Rachel Levine

Research Focus

• Gender Discrimination and Sexual Violence
• Sex Trafficking in East Asia
• Views of Sexuality During the Tokugawa Period as Expressed Through Shunga
• Barriers to Female Workforce Participation in Japan
• Thesis: Behind the Shoji: Sex Trafficking of Japanese Citizens
• Dissertation: “Rape, Resistance, and Revision: Sexual Violence Law and Social Change
  in Japan”

Dissertation Committe

• Sabine Frühstück
• Alison Brysk
• Suma Ikeuchi

Academic History

• M.A Asian Studies, Florida International University
• B.A East Asian Languages and Cultures, Minors: International Relations, Psychology, University of Southern California

Publications

• “Behind the Shoji Screen: Sex Trafficking of Japanese Citizens,” Japan Studies Review XXIV, (2020): 61-83

Panel Presentations

• “Beyond the Black Box: Sexual Violence and Japanese Media” at the 72^nd Annual International Communication Association Conference, Paris, France, 2022
• “Beyond the Black Box: The (In)visibility of Sexual Violence in Japanese News Media” at the 8th Association of Asian Studies-in-Asia Conference, Daegu, South Korea, 2023

Teaching Experience

•  Adjunct Lecturer, Florida International University, August 2019- Present: ASN 3202 Japanese Anime and Manga
• Teaching Assistant, Florida International University, August 2017- May 2019: Introduction to East Asia, Japanese Culture and Society, Graduate Intro to Modern Asia, Graduate Asian Religion Seminar, Graduate Media Seminar, Graduate Masters Seminar

Awards

• 2023-24 Fukushima-Fulbright Japan Graduate Research Fellow
• 2020 Central Fellowship, University of California, Santa Barbara
• 2019 Excellence in Research Award, Florida International University
• 2017 Emma Josephine Bradley Bovard Award, University of Southern California
• 2017 Renaissance Scholar, University of Southern California
• 2017 Order of Troy, University of Southern California