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East Asian Languages & Cultures Master’s Thesis Titles: For more information on reviewing or obtaining a copy, contact the University Library.

1977

Tokusei in Medieval Japan, by Harrington, Lorraine Fuchs, 1969 The Plays of Ma Chih-Yuan (1250?-1325?), by Yu, Shiao-Jing.

1978

 Assimilation, Repatriation or Ethnic Isolation: Choices Confronting the Korean Minority in Japan, by Somers, David I.

Cultural Adjustment Factorsin Teaching English to the Vietnamese, by Fensler, Don.

 “Selected Essays by Chang Hsiu-Ya,” by Okurowski, Mary Ellen.

Rebellion, Sedition, and Collective Prosecution in Ch'ing Penal Cases, by Allee, Mark A.

1979 

The Emergence of an Independent Arms Control Policy in the People's Republic of China, 1957-68, by Steinel, Douglas. 

1982 

Mononofu: The Warrior of Heian Japan, by Friday, Karl F.,

1983 

The Home Rule Struggle in 20th Century Taiwan, by Kurata, Phillip C., 

The Study of the Meaning & Use of To, -Tara, -Ba, & Nara in Japanese, by Buechler, Geoffrey L., 

T'ang Sai-Er's Rebellion, by Dalton, James, 

1984 

(Honors) A History of the Presbyterian Church of Taiwan, by Marshall, Marcus D., 

Japanese Self Defense Force: Prelude, Establishment and Prospect for Future, by Cook, Thomas T., 

A Translation of Wang Xizhe's "Mao Zedong & The Great Cultural Revolution", by Morrison, Joe L., 

1985 

(Honors) Four Plays by Betsuyaku Minoru, by Lawson, Robert N., 

The Chinese People's Liberation Army: Military Modernization Since 1978 & Its Prospects in the Year 2000, by Hoh, William C., 

1986 

The Integration of Xinjiang with China Proper: A Study in Han Colonization and Pluralistic Minority Policies, by Willis, Jeffrey M., 

Dogen in Light of Hua-Yen Buddhism, by Vorenkamp, Dirck, 

1987 

(Honors) The Tiananmen Incident: A Prospect Mandate for Policy-Making Change in the People's Repuiblic of China, by Cohen, Stuart B., 

Otogishi: A Historical Outlook in Literature, by Black, Nancy S., 

1988 

San Francisco School Crisis, by Black, Nancy S., 1988 Sun in a Shattered Mirror, by Olmstead, Diane, 

Recent Reforms in the Science & Technology Policy of the People's Republic of China, by Garner, Roland, 

Stock Ownership in China: Financing China's Economic Reform Programs, by Hull, Robert, 

1989 

Toward a Syllabus for Teaching the Japanese Language Based on Crombie's Relational Approach, by Hughes, Gene Clayton,

A Case Study of Kansas-Henan Trade Relations, by McClure, David,

The Interrelation of the Enka Songform and Japanese Society, by Muschany, Cathie M.,

The Cost of a One Week War: Japan, the Soviet Union & Issues of Japanese Prisoners of War in Soviet Held Territory, 1945-1955, by Nordman, David, 

(Honors) Joint Ventures in the People's Republic of China Using Chinese and Foreign Investment: The Relational Dynamics of the Foreign Investors, the Localities, and the Central Government, by Sprunger, Michael W.,

American-Japanese Trade Imbalance: Where Doesthe Search Begin?, by Price Jr., Alvie L., 

1990 

Legal Inequality & Social Discrimination: The Korean Minority in Contemporary Japan, by Son, Young-Hwai, 

Dowa Education Through Children's Picture Books, by Ofuji, Keiko, 

The Political Situation of Ethnic Minorities in the Xinjiang Uighur & Xizang Tibetan Autonomous Regions of the People's Republic of China, 1985-90, by McDaneld, A. Scott,

1991 

The Tengu's Art: An Illusion of Neo-Confusianism & Zen in Japanese Swordsmanship According to Shissai Chozanshi's Tengu Geijutsu Ron, by Seckler, Johnathan, 

