Chika Shinohara

Ph.D. Candidate

Department of Sociology

University of Minnesota

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My dissertation “Equal Employment Opportunity Policies and Transformation of Attitudes toward Gender-Roles 1985~ in Japan” seeks to address the following question; how have citizens, activists, scholars, and organizations learned and recreated the international legal norm promoting women’s employment and rights in the local Japanese context? I examine developing legality and legal consciousness on women’s employment rights in Japan since the passage of the 1985 EEO law.

 

My other major research projects include “Sexual Harassment Comes of Age: A Comparative Analysis of the United States and Japan” with Christopher Uggen and “The Effect of ‘Social Expectation’ on the Development of Civil Society in Japan” with Koichi Hasegawa and Jeffrey Broadbent. I am excited to start a comparative study with Murat Ergin titled, “Understanding Nationalism & Gender – Comparing Media Images in Turkey and Japan.”

 

Research

Ph.D. Dissertation Research in Progress

“Equal Employment Opportunity Policies and Transformation of Attitudes toward Gender-Roles in Japan since 1985.”

Publications

Hasegawa, Koichi, Chika Shinohara, and Jeffrey Broadbent. 2007. “The Effect of ‘Social Expectation’ on the Development of Civil Society in Japan.” Journal of Civil Society 3(2): 179-203. [Abstract] [PDF] [Copyright]

Hasegawa, Koichi, Chika Shinohara, and Jeffrey Broadbent. 2007. “Volunteerism and the State in Japan.” Japan Focus December 26, 2007. [Abstract] [Link] [Copyright]

Shinohara, Chika. Forthcoming in 2009. “How Did Sexual Harassment Become a Social Problem in Japan? The Equal Employment Opportunity Law and Globalization.” In Advances in Gender Research, Vol.13. Amsterdam: Elsevier.

Uggen, Christopher and Chika Shinohara. 2008, conditionally accepted for publication. “Sexual Harassment Comes of Age: A Comparative Analysis of the United States and Japan.” The Sociological Quarterly.

Collaborative Research Projects in Progress

 “Changing Japanese Views of the U.S. in the World Systems.” With Jeffrey Broadbent, Toru Shinoda, and Yohtaro Hamada.

“Understanding Nationalism & Gender – Comparing Media Images in Turkey and Japan.” With Murat Ergin.

Preliminary Exam Paper – May 2003

“Work-Family Policies in the United States, Germany, and Japan: Benefits for Working Mothers.”

Undergraduate Research Project – May 1998

“U.S. – Japan International Marriages: Life History Interviews with Japanese Immigrant Women.”

 

Research Assistant

IPUMS-USA Data Project RA for the Population Center, U of Minnesota. Spring 2007 to Date.

U.S.-Japan Sexual Harassment Comparison Study for Professor Christopher Uggen, Sociology, U of Minnesota. Summer 2006, Summer 2005, Summer & Fall 2004.

Gender & Legal Profession Study for Assistant Professor Kathleen Hull, Sociology, U of Minnesota. Summer 2005.

Work-Family Policies with International Perspectives for Assistant Professor Erin L. Kelly, Sociology, U of Minnesota. Spring 2004.

Civil Society in Japan for Associate Professor Jeffrey P. Broadbent, Sociology, U of Minnesota. Summer 2002.

“Sex and Politics of Desire in Japan” Workshop & History Search for Assistant Professor Hiromi Mizuno, History, U of Minnesota. Spring-Summer 2002.

Japan Environmental Network for Associate Professor Jeffrey P. Broadbent, Sociology, U of Minnesota. Summer-Fall 2000.

 

Recent Presentations

“Shinseidoshugiriron to ‘Shakaitekikitai’ de Saikousuru Kintouhougo no Shakaiishikihenka (Re-Considering Social Consciousness Changes after the EEO Law with Neoinstitutional Theory and ‘Social Expectation’)” Japanese Sociological Society’s Annual Meeting in Yokohama, JAPAN. November 17-18, 2007.

“Transforming Law and Social Consciousness in Japan: Perspectives on Contemporary Issues in Family and Work.” American Sociological Association’s Annual Meeting in New York. August 11-14, 2007.

 “Sekuhara no Shakaimondaika (Sexual Harassment as a Social Problem).” Japanese Sociological Society’s Annual Meeting in Kyoto, Japan. October 28-29, 2006.

“How Did Sexual Harassment Become A Social Problem In Japan? The Equal Employment Opportunity Law and Globalization.” American Sociological Association’s Annual Meeting in Montreal, Canada. August 11-15, 2006.

“The Effect of ‘Social Expectation’ on the Development of Civil Society in Japan.” With Koichi Hasegawa and Jeffrey Broadbent. American Sociological Association’s Annual Meeting in Montreal, Canada. August 11-15, 2006.

“Subverting Japanese Tradition? Transculturally Produced New Images of ‘Japanese Women’ 1985-2005.” University of California-Los Angeles Center for Japanese Studies Annual Graduate Student Conference in Los Angeles, April 22 2006.

“Trust and Gender Roles in Japan: Employment Rights and Work-Family Policy Designs.” Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations in Tokyo JAPAN. August 22-25, 2005.

“Age, Gender and Sekuhara in Japan and the United States.” With Christopher Uggen. American Sociological Association’s Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. August 13-16, 2005.

“What is Going on with Sexual Harassment in Japan?: The Equal Employment Opportunity Law Impact on the Employers and Workers.” Law and Society Annual Meeting in Las Vegas. June 2-5, 2005.

“The Impact of the Civil Rights Act on Sexual Harassment Consciousness: Explaining the Gender and Cohort Differences with a Policy Perspective during the 1990s.” Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. March 17-20, 2005.

“Fueling Even Further Fertility Decline!? The Equal Employment Opportunity Law and Reproduction of Gender Role Attitudes in Japan 1985-2004.” Conference on Reproduction in Modern Japan at Yale University. October 9-10, 2004.

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URL: http://www.soc.umn.edu/~shin0104

 

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