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ACADEMIC :: CLASSWORK Class assingments, term papers, theses and dissertations, at all levels up to post-graduate. Arrangement is by last name of author. Class title and term given if available

[author]	[affiliation]	[title/class/school]
Cyberspace, VR and Critical Theory Brown University, Spring 1998		The Cyborg in Cinema and Anime
Darcy Abe	MLS candidate University of Hawaii at Manoa	The Manga Revolution Introduction to Reference and Information Services University of Hawaii, Fall 2006
Brent Allison	animefandom.org PHD candidate Social Foundations of Education University of Georgia	Japanese Animation Fandom as an Agent of Informal Educational Enterprise Anthropology of Education, University of Georgia Housekeeping Ebichu: Gendered Misadventures in Japanese Animation Special Topics in Telecommunications, University of Georgia Cross-cultural Gender Construction Theories and their Application to U.S. and Japanese Sequential Art Seminar in Ecological Anthropology, University of Georgia Anime Fan Subculture: A Review of the Literature Mass Communication and Society, University of Georgia
Erwin Anciano		Fanfiction: A New Form of Internet Literature Senior Seminar Creative Project, Ateneo de Manila University
Amanda Anderson		A guide for writing Sailor Moon fanfics Technical Report Writing, Oregon Institute of Technology, Spring 1997
Chris Bartlo		Project Anime - The American Stereotype - Gender Roles in Anime - Racial Phenotypes in Anime - Destruction: An Ever-Present Theme - The Evolution of Anime Introduction to Media Studies: Print Media, Television, and Popular Culture, Pomona College, Spring 1999
Matt Bednarick	mattb.tv	Japanese Animation: post-WWII anxiety in Japan The End of the World, Rutgers University - Camden, Fall 2003
Brandon W. Bollom	burninghammer.com PHD candidate, Journalism University of Texas at Austin	FLCL: How Gainax Created The First Anime For The 21^st Century World of Japanese Animation, University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2002
Emi Bryant		"I am Michi!": Identity Politics in Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis Senior Thesis, English, Haverford College, 2006
Patrick Burleson		Anime in America 10th Grade English
Anne Butler	ratspace.net	Aquatranssexuals and the People Who Love Them: A Cultural Study of the American Otaku Subculture Senior Seminar in Cultural Studies
Aminat Chokobaeva		Sexuality, Motherhood and Power in Japanese Pornographic Animation Master's Programme in Asian Studies, Lund University, Fall 2005
Ellie Collinson		Stories of Difference: An examination of Japanese Shoojo manga and the relationship between gay men and straight women Senior Thesis, Asian Studies, Colorado College, Spring 2002
Josue Colorado		Anime Senior Capstone Project, Florida State University School, Spring 2001
Tracy Derynck	angelsofdisruption.com PHD candidate Religious Studies University of Calgary	Apocalypticism as Spiritual Wrestling Match: Neon Genesis Evangelion, The Tracts of Jack T. Chick, and the Longing for an Intelligible Reality Popular Visual Culture, Lancaster University, Spring 2004
Marie-Antoinette Dimayuga		Nationalism in Manga and Anime
Charles Duan		Supercomputers and Giant Robots: An Exploration of Technology and the Human Soul in Neon Genesis Evangelion Expository Writing: Explorers and Diversity, Harvard University, Spring 2001 Constructing the Self: Views of Identity in Neon Genesis Evangelion and Kareshi Kanojo no Jijo Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation, Harvard University, Spring 2001
Janet Edwards		Hayao Miyazaki: An Evaluation Using the Auteur Theory
Lawrence Eng	PHD candidate, Science and Technology Studies Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Otak-who?: Technoculture, youth, consumption, and resistance. American representations of a Japanese youth subculture Research Seminar in Science and Technology Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Spring 2002
Anthony Enriquez		Those Perfectionist Japanese - Anime: A Labor of Love Intercultural Communication, Shasta College, Spring 2003
Dillon Font	randomrobot.com	Shoujo no Yume: Fantasy and Gender in Women-Aimed Media in Japan Senior Thesis, Asian Studies, Vassar College, Spring 2003 The Mother Ideal in Contemporary Japanese Media: Sailor Moon, Fantasy, and Constructed Femininity in Anime and Manga Women in Japanese Media, Vassar College, Spring 2002
Michele Gibney		Japanese Animation: Experiencing a Culture Honors Senior Thesis, University of Puget Sound, Spring 2001
Jonathan Gladden	gladdengraphics.com MFA, Design Ohio State University	Animania: inside the world of Japanese Animation and Comic Art Ethnic Arts, Ohio State University, Spring 1997
