Karen Nakamura

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Karen Nakamura
Born (1970-10-23) October 23, 1970 (age 54)
Alma materCornell University (B.A.), Yale University (M.Phil., Ph.D.)
Occupation(s)Academic, author, filmmaker, photographer
Known forRobert and Colleen Haas Distinguished Chair of Disability Studies, Professor of Anthropology at University of California, Berkeley
AwardsJohn Whitney Hall Book Prize (2008), Abe Fellowship (2003), Carnegie Corporation Great Immigrants Award (2022)

Karen Nakamura (born October 23, 1970 [1] ) is an American academic, author, filmmaker, photographer and the Robert and Colleen Haas Distinguished Chair of Disability Studies and Professor of Anthropology at University of California, Berkeley. Previously she was associate professor of Anthropology and East Asian Studies and Chair of LGBT Studies at Yale University. [2]

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Work

Nakamura was awarded a B.A. in psychology from Cornell University in 1993. She continued her studies at Yale University, earning an M.Phil. in Socio-Cultural Anthropology in 1998. She was awarded her Ph.D. at Yale in 2001. [2]

Nakamura is currently the Robert and Colleen Haas Distinguished Chair of Disability Studies and Professor of Anthropology at University of California, Berkeley. She has previously worked at Yale University, Macalester College, and Bowdoin College as well as a brief stint working for Canon/NeXT and heading her own company, Global Mapping Systems. [2]

Selected works

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Karen Nakamura, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 9 works in 10+ publications in 1 language and 400+ library holdings. [3]

Honors

References

  1. "Karen Nakamura". Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved January 30, 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 Yale University, Nakamura faculty bio notes
  3. WorldCat Identities Archived December 30, 2010, at the Wayback Machine : Nakamura, Karen, 1970-
  4. "John Whitney Hall Book Prize of the Association for Asian Studies, list". Archived from the original on November 24, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2010.
  5. Abe Fellow, Karen Nakamura Archived September 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine , "The Reformulation and Expansion of Disability Politics in Japan and the United States," 2003
  6. "Karen Nakamura". Carnegie Corporation of New York. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
  7. "2022 Great Immigrants Recipient: Karen Nakamura | Letters & Science". ls.berkeley.edu. Retrieved June 17, 2024.