INVITED LECTURES

• Harvard University, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs: Special Series on Common Problems of Industrial Democracies “Changing Patterns of Educational Investment for Women in Japan” March 18, 2008
• University of Wisconsin-Madison, Center for East Asian Studies, April 19, 2007
• Yale University, Council on East Asian Studies, April 10, 2007
• University of Notre Dame, Department of Sociology, April 23, 2007 “Between Home and School: Family Educational Strategies and Maternal Employment in Japan”
• University of Tokyo, Institute of Social Science, Information Center for Social Science Research In Japan “Social Science and Public Use Data”, March 8, 2006
• Imaging Culture Research Institute (Konica Minolta), January 30, 2006 “Work and Family in Japan: Diversity and Challenges”
• IATSS Forum, April 29, 2004 “Gender Relations in Japan.”
• Japan Institute of Workers’ Evolution, February 7, 2002 “Home based Workers and Women’s Career Development.”
• Pacific Armies Management Seminar, September 2000 “Japanese Women: Constraints and Change”