Karen Nakamura

Karen Nakamura (born October 23, 1970[1]) is an American academic, author, filmmaker, photographer and the Robert and Colleen Haas Distinguished Chair of Disability Studies and Professor of Anthropology at University of California, Berkeley. Previously she was Associate Professor of Anthropology and East Asian Studies and Chair of LGBT Studies at Yale University.[2]

Early life

Nakamura was awarded a B.A. in Psychology from Cornell University in 1993. She continued her studies at Yale University, earning an M.Phil. in Socio-Cultural Anthropology in 1998. She was awarded her Ph.D. at Yale in 2001.[2]

Career

Nakamura is currently the Robert and Colleen Haas Distinguished Chair of Disability Studies and Professor of Anthropology at University of California, Berkeley. She has previously worked at Yale University, Macalester College, and Bowdoin College.[2]

Selected works

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Karen Nakamura, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 9 works in 10+ publications in 1 language and 400+ library holdings.[3]

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Honors

Notes

  1. "Karen Nakamura". Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved January 30, 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 Yale University, Nakamura faculty bio notes
  3. WorldCat Identities: Nakamura, Karen, 1970-
  4. John Whitney Hall Book Prize of the Association for Asian Studies, list
  5. Abe Fellow, Karen Nakamura, "The Reformulation and Expansion of Disability Politics in Japan and the United States," 2003
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