Eiichiro Azuma
Eiichiro Azuma (born 27 September 1966) is a Japanese-born American historian, writer, and professor. He has served as a Professor of History and Asian American Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. The focus of his work is Japanese Americans in relationship to migration, Japanese colonialism, and U.S. and Japan relations. Biography. Eiichiro Azuma was born 27 September 1966 in Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from University of California at Los Angeles with an M.A. degree (1992), and a Ph.D. He has taught at the University of Pennsylvania since January 2001. Starting in fall 2009, he held the position  of Alan Charles Kors Endowed Term Chair in history. Azuma served as the director of the Asian American Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania from 2013 through 2018. His work appeared in the "Journal of American History", "Journal of Asian Studies", "Pacific Historical Review and Journal of American-East Asian Relations", "Reviews in American History". He is co-editor of the "Asian American Studies" book series at the University of Illinois Press.