Akiko Nosaka
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
253-535-7664 (office) (office)
E-mail nosakaaa@plu.edu
Profile
Education
Degrees
Ph.D. in Anthropology, Penn State University, 1997
Personal
Biography
Akiko Nosaka's core study interests are inter-generational family relationships and households, which she approaches by looking at issues such as fertility, gender, aging, and life strategies. Her recent work has been published in such peer review journals as Human Organization (2008 and 2012), Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Europe (2009), Ethnology (2009), and Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health (2010). Courses she teaches at PLU include “Introduction to Human Cultural Diversity,” “Anthropology of Age,” “East Asian Cultures,” “Ethnic Groups,” and “Exploring Anthropology.”