Jason
Danely
Phd, Department of Anthropology, UCSD
EMPLOYMENT University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Center on Age and Community
2008 Post Doctoral Fellow
EDUCATION
2001-2008 University of California at San Diego San Diego, CA
Department of Anthropology Ph.D. 2008. Title: "Departure and Return:
Abandonment, Memorial and Aging in Japan"
Committee: David K. Jordan (Chair), Steven Parish, Keith McNeal, Richard
Madsen (Sociology), Christena Turner (Sociology), Carl Becker (Human and
Environmental Sciences, Kyoto University)
Masters of Arts in Anthropology (2003) Title: “Dependency and Continuity:
from aged to ancestor in Japanese society”
2005-06 Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan
Graduate School of Human and Environmental Sciences (Research Student)
1998-99 Keio University Tokyo, Japan
One-year intensive Japanese language program
1995-99 Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI
cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, WMU Lee Honors College, Bachelors of Arts Major:
Comparative Religion and Asian Studies. Minor: Japanese Studies
FELLOWSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS
2008 University of California, San Diego Summer Teaching Fellowship
2007 Japan Studies Association Graduate Student Award
2006 Melford E. Spiro Dissertation Fellowship, UCSD
2006 Pacific Rim Mini-Grant, Pacific Rim Research Program
2005 Institute of International Education Fulbright Individual Research
Grant (three-month extension granted in 2006)
2004 Pacific Basin Endowment Grant, UCSD
2002 Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship
2001 Regent’s Fellowship, UCSD
1998 Keio University Scholarship, Western Michigan University
1997 President’s Grant for Study Abroad, Western Michigan University
1995 Medallion Scholarship, Western Michigan University
PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS
2008"Constructing Care: Aging and Social Support in Japan" presented
at the 107th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association
San Francisco, CA Nov. 21 2008.
2007 “Ancestor Veneration in Japan.” (research report) Anthropology
and Aging Quarterly Nov. 2007 Vol.28 (4) pp.91-104.
2007 “Forgetting to Become an Ancestor,” presented at the
106th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association Washington
DC, Nov. 29, 2007. (panel co-organizer. Society for Psychological Anthropology
invited session).
2007 “Aging, Spirituality and Health in Japan.” presentation
for the UCSD Geriatric Psychiatry Interest Group. June 13, 2007.
2007 “Elder Perceptions of Death and the Afterlife in Contemporary
Japan,” presented at 7th Annual All-Grad Research Symposium, San
Diego, CA, Jan.26, 2007.
2007 “Book Review: Healing Performances of Bali,” Anthropology
and Aging Quarterly.Feb 2007 Vol 28(1) 34.
2007 “The Minister and the Monk: An inter-religious dialogue in
Japan,” presented at the Thirteenth Annual Japan Studies Association
Conference, San Diego, CA, Jan. 6, 2007.
2006 “Caring for the Spirits and the Self: Ancestor veneration and
identity among elderly Japanese,” presented at the 105th Annual
Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. San Jose, CA, November
16, 2006 (Juried Panel)
2005 “Shinko and Shinyo: Faith and Trust in Japanese Ancestor Memorial”
presented at the Harvard Project for Asian International Relations Academic
Conference, Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 25, 2005.
2004 “Money-lending as Wealth Preservation in Early Modern and Meiji
Villages” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of
Asian Studies, San Diego, CA, Mar. 6, 2004.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2005-2006 Dissertation Fieldwork Research- 18 month ethnographic fieldwork
in Kyoto Japan. Methodology: participant observation and open-ended/ semi-structured
interviews. Analysis based on psychological-anthropology framework
2003 Graduate Student Research Assistantship- Roy D’Andrade PhD.
(Advisor). An analysis of quantitative and qualitative data sources related
to Japanese values
2003 Graduate Student Research Assistantship David K. Jordan PhD. (Advisor),
research to develop a model of money-lending practices in early modern
Japanese villages resulting in a paper presented at an international meeting
of the Association of Asian Studies.
2003 Master’s Thesis “Dependency and Continuity: from aged
to ancestor in Japanese society,” A comparison between the dependency
relationships in ancestor worship and care of the elderly in Japan with
an analysis of its psychological and social significance.
1997 Antioch Buddhist Studies in Bodh Gaya, Patricia Masters, PhD (Advisor),
Conducted interviews with professional Tibetan and western translators
of Buddhist teachings working in India. Research Paper (unpublished) “Problems
in Translation of Tibetan Buddhism.”
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Sept.2007–Dec.2007 Antioch College Buddhist Studies Program in Kyoto,
(Yellow Springs, OH) Title: Adjunct Instructor/Program Assistant; Course:
“Practice and Theory of Buddhism” Responsibilities: lecture,
administrate, advise, grade student research projects, coordinate excursions,
aid students in adjusting to program and life in Japan.
Jan. 2007–May 2007 California State University, Long Beach (Long
Beach, CA) Title: Lecturer; Course: “Culture and Aging” (ANTH
454); Responsibilities: Designing syllabus and course materials; grading
tests, projects and papers; facilitating seminar.
2003–2004 Senior Teaching Assistant UCSD department of anthropology
2002-2003 Graduate Enrichment Seminar Organizer UCSD department of anthropology
Sept.2002–Mar.2008 Teaching Assistant Positions at UCSD:
Jan. 2008-Mar. 2008 Foundations of Western Culture (HUM1)
Mar. 2004-Jun. 2004 Psychological Anthropology (ANSC121)
Jan. 2004-Mar. 2004 Sexual Identity in the Modern World (ANSC100)
Sept. 2003-Dec. 2003 Debating Multiculturalism (ANTH23)
Sept. 2003-Dec. 2003 (reader) Japan-US Relations (HIEA116)
Apr. 2003-Jun. 2003 Gender, Sexuality and Society (ANSC125)
Jan. 2003-Mar. 2003 Social Anthropology (ANTH103)
Sept. 2002-Dec. 2003 Cultural Anthropology (ANSC124)
Aug.2000—Apr.2001 English Studio Inc. (Tokyo, Japan)
English Language instructor (all levels)
Oct.1999—Apr.2000 Mitsubishi Electric, Macnica Inc. (Tokyo, Japan)
Business English Language Instructor
Sept.1999—Mar.2000 Sakai Junior High School, Yamasaki Junior High
School (Tokyo, Japan) Assistant English Language Instructor
LANGUAGES
Japanese: advanced level speaking, reading and writing skills (Japanese
Proficiency Test (level 2) passed December, 2000)
Chinese (Mandarin): beginning level speaking and reading
ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS
2006-present Gerontological Society of America
2006-present Association of Anthropology and Gerontology
2003-present Association for Asian Studies
2002-present American Anthropological Association
1999-present Phi Beta Kappa
VOLUNTEER WORK
2005-2006 adult day service volunteer, Sakyo Ward Day Service Center,
Kyoto, Japan
2005-2005 adult day service volunteer Kinugasa Day Service Center, Kyoto,
Japan
2005-2006 volunteer English conversation instructor, Shimogyo Ward and
Sakyo Ward Senior Welfare Center Kyoto, Japan
2003-2005 Meals-on-wheels San Diego
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