Hiromi Kaneda
Biography
Hiromi Kaneda is a visiting instructor at Pepperdine University and a PhD candidate at Rutgers University, New Jersey. Prior to her position at Pepperdine, she served as a Lecturer of Italian at the University of Virginia. Her academic pursuits center around gender studies, masculinity, Italian and Japanese cinema, and cultural studies.
Hiromi embarked on her academic journey by obtaining a BA in English and American literature with a major in linguistics from Soka University of Japan. After completing her undergraduate studies, she gained practical experience as a translator, interpreter, and instructor at the Italian Cultural Institute in Tokyo. Driven by her passion for Italian literature, she pursued an MA in Italian literature at the University of Virginia.
Her current focus lies in her doctoral dissertation titled "Representing the Economic Boom and its Anxieties: Italy and Japan." Within this research, Hiromi delves into the transformative shifts that occurred in Italian and Japanese societies in the aftermath of World War Two during the period commonly referred to as the "Economic Miracle" (1958-1965). These shifts brought about changes in gender roles, perceptions, identifications, practices, and relational dynamics. Employing a comprehensive approach that incorporates cultural studies, gender studies, and theories of masculinity and space, Hiromi endeavors to analyze the transformations in gender roles and their ramifications as depicted in Italian and Japanese novels and films.
Education
- PhD Candidate, Rutgers University
- MA, University of Virginia, 2012
Topics
- Italian and Japanese cinema
- Gender and language studies
- Masculinity
- Cultural studies
- Japanese anime
Courses
- ITAL 151: Elementary Italian I
- ITAL 152: Elementary Italian II
- ITAL 251: Second Year Italian I