Japanese faculty
Kendall Heitzman, PhD
Title/Position
Associate Professor, Japanese
Affiliate Faculty, Translation
Kendall Heitzman is an associate professor at the University of Iowa and translates contemporary Japanese fiction and poetry.
Yumiko Nishi, PhD
Title/Position
Associate Professor, Japanese
Yumiko Nishi's primary research areas have been verb semantics and the second language acquisition of aspect.
Nana Onishi, MA
Title/Position
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Japanese
Nana is interested in Japanese, language pedagogy, and second language acquisition
Kendra Strand, PhD
Title/Position
Associate Professor, Japanese
Kendra specializes in premodern Japanese literature and visual culture, with expertise in travel writing, poetry, calligraphy, and landscape painting.