Ehito Kimura

Background

I am a Swiss-born, American bred, Japanese working in the field of comparative politics and Southeast Asian politics. I grew up in the outskirts of Washington DC and have always been interested in global and international politics. As an undergraduate, I turned my interests towards Southeast Asia. After graduating, I moved to Bangkok, Thailand to work at a non-profit research organization. After two years, I decided to apply to graduate school and ended up pursuing a PhD in political science.

Education

• PhD, Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2006
• MA, International Relations, Yale University, 2001
• BS, Foreign Service, Georgetown University, 1996

Courses

• POLS 110A: Introduction to Political Science
• POLS 120: Introduction to World Politics
• POLS 150: Introduction to Global Politics
• POLS 305: Global Politics/Comparative
• POLS 307 (Alpha): Topics in Comparative Politics: Country/Regional
• POLS 315: Global Politics/International Relations
• POLS 390: Political Inquiry and Analysis
• POLS 404: Senior Thesis
• POLS 406: Senior Seminar in Political Science
• POLS 600: Scope and Methods of Political Science
• POLS 640: Comparative Politics
• POLS 680: Asian and/or Pacific Politics
• POLS 685 (Alpha): Topics in Asian and/or Pacific Politics
• POLS 780: Seminar: Politics of Regions

Research

My research interests lie at the nexus of political change and Southeast Asian politics. My dissertation and subsequent book manuscript entitled "Provincial Proliferation: Territorial Politics in Post-Suharto Indonesia" (Routledge 2012) explores the changing dynamics of territoriality after the fall of authoritarianism and the rise of democracy and decentralization in Indonesia. I have also written several articles about political change and democratic transition in Indonesia. More recently, I have been working on a project looking at transitional justice in Indonesia from a comparative perspective.