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Mieko Yoshihama, Associate Professor, School of Social Welfare

  

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    Violence against women of color, especially immigrant women; epistemological, theoretical and methodological issues in understanding women's subjective experiences with domestic violence

EDUCATION:

  • Ph.D., Social Welfare, University of California, Los Angeles
  • MSW, University of California, Los Angeles
  • BA, Literature and Linguistics, Sophia University, Tokyo

SELECT GRANTS, AWARDS, HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS:

  • Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, a grant awarded to the Asian and Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence, 2000-2003
  • World Health Organization, 2001
  • Center for Japanese Studies Faculty Research Grant, 2001
  • Rackham Graduate Studies Faculty Grant and Fellowship, 2001
  • Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare, 1998-2000
  • Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Faculty Research Grant, 1999
  • Office of Provost Family Violence Mini-Grant, 1999
  • Office of Vice President for Research (OVPR) Cost-sharing Grant, 1999
  • World Health Organization, 1999

SELECT PUBLICATIONS:

  • "Surveys." In B. A. Thyer (Ed.), Handbook of social work research methods. Mowbray, C., & Yoshihama, M. Sage. pp. 143-159, 2001.
  • "Policy approaches toward preventing and eradiating domestic violence: Future agenda." Josei Kyoyo, 576. pp. 3-6, 2000.
  • "Surviving partners' violence: A report from a focus group research project in Tokyo." In M.Yoshihama, H. Ishibashi, F. Nonaka, M, Nishiyama, & R. Matsunaga (Eds.). 2000.
  • "Domestic violence - a problem that knows no national boundaries: Societal responses in Japan and around the globe."Yoshihama, M., Ishibashi, H., Nonaka, F., Nishiyama, M., & Matsunaga, R. (Eds.). Tokyo: Kyoiku Shiryo Shuppankai, 2000.
  • "Review of the heart of intimate abuse: New interventions in child welfare, criminal justice, and health settings." Children and Youth Services Review, 21(8). pp. 696-699, 1999.
  • "Domestic Violence: Japan's 'hidden crime'." Japan Quarterly, 46(3), pp. 76-82, 1999.
  • "Domestic violence: Towards the elimination of violence against women by husbands and boyfriends." Domestic Violence Action & Research Group. Tokyo: Yuhikaku, 1998.
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