Dustin Wright
Associate Professor of Japanese Culture and Language, Chair of the Department of World Languages and Cultures
Highest degree
PhD in History, UC Santa Cruz
Expertise
Japanese and Asian History, Japanese Language, U.S.-Japan Relations, Cold War History, Food History, Food Studies, U.S. Military Bases Abroad, Colonialism and Imperialism
Relevant bio
Dustin Wright is a historian and Associate Professor of Japanese Culture and Language and Chair of the Department of World Languages and Cultures at CSU Monterey Bay. He is also an Associate Director of the Okinawa Memories Initiative and formerly a research fellow at Rikkyo University’s Research Center for Cooperative Civil Studies in Tokyo. He previously taught at UC Santa Cruz (where he completed his doctorate), Connecticut College, Soka University of America, and the University of San Diego. His work has been published in The Japan Times, Critical Asian Studies, The Sixties: A Journal of History, Politics, and Culture, and Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies.
Contact
Cell phone: 831-325-8499
Office phone: 831-582-4469
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