His research is on theatre in contemporary Japan, concentrating on theatre by marginalized groups in Japan. He is working on a study of post–World War II Okinawan theatre within the pressures of American and Japanese cultural and political hegemony. His publications include “Female Bodies Translated across the Strait of Korea: Corporeal Transformation in Chong Wishin’s Plays,” Japanese Language and Literature 43, no. 2 (2009).