1992 

The Effects of Hainan Province's Infrastructure, Energy Production, & Strategic Position on the PRC's Newest Special Economic Zone, by Schmidt, Scott, 

Yosano Akiko: A Pioneer Feminist Essayist of the Meiji and Taisho Periods, by Warren, Jane, 

Self-Disclosure Among Chinese Best Friends: Intercultural Dimensions of Interpersonal Communication, by Kulich, Steve J., 

(Honors) The End of the Examination System & Dynastic Recruitment in 1905-1911, by Machiya, Yoshio, 1993 Economic Obstaclesto Korean Unification, by Pak, Yeong-Tae, 

1993 

Feng Shui: An Overview from its Origins to its Current Forms, by Flaherty, William, 

Munakata Shiko'sInterpretation of Poetry in the Prints Nyonin Kanzeon Hangakan, by Torikawa, Natsuko, 

A Study of Post World War II New Town Urban Japanese Housewives- Persecution & Influence of Overseas Life on their Roles in Tsukuba Science City, by Larzalere, Norma, 

(Honors) The Molding of Chinese Womanhood: Preliminary Research of the Effect of Confucian Teachings upon Chinese Women, Past & Present, by Zhan, He-ying,

Accordance with the I-Kua System in Moist and Chuang-Tzu's Teachings, by Hoffman, Alan, 

1994 

China & the Collapse of the USSR Social Order in the People's Republic of China: 1989-1992, by Wynen, Karin, 

Achieving Military Objectives in Asia: The Impact of Unilateral Policy-Making, by Busch, John Michael, 

Nine Short Stories by Murakami Haruki, by Chamberlain, Banks Randall, 

Southern Baptist Convention Missionary Education in Taisho Japan, by Clark, Paul Hendrix, 

Uchimura Kanzo and Christianity in Meiji Japan: The Trials of East-West Cultural Interaction, by Allen, Darrell,

1995 

The Perfect Tense Usage of the Conditionals in Japanese, by Van Compernolle, Tim, 

(Honors) The Rise of the Zaibatsu System in Japan & Its Economic Influences on Korea & Taiwan, 1868-1945, by Lian, LiMei, 

An Analysis of Sino-U.S. Joint Venture Negotiation Styles: A Chinese Perspective, by Cheung, Ashley, 

1996 

An Examination of the Influence of Japanese Culture & the Failures of Economic Reforms Proposed by SCAP Economic Missionsfrom 1947 to 1949 on High Rates of Personal Savings in Japan, by Collisson, Nancy, 

An American Educator as Hired Help in Early Meiji Japan: William Elliot Griffis' Experiences as a Yatoi Gaikokujin, by Walker, J. Shawn, 

Carter's Proposed Troop Withdrawal: The Making & Unmaking of Foreign Policy Toawrds the Republic of Korea, by Coleman, Claudia, 

Wang Zipao & the Literary Themes of Time & Immortality in Chinese Art, by Steuber, Jason, 

Yasukuni Shrine & the Constraints on the Discourses of Nationalism in 20th Century Japan, by Safier, Joshua,

1997 

Chinese Themes in the Journals & Short Stories of Akutagawa Ryunosuke, by Chen, Mei-Hua, 

The Readjustment & Marketization of the Chinese Economy, by Chim, Guanghui, 

A View from the Periphery: Maruyama Kenji's Japan, by Haw, C. William, 

(Honors) Problems for Chinese Students Learning Japanese Address Terms- the Interplay of Politeness Universals & Cultural Knowledge of Chinese & Japanese, by Hua, Hui, 

China's Grain Production: Prospects into the Next Century, by Johnson, Brent,

1998 

United States- People's Republic of China Military Cooperation During the Deng Era: Prelude to the New World Order in Asia, by Babb, Joseph, 

Housing Foundations: The Commodification of Housing in China, 1949-1999, by Cooledge, Mark, 

1999 

Godzilla: The Assault of Modernism & the Counterattack of Tradition, by Ginther, Gray, 

