Eric Ishiwata - eric.ishiwata@colostate.edu
Assistant Professor - Ph.D., University of Hawaii, 2005

Fields: Race and Immigration, Comparative Politics and Cultural Studies. Current research examines Japan’s so-called “immigration problem,” focusing on the tensions and anxieties produced by the impending influx of foreign labor. Also completing a study on the institutionalization of race in Territorial Hawai‘i (1898-1959). In general, these projects explore the politics of identity/difference, nation-building, and pluralization. Courses offered include: Global Racial/Ethnic Politics (PO 481), Contemporary Political Theories (PO 421), and Ethnicity in America (ETCC 100). Publications include “Local Motions: Surfing and the Politics of Wave Sliding” in Cultural Values and “Re-made in Japan: Nikkeijin Disruptions of Japan’s Ethno-Spatial Boundaries” in Japanstudien. Jointly-appointed with the Center for the Applied Studies of American Ethnicity.