EDUCATION

Ph.D. Political Science, University of California, San Diego

Primary Field: Comparative Politics with regional focus on Japan.

Second field: International Relations.

M.A. Political Science, University of California, San Diego

M.A. Economics, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan. Disciplinary emphasis: Labor Economics.

B.A. Economics, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas.

Languages: Fluent in spoken and written Japanese; good Spanish.

GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

University of California Institute for Labor and Employment, Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, September 2003-June 2004.

UC San Diego, Dean’s Travel Grant, June 2002.

SSRC Annual Japan Studies Dissertation Workshop, December 2000.

Japan Ministry of Education, Research Scholarship, October 1999-March 2001.

Japan Ministry of Education, Research Scholarship, October 1991-March 1995.

DISSERTATION

Title: Japanese Family Policy in the 1990s: Business Consent in the Policy-making Process.

PUBLICATIONS AND TRANSLATIONS

Ellis Krauss and Priscilla Lambert, “The Press and Japan’s Attempts at Political and Administrative Reform.” Harvard International Journal of Press and Politics. Winter 2002.

Abe, Masahiro and Souichi Ohta. (Translated by Priscilla Lambert). “Fluctuations in Unemployment and Industry Labor Markets.” Journal of the Japanese and International Economies. Vol. 15, No. 4. (December) 2001.

Mori, Masumi. (Translated by Priscilla Lambert). “Gender Discrimination in Wages and Employment Practices in Japan.” US-Japan Women’s Journal. No. 16, 1999.

Higuchi, Yoshio. (Translated by Priscilla Lambert) “The Effect of Income Tax and Social Security Policy: Married Women in the Japanese Labor Supply,” US-Japan Women’s Journal. No. 13, 1997.

PRESENTATIONS AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITES

Paper presentation of “Family Policy and Business Consent in Japan: A Case Study of the Parental Leave Law.” Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association in Oakland, 2005.

Paper Presentation of “Woman and Children First? The Comparative Political Economy of Family Policy.” Annual Meeting of the Mid-West Political Science Association in Chicago, 2005.

Paper Presentation with Merike Blofield of “Family Policies and the Fertility Crisis in Conservative Countries: A Comparison of Italy, Spain and Japan.” Annual Meeting of the Mid-West Political Science Association in Chicago, 2005.

Paper presentation of “The Comparative Political Economy of Family Policy: The Effect of Business, Labor, and Institutions on Policy Outcomes.” Institute of Labor and Employment Graduate Student Research Conference February 20-22, 2004.

Paper presentation of “Women and Children First? The Comparative Political Economy of Family Policy.” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in Philadelphia, 2003.

Paper presentation of “Women and Children First? The Political Economy of Family Policy.” Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association in Denver, 2003.

Paper presentation of “Child Care Leave on the LDP Agenda 1979 and 1991: How Family Policy Changes.” East Asian Studies Hokkaido International Conference, September 28-29, 2002.

Invited participant to Symposium on “The Ways Some Japanese Live Now.” University of Michigan, January 11-13, 2002.

Poster presentation of “Japanese Family Policy in the 1990s: Business Consent and Constraint in the Policy-Making Process.” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in San Francisco, 2001.

Paper presentation of “Mothers Against the LDP: Family Policy and the Japanese Welfare State.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in Atlanta, September 1999.

TEACHING AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Western Michigan University, Fall 2004 to present

Adjunct Professor, Department of Political Science, University of San Diego,

September 2001-December 2001.

Professor for Introduction to International Politics.

Teaching Assistant, Dimensions of Culture, University of California, San Diego,

Discussion section leader for Dimensions of Culture, First Year Writing Program September 2001 to June 2002.

Research Assistant to Professor Ellis Krauss, University of California, San Diego, October1997-April 1998.

Researched newspaper articles on political and administrative reform and read and analyzed a subset of articles in the Asahi Shinbum. This research led to a 2002 publication.

Teaching Assistant, Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego.

Discussion section leader for: Introduction to Comparative Politics, Fall 1997, and Introduction to International Relations, Winter 1998, Spring 1998, Fall 1998, Winter 1999, Winter 2003.

Grader for : Voting and Election, Soviet Successor State Politics, International Political Economy, US Supreme Court, and the Supreme Court in American Society (September 1996-June 1997, Spring 1999 and 2001).

Research Assistant to Professor Kaare Strom, University of California, San Diego, July 1997-October1997.

Compiled data on party governance for OECD countries and created a database of coalition and electoral variables from 1945 to 1997.