Masako Hamada
Masako Hamada
Masako Hamada is Associate Professor of Japanese Studies in the Department of Global Interdisciplinary Studies and Director of the Asian Studies Program at Villanova University. She has an MA in Intercultural Communication from the University of Pennsylvania and an EdD in International & Transcultural Studies from Columbia University. She is the author of various articles and books, including Japanese Female Professors in the United States: A Comparative Study in Conflict Resolution and Intercultural Communication (Mellen, 2006) and Japanese Male Professors on American College Campuses: A Comparative Study of Conflict Management (Mellen, 2012). She is a contributing editor, writer, and translator for Phila-Nipponica: An Historic Guide to Philadelphia & Japan (2nd edition, Philadelphia, 2015). She is the translation coordinator for The Eight Female Emperors of Japan: A Brief Introduction to Their Lives and Legacies, (Fuzambo International, 2018).