Christina D. Owens received her PhD in Cultural Studies at the University of California, Davis, where she also completed a Designated Emphasis in Feminist Theory & Research. Professor Owens is from rural South Carolina and is coming to FSU after teaching interdisciplinary courses in American Studies and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies in California, Ohio, and New York (at UC Davis, Miami University, and Vassar College). Her expertise lies in transnational feminist cultural studies, especially the subfields of transnational American Studies, Japanese cultural studies, transpacific relations, media studies, and feminist theory. Specifically, her research explores how the cultural politics of race, class, gender, and sexuality shape lived experiences of contemporary U.S.-Japan relations. Articles based on her fieldwork with U.S. migrants living in Japan have been published in the journals American Studies and New Global Studies. She has also published peer-reviewed articles about pedagogical concerns within American Studies classrooms. Outside of work, you will find Professor Owens enjoying (post-)punk shows at music venues around Tallahassee, shopping at Railroad Square, and walking her papi-huahua Chibi at local parks.