Students speak for Japanese relief efforts

Five East Asian Studies Center graduate students created a forum on their research on Japan on Tuesday accompanied by Japanese refreshments and tea for about 20 people.

The Japanese Student Association set up a poster and donation box for attendees to donate to the Japanese Red Cross in response to the recent earthquake and tsunami.


Kaleem L. Kheshgi
(M.A. student, EALC) — “Bukatsudô: Extracurricular Activities in Japanese High School”

Jeffrey A. Tolbert
(Ph.D. student, folklore) — “Scaring Yourself Silly: Fear and Folklore in the Video Game Fatal Frame”


Mitsuko Kawabata
(Ph.D. student, ethnomusicology) — “Singing Disasters: Charity Songs for the Tôhoku Region Earthquake”

Bradley D. Good
(M.A. student, anthropology) — “The Taishô Pattern in Japanese Beef Consumption: A Culinary Localization Trend”

Shingo Hamada
(Ph.D. candidate, anthropology) — “The Forest Is the Ocean’s Lover: Oystermen and Environmental Stewardship in Kesennuma, Miyagi”