Yasuko Takezawa

Yasuko Takezawa is a Professor of Intercultural Research at Kansai Gaidai University, specializing in theories of race and ethinicity. Her current research area stems from past experience researching Japanese American, Pan-Asian, and African American identity, and has expanded to include topics such as genealogy and physical anthropology. Some major publications include:

• Breaking the Silence: Ethnicity and Redress among Japanese Americans. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1995.
• Takezawa, Y. & Small, S. (2022). Theorizing People of Mixed Race in the Pacific and Atlantic. Social Sciences 11(3), 124.