Mieko Yoshihama

Name: Mieko Yoshihama

Title(s):

• Associate Professor

Contact Information: 734.647.6225 , miekoy@umich.edu

International Institute Affiliation(s):

• CJS
• CICS

Department Affiliation(s):

• Social Work

Education Background: Ph.D., Social Welfare, University of California, Los Angeles M.S.W., University of California, Los Angeles B.A., Literature and Linguistics, Sophia University, Tokyo

World Area(s) of Study/Interest:

• East Asian Studies
• American Studies

Related Countries:

• Japan
• United States

Research/Teaching Specialization: Violence against women of color, especially immigrant women; epistemological, theoretical and methodological issues in understanding women's subjective experiences with domestic violence.

Publications:

• Domestic violence - a problem that knows no national boundaries: Societal responses in Japan and around the globe. 2000.
• Surveys. 2001.
• Policy approaches toward preventing and eradiating domestic violence: Future agenda. 2000.
• Surviving partners' violence: A report from a focus group research project in Tokyo. 2000.
• Review of the heart of intimate abuse: New interventions in child welfare, criminal justice, and health settings. 1999.
• Domestic Violence: Japan's 'hidden crime'. 1999.
• Domestic violence: Towards the elimination of violence against women by husbands and boyfriends. 1998.