Dr. Wilson received her Ph.D. in History and East Asian Languages in 2004 (Harvard), specializing in the early modern military and political history of Japan. Dr. Wilson teaches undergraduate courses on both Japanese history and the broader regional history of East Asia, including Korea and China. Her current research examines the influence of the Kyushu domains of Fukuoka and Saga on national defense policy in Tokugawa Japan (1600-1868). Degrees