Current Research
- "Media Coverage of Women's Employment Rights with a Focus on Sexual Harassment in Japan"
- "Equal Employment Opportunity in Japan: Uncovering Local-International Links through Activist Interviews"
- "Gender and The Great War: Tsuda Umeko's Role in Institutionalizing Women's Education in Japan," Forthcoming in The Decade of the Great War: Japan and the Wider World in the 1910s
- "Sekuhara and Gendered Power Relations in the United States and Japan," with Christopher Uggen.
- "Understanding Nationalism & Gender - Comparing Media Images in Turkey and Japan," with Murat Ergin.
- "Making Good Governance: Anti-Corruption Initiatives in Comparative, Global Perspective," with Erik Larson
Articles in Journals
- Shinohara, Chika. Forthcoming. "Global Pressure, Local Results: The Impact of CEDAW on Working Women in Japan." Journal of Workplace Rights 13(4): Page#-#. [Abstract] [PDF] [Copyright]
- Shinohara, Chika and Christopher Uggen. 2009. "Sexual Harassment: The Emergence of Legal Consciousness in Japan and the US." The Asia-Pacific Journal Vol. 31-2-09, August 3, 2009. [Link] [Copyright]
- Uggen, Christopher and Chika Shinohara. 2009. "Sexual Harassment Comes of Age: A Comparative Analysis of the United States and Japan." The Sociological Quarterly 50: 201-234. [Abstract] [PDF] [Copyright]
- Hasegawa, Koichi, Chika Shinohara, and Jeffrey Broadbent. 2007. "Volunteerism and the State in Japan." Japan Focus December 26, 2007. [Abstract] [Link] [Copyright]
- Hasegawa, Koichi, Chika Shinohara, and Jeffrey Broadbent. 2007. "The Effect of 'Social Expectation' on the Development of Civil Society in Japan." Journal of Civil Society 3(2): 179-203. [Abstract] [PDF] [Copyright]
Chapters in Books
- Shinohara, Chika. 2009. "How Did Sexual Harassment Become a Social Problem in Japan? The Equal Employment Opportunity Law and Globalization." Pp. 267-309 in Advances in Gender Research, Vol.13 Perceiving Gender Locally, Globally, and Intersectionally. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing. [Abstract] [Link] [Copyright]
Reports
- "Spousal Violence Perpetrator Intervention Policies in East Asia." 2008. Reported on China, South Korea, Thailand, and Myanmar As an Assistant Researcher for the Nippon Research Center Study Group, Cabinet Office of Japan Commissioned Project. [Link]
Editorial Work in Journals
- ContextsStudent Editorial Board Member 2007-2008. American Sociological Association & University of Minnesota.
Shinohara, Chika (CS). Winter 2008. "feminism: not just for women anymore" & "eastwood, m.s.w." contexts 7(1): 9.
Shinohara, Chika (CS). Spring 2008. "good grades keep divorced dads around." contexts 7(2): 11.
Shinohara, Chika (CS). Summer 2008. "fat in the fire." & "welfare queens, japanese style." contexts 7(3): 7-9.
Shinohara, Chika (CS). Fall 2008. "surfing the internet may make you richer." contexts 7(4): 10.
- Asian Journal of Social Science Editorial Board Assistant Member 2008-2009. National University of Singapore.
