Student & Alumni Notes

Matthew Eynon (M.A. East Asian Studies,1983; M.A. Religious Studies,1989; Ph.D. Japanese Language and Literature,1992), an associate professor of Japanese Studies at Tenri University in Japan, published a Japanese language textbook: Learning Language Through Lyrics, Classical Japanese Pop Songs (Bonjinsha, 2002). Vol. 1 (co-authored with Emi Kaneko) came out in December, 2002 and Vol. 2 is expected by this summer.

Margaret Key (Ph.D. candidate, Japanese) was awarded two travel grants for her participation in the Conference in Honor of J. Thomas Rimer: one from the College of Arts and Sciences and one from the Graduate and Professional Student Organization.

Todd Munson (Ph.D. candidate, Japanese) and Fan Wei (M.A. East Asian Studies, 2000) wish to announce the birth of their daughter, Esme, on October 15, 2003. Todd published an article entitled "A Tempestuous Tea-port: Socio-political Commentary in Yokohama-e, 1859-1862," in the most recent issue of the journal East Asian History (number 24; December, 2002).

David Nelson (Ph.D. candidate, Japanese history) received a Monbushô scholarship. He is currently doing research in Japan.

Kyoim Yun (Ph.D. student in Folklore, minor in EALC) read a paper at the American Folklore Society Annual meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico last fall. The title of the paper was "Commodification of Shamanism on Jeju Island: Vocies of Modernity and Globalization." Kyoim was awarded a COAS travel grant to attend this conference.

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