武田興欣　研究業績

Takeda Okiyoshi

I have been working in two different fields: legislative studies (political science) and Asian American Studies (interdisciplinary). In the former area, my main focus is on U.S. Congress; in particular, I have been conducting statistical analysis of the determinants of bill passage, on which I wrote my Ph.D. dissertation. In the latter area, I have studied racial/ethnic identities of college Asian American students (using interviews and participant observation) and political representation of Asian Americans in U.S. Congress. My involvement in these two distinctive fields convinced me of the merits of being able to use both quantitative and qualitative research methods. I hope to teach the importance of research design and the variety of research tools as well as the dynamics of American politics and society as I saw them during my graduate study.

Bio	Nov. 2000. Ph. D. in Politics, Princeton University. Nov. 1995. M.A. in Politics, Princeton University. Mar. 1992. M.A. in Political Science, the University of Tokyo Mar. 1990. B.A. in Political Science, the University of Tokyo
Membership in Professional Associations	American Political Science Association. Japanese Political Science Association. Japan Election Studies Association. Association for Asian American Studies. Japanese Association for American Studies. Japanese Association for Migration Studies. Japanese Association for American History.
Courses Taught	American politics and society (graduate / undergraduate seminar) Comparative Politics (graduate / undergraduate) Social Science Research Methods (graduate / undergraduate) Freshmen Seminar
Specialized Fields	Political Science (US Politics-- legislative politics / race and ethnic studies)
Other Fields of Interests	American Studies (Asian American Studies)
Research Interests	Legislative process: pattern of bill passage Minority political representation (in particular Asian Americans), student identities. Quantitative and qualitative research methods (synthesis and comparison across methods). Pedagogical issues (multiculturalism on campus, curriculum development, research ethics)

Research Performance
Type	Title	Journal/Publisher	Date
Publications
	Asian American Politics (book)	(with Andrew L. Aoki) Polity Press (Cambridge, U.K.) Reviews, Sample Chapter and Book Update can be found at: http://www.politybooks.com/minoritypol/asian/default.asp	2009.3
	Anatomy of American Politics and Diplomacy (book)	(edited the volume with Yoshinobu Yamamoto) Kokusai Shoin (Tokyo) (in Japanese)	2006.12
	"Immigration Policy Making in U.S. Congress" (book chapter)	Anatomy of American Politics and Diplomacy (eds. Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Okiyoshi Takeda) Kokusai Shoin (Tokyo), pp. 251-76 (in Japanese).	2006.12
	"From Art to Business: Japanese Americans in the Professional Arena" (Public Symposium Report, Japanese American Leadership Delegation) (edited and contributed an introduction)	The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (Tokyo and New York) The report (entirely bilingual in English and Japanese) can be downloaded from: http://www.jpf.go.jp/cgp/info/publication/pdf/jald/Art_to_Business.pdf	2006.10
	“US Congress” (book chapter)	American Politics (ed. Fumiaki Kubo), Kobundo (Tokyo), pp. 67-90 (in Japanese).	2005.12
	“It’s Not Just Moral Values, but Voter Mobilization, Stupid: An Early Assessment of the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election”	Aoyama Journal of International Politics, Economics, and Business (Aoyama Kokusai Seikei Ronshu) 66, pp. 31-70.	2005.05
	“Small Spaces for Different Faces: Political Science Scholarship on Asian Pacific Americans”	(with Andy L. Aoki) PS: Political Science and Politics 37 (3) (July 2004), 497-500.	2004.07
	“A Practice of Research Method Course in Political Science: An Attempt to Overview Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches in One Semester”	Senkyo Gakkai Kiyo (Japanese Election Studies Association) 2, pp. 71-85 (in Japanese)	2004.05
	“Participant Observation as a Research Method in Political Science” (Review article on Toshimasa Moriwaki’s and Pak Cheol Hee’s books on U.S. and Japanese election campaigns)	Leviathan (Bokutakusha Publisher, Tokyo) 34, pp. 149-56 (in Japanese).	2004.04
	“Using THOMAS Database for American Politics Research: Auxiliary Analysis of Moriwaki’s Study of Representative Louise Slaghter”	Senkyo Gakkai Kiyo (Japanese Election Studies Association) 1, pp. 125-133 (in Japanese)	2003.12
	"The Representation of Asian Americans in the U.S. Political System"	Representation of Minoritics in the U.S.: Implications for the 21st century(Charles E.Menifield ed.), pp.77-109, Austin & Winfield (Lanham, Marylard, USA)	2001.11
	"Asian Pacific American Campaigns, Elections, and Elected Officials"	(with James S. Lai, Wendy K. Tam Cho, and Thomas P. Kim) PS: Political Science and Politics 34 (3), pp. 611-618.	2001.09
	"One Year After the Sit-In: Asian American Students"	" Identities and Their Support for Asian American Studies,h Journal of Asian American Studies (Johns Hopkins University Press) 4 (2), pp. 147-164.	2001.06
	"The Development of Asian American Studies Programs in Colleges in the United States."	Imin Kenkyu Nenpo (Annual Review of Migration Studies) Vol. 5, pp. 20-30 (in Japanese).	1998.12
	"Controversies over Divided Government"	Shiso (Thought), No. 721, Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo, pp. 143-171 (in Japanese).	1992.11