My PhD dissertation (1992) was called Art, Artists, and Artistry in Science Fiction, and here are my current research areas:
- American Children’s Literature
- American Fantasy and Science fiction
- American Popular Culture
Here is a gallery of books, manga, and authors I've written papers about.
Here are some of my publications.
- Depictions of Race in Caldecott Medal Picture Books. Fukuoka University Review of Literature and Humanities 45 (Mar. 2014): 425-81.
- Guns and Spinning Wheels: Gender in Walter D. Edmonds' The Matchlock Gun. Fukuoka University Review of Literature and Humanities 42 (Sep. 2010): 469-98.
- The Popular Culture Native American Context of Little House on the Prairie. Fukuoka University Review of Literature and Humanities 42 (Jun. 2010): 83-130.
- James Daugherty's Daniel Boone: A Boon for Children? Fukuoka University Review of Literature and Humanities 41 (Mar. 2010): 1423-72.
- The Native American Other in Little House on the Prairie. Fukuoka University Review of Literature and Humanities 40 (Sep. 2008): 299-348.
- Depicting Emily Dickinson: Michael Bedard and Barbara Cooney’s Emily. Fukuoka University Review of Literature and Humanities 38 (Dec. 2006): 789-817.
- Art. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works, and Wonders. Ed. Gary Westfahl. Westport, CT.: Greenwood, 2005. 54-56.
- Slam Dunk, Sports Manga, and Japanese Culture. Fukuoka University Review of Literature and Humanities 35 (Dec. 2003): 1063-98.
- Barrington J. Bayley. Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 261: British Science-Fiction and Fantasy Writers. Ed. Darren Harris-Fain. Detroit: Gale, 2002. 87-97.
- Alan Moore. Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 261: British Science-Fiction and Fantasy Writers. Ed. Darren Harris-Fain. Detroit: Gale, 2002. 312-20.
- The Desire to Control Time in Doraemon and Japanese Culture. Worlds Enough and Time: Explorations of Time in Science Fiction and Fantasy. Ed. Gary K. Westfahl, George Slusser, and David A. Leiby. Westport, CT.: Greenwood, 2002. 103-11.
- Reevaluating Ralph 124C 41+, that "Tawdry, Illiterate Tale.” Fukuoka University Review of Literature and Humanities 33 (Sept. 2001): 841-84.
- The Metaphoric Nature of Science Fiction. Fukuoka University Review of Literature and Humanities 33 (Jun. 2001): 145-89.
- Reading Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are, In the Night Kitchen, and Outside Over There as a Trilogy. Fukuoka University Review of Literature and Humanities 32 (Dec. 2000): 1763-1808.