Alison Tokita

Alison Tokita is Associate Professor of Japanese Studies in the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics at Monash University in Australia, where she has also been Director of the Japanese Studies Centre. She has published widely in Japanese studies, including as co-editor of The Ashgate Research Companion to Japanese Music and as editor-in-chief of six refereed volumes of papers under the general title Japanese Studies: Communities, Cultures, Critiques. Her areas of expertise include Japanese performing arts, international marriage, Japanese popular culture, and Japanese diaspora.