2021
Elinor Lindeman, Masters in International and Regional Studies, Japan
"Demonesses and Devotees: The Women of Kankyo no tomo"
2020
Hannah Muniz, MA Student, Center for Japanese Studies
Yi Yang-Ji's Yuhi: Translation and Critical Introduction
2018
Anna M. Wozny, PhD Student, Sociology
Herbivorous Men and Carnivorous Women: Inverting Gender Roles in the Japanese "Marriage-Hunting" Market
2017
Jing Chen, MA Student, Center for Japanese Studies
Soft-Powering Japan: Karate and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
2016
Karin N. Tompkins, MA Student, Center for Japanese Studies
Everybody's (Not) Doing It: Media Representation of Japanese "Sexlessness" within the Context of the Current Demographic Transition
Melissa D. Van Wyk, PhD Student, Asian Languages and Cultures
On the Stage of the Reader's Imagination: Stage Directions in Abe Kobo's Bo ni natta otoko
2015
Elizabeth K. Kataoka, MA Student, Center for Japanese Studies
The Skin We're In: Tattoo Practices of Ainu and Okinawan Women
2014
Chun Wa Chan, PhD Student, History of Art
Genitive Sites: The Prophylactic Bio-Art of Kudō Tetsumi
2013
No graduate award recipient.
2012
No graduate award recipient.
2011
Kevin P. Mulholland, PhD Student, Asian Languages and Cultures
The Fantasy of Confession: Understanding Shimazaki Tōson's Hakai through Slavoj Zizek's Use of Lacan's "Graph of Desire."
2010
Megan E. Hill, MA Student, Ethnomusicology
Being Musically “Japanese-Western:” Wayō-Setchū Musical Consciousness in Contemporary Traditional Japanese Koto Music
