Dr. John Schneiderwind holds a BA in East Asian Languages and Cultures and an MA and PhD in Modern East Asian History, all from the University of Kansas. As a graduate student, Dr. Schneiderwind wore several hats, including teaching East Asian survey courses, co-leading study abroad trips to Japan, helping with programming at the Center for East Asian Studies, and working at the Hall Center for the Humanities assisting KU faculty with grant and fellowship proposals. He joined SAU after three years as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Central Arkansas where, in addition to world and Asian surveys, he taught topical courses on Japanese imperialism and war memory, Japanese film, and the mythos and legacy of the samurai. Stemming from his dissertation, titled Invading Sexuality: Perception and Response in Postwar Japan, 1945-1957, his continued research interests surround sex and gender in Japan, popular culture, and transnational war memory. When he is not teaching or researching, he spends his time patiently awaiting Nebraska football’s return to national splendor, spending time with his wife, daughter, and three dogs, smoking various meats in his backyard, and trying to resist reading comment sections on social media.