Careers: Programs in Japan anthropology

A prospective doctoral student interested in the anthropology of Japan recently inquired about what schools I'd recommend. I posted a list last year but thought I'd update it for 2007:

Ph.D. Granting Institutions with Japan Faculty)

• Canada: University of British Columbia - Prof. Millie Creighton
• USA: Boston University - Prof. Merry White
• USA: Columbia University - Prof. Marilyn Ivy
• USA: Duke University - Prof. Anne Allison
• USA: Harvard University - Prof. Theodore Bestor
• USA: Stanford University - Prof. Miyako Inoue
• USA: University of Hawai'i (Manoa) - Prof. Christine Yano
• USA: University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) - Profs. Nancy Abelmann and Karen Kelsky
• USA: University of Iowa - Prof. Scott Schnell
• USA: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) - Prof. Jennifer Robertson
• USA: Yale University - Profs. William Kelly, Karen Nakamura*

* Italics = denotes junior faculty member who may or may not be taking on graduate students.

M.A. Programs

• USA: Yale University, MA in East Asian Studies
• Japan: Sophia University, Interdisciplinary MA in Japanese Studies - Prof. David Slater
• Japan: Waseda University - Prof. Glenda Roberts

I'll keep updating this list, if you have any suggestions, additions, corrections, feel free to e-mail me or drop a comment below. Last updated: 2007/09/23