Jeffrey Mass
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New York University (MA)
Yale University (PhD)
Jeffrey Mass | |
|---|---|
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Hamilton College (BA) New York University (MA) Yale University (PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
Sub-discipline | History of Japan |
| Institutions | Stanford University |
Doctoral students | Mikael Adolphson, Karl Friday, Joan R. Piggott |
Jeffrey Paul Mass (June 29, 1940 – March 30, 2001) was an American academic, historian, author and Japanologist. He was Yamato Ichihashi Professor of Japanese History at Stanford University.[1]
Mass was born in New York City in 1940. He earned a bachelor's degree in history from Hamilton College in 1961, a master's degree in history from New York University in 1965, and he received his doctorate in history from Yale in 1971.[2]
Career
Mass joined the Stanford University faculty in 1973. He was made a full professor in 1981.[2]
After 1987, he spent the late spring and summer of each year teaching at Oxford University.[1]
During many years, his research was supported by a Fulbright Research Fellowship, a Mellon Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship, and other grants.[1]
