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Areas
of Interest
Trans-Pacific International Relations in the 20th Century.
Japanese, Chinese, and Southeast Asian History.
Asia during World War II. |
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Current
Courses
Hist 1B: World History since 1500
Hist 107: Southeast Asian History
Hist 109A/B: History of China
Hist 110A/B: History of Japan
Hist 132: World War II
Hist 155: Twentieth Century World
Hist 220C: Colloquium: World History since 1750
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Books
. Thailand's Secret War: OSS, SOE and the Free Thai
Underground During
World War II
(Cambridge University Press, 2005).
. Japan in the
Fascist Era (editor/contributor) (Palgrave, 2004).
. Thailand
and Japan's Southern Advance (St. Martin's Press, 1994).
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Articles/Book
Chapters:
• "History, Memory, Compensation and
Reconciliation: The Abuse of Labor on the
Thailand-Burma Railway" in Paul H. Kratoska, ed.,
Asian Labor in the Wartime
Japanese Empire: Unknown Histories (Armjonk, NY: M.E.
Sharpe, 2005).
• "Phibun Songkhram and Thai Nationalism in the
Fascist Era," European Journal of
East Asian Studies 3:1 (2004).
• "The Indian Community and the Indian Independence
Movement in Thailand during
World War II," in Paul Kratoska, ed., Southeast
Asian Minorities in the Wartime
Japanese Empire (Routledge-Curzon, 2002).
• "Staying Behind in Bangkok: The OSS and American
Intelligence in Postwar
Thailand," Journal of Intelligence History
2:2 (Winter 2002). • "Failed Endeavours:
Chinese Efforts to Gain Political Influence in
Thailand during World War II,"
Intelligence and National Security 16:4 (Winter
2001).
• "'International Orphans'—The Chinese in
Thailand During World War II." Journal
of Southeast Asian Studies 28:2 (September 1997).
• "From Anomaly to Model: Thailand's Role in Japan's
Shifting Asia Strategy,
1941-1943" in Peter Duus, Ramon H. Myers,
and Mark R. Peattie, eds., The
Japanese Wartime Empire (Princeton University
Press, 1996)
• "The Opening Wedge: The OSS in Thailand,"
in George C. Chalou, ed., The
Secrets War: The Office of Strategic Services
in World War II (National Archives
and Records Service, 1992.
• "Imperial Japan's Cultural Program in Thailand,"
in Grant K. Goodman, ed.,
Japanese Cultural Policies in Southeast Asia during
World War II (St. Martin's
Press, 1991).
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Selected Honours
• President, Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast
(ASPAC) 1999-2001.
• Lecture series, Military History
Department of the National Institute for Defense
Studies,
Tokyo, 1998.
• Fulbright Research Scholar (Japan,
1986-87; Thailand, 1987-88).
• Crown Prince Akihito
Scholarship (1985-86).
• East-West Center Scholarship
(1982-85).
• Reid Hemphill Outstanding Graduate Student
Award, Central Missouri State
University, 1977. |
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Biography
A native of Missouri, I received by undergraduate
and masters degrees from Central Missouri State University and my
Ph.D. from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Prior to entering the
teaching profession I worked as a radio broadcaster and print journalist.
My academic specialty is East and Southeast Asia history with an
emphasis on international relations in the Pacific region during
the first half of the twentieth century. I have published two books
and several articles on Thailand's role in World War II and now
am studying U.S.-China relations by focusing on the biography of
long-time U.S. State Department China hand, Willys R. Peck.
At San Jose State University I serve as advisor for the Area Studies
minor and am director of the East Asian Regional Materials and Resources
Center (EARMARC). Funded by grants from the East Asian Centers at
Stanford University and UC-Berkeley, EARMARC lends audio-visual
materials to teachers at all levels. For information, call 408-924-5518
or 408-924-5523. Or, you can write to EARMARC, c/o History Department,
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA 95192-0117.
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