James Sakoda

Sakoda was born in Lancaster, California in 1916.^[3]

During World War II, Sakoda spent time incarcerated at the Tule Lake and Minidoka internment camps.^[3] He documented the experiences of Japanese Americans in internment camps, using what may be the first "agent-based model."^[4][1][2] In 1949, he published a dissertation based on his research.^[1] As a result, he earned a psychology Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, that year.^[5]

After the war, Sakoda pursued a career in psychology and teaching. He taught at Brooklyn College,^[1] before joining the psychology department at the University of Connecticut in 1958.^[5] In 1962, he joined the sociology department at Brown University and became the director of the Social Science Computer Laboratory.^[5]

Outside of academia, Sakoda was a well-known figure in the field of origami. He published two books on the subject^[6] He published two books on the subject: ''Modern Origami'' (1969)^[7] and ''Origami Flowers'' (1992).^[8] They were republished in 1997 and 1999, respectively.^[9]