Dean and Professor of Law

School of Law

North Carolina Central University
1512 South Alston Avenue
Durham, NC 27707

TEL: (919) 560-6427
FAX: (919) 560-6339

CAN BE INTERVIEWED FOR: Print, Radio, TV

INTERVIEW LANGUAGES: English

SPECIALIZATIONS:

• BUSINESS, TRADE AND ECONOMICS
  corporate culture; government bureaucracy; government-business relations; Japanese corporations in the US; labor and labor relations; structural trade impediments; trade relations
• EDUCATION
  comparative educational systems; cultural diversity training; education and society
• GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
  business and environment; energy/natural resources development; environment and development; mining; political geography; recycling
• LAW
  administrative law; comparative law; constitutional law; dispute resolution; environmental law; international law; legal professionals; litigation; mediation and arbitration; regulation of economic activities; role of US lawyers in Japan; torts
• POLITICS, GOVERNMENT AND DEFENSE
  cultural and trade impediments; energy policy; environmental policy; Japanese lobby in Washington, DC; minority issues (bilateral relations); political culture; political ideology; political institutions; political participation, public opinion; political protest; political thought; public policy; resource recovery policy; trade policy
• RELIGION
  religion and politics
• SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  resource recovery technology
• SOCIETY, CULTURE AND PSYCHOLOGY
  cultural and social change; intercultural communications; Japanese intellectuals; Japanese perceptions of the US; law and society; minority and ethnic groups; minority issues (domestic); organizational decision-making; organizations and institutions; racial and psychological aspects of US-Japan relations; social trends in trade issues

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior Lecturer, Research Fellow, Visiting Associate Professor, Visiting Professor, School of Law, Duke University, 1984-present; Fulbright Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Kobe University and Doshisha University, 1991-92; Visiting Professor, School of Law, Washington University, 1991; Visiting Scholar, Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo, 1990; Visiting Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Oregon, 1988; Associate, Birch, Horton, Bittner, Monroe, Pestinger and Anderson, 1979-80.

IN JAPAN: 1986, 1991-92 - Fulbright; 1988, 1990 - employment; 1983 - fellowship.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

The Constitution of Japan: The Fifth Decade, Law and Contemporary Problems (special ed.) (1990); "American Women Face Discrimination in Seeking Employment with and Working for Japanese Companies Operating in the United States," North Carolina Central Law Journal (1989); "A Comment on Japan's Views Towards NAFTA and Regional Trade Zones" Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law (1992); "Are Japanese Companies Complying With Fair Employment Laws in the United States?," Kobe University Law Review (1992).