Misako Nukaga
M.A. Sociology, UCLA, 2005;
M.Ed. Sociology of Education, University of Tokyo, 2002;
B.A. American Studies, University of Tokyo, 2000
Fax: 310-206-9838
E-mail:
mnukaga@ucla.edu
Subfield
Childhood, Culture, Education, Migration, Race/Ethnicity, Gender, Self/Identity, Ethnography, US-Japan Comparison
Research Interests
(1)Children's development of ethnic and gender identity in peer group, school, family, and community contexts.
-Dissertation project in progress: "Motherhood and Childhood in Transnational Lives: Gender and Ethnic identities among Japanese expatriate families in Los Angeles."
-M.A. Thesis (2005) "The Underlife of Kids' School Lunchtime: Construction of Ethnic Differences and Identity in Kids' Peer Culture"
(2) US-Japan comparison of teacher's teaching strategies in ethnically/culturally diverse classrooms.
(3) L.A.- Tokyo mobility networks of the Japanese creative class (with Adrian Favell)
(4) Japanese public attitudes toward foreigners
Publications
2008. "The Underlife of Kids' School Lunchtime: Negotiating Ethnic Boundaries and Identity in Food Exchange." Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 37(3):342-380.
"The Kikokushijo: A Different Kind of Japanese National." (with Ryoko Tsuneyoshi) Forthcoming in Managing Diversity in Japanese Schools, edited by Ryoko Tsuneyoshi, Kaori H. Okano, and Sarane Boocock.
2006. “Xenophobia and the Effects of Education: Determinants of Japanese Attitudes towards Acceptance of Foreigners” 『JGSS研究論文集 (Japanese General Social Surveys Research Series)[5]』:191-202.
2003. “Japanese Education in an Era of Internationalization: A Case Study of an Emergent Multicultural Coexistence Model.” International Journal of Japanese Sociology, 12：79-94.
2003. 「多文化教育における＜公正な教育＞再考－日米教育実践のエスノグラフィー」(Reconsidering ‘Equity Pedagogy’ in Multicultural Education: Ethnography of Teaching in Japan and the United States) 『教育社会学研究』(The Journal of Educational Sociology), 73:65-83.
2003. 「アメリカの多文化教育における教師のストラテジー－英語を母語としない児童を対象にして」 (Teacher Strategies in America’s Multicultural Education: Serving Limited English Proficient Students） 『異文化間教育』(Intercultural Education)17: 78-86.
2003「国際理解教育を通じた学校文化変革の試み―帰国児童とニューカマー児童を射程に入れた実践事例から（Transforming school culture through international understanding education)」『東京大学大学院教育学研究科紀要 (Bulletin of Graduate School of Education, University of Tokyo)』42:172-188.
Grants and Awards
-Dissertation Year Fellowship, UCLA (2007)
-Dissertation Research Grant, Pacific Rim Research Program, University of California (2007)
-Dissertation Grant, Linguistic Minority Research Institute, University of California (2007)
-The George and Sakaye Aratani Fellowship, UCLA Center for Japanese Studies (2007)
-Research Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (2006,07declined)
-Quality of Graduate Education Award, Department of Sociology, UCLA (2006)
-Distinguished Paper Award, Japan Society of Educational Sociology (2006)
-Travel Grant, Department of Sociology, UCLA (2006)
-Distinguished Award in the Japanese General Social Surveys Paper Competition (2005)
-Research Grant in Ethnic Studies, UCLA Institute of American Cultures(2005)
-Pacific Rim Research Program Mini-Grant, University of California (2005)
-Non-resident Tuition Fellowship, UCLA (2004-2007)
-Sasakawa Fellowship, UCLA Center for Japanese Studies (2004, 2005)
-Fulbright Scholarship, Institute of International Education (2003-2005)
-Thompson Prize for the Distinguished Honors Thesis, American Studies, University of Tokyo (2000)
Conference Presentations
"Negotiating the Meaning of “Japanese” in Transnational Childhood: Ethnic Pride among the Children of Japanese expatriate families in Los Angeles." Accepted to present at Childhood & Migration Interdisciplinary Conference. Drexel University, Philadelphia. June 20-22, 2008.
"Women and Children’s Formation of Japanese Transnational Community." Accepted to present at the 52nd Comparative and International Education Society Annual Meeting. Columbia University, New York. March 17-21, 2008.
"Childhoods and Motherhoods in Transnational Lives:Gender and Ethnic Identities among Japanese Expatriate Families in Los Angeles." Presented at J-Wave USA Conference, UCLA, March 15 2008.
"Raising Children in Two Cultures: How Temporary Migration Affects Child-rearing Strategies of the Japanese Expatriate Mothers in Los Angeles." Presented at the 106th American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting. Mariott Hotel, Washington DC. Nov.28th, 2007.
"The Underlife of Kids' School Lunchtime: Negotiating Ethnic Boundaries and Identity in Peer Culture." Presented at the 101th Annual American Sociological Association Meeting, Section on Race and Ethnicity. Montreal, Canada. August 13,2006.
"Pathways through Transnational Childhoods in Multi-ethnic LA: A Case Study of the Japanese Expatriate Children's Ethnic Identity Formation," "Japanese LA: Demographics and Social Profile." Presented at the LA as Offshore Japan meeting. UCLA, Los Angeles. June 13, 2006.
"'You want some?' Kids' Use of Food to Negotiate Friendships." Presented at the NYU Graduate Student Conference on Making Friendship:Bonds,Boundaries and Becomings. NYU, New York. April 8, 2006.
“Multicultural Education in a Cross-National Perspective: Teaching Minority Children in the U.S. and Japan.” Presented at the 75th annual conference of Pacific Sociological Association, Section on Asian Family. San Francisco, CA. April 21, 2004.
「アメリカの学力問題と教育改革の動向－カリフォルニア州の事例－(Academic achievement issues and educational reform trends in the US- The case of California)」Presented at the 6th Workshop of the Center for Research of Core Academic Competences (The 21st Century COE Project). University of Tokyo, Japan. June 2003.
「多文化共生をめざす日米の教室からの問題提起（Issues from multicultural classrooms in Japan and the US)」Presented at the 24th annual conference of the Intercultural Education Society, Japan. Shinshu University, Nagano. May 2003.
「多文化教育実践における教師のストラテジー：アメリカA小学校のエスノグラフィーより」（“Teacher Strategies in America’s Multicultural Education: An Ethnography of A elementary school in the United States.” Presented at the 54th annual conference of the Japan Society of Educational Sociology. Hiroshima University, Japan. August 2002.
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