Faculty & Staff

Bruce Suttmeier

Associate Professor of Japanese Language and Literature
Box: 30
Phone:(503)768-7174
E-mail:bruces@lclark.edu

Bruce Suttmeier joined the Lewis & Clark faculty as Assistant Professor of Japanese in 2001. He received his doctorate in Asian Languages from Stanford University with a dissertation examining war memory and trauma in the fiction of 1960s Japan. He has taught courses in Japanese language, literature, and civilization, including "Secrets and Lies in Japanese Fiction and Film" and "The Past in the Present." His publications include an article forthcoming in positions: east asia cultures critique titled "Seeing Past Destruction: Trauma and History in Kaiko Takeshi." He is currently working on a book manuscript exploring Japanese literature's response to the emerging predominance of visuality as a general technology of communication.

Atsuko Kurogi

Instructor
Japanese Language and Literature
Box: 30
Phone: (503)768-7440
E-mail: akurogi@lclark.edu

A native of Japan, Ms. Kurogi has over 19 years experience teaching Japanese at different levels. She obtained her Bachelor's degree from the Notre Dame Seishi University in Okayama, Japan, majoring in English Literature and English Language Education, and her Masters degree in Intercultural Communication from Portland State University. Ms. Kurogi received her Ed.D. in 1998 from Portland State University with emphasis on Japanese language pedagogy, Japanese culture education and foreign language education.

Tomoko Uematsu

Japanese Language Assistant
Phone: 503/768-7388
Email: tomokou@lclark.edu

Tomoko is a native of Japan.  She obtained her B.A. in English and education from Kansai Gaidai University.