Jon Holt

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Doctoral Candidate in Japanese Language and Literature       GWN M223 Box 353521 Seattle, WA 98195-3521 543-4685 jholt@uw.edu http://staff.washington.edu/jholt/
Education B.A. in English and Japanese, University of Texas at Austin (1993) M.A., Japanese Literature, University of Hawaii at Manoa (1995) Research Student, Iwate University (1997) Doctoral Candidacy in Japanese Language and Literature, University of Washington (2006) Research & Teaching Fields Modern Japanese literature The works of Miyazawa Kenji Early 20th century poetry and children's literature Selected Publications Holt, Jon (2003).“Violence in Early Modern Japanese Children's Literature."  Paper presented at the Asian Languages and Literature Department Colloquium, April 2003 Awards and Recognitions Asian Languages and Literature Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award (2008) Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (2004-2005) Japan Studies Fellowship, University of Washington (2003-2004) Monbusho Research Scholarship, Iwate University (1995-1997)		Courses Taught JAPAN 111-112- 113 (First Year Japanese) JAPAN 134 (First Year Intensive Japanese) JAPAN 321 (Premodern Japanese Literature) JAPAN 323 (Modern Japanese Literature) SISEA 241 (Japanese Civilization)