Laurel Nudelman Kamada (Retired Lecturer- Professor, Tohoku University, Japan) has Japan-related publications in: gender/ethnic studies; bilingualism, multiculturalism; marginalized (hybrid, gendered) identities; masculinity; theoretical, methodological discourse analytic approaches, stroke rehabilitation, and hospital life. She serves on the editorial board of Japan Journal of Multilingualism and Multiculturalism . Her book, “Hybrid identities and adolescent girls: Being ‘half’ in Japan” (Multilingual Matters, 2010) was co-awarded the prize for best book on gender and language in 2010-2011 by IGALA (=International Gender and Language Association).Born, raised, educated in Seattle, US, she is presently a freelance writer, residing in Japan with her husband.