Susan Napier

Professor, International Literary and Cultural Studies

Goldthwaite Professor of Rhetoric, International Literary and Cultural Studies

Interim Chair, International Literary and Cultural Studies

(617) 627-2199

susan.napier@tufts.edu

180 Packard Avenue

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Japanese Program International Literary and Visual Studies Program Film and Media Studies Program

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Career Highlights / Publications Professional Activities Courses / Teaching Activities

Research/Areas of Interest

History and theory of animation
Japanese animation (anime) and comics (manga)
Modern Japanese literature
Popular culture, especially science fiction and fantasy
Contemporary constructions of gender and the body
Technology and culture
Fan culture
Representations of trauma and loss

Education

PhD, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States, 1984
AM, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States, 1980
AB, Harvard University, Cambridge, United States, 1977