Lucy Glasspool		Science fiction's use of Utopian and Dystopian visions of the future in relation to challenging borders of gender and/or sexuality: Ghost in the Shell and Tenkuu no Escaflowne Genre and Psychoanalysis in Akira
Adam Greenwood		The common misconceptions about anime Special Study, University of Leeds, Spring 2004
Owen Gunden	phauna.org	Why Do Hackers Watch Anime? Cyberculture, University of Pennsylvania, Spring 2003
Kenneth Gundle		Japan's New Era of Information Communication Imperialism: The Not-So-Soft Power of Gross National Cool and Information Communication Technology Student Honors Essay, Stanford Japan Center, Fall 2004
Ivan Hadad	MD candidate Northwestern University	Anime and American Cartoons Introduction to Japanese Culture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Fall 1997
Hiten Patel
Brendan Harty		The History of Japanese Animation: A Western Perspective Asian Religion and Christianity, Gordon College, Fall 2002
Kyle Herrity		Shoujo Otaku Anime, University of Michigan, Fall 2000
Emil Hoelter		Is This All There Is To Them?: Cultural Legitimacy and What Manga and Emakimono Mean to Each Other Siebold University of Nagasaki, Spring 2003
Wendy Hsu	PHD candidate Critical and Comparative Studies in Music University of Virginia	Misreading the Random: A Translational Reading of the Japanese Anime Cowboy Bebop MA thesis, East Asian Studies, University of Virginia, 2004
Belinda Huang	immortalised.net	Shounen Ai Manga and the Female Identity
"Hyphont"		Anime Term Paper
Dominic Jesse		Japanese Animation and the Banality of Evil: How Cultural Differences Impede the Mainstreaming of Anime in America Independent Studies, Sociology, Northwestern University, 1999
Oskar Kallner	kallner.com	Shinto in Anime Worldviews in context: The Excluded Middle, Orebro Theological Seminary, May 2005
Daniel Makoto Kanemitsu		Doujinworld: the Subculture of the Japanese Non-Commercial Comic Book Publishing Community Writing for the Social Sciences, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2000 US and Japan pornography regulation traditions and trends Seminar: History of Sexuality, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Fall 1999
Mikhail Koulikov	corneredangel.com	Development, adaptation and netwar within an unauthorized social network - the case of anime fan distribution structures Strategic Intelligence, Indiana University, Bloomington, Fall 2007 First steps in developing a library collection to support research on anime and manga Collection Development and Management, Indiana University, Bloomington, Summer 2007 Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind as Modern Eschatological Literature AP English Literature and Composition, Stuyvesant High School, Spring 1999
Christine Hoff Kraemer	PHD candidate, Religion and Literature Boston University	The Creative Apocalypse: Post-WWII Narratives of Death, Rebirth, and Transformation Senior Thesis, English, University of Texas, Fall 2000 Justification for Anime Fandom World of Japanese Animation, University of Texas, Austin, Fall 2000 Disney, Miyazaki, and Feminism: Why Western girls need Japanese animation
Sheri Le	MA, Communication Development Colorado State University	Modern Ghosts, Postmodern Shells: Ghost in the Shell and the Crisis of the Human Subject Theories of Mediated Communication, Colorado State University, Spring 2002
Ben Leinweber		Manga in America: History and Trends of the American Manga Industry Japanese Politics, Waseda University
Sean Leonard	seanspace.com JD candidate University of Chicago	Subtitling system for streamlined overlay of temporal elements on audiovisual sequences, with automatic phonetic alignment of textual elements, and social and legal consequences of subtitling activities in Japanese animation fandom Master of Engineering Thesis Proposal, Massachussets Institute of Technology, Spring 2004
Pat Leung		Manga! Manga! Student Honors Essay, Stanford Japan Center, Summer 2005
Jerry Levine	patchmonkey.net	Cartoons are for kids, and other issues: The Japanese anime market in the United States International Marketing, University of Maryland, Fall 2002
David Liu		The Possibility of Anime Becoming Mainstream in the United States Writing and Critical Thinking, Stanford University, Spring 2002 Gender Based Appeal in Girls' and Boys' Anime Language and Gender in Japan, Stanford University, Winter 2001
Austin Lovell		Apocalypse in Film: A Discussion of Six Apocalyptic Films The Book of Revelation and Apocalyptic Literature, Loyola Marymount University, Spring 1999
Eric Moreto
Robert Vail
Melissa Luz		An Exploration of the Media involving the Anime Subculture and its Impact on North American Society Politics, Father Michael McGivney Catholic High School
Lindsay MacLean		HYBRID:document - a contrast on the uses of manga in Japanese and American society Senior Project, Computing Arts, University of California, San Diego, Spring 2001
Annie Manion	MA, East Asian Studies University of Southern California	Discovering Japan: Anime and Learning Japanese Culture MA thesis, East Asian Studies, University of Southern California
James Matthews	jmatthews.generation5.org	Anime and the Acceptance of Robotics in Japan: A Symbiotic Relationship
Kristina Naudus	urbangeek.net	Speaking Without Subtitles: The Universal Language of Otaku Language, Thought and Culture, New York University, Fall 2000
Jenny Ng		Myth Illuminating History in Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma Japanese Animation, Queens College, Spring 2004 The Heavenly War Chronicles: Shurato College Writing, Queens College, Fall 2002
Genevieve Petty	memory-motel.net MA, Humanities University of Louisville	Equality Through Depiction: A Feminist Defense of Crying Freeman Gender in Comics, University of Louisville, Spring 2003 Sexuality in American and Japanese Comic Books Gender in Comics, University of Louisville, Spring 2003 Saving Humanity through Gender Reversal: A Feminist Interpretation of Shinseiki Evangelion Women: Jew/Christian/Muslim, University of Louisville, 2003 Animation and Feminist Theory Feminist Theory, University of Louisville An Elderly Amazon: The Unruly Woman in Ranma 1/2 The Body in Popular Media, University of Louisville Gender and Comic Books in Japan and in America: A Different Inequality The Body in Popular Media, University of Louisville
Dorothy Ann Phoenix		Protecting Youn g Eyes: Censorship and Moral Standards of Decency in Japan and the United States as Reflected in Children's Media SB thesis, Humanities and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Spring 2006
Eron Rauch	MFA candidate Photography and Media California Institute of the Arts	Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind: Standing in Both Worlds Modern Japan, Northern Illinois University, Spring 2000
"Routhier"	The Happy Cuisinart	Anime Subculture Senior Thesis prospectus, Fall 2004
Ardith Santiago	hanabatake.net	Manga, Beyond Ukio-e: Aesthetics, Post-Modernism and Japan Aesthetics and Hermeneutics, University of California, Los Angeles, Spring 1999 Meiji and Manga: Japan's Past Through the Eyes of the Present Japanese History, Modern: 1868 to the Present, University of California, Los Angeles, Spring 1999
Toshiko Shige		Pokemon: Modern Childhood in a Virtual World Research Paper, International English Center, University of Colorado, Summer 2000
Casey J. Sillito		Anime and the Western Audience University of Lethbridge
Aaron Smith		The Japanese Influence English composition, Kutztown University, Spring 1996
Dana Springall		Popular Music Meets Japanese Cartoons: A History on the Evolution of Anime Music Videos Samford University, Fall 2004
Joy E. Swafford		Comparison of Female Images in Cartoons and Japanimation Nationalities, Sexualities, and Global TV, University of Maryland, College Park, Fall 1997
Wilson Tai	wilsontai.com Resident Teacher Zhejiang University City College	Casting female stereotypes in the Pacific Rim Pacific Rim Discourse, University of California, Santa Cruz, Fall 2001
Alex Chang Tang		The Strange World of the Otaku Language, Thought & Culture, New York University, Fall 2000
Mihoko Teshigawara	PHD candidate, Linguistics University of Victoria	Voices in Japanese Animation: A Phonetic Study of Vocal Stereotypes of Heroes and Villains in Japanese Culture Doctoral Dissertation, Linguistics, University of Victoria, 2003
Chris Thorp		How the concept of the cyborg has changed human self-perception Cyberfeminism and Technoculture, University of Minnesota
Phil Ticknor	philticknor.net	Tradition, Escapism and the Occupation: Examining Japanese Mass Media Goucher Gollege From Woodblock Prints to OAV's: A Topical Survey of Manga and Anime Goucher College Anime Crosses the Ocean: An Intercultural Look at the Rising Popularity of Japanese Animation in the United States Goucher College
Mitchell Tribbett		Serial Experiments: Lain as an Reflection of Modern Japanese Anxieties in the Digital Era Anthropology of Japan, Reed College
Dr. Natacha Villamia Sochat	wild-dreamer-studio.com	Manga and Anime Roots in Japan's Edo Period Master of Fine Arts program, School of the Museum of Fine Art, Fall 2006
Fox Wilkinson		The Art of Anime and Pornography Modern Japanese Civilization, Purdue University, Spring 1998
Christine Yang		Anime and its Impact on Generational Identities The Writer's Journey, Stanford University, Spring 2004 Gender Stereotypes in Naruto Language and Gender in Japan: Myths and Reality, Stanford University, Winter 2004
Sandra Youssef	lucean.net	Girls who like Boys who like Boys - Ethnography of Online Slash/Yaoi Fans BA Honors Thesis, Anthropology, Mt. Holyoke College, Spring 2004
Daren Zimmerman		Anime and Manga: A Popular Cult Icon Digital Culture and the Art on the Net University of Saskatchewan, 1999