Christopher A. Reichl

Christopher A. Reichl serves as a Professor in the Anthropology Department within the Social Sciences Division at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo. His office is located in Kanakaʻole Hall, room 265, with contact details including phone (808) 932-7265 and email reichl@hawaii.edu.

He teaches a diverse curriculum spanning:

• Cultural Anthropology
• Ethnographic Field Techniques
• Linguistics
• Japanese Studies
• China-U.S. Relations (graduate level)

Research expertise centers on International Migration, with specialized focus on Japanese and Chinese Diaspora communities and their religious practices in overseas settings like Brazil, Japan, Okinawa, Taiwan, and Hilo. He is renowned for reinterpretation of Hawaiian petroglyphs and conducts ethnohistoric studies combined with language learning research in Vietnam, reflecting interdisciplinary engagement across cultural anthropology and linguistics.