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Rob Efird

Assistant Professor (Anthropology)
Anthropology, Sociology, and Social Work, Asian Studies Program

Contact Information

Phone

(206) 296-5388

Email

efirdr@seattleu.edu

Office

Casey 3W 310

Teaching and Research Interests

I am trained as a socio-cultural anthropologist. My ethnographic research has focused upon Japan and the People’s Republic of China, where I have spent a combined total of over ten years studying and conducting fieldwork. I am proficient in both Japanese and Mandarin Chinese, and I use these languages in my research on Sino-Japanese relations and environmental issues in contemporary China.

Biography

Recent Activities and Key Publications:

  • Publication of “Japan’s ‘War Orphans’: Identification and State Responsibility” in the Summer 2008 edition of the Journal of Japanese Studies.
  • Collaboration and fieldwork (Summer 2008) with the Chinese environmental NGO Yunnan EcoNetwork (http://www.yunnaneconetwork.net.cn/)
  • Selected participant in the Washington Center Curriculum for the Bioregion Initiative’s Faculty Learning Community in Sociology 2008-09
  • Ongoing teaching and outreach focused on Seattle University’s Taqwsheblu Vi Hilbert Ethnobotanical Garden

  • Co-creator of Seattle University's taqwsheblu Vi Hilbert Ethnobotanical Garden and its associated website: http://www2.seattleu.edu/artsci/ethnobotanical/

     

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