Gregory Smits
Gregory James Smits (born 1960) is an American historian, academic, writer and Japanologist. He is a professor of Japanese history at Pennsylvania State University. Early life. Smits was born in Columbia, Missouri. He earned a BA from the University of Florida in 1983. He was awarded a master's degree from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The University of Southern California granted his Ph.D. Select works. Smit's published writings encompass 8 works in 18 publications in 2 languages and 1,101 library holdings.