Sam Ikehara

Education:

B.A., English, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa; M.A., English, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa; Ph.D., American Studies & Ethnicity, University of Southern California

Dissertation:

Atmospheres of Relief: Air and Militarism in the Pacific Ocean

Thesis Advisor:

John Carlos Rowe, Professor of English, Comparative Literature and American Studies & Ethnicity, University of Southern California

Research Topic:

Atmospheres of Relief investigates air as a site of U.S.-Japanese inter-imperial violence across Asia and the Pacific Islands that is contested through movements for demilitarization and sovereignty built around breath and wind.

Mentor:

Christine Hong, Professor of Critical Race & Ethnic Studies and Literature, University of California, Santa Cruz

Current Position:

President's and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Critical Race & Ethnic Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz

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