Trained in anthropology (Princeton University, PhD) and mental health counseling (University at Albany, State University of New York, MS), my interests are in the intersection of politics, psychology, and history.  As an undergraduate I majored in Asian Studies and Political Science.  I also have a MA in anthropology.  I taught at the University of Arizona for 10 years and have lived, researched, and taught in Asia for almost 17 years.  My publications include books on nationalism, Japanese pop culture, religion, gender and education, intellectual history, the psychology of political economics, the development of Japanese psychology, self-deception, simulation theory, and psychotherapy.  I have a special interest in the theories of the psychologist Julian Jaynes, ancient mentalities, radical neurocultural plasticity, and the anthropology of mental health.  I worked as a behavioral health counselor for St. Peter’s Health Partners in Albany, NY and I am now in private practice as a licensed mental health counselor.