Mika Endo
Mika Endo
Adjunct Faculty
U.S. History: Virginia History, American Indian History, 20th Century U.S., and Museum Studies
Mika Endo earned her B.A. and M.A. at Doshisha University and her PhD in history at George Mason University. Her PhD dissertation titled "Redefining Race: Virginia’s Racial Integrity Act of 1924 and American Indian Identification” explores the implementation of the 1924 Act and the damage to indigenous communities, as well as how Native Americans reacted against the law and fought to claim their racial identity as Indians. She is pursuing her teaching career as an instructor at the Department of History and INTO Mason at George Mason University. She is passionate in teaching history to both domestic and international students.
Selected Publications
“‘The Word ‘Mixed’ Without the ‘Indian’ Would be Better’: Virginia’s Racial Integrity Act and the Destruction of Indian Race in the Early Twentieth Century,” Native South, Vol. 7, University of Nebraska Press, August 2014.
Grants and Fellowships
Curriculum Impact Grant, The Office of Provost, George Mason University, 2023-2024
Provost's Summer Research Fellowship, