Modern Japan, University of California, Santa Barbara (online), July 12, 2021
“A Hentai, Sexless, Gay Utopia? Representation and Consumption of Japanese Media Abroad”
Presented in JAPAN180MJ Media and Japanese Society, University of California, Santa Barbara, April 27, 2020
"在日米軍の「サムライファンタジー」と「子供扱い」:日本文化を変えて行く軍事的男性性"
[The United States Forces Japan’s samurai fantasy and childish treatment: reshaping Japanese culture through militarized masculinity]
Presented at the School of Law and Economics, Okinawa University, Naha, July 26 and August 28, 2019.
“「サムライファンタジー」と「子供扱い」:日本文化を利用した在日米軍の軍事的男性性”
[Childish rules for “samurai warriors”: how Japanese culture is used to sustain American military masculinity].
Presented at the Center for Gender Research and Social Sciences, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, July 3, 2019
“Kingdom, Colony, Ken, or Country? Okinawan History and the Politics of Difference”
Lakeland Lecture Series, Lakeland University Japan, March 19, 2019
“Okinawa: Dual Colony”
Presented in EACS141 Environmental Justice in Asia, University of California, Santa Barbara, May 17, 2018
“Weapons of Mass Consumption: Militarization and Japanese Pop Culture"
Presented in J165 Pop Culture in Modern Japan, University of California, Santa Barbara, April 25, 2018
“Militarization and Indigeneity in Okinawa”
Presented in EACS140 Indigenous Movements in Asia, University of California, Santa Barbara, March 12, 2018
“Nature and Environment in Japanese Pop Culture”
Presented in E ASIAN120 Japanese Popular Culture, University of California, Irvine, February 26, 2018
“Not-so-soft Power? Pop Culture and Security in Japan”
Invited talk for the YCAPS/JUMP Seminar, Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies, Yokosuka, Japan, August 2, 2017
“Pokémon and the Limits of Japanese Multiculturalism.”
Presented in Japan 165: Popular Culture in Modern Japan, University of California, Santa Barbara, January 23, 2017
“‘Foreign’ Faces on Japanese TV: Embracing Diversity or Building Nationalist Mythology?”
Presented in Japan 165: Popular Culture in Modern Japan, University of California, Santa Barbara, March 3, 2016
“Pokémon and the Global Rise of “Cool Japan.”
Presented in Japan 165: Popular Culture in Modern Japan, University of California, Santa Barbara, January 14, 2016
“Hanryu: The Korean Wave in Japan.”
Lakeland Lectures Series, Lakeland University Japan, October 20, 2011.
“Soft Power and the Rise of Cool Japan.”
Presented in History 424: Twentieth Century Japan, University of Hawaii at Manoa, April 28th, 2010
“Hanryu: The Korean Wave in Japan.”
Presented in Asian Studies 312: Contemporary Asian Civilizations, University of Hawaii at Manoa, March 30, 2010
Lakeland Lectures Series, Lakeland University, Japan Campus, November 10, 2022
“U.S. Troops in Japan: Status, Stigma, and SOFA”
Presented in Minorities in Japan, Meiji Gakuin University, Yokohama, Japan, September 29, 2022
“Japanese Diaspora in America”
Presented in GLOBL104 Global Diasporas, University of California, Santa Barbara (online), July 13, 2021
“Militarizing Pop Culture”
Presented in JAPAN165 Popular Culture in Modern Japan, University of California, Santa Barbara (online), July 12, 2021
“A Hentai, Sexless, Gay Utopia? Representation and Consumption of Japanese Media Abroad”
Presented in JAPAN180MJ Media and Japanese Society, University of California, Santa Barbara, April 27, 2020
"在日米軍の「サムライファンタジー」と「子供扱い」:日本文化を変えて行く軍事的男性性"
[The United States Forces Japan’s samurai fantasy and childish treatment: reshaping Japanese culture through militarized masculinity]
Presented at the School of Law and Economics, Okinawa University, Naha, July 26 and August 28, 2019.
“「サムライファンタジー」と「子供扱い」:日本文化を利用した在日米軍の軍事的男性性”
[Childish rules for “samurai warriors”: how Japanese culture is used to sustain American military masculinity].
Presented at the Center for Gender Research and Social Sciences, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, July 3, 2019
“Kingdom, Colony, Ken, or Country? Okinawan History and the Politics of Difference”
Lakeland Lecture Series, Lakeland University Japan, March 19, 2019
“Okinawa: Dual Colony”
Presented in EACS141 Environmental Justice in Asia, University of California, Santa Barbara, May 17, 2018
“Weapons of Mass Consumption: Militarization and Japanese Pop Culture"
Presented in J165 Pop Culture in Modern Japan, University of California, Santa Barbara, April 25, 2018
“Militarization and Indigeneity in Okinawa”
Presented in EACS140 Indigenous Movements in Asia, University of California, Santa Barbara, March 12, 2018
“Nature and Environment in Japanese Pop Culture”
Presented in E ASIAN120 Japanese Popular Culture, University of California, Irvine, February 26, 2018
“Not-so-soft Power? Pop Culture and Security in Japan”
Invited talk for the YCAPS/JUMP Seminar, Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies, Yokosuka, Japan, August 2, 2017
“Pokémon and the Limits of Japanese Multiculturalism.”
Presented in Japan 165: Popular Culture in Modern Japan, University of California, Santa Barbara, January 23, 2017
“‘Foreign’ Faces on Japanese TV: Embracing Diversity or Building Nationalist Mythology?”
Presented in Japan 165: Popular Culture in Modern Japan, University of California, Santa Barbara, March 3, 2016
“Pokémon and the Global Rise of “Cool Japan.”
Presented in Japan 165: Popular Culture in Modern Japan, University of California, Santa Barbara, January 14, 2016
“Hanryu: The Korean Wave in Japan.”
Lakeland Lectures Series, Lakeland University Japan, October 20, 2011.
“Soft Power and the Rise of Cool Japan.”
Presented in History 424: Twentieth Century Japan, University of Hawaii at Manoa, April 28th, 2010
“Hanryu: The Korean Wave in Japan.”
Presented in Asian Studies 312: Contemporary Asian Civilizations, University of Hawaii at Manoa, March 30, 2010
Panel Presentations
“Orienting the Troops: Militarization and Infantilization in Overseas Base Cultural Orientations”
Panelist: “War and Culture Studies—What Next?”
University of Bristol (hosted online)
June 18, 2021
“Soft Sessions for Samurai: American Military Masculinity in Japan”
Panel: Alternate Pathways Towards Masculinity in Contemporary Japan
Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, Denver
March 22, 2019
“Building a Pokémon Co-Prosperity Sphere: Race, imperialism, remilitarization, and Japan’s “soft” power”
Panel: Signs of Empire: New Faces of Japanese Imperialism
Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.
March 23, 2018
“Gaijin Power: Narratives of American Entitlement in U.S. Marine Corps’ Orientation Materials for Okinawan and Japanese Bases”
Panel: Crossing the Fence: Okinawan Civilians and the U.S. Military
Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, Toronto
March 19, 2017
“Idolizing the Military: Celebrity Spokeswomen of the Japan Self Defense Forces”
Event: Love, Peace, Dreams, and Bombs. (A Collaborative Art/Activism/Scholarship Project)
University of California, Santa Barbara
March 1, 2017
“Japanese Women and American Military Men: Perpetuating and Resisting Stereotypes in U.S.-Japan Intimate Relations”
Panel: Race, Sexuality, and the Body
Intimate Connections: Everyday Experiences of Inter-Asia Ties, Australian National University
August 11, 2016
“Comfort and Silence: the Securitization of Female Bodies in Japanese Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism”
Panel: Global Japan
Security Hub - Orfalea Center Joint Research Projects, University of California, Santa Barbara
February 27, 2016
“LGBT Support in Global Japanese Higher Education”
Panel: Welcoming Diversity
Conference on Global Higher Education, Lakeland University Japan
June 6, 2015
“Japan-Centered Courses and Global Education”
Panel: The Global Classroom
Conference on Global Higher Education, Lakeland University Japan
May 17, 2014
“Happy Wives or Hungry Witches? Japanese Identity, Multiculturalism and Wifehood on The Wife is a Foreigner”
Panel: Cross Border Marriages in East Asia
Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, Honolulu
April 2, 2011
“Princes and Thieves: The Korean Wave, Japanese Nationalism and the Re-Imagining of Zainichi Koreans”
Panel: Representing Minorities
School of Pacific and Asian Studies Graduate Student Conference, Honolulu
March 10, 2010
Panelist: “War and Culture Studies—What Next?”
University of Bristol (hosted online)
June 18, 2021
“Soft Sessions for Samurai: American Military Masculinity in Japan”
Panel: Alternate Pathways Towards Masculinity in Contemporary Japan
Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, Denver
March 22, 2019
“Building a Pokémon Co-Prosperity Sphere: Race, imperialism, remilitarization, and Japan’s “soft” power”
Panel: Signs of Empire: New Faces of Japanese Imperialism
Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.
March 23, 2018
“Gaijin Power: Narratives of American Entitlement in U.S. Marine Corps’ Orientation Materials for Okinawan and Japanese Bases”
Panel: Crossing the Fence: Okinawan Civilians and the U.S. Military
Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, Toronto
March 19, 2017
“Idolizing the Military: Celebrity Spokeswomen of the Japan Self Defense Forces”
Event: Love, Peace, Dreams, and Bombs. (A Collaborative Art/Activism/Scholarship Project)
University of California, Santa Barbara
March 1, 2017
“Japanese Women and American Military Men: Perpetuating and Resisting Stereotypes in U.S.-Japan Intimate Relations”
Panel: Race, Sexuality, and the Body
Intimate Connections: Everyday Experiences of Inter-Asia Ties, Australian National University
August 11, 2016
“Comfort and Silence: the Securitization of Female Bodies in Japanese Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism”
Panel: Global Japan
Security Hub - Orfalea Center Joint Research Projects, University of California, Santa Barbara
February 27, 2016
“LGBT Support in Global Japanese Higher Education”
Panel: Welcoming Diversity
Conference on Global Higher Education, Lakeland University Japan
June 6, 2015
“Japan-Centered Courses and Global Education”
Panel: The Global Classroom
Conference on Global Higher Education, Lakeland University Japan
May 17, 2014
“Happy Wives or Hungry Witches? Japanese Identity, Multiculturalism and Wifehood on The Wife is a Foreigner”
Panel: Cross Border Marriages in East Asia
Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, Honolulu
April 2, 2011
“Princes and Thieves: The Korean Wave, Japanese Nationalism and the Re-Imagining of Zainichi Koreans”
Panel: Representing Minorities
School of Pacific and Asian Studies Graduate Student Conference, Honolulu
March 10, 2010
Teaching (Instructor)
JAPAN 165: Popular Culture in Modern Japan (East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara), June-August 2020
EACS 4B: East Asian Traditions: Modern (East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara), August-September 2018
SOC 250: U.S.-Japan Relations (Societal Studies, Lakeland University Japan), 2011-2015
EACS 4B: East Asian Traditions: Modern (East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara), August-September 2018
SOC 250: U.S.-Japan Relations (Societal Studies, Lakeland University Japan), 2011-2015
Teaching (Teaching Assistant)
JAPAN 4/5/6: Second-Year Japanese I-III (East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara), September 2019-June 2020; September 2021-June 2022
EACS 3: Asian Religious Traditions (East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara),
March-June 2021
EACS 4A: East Asian Traditions: Pre-Modern (East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara), January-March 2021
EACS 4B: East Asian Traditions: Modern (East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara), April-June 2017
HIST 87: Japanese History through Art and Literature (History, University of California, Santa Barbara), January-March 2017
ASAM 2: American Immigrations since 1965 (Asian American Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara), September-December 2016
GLOBAL 2: Global Economic and Political Processes (Global Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara), April-June 2016
JAPAN 5: Second-Year Japanese II (East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara), January-March 2016
ASAN 201: Introduction to Asian Studies: East Asia (Asian Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa), January-May 2010
ASAN 312: Contemporary Asian Civilizations (Asian Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa), August-December 2009
EACS 3: Asian Religious Traditions (East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara),
March-June 2021
EACS 4A: East Asian Traditions: Pre-Modern (East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara), January-March 2021
EACS 4B: East Asian Traditions: Modern (East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara), April-June 2017
HIST 87: Japanese History through Art and Literature (History, University of California, Santa Barbara), January-March 2017
ASAM 2: American Immigrations since 1965 (Asian American Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara), September-December 2016
GLOBAL 2: Global Economic and Political Processes (Global Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara), April-June 2016
JAPAN 5: Second-Year Japanese II (East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara), January-March 2016
ASAN 201: Introduction to Asian Studies: East Asia (Asian Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa), January-May 2010
ASAN 312: Contemporary Asian Civilizations (Asian Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa), August-December 2009
MEMBERSHIPS and SERVICE
Mentor, Graduate Scholars Program, University of California, Santa Barbara, September 2020-June 2022.
Mentor, Research Mentoring Program, University of California, Santa Barbara, June-August 2020.
Affiliate, East Asia Center, University of California, Santa Barbara, September 2017-Present.
Member, War, Security, and Digital Media Working Group, University of California Humanities Research Institute, November 2016-Present.
Co-convenor, Graduate East Asia Research Society, University of California, Santa Barbara, July 2016-present.
Member, Security Hub, Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, January 2016-present.
Co-founder, Conference on Global Higher Education in Japan, Lakeland University Japan, 2013-present.
Member, Association for Asian Studies, 2011-present.
Mentor, Research Mentoring Program, University of California, Santa Barbara, June-August 2020.
Affiliate, East Asia Center, University of California, Santa Barbara, September 2017-Present.
Member, War, Security, and Digital Media Working Group, University of California Humanities Research Institute, November 2016-Present.
Co-convenor, Graduate East Asia Research Society, University of California, Santa Barbara, July 2016-present.
Member, Security Hub, Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, January 2016-present.
Co-founder, Conference on Global Higher Education in Japan, Lakeland University Japan, 2013-present.
Member, Association for Asian Studies, 2011-present.
Awards
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Short-Term Research Fellowship, June 2022-January 2023
Exploring and Preparing for the Professoriate Fellowship (University of California, Santa Barbara Diversity Programs), June-September 2021
Graduate Division Dissertation Fellowship (University of California, Santa Barbara Graduate Division), September-December 2020
Mellon Engaging Humanities Fellowship (Mellon Foundation; UCSB Interdisciplinary Humanities Center), January 2020-June 2021
Visit & Study Japan Grant (The America-Japan Society, Inc.), June-July 2019
Japanese Studies Doctoral Fellowship (Japan Foundation), September 2018-September 2019
East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute Fellowship (National Science Foundation/Japan Society for the Promotion of Science), Summer 2017
Central Doctoral Fellowship (University of California, Santa Barbara), 2015-2019
Edward Seidensticker Award for Best Paper in Japanese Studies (Center for Japanese Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa), March 11, 2010
Teaching Assistant Fellowship (Asian Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa), August 2009-May 2010
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (University of Hawaii at Manoa), August 2008-July 2009
Exploring and Preparing for the Professoriate Fellowship (University of California, Santa Barbara Diversity Programs), June-September 2021
Graduate Division Dissertation Fellowship (University of California, Santa Barbara Graduate Division), September-December 2020
Mellon Engaging Humanities Fellowship (Mellon Foundation; UCSB Interdisciplinary Humanities Center), January 2020-June 2021
Visit & Study Japan Grant (The America-Japan Society, Inc.), June-July 2019
Japanese Studies Doctoral Fellowship (Japan Foundation), September 2018-September 2019
East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute Fellowship (National Science Foundation/Japan Society for the Promotion of Science), Summer 2017
Central Doctoral Fellowship (University of California, Santa Barbara), 2015-2019
Edward Seidensticker Award for Best Paper in Japanese Studies (Center for Japanese Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa), March 11, 2010
Teaching Assistant Fellowship (Asian Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa), August 2009-May 2010
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (University of Hawaii at Manoa), August 2008-July 2009
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