Jason
Danely
Phd.candidate, Department of Anthropology, UCSD
Education
2001-present- University of California
at San Diego Sept. PhD expected 2007. Degrees: MA 2003, CPhil
2005. Department: Anthropology
April 2005-September 2006- Kyoto
University Graduate School of Human and Environmental Sciences
Research Student (no degree)
Sept. 1998-July 1999- Keio
University Japanese Language Program - Certificate of completion
of one year of intensive Japanese language study
Sept-1995- Aug. 1999- Western Michigan
University cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa - BA Comparative Religion
and Asian Studies. Minor: Japanese. WMU Lee Honors College
Fellowships, Scholarships and Award
2007 Japan Studies
Association Graduate Student Award
2006 Melford E. Spiro Dissertation Fellowship- UCSD
2006 Pacific Rim Mini-Grant
- University of California
2004-2006 IIE Fulbright Individual Research
Grant (three-month extension granted for 2006)
2003-2004 Pacific Basin Endowment Grant- UCSD
Summer 2002 Foreign
Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship - UCSD
2001-2002 Regent’s Fellowship - UCSD
2000 Japanese Proficiency Test Level
Two Certificate
1998-1999 Keio
University Scholarship - Western Michigan University
1997 President’s
Grant for Study Abroad - Western Michigan University
1995-1999 Medallion
Scholarship - Western Michigan University
1995-1999 Higher Education Incentive Scholarship (HEIS) - Western Michigan
University
Teaching Experience
September 2007-December 2007 Adjunct Instructor/Program
Assistant, Antioch College Buddhist Studies in Kyoto Program
February 2007- May 2007 Lecturer, California State University Long Beach,
ANTH454 "Culture and Aging"
September 2002-June 2004 Teaching Assistant UCSD
March 2004-June 2004: Psychological Anthropology
January 2004-March 2004: Sexual Identity in the Modern World
September 2003-December 2003: Debating Multiculturalism, reader Japan-US
Relations
April 2003-June 2003: Gender, Sexuality and Society
January 2003-March 2003: Social Anthropology
Sept. 2002-Dec. 2003: Cultural Anthropology
Aug. 2000-April 2001: English Studio Inc.- English conversation
instructor (pre-school-adult levels)
Oct. 1999-April 2000: Mitsubishi Electric, Macnica Inc.- Business
English Language Instructor
Sept.1999-Mar.2000: Sakai Junior High School, Yamasaki Junior High
School-Assistant English Language Instructor all years
Languages
Japanese- advanced level speaking, reading and writing skills (Japanese
Proficiency Test level 2)
Some working use and university instruction of Mandarin Chinese
and Tibetan (Lhasa)
Publications and Papers
2007 Elder Perceptions of Death and the Afterlife in Contemporary
Japan UCSD Graduate Research Symposium. San Diego, CA
2007 Book Review: Healing Performances of Bali. Anthropology
and Aging Quarterly. Association of Anthropology and Gerontology.
2007“The Minister and the Monk: An inter-religious dialogue
in Japan” Japan Studies Association (JSA) San Diego, CA
2006 “Caring for the Spirits and the Self: Ancestor veneration
and identity among elderly Japanese” American Anthropological
Association (AAA). San Jose, CA
2005 “Shinko and Shinyo: Faith and Trust in Japanese Ancestor
Memorial” accepted for presentation at the HPAIR conference,
Tokyo Japan August 23, 2005
2004 “Money-lending as Wealth Preservation in Early Modern and
Meiji Villages” presented at the Association of Asian Studies
Conference. March 6, 2004
Research Experience
2003 Summer Graduate Student Research Assistantship- Roy D’Andrade
PhD. Advisor. An analysis of quantitative and qualitative data sources
related to Japanese values
2003 Summer Graduate Student Research Assistantship- David K. Jordan PhD.
Advisor. Development of a model of money-lending practices in early modern
Japanese villages
2002-03 Masters Thesis (received June 2003): “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 the significance.
1997 Antioch Buddhist Studies in Bodh Gaya independent research in Bodh
Gaya and Dharmasala, India. Research Paper (unpublished) “Problems
in Translation of Tibetan Buddhism.” Focus on personally conducted
interviews with Tibetan to English and Sanskrit to Tibetan translators
of Buddhist texts and orations and well as written material on Tibetan
Linguistics.
Volunteer Work, Appointments, Memberships
Day service volunteer- Sakyo-ku day service center 11/05-present
Day Service Volunteer- Kinugasa Day Service Center, Kyoto Japan June 2005-
August 2005
Shimogyo Senior Welfare Center Volunteer- Kyoto, Japan March 2005- present
Meals-on-wheels San Diego volunteer-
November 2003-January 2005
Senior Teaching Assistant- UCSD Anthropology Department 2003-2004
Graduate Enrichment Seminar Organizer- UCSD Anthropology Department 2002-2003
Gerontological Society of America- Member
2006-present
Association of Anthropology of Aging (AAGE) 2006- present
Association for Asian Studies-
Member 2003-present
American Anthropological Association-
Member 2002-present
Phi Beta Kappa- 1999-present
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