discipline / field statement

My work explores the politics of loss, particularly in everyday, local contexts. I draw on a range of fields, most often trauma and memory studies, ethnic studies, and the edges of sociology in order to ask about what it means to fight for justice in the present-day.

I specialize in:

• trauma and memory studies

• studies of haunting, loss, and pain

• critical Japanese Canadian / nikkei studies

• literary and cultural studies

• the politics and ethics of research

I am trained in and still learning about:

• urban studies, subaltern studies, and critical geographies

• participatory action research

• critical health studies, including the history of public health