Dr. Dan O Neill

Biography

Dan O'Neill is an Associate Professor in the Japanese Program at the University of California, Berkeley. He received his B.A. in Modern Thought and Literature from Stanford University and his Ph.D. in Japanese Literature from Yale University. His teaching focuses on modern Japanese literature, cinema, and cultural history, where he engages students with the complexities and nuances of these subjects. O'Neill's research interests lie in nonfiction experimental media, the intersections of media theory and ecocriticism, as well as the implications of disability history in the context of science and technology. His recent publications include 'Rewilding Futures' in the Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema (2019), 'Ecomedia Wild' in Critical Inquiry (2023), and 'Animal Stories: Entangled Lives and Disasters' in Multiple Voices in Japanese Literature (2023). O'Neill is currently working on a project that traces the intermedial history of the 3.11 disasters, undertaking a thorough analysis of the diverse affective responses and the unfolding discursive contours related to nuclear futurity and the environmental crisis.

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