Rachel DiNitto
Professor Japanese Literature
University of Oregon
Rachel DiNitto
Professor Japanese Literature
University of Oregon
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Professor Japanese Literature
University of Oregon
I work and teach on the nuclear environmental humanities in contemporary cultural production including literature, film, and manga.
I work and teach on the nuclear environmental humanities in contemporary cultural production including literature, film, and manga.
My environmental research includes my book Fukushima Fiction: The Literary Landscape of Japan’s Triple Disaster (2019)—winner of the Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Title—and my new edited volume, Eco-Disasters in Japanese Cinema (2024). I am working on a new book titled “Combatting Nuclear Amnesia: Environmental Echoes and Nuclear Traces” that pair post-Fukushima fiction with earlier literary works to locate them within a longer history of environmental and nuclear harm in Japan.
My environmental research includes my book Fukushima Fiction: The Literary Landscape of Japan’s Triple Disaster (2019)—winner of the Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Title—and my new edited volume, Eco-Disasters in Japanese Cinema (2024). I am working on a new book titled “Combatting Nuclear Amnesia: Environmental Echoes and Nuclear Traces” that pair post-Fukushima fiction with earlier literary works to locate them within a longer history of environmental and nuclear harm in Japan.
At UO, I teach classes on Japanese literature and film, minorities, and environmental film and media.
At UO, I teach classes on Japanese literature and film, minorities, and environmental film and media.
In addition to research on the nuclear, I am involved in local anti-nuclear activism, fighting off attempts by tech bros to overturn a 1980 anti-nuclear bill so they can build and power data centers in Oregon.
In addition to research on the nuclear, I am involved in local anti-nuclear activism, fighting off attempts by tech bros to overturn a 1980 anti-nuclear bill so they can build and power data centers in Oregon.
I have lived on both coasts and in Japan. I did my graduate work at University of Washington and worked at The College of William & Mary before coming to University of Oregon. I'm happy to be back in the Pacific Northwest.
I have lived on both coasts and in Japan. I did my graduate work at University of Washington and worked at The College of William & Mary before coming to University of Oregon. I'm happy to be back in the Pacific Northwest.
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