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Ethan BarkalowEthan Barkalow joined the PhD program in 2022. He studies the environmental history of modern Japan and Korea, with a focus on coastal areas and fisheries. His dissertation project investigates environmental and social changes in the coastal communities of imperial Japan and colonial Korea. His ongoing work includes a study of the political ecology of seaweed farming in twentieth-century Tokyo Bay and a study on marine ecological knowledge and seaweed cultivation technologies in colonial Korea. Ethan’s interest in the marine environment began with summer visits to his family’s storied fishing shack-turned summer cottage on the shore of Little Peconic Bay in Long Island, NY. He further deepened his connection to the sea through work with the Maine Coastal Program. He earned his BA in History and Environmental Studies from Bowdoin College where he received honors for his senior thesis on water management in nineteenth-century Japan. After living in Japan for two years teaching English at elementary schools, Ethan received an MA in East Asian Studies from Yale University. Ethan enjoys listening to folk music and watching Premier League soccer.
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