Japanese School Textbooks: Teaching the Pacific War, by Garriss, Aaron,

The Social Construction of HIV Stigma in Japan, by Albrecht, David, 1999 Institutional Schism & Varient Christologies in the Chinese Christian Establishment: A Case Study of the China Inland Mission & the Chinese Young Men's Christian Association, 1920-1929, by Crownover, G. Christopher, 

2000 

Rules of War? Current Japanese Attitudes Toward Japan's World War II Atrocities, by Drees, Daniel,

Villagers & Officials: Zhang Yigong's Rural Stories of the Early 1980s, by Willis, Sheree,

The Subjacency Principle: Acquisition Level Faciliated by EFL and ESL Settings, by Kang, Ae-Jin,

2001 

Lin Biao: Mao Zedong's Successor and China's Traitor?, by Brigham, Vanessa,

2002 

The Taiwan Issue in the People's Daily: The Role of Non-PRC Ethnic Chinese Organizations, by McIver, Adam, 

2003 

Daily Life in Tokugawa Japan: A Study Set in Old Ibaraki Prefecture, by Geritz, Laura, 

Provincial Reform and Local Elite Participation: The Case of Yuan Shikai and Zhili, by Dewell, Christopher, 

Regional Variations in the Number of Protests and Strikes in China, by Atkeisson, G.,

A Study of Objectivity and Detachment in Soseki's Vision, by Cleveland, Brian, 

(Honors) Adaptations of the Rokujo Character from "Genji Monogatari" by the Noh Playwrights Zemi & Zenchiki in the noh Plays "Aoi no Ue" & "Nonomiya: A Literary Noblewoman Becomes a Loquacious Ghos.", by Dolembo, Marie, 

2004 

The Spectacle of School Girls: Enjo Kosai Through a Tokugawa Lense, by Goodison, Arlene,

(Honors) The Search for Moral Coherence in Contemporary China, by Pine, Charles,

Modern Japanese Human Right Law and the Otaru Omsen Case, by Grieb, Owen, 

2005 

Chinese Migration to Slovakia, by Repkova, Katarina, 

Chasing the Sheep of History: War & Memory in the Fiction of Murakami Haruki, by Ward, Michael, 

2006 

Game Centers: A Historical and Cultural Analysis of Japan's Video Amusement Establishment, by Eickhorst, Eric,

(Honors) Hunting the Xiezhai: Mythology, Methodology and an Alternate Explication of Fa, by Caldwell IV, Perry Ernest, 

Punishment & the Preface to the Tale of the Heike, by Mayo, Christopher, 

2007 

(Honors) Venerable Fazan & His Influence on Life & Education at the Sino-Tibetan Buddhist Institute, by Sullivan, Brenton, 

(Honors) Anti-Americanism and national identity in South Korea, by Duncan, Ben,

2009 

Methods to Market Mario: An Analysis of American and Japanese Preference For Control in Video Games, by Cook, Geoffrey M., 

The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: Wang Anyi’s Tale of Shanghai, by Schneider, Nancy, 

2011 

Acquisition of Semantic and Pragmatic Meaning of the Quantifier Nanko-ka by Adult Learners of Japanese, by Takami, Naoko, 

Sex and Silence: Ochiai Keiko’s “The Rape” Within a Historical Context, by Brown, Aun-Drey Reynaldo, 

2012 

South Korean “New Wild Geese Mothers” Studying in the U.S.: Balancing between Studenthood and Motherhood, by Lee, Ji-Yeon, 

2013 

Rebel With a Cause: Ishihara Shintaro, A Case Study of a Japanese Nationalist, by Akaike-Toste, Eriko Maria,

Romantic Relationships and Urban Modernity in the Writings of Han Bangqing and Zhang Ailing, by Kauffman, Andrew, 

The Middle Class in the Middle Kingdom: Regime Support for the Chinese Leadership?, by Paden, Eric, 

Pollution and Environmental Concern in Rural China, by Brandes, Julia, 

(Honors) Queer Comrades, Queer China: Hybrid Lesbian Identities in an Age of Social Media, by Brennan, Cammie Allison, 

Rethinking the Axial Age in Ancient China: The Role of Religion in Governance from the Shang to the Early Han, by Bollig, Peter, 

2014 

Revisioning Literature and History: An Annotated Translation of Two Short Stories by Jin Renshun, by McCormick, Evan Randolph, 

Conscientious Rule: Policital and Moral Philosophy in “The Way of Conscientiousness and Trustworthiness” (Zhong xin zhi dao), by Chung, Hsiao-Tung,

2015 

A Failure to Communicate: Li Shangyin’s Hermetic Legacy, by Bowden, Emily, 

Hollywood in China: The Chinese Reception of Titanic as a Case Study, by Dillon, Kaylin, 

Hot Economics, Cold Politics: The Influence of Anti-Japanese Protests on Japanese Foreign Direct Investment in China, by Tsuyumu Vencalek, Emi, 

Cross-Script Cognate Priming Effects on Visual Word Recognition: Effects of Japanese Loanword Cognates in L2 Japanese Learners, by Higashitani, Noriko, 

Cold War in Asia: China’s Involvement in the Korean and Vietnam War, by Becker, Stefanie,

Multiple Challenges in Fundraising for North Korean Refugees: The Case of a South Korean NGO, by Kohlbeck, Justin, 

China’s soft power investment in African nations, by Nagao, Haruka,

2016 

(Honors) Gender Dynamics in China’s Legal System: Comparative Analysis with the United States, by Considine, Kasey, 

Turquoise-Inlaid Bronze Plaques from the Erlitou Culture: Origin and Transmission, by Sun, Mao, 

2017 

“Jogakusei:” A Cultural Icon of Meiji Japan, by Hori, Yoko, 

Transforming the Spirit: Wang Wei’s Encomium on a Pure Land “Bianxiang,” by Aghdaie, Taraneh,

Recentering Taiwan: Colonialism, The Nation, and Identity in Taiwanese Fiction and Film, by Hill, William Zachary, 

Seeking “suzhi” through Modernization and Development, by Moramarco, Krista, 

Sorry but Not Sorry: Politics of Apology over Comfort Women between Japan and South Korea, by Shiomi, Masanori, 

2019 

Murakami Haruki's Short Fiction and the Japanese Consumer Society, by Clements, Jacob,

A Critical Approach to Human Trafficking in Japan: Rethinking Sex Trafficking Policy Through the Examples of Filipino Migrant Entertainers, by Marlaena A Gridley.

2024 

“Perception of Chinese Enterprise in African Communities:

Indicators of Embedded Behavior.”  Kale Wiley.

“Shibahama: A Ninjō Banashi Through the Ages,” John Marvin.

Portfolio option: “Integrating Popular Culture in Korean Language Classes: Impact on Motivation, Retention, and Learning,” “Viewing Modern Korean Social Issues through BTS’ Lyrics: The Life of the Korean Youth in the Contemporary Education System and Society,” and “A Married Korean Woman’s Dilemma in the Webtoon Myeoneuragi: The Conflict Between Traditional Role Expectations and Modern Values,” Hannah Oh.

Portfolio option: “Translation of The Latest Research on Tokugawa Ieyasu: Demystifying the “Man of the World” Turned Legend by Kuroda, Motoki,” “The Linguistic Situation of the Ainu in Japan: Challenges of Marginalization and Strategies for Revitalization,” and “Reevaluating Emptiness: The Enduring Relevance of Huineng's Theories in Contemporary Buddhist Discourse,” Lu Tengsheng

Portfolio option: “Annotated Translation of Kim Saryang’s ‘Into the Light.’” The third member was Lee Jiyeon,” “The Effect of Protestantism on Korean Nationalism During the March 1st Movement,” and "Ideology or Religion: State Shinto’s effect on national identity in Colonial Korea,” Emily McAllister

2025 

“Intimacy and Autonomy: Ma Xianglan’s Social Networks in Late Ming China,” Luan Xingning (Honors).

“Visible Data, Invisible Menstruation: the Paradox of Empowerment and Control through Femtech in the Japanese Workplace,” Ami Kitada.

“’A Bundle of Onions’: A New Perspective on Tayama Katai’s Nationalist Ideology and Style,” Ryan Monahan.