The Study of History at SJSU

	Faculty
	Elizabeth Ansnes John Bernhardt Rob Cirivilleri Michael Conniff Patricia Lopes Don Glen Gendzel Libra Hilde Patricia Evridge Hill Iris Jerke Allison Katsev Rajiv Khanna Benjamin Kline Robert Kumamoto Gus Lease Phillip Lyman Margo McBane Aime McNamara David Meir-Levi Danelle Moon Eric Narveson Mary Pickering Rick Propas E. Bruce Reynolds Jonathan Roth Gaius Stern Stanley Underdal Mary Lynn Wilson
	Staff
	Diana Baker Crystal Hupp


	Robert Kumamoto Professor and Undergraduate Advisor Ph.D. University of Califoria at Los Angeles, History, 1984. M.A. University of California at Los Angeles, History, 1979. M.A. San Jose State University, Education, 1975. B.A. San Jose State University, Social Science, 1971.

	Office: Dudley Moorhead Hall (DMH) 137 Email: kumamoto@email.sjsu.edu Phone: 408-924-5549

	Areas of Interest U.S. History. U.S. Foreign Relations. U.S. and International Terrorism.

	Current Courses Hist 136: U.S. History/Government. Hist 181: Topics in American History.

	Publications Book: • "International Terrorism and American Foreign Relations, 1945-1976", Northeastern University Press, 1999. Articles: • "The Study of Terrorism in the Classroom: An Interdisciplinary Approach", Social Studies Review, fall, 1993. • "The Pacific Rim: An Annotated Bibliography", Social Studies Review, 1992. • "Diplomacy From Below: International Terrorism and American Foreign Relations, 1945-1962", Terrorism, vol. 14, 1991. • "Terrorism as Global Conflict: A Modern Overview", chapter in Imperia- lism and its legacy, ed. B Kline and S Payne. New York: University Press of America. • "The Search for Spies: American Counterintelligence and the Japanese American Community, 1931-1942", Amerasia Journal, fall, 1979, vol. 6, no. 2.

	Biography San Jose is my hometown and I attended both San Jose High School and San Jose State University. After receiving a B.A., an M.A. in Education, and a secondary teaching credential, I began a five year career as a high school social studies teacher. I also spent brief periods as a football coach, at both Oberlin College in Ohio (1974) and Southern University in Louisiana (1978). I received my Ph.D. in history from UCLA in 1984, where I specia- lized in American diplomatic history and Twentieth Century America. It was during my studies in the history of American foreign relations that I developed an interest in international terrorism and its impact on global diplomacy. I also studied the pre-war relations between the U.S. and Japan, which led to the publication of "The Search for Spies: American Counter- intelligence and the Japanese American Community, 1931-1942", which was published by Amerasia Journal in 1978. I began my university teaching career at San Jose State in 1984, where I primarily teach courses in Ame- rican History. Because of my association with K-12 social studies, I spent several summers as a Resident Scholar for the San Jose State History-Social Science Project and wrote articles for Social Studies Review. In 1999, my book, "International Terrorism and American Foreign Relations", 1945-1976 was published by Northeastern University Press. I am currently working on a couple of projects, including an analysis of early diplomatic relations with the Far East and a study of domestic terrorism in America. I currently live in the Almaden Valley with my wonderful wife Vernice and our three cats.