World Languages and Cultures
Dr. Dustin Wright
Dustin Wright is a historian, and Associate Professor of Japanese Culture and Language, and Chair of the Department of World Languages and Cultures at CSU Monterey Bay. He is also an Associate Director of the Okinawa Memories Initiative and formerly a research fellow at Rikkyo University’s Research Center for Cooperative Civil Studies in Tokyo. He previously taught at UC Santa Cruz (where he completed his doctorate), Connecticut College, Soka University of America, and the University of San Diego. His work has been published in The Japan Times, Critical Asian Studies, The Sixties: A Journal of History, Politics, and Culture, and Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies.
| Title | Historian and Associate Professor of Japanese Culture and Language Chair of the Department |
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| duwright@csumb.edu | |
| Office Location | CAHSS 504-2420 |
| Office Hours | WLC Posting |
| Areas of Expertise |
Japanese and Asian History, Japanese Language, U.S.-Japan Relations, Cold War History, Food History, Food Studies, U.S. Military Bases Abroad, Colonialism and Imperialism |
| Courses Taught |
Coming soon. |
| Selected Works Author Gallery | https://researchprofiles.csumb.edu/en/persons/dustin-wright |
| CSUMB Expert | https://csumb.edu/news/experts-directory/dustin-wright/ |