Miki Wheeler

EDUCATION AND DEGREE(S)

• Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (2008)

RESEARCH INTEREST(S)

• Heian and Kamakura court diaries by men and women, especially the intersections in treatment of seasonal rites & ceremonies, material culture, and issues of self-depiction
• A recent focus is the important role of garments - weaves, dyes, layering schemes - in Heian and Kamakura narratives
• The representation of inter- and intra-generational ties between women, particularly in terms of their social, court, and familial positions in the late Heian and early Kamakura periods

COURSE(S) TAUGHT

• Japanese Literature in Translation: Early Period (JPN 101)
• Japanese Literature in Translation: Middle Period (JPN 102)
• Readings in Modern Japanese Literature: 1920-1945 (JPN 131)
• Readings in the Humanities: Modern Period (JPN 135)