Yusa, Michiko 1951–

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Yusa, Michiko 1951–

PERSONAL: Born November 28, 1951, in Japan. Ethnicity: "Japanese." Education: International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan, B.A., 1974; University of California, Santa Barbara, M.A., 1977, Ph.D., 1983. Hobbies and other interests: Cooking, music, strolling.

ADDRESSES: Office—Western Washington University, 519 High St., Bellingham, WA 98225-9057. E-mail[email protected].

CAREER: Writer and educator. Western Washington University, Bellingham, assistant professor, 1983–88, associate professor, 1988–94, professor, 1994–.

MEMBER: American Academy of Religion, Association for Asian Studies, Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy.

WRITINGS:

(With Matsuo Soga) Basic Kanji (in Japanese), Taishukan (Tokyo, Japan), 1989.

Denki: Nishida Kitaro (in Japanese), Toeisha (Kyoto, Japan), 1998.

Japanese Religious Traditions, Prentice-Hall (Upper Saddle River, NJ), 2002.

Zen and Philosophy: An Intellectual Biography of Nishida Kitaro, University of Hawaii Press (Honolulu, HI), 2002.

(Editor, with Sarah Clark-Langager) Isamu Noguchi and Skyviewing Sculpture, Western Washington University (Bellingham, WA), 2004.