REI MAGOSAKI
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH | SHE/ HER/ HERS
ABOUT
REI MAGOSAKI is Associate Professor of English at Chapman University with a background in 20th & 21st century U.S. literature, and specializes in Asian American Literatures. PhD, English Language and Literature, University of Virginia/ B.A. English (magna cum laude) and French, Amherst College.
Selected Awards and Honors:
2023 Second Book Institute Fellow, Henneke Center at the University of Tulsa
2019-2020 Faculty Opportunity Fund for Scholarly Activity, Chapman University
2016-2017 Faculty Excellence Award for Scholarly Research, Chapman University
2013-2014 Scholar in Residence, Florida Atlantic University
2012-2013 & 2011-2012 Faculty Research Grant, Chapman University
2007-2008 Summer Dissertation Grant, University of Virginia
2000-2001 & 2004-2005 Amherst Fellowship for English Literature, Amherst College
1998-2000 Uchimura Scholar, Amherst College
Born in Kanazawa, Japan, Rei Magosaki grew up mostly in Tokyo and other cities including London, Moscow, Boston, Baghdad, and Ottawa.
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Her book on the first extended account of Asian American publishing history in the United States was published as Tricksters & Cosmopolitans: Cross Cultural Collaborations in Asian American Literary Production from Fordham University Press in 2016.
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Her current book project on literary expressions of Japanese American wartime incarceration is a return to her longstanding interest in cultural geography. This project also reflects her increasing interest in the layered histories of Southern California, and Orange County, CA, where she has lived since 2008.