Masako Rachel Okura
Biographic Data
| ID | 6188296 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Masako Rachel Okura |
| GIVEN NAMES | Masako Rachel |
| FAMILY NAME | Okura |
| SIGNATURE | OKURA M R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Columbus State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Desperate Diplomat Revisited
This article, an elaboration on The Desperate Diplomat (2016), reexamines Japanese Special Envoy Kurusu Saburo’s mission to the United States before Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, presenting a new “concurring opinion” in support of his innocence. The u.s . government firmly believed that Kurusu had been informed of the impending attack prior to coming to the United States and thus acted as a smoke screen. And so, the myth of the …
Side‐Door Diplomacy
This article recounts former president Herbert Hoover's secret efforts to avert war between Japan and the United States in 1941, culminating in his behind‐the‐scenes intervention to encourage an eleventh hour modus vivendi just a few days before Pearl Harbor. Throughout the spring, summer, and fall of 1941, Hoover believed he had inside information about Japanese–American relations through his unique access to Japan's Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomur…
Apsa Teaching and Learning Conference Track Summaries
The eighth annual meeting of the Diversity, Inclusiveness, and Equality (DIE) track at the 2011 APSA Teaching and Learning Conference focused on issues of difference, diversity, and equality as they relate to political science classrooms, departments, and institutions. This year, DIE included 22 participants and seven research papers on a broad range of issues. Subject matter included the incorporation of diversity topics into political science c…
Apsa Teaching and Learning Conference Track Summaries
The seventh annual Teaching and Learning Conference (TLC) was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from February 5 to 7, 2010, with 224 attendees onsite. The theme for the meeting was “Advancing Excellence in Teaching Political Science.” Using the working-group model, the TLC track format encourages in-depth discussion and debate on research dealing with the scholarship of teaching and learning
Reflections on the Apsa Report on Graduate Education
The January 2005 issue of PS: Political Science and Politics carried a report compiled by the APSA Task Force on Graduate Education which provides numerous suggestions to political science programs nationwide on preparing graduate students for professional careers, improving mentoring and advising, and revising financial package/plans to support ABDs in their final stretch (Beltran et al. 2005). Among those proposals was a section specifically de…
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Reflections on the Apsa Report on Graduate Education
The January 2005 issue of PS: Political Science and Politics carried a report compiled by the APSA Task Force on Graduate Education which provides numerous suggestions to political science programs nationwide on preparing graduate students for professional careers, improving mentoring and advising, and revising financial package/plans to support ABDs in their final stretch (Beltran et al. 2005). Among those proposals was a section specifically de…
Apsa Teaching and Learning Conference Track Summaries
The seventh annual Teaching and Learning Conference (TLC) was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from February 5 to 7, 2010, with 224 attendees onsite. The theme for the meeting was “Advancing Excellence in Teaching Political Science.” Using the working-group model, the TLC track format encourages in-depth discussion and debate on research dealing with the scholarship of teaching and learning
Apsa Teaching and Learning Conference Track Summaries
The eighth annual meeting of the Diversity, Inclusiveness, and Equality (DIE) track at the 2011 APSA Teaching and Learning Conference focused on issues of difference, diversity, and equality as they relate to political science classrooms, departments, and institutions. This year, DIE included 22 participants and seven research papers on a broad range of issues. Subject matter included the incorporation of diversity topics into political science c…
Side‐Door Diplomacy
This article recounts former president Herbert Hoover's secret efforts to avert war between Japan and the United States in 1941, culminating in his behind‐the‐scenes intervention to encourage an eleventh hour modus vivendi just a few days before Pearl Harbor. Throughout the spring, summer, and fall of 1941, Hoover believed he had inside information about Japanese–American relations through his unique access to Japan's Ambassador Kichisaburo Nomur…
The Desperate Diplomat Revisited
This article, an elaboration on The Desperate Diplomat (2016), reexamines Japanese Special Envoy Kurusu Saburo’s mission to the United States before Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, presenting a new “concurring opinion” in support of his innocence. The u.s . government firmly believed that Kurusu had been informed of the impending attack prior to coming to the United States and thus acted as a smoke screen. And so, the myth of the …
Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Asian American and Pacific Histories (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Library science (2 works)