Elaine Tashiro Gerbert
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences - School of Languages, Literatures & Cultures - Department of East Asian Languages & CulturesAssociate Professor
Ph.D., Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures
, Yale University
gerbert@ku.edu
Primary office:
785-864-9127
Wescoe Hall
Room 2010
Room 2010
University of Kansas
1445 Jayhawk Boulevard
Modern Japanese literature, play in Japan, translation, Japanese language pedagogy
Education
Ph.D., Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures , Yale University
Teaching Interests
- Modern Japanese language
- Modern Japanese literature
- Play as a conceptual tool for studying Japanese culture
- Education in Japan
- Translation (Jpn to Eng)
Research Interests
- Literature in interwar Japan
- The culture of play in Japan
- Visual culture in Japan
- Humor and laughter in Japan
- Education in Japan
Service
Undergraduate Coordinator, EALC; Study Abroad in Japan advisor (EALC)
