Sara Chittenden

Sara has a BS in Women and Gender Studies from Grand Valley State University. During a semester abroad in Japan, she combined her interests in gender studies and Japanese by exploring gender performance in Kabuki theater. After graduating in 2014, she taught English in Yokohama for four years.

She currently works as a remote editor for a Tokyo-based company and has been organizing the Grand Rapids Zine Fest since 2013. Her primary research interest is translating text regarding marginalized identities in Japan from an intersectional feminist lens, examining the political aspect of translation.