Assistant Professor, Japanese
Languages • Literatures & Cultures
Orna Shaughnessy

Assistant Professor, Japanese

 orna.shaughnessy@du.edu

 303-871-2554 (Office)

Sturm Hall, 2000 East Asbury Avenue Denver, CO 80208

Specialization(s)

Japanese literature, Japanese popular culture, Japanese film, Japanese language, Critical Race theory, Translation Studies, Travel Literature, Cultural Studies & Diversity, Japanese pedagogy, digital humanities

Professional Biography

Orna Shaughnessy received her PhD in Japanese literature from the University of California, Berkeley. She has received a Foreign Language & Area Studies Award (FLAS) for Japanese, a Fulbright IIE Fellowship to conduct research at the National Institute for Japanese Literature in Tokyo, Japan, and an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Award for faculty research, scholarship and professional development. Her areas of research include hizakurige mono, 19th century Japanese travel literature, translation studies, urban studies, and the digital humanities. At the University of Denver she teaches a wide array of classes on Japanese literature, film and cultural production, and received the William T. Driscoll Master Educator award in 2018.

Degree(s)

  • Ph.D., Japanese, University of California, Berkeley, 2015

Licensure / Accreditations

  • Certificate of Completion Teaching Online Workshop
  • Completion of DU Canvas Instructor Tutorial

Professional Affiliations

  • Association for Japanese Literary Studies
  • Modern Language Association
  • Association of Asian Studies