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Edgar A. Porter holds a doctorate in Higher Education Administration from Vanderbilt University and was awarded Emeritus Professor status at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Japan, where he served as Pro Vice President for International Affairs and Faculty Development and as Dean of Academic Affairs. He has also held leadership and teaching roles at the University of Hawai‘i, Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, and Henan Normal University in China.
Porter also contributes to the study of Asian history and politics. His short fiction has appeared in literary journals such as The Milk House, Carolina Lines, and Hard Crackers.
Today, he resides in ‘Aiea, Hawai‘i still writing, reflecting, and exploring the intersections of history, politics, and personal transformation. He is currently at work on a spy novel set in Atlanta, China, Hawai‘i, and New York.
Books by Edgar A. Porter
FICTION
Calvin to Mao and Beyond, 2026, Deuxmers
NON-FICTION
Foreign Teachers in China: Old Problems for a New Generation, 1979-1989 (1990)
Journalism from Tiananmen (1990)
The People’s Doctor: George Hatem
and China’s Revolution (1997)
Reprinted and published by
Foreign Languages Press, Beijing (2003)
Translated and published in Japanese (2010)
China in Oceania: Reshaping the Pacific?
(co-editor, with Terence Wesley Smith, 2010)
Japanese Reflections on World War II
and the American Occupation
(co-author, with Ran Ying Porter, 2017)
Translated and published in Chinese (2021)
Translated and published in Japanese (2022)
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