Current Position

• Ph.D. Student, Department of Sociology, University of Washington
• Research Assistant, Center for Evaluation & Research for STEM Equity, University of Washington
• Research Fellow, Center for Gender Studies, International Christian University

Research Interests

• Quantitative Methodology
• Queer and Feminist Studies
• Sexuality and Gender Stratification
• Japanese Society

Education

September 2016- (present)

Ph.D., Sociology
-University of Washington, Seattle, WA

• Dissertation Topic: Sexuality Stratification in Contemporary Japanese Society
• Committee: Julie Brines (Chair), Jerald R. Herting (Member), Peter Catron (Member), Marieka M. Klawitter (Graduate School Representative; Evans School of Public Policy and Governance)
• Comprehensive Exam: Social Stratification (May 2018)
• Special Concentration in Social Statistics (June 2017)

September 2014-June 2017

Graduate Certificate in Feminist Studies
-University of Washington, Seattle, WA

• Certificate Advisor: Shirley J. Yee (Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies)

September 2014-June 2016

M.A., Sociology
-University of Washington, Seattle, WA

• Master’s Thesis: Social-Institutional Structures That Matter: An Exploratory Analysis of Sexual/Gender Minority Status and Income in Japan
• Committee: Julie Brines (Chair), Jerald R. Herting (Reader), Marieka M. Klawitter (Reader; Evans School of Public Affairs and Governance)
• (A revised version of my Master’s thesis for publication is available on SocArXiv)

April 2009-March 2014

B.A., Sociology, Minor in Mathematics
-International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan

• Senior Thesis: The Effect of Religion on Attitudes toward Same-Sex Sexual Relations: A U.S.-Japan Comparative Quantitative Analysis
• Thesis Advisor: Yoshito Ishio

September 2012-June 2013

ICU Exchange Student
(University of California Education Abroad Program)
-University of California, Irvine, CA