(Re)storying Okinawa is an ongoing public humanities project, with resources for the public, researchers, and students. Here are just some of the people who have contributed to the website.

Research Lead

Nozomi Nakaganeku Saito (Uchinaanchu, Myaaku) is Assistant Professor in the Department of English and the Asian American and Pacific Islander Studies program at Amherst College. Her research examines the cultures, material histories, and environmental impact of US militarization in Lūchū/Okinawa. (Re)storying Okinawa expands on this research through an ongoing public humanities project to show the impact of US military waste on temporal and geographical scales. Her research has previously received support from the Ford Foundation, the Mitsubishi Foundation, and others.

Student Researchers

Student researchers from Professor Nakaganeku Saito’s class have helped the site grow over the years through website development, military waste incident investigation, and storymapping. Drawing on their training and skills in research and writing, student researchers to make academic knowledge available to the broader public. Their contributions are a vital part of (Re)storying Okinawa.

Sarah Wu (she/her) is a Computer Science and English graduate from Amherst College with an interest in online archives and open-source library technologies. She uses digital storytelling to rethink how traditional ethnographies are accessed, with a focus on Asian/American based narratives. She is currently working in Bangladesh as an IT Teaching Fellow.

Kiarra Barnes (she/her) is a senior at Amherst College majoring in Psychology and English. She is passionate about advocating for underrepresented communities and plans to pursue a law degree in public service or environmental studies after graduation. To help tackle representation in government, she is researching the Amherst Civic Academy, a program intended to improve transparency for public citizens, for her senior thesis. Her hope is to continue helping others in whatever way possible in the future, whether this be through digital storytelling or local community advocacy groups.