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Eleanor J. Hogan is a Professor in the East Asian Studies Department at Gettysburg College, where she has served since 1999 as the first tenure-track hire in Japanese Studies. She spearheaded the program's evolution from an individual major under Interdisciplinary Studies into a full department offering majors/minors in Chinese and Japanese Studies. Her teaching encompasses all levels of Japanese language, literature, and popular culture courses including the signature first-year seminar “An Atomic Lizard, A Robot Boy, Pocket Monsters and Some Very Cute Kitties: Japanese Popular Culture Goes Global.”
Education:
- BA from Bates College (1989)
- MA from Yokohama Center through Stanford University (1993)
- MA in Japanese and Comparative Literature from Washington University in St. Louis (1994)
- PhD in Japanese and Comparative Literature from Washington University in St. Louis (2001)
Research Focus: Hogan’s scholarship centers on Modern Japanese Literature (particularly Nogami Yaeko), Science Fiction, and gender representation. She investigates intersections between Japanese video games and historical/literary narratives, cosplay/festival culture (including fieldwork at Nagoya’s World Cosplay Summit [2014] and Kyoto’s Jidai Matsuri [2016]), and transgender representation in contemporary media. Her work bridges literary analysis with cultural anthropology through active participation in events like 17th-century battle reenactments.
Mentorship: Hogan maintains extensive post-graduation engagement with Japanese Studies alumni, many of whom pursue advanced degrees, teach in Japan, work at the Japanese embassy, or join non-profit exchange programs. She regularly supervises senior research projects on literary translation, gender identity, and transgender representation in modern culture.
