Dr. Joseph Sorensen

Joseph T. Sorensen is Associate Professor of Japanese at the University of California, Davis. He is the author of Optical Allusions: Screens, Paintings, and Poetry in Classical Japan (2012). In addition to his continuing research on waka poetry and literary criticism, he serves as Director of the Japan Children’s Home Internship Program (JCHIP), which sends undergraduates to volunteer over summer at orphanage homes throughout Japan. He often runs a study-abroad program in Kyoto, and as a leading member of the UC Davis Global Tea Institute, he helps organize events, curricula, and research collaborations on all aspects of the study of tea.