Shaun Tanaka

Shaun Tanaka is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Toronto Metropolitan University. His research focuses on food geographies, culinary culture, race, racism, ethnicity, Japanese Canadian internment and dispersal, and mixed race studies. He holds an Honors BA in History, an MA in Geography, and a PhD in Geography from Queen’s University.

• Education
  • Honors BA in History (Queen’s University)
  • MA in Geography (Queen’s University)
  • PhD in Geography (Queen’s University)

His research examines constructed identities in Japanese culinary circuits in Toronto, emphasizing racialization, Whiteness, and cultural difference performance through food production and consumption. Additionally, he studies human differentiation, critical mixed race theory, and intergenerational impacts of Japanese Canadian internment.

Courses taught: SSH 301 - Research Design and Qualitative Methods.