Edgar A. Porter

Edgar A. Porter grew up Presbyterian in apartheid, Jim Crow south, then leaving there to engage in progressive political movements and international education in China, Japan, Hawai‘i and Austria. He has published numerous journal and popular press articles, as well as five books on Asian history and politics. He served as Pro Vice President for International Affairs and Faculty Development, as well as Dean of Academic Affairs, at Japan's Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, where he was awarded Emeritus Professor status in 2016, and Honorary Doctorate from The Academy of Manage­ment, Government Agency of Mongolia in 2005. He served as Dean of the School of Hawaiian, Asian and Pacific Studies at the University of Hawai‘i, visiting professor at Salzburg University of Applied Sciences and Instructor at Henan Normal University in China. He resides in Aiea, Hawai‘i.