David Boyd
David Boyd
Assistant Professor of Japanese
Coordinator of Undergraduate Certificate of Translating Japanese-English
David Boyd is assistant professor of Japanese. He has translated fiction by Izumi Suzuki, Tatsuhiko Shibusawa, and Kanoko Okamoto, among others. His translations of novellas by Hideo Furukawa (Slow Boat; Pushkin Press, 2017) and Hiroko Oyamada (The Hole; New Directions, 2020) have won the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission (JUSFC) Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature.
Education
Ph.D. East Asian Studies, Princeton University (2018)
M.A. Contemporary Literary Studies, University of Tokyo (2012)
B.A. East Asian Studies, University of California, Los Angeles (2005)
Appointments
Assistant Professor of Japanese, UNC Charlotte, 2018 – present
Specific Research Interests
Literary Translation
Modern Japanese Literature
Translation Studies