David Boyd

David Boyd

Associate Professor of Translation and Japanese Studies
Mebane Hall 410

Coordinator of Undergraduate Certificate of Translating Japanese-English

Spring 2025 Office Hours:
In Person Only: TF 1-2PM

David Boyd is an Associate 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

Associate Professor of Japanese, UNC Charlotte, 2024 – present

Assistant Professor of Japanese, UNC Charlotte, 2018 – 2024

Specific Research Interests

Literary Translation
Modern Japanese Literature
Translation Studies