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Paul Schalow

Professor of Japanese Literature & Chair, ALC

Professor Paul Schalow was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1952. His interest in East Asia began while living in Taiwan as a boy and developed further after he spent


Satoru Saito

Associate Professor of Japanese Literature & Director of Undergraduate Studies

Professor Saito became a member of the Rutgers faculty in 2005 and teaches classes related to modern and contemporary Japanese literature, film, and popular culture in the Department of Asian


Senko Maynard

Distinguished Professor of Japanese Language and Linguistics



Jiro Harasaki

Assistant Teaching Professor

Born and raised in Japan, Mr. Jiro Harasaki graduated from Hosei University with a bachelor’s degree in economics. He then graduated from International Christian University with a BA in English


Haruko Wakabayashi

Assistant Teaching Professor

Haruko Wakabayashi is a cultural historian of 12th-16th century Japan. She received her B.A. in Japanese Studies from Sophia University, Tokyo, and her Ph.D. in Japanese History from Princeton University. Her


Michiru Ichihara Lowe

Lecturer in Japanese

I came to Rutgers in 2019. Before joining Rutgers, I previously taught at Vanderbilt University from 2012–2019. I received my B.A. from Nanzan University in Nagoya Japan, where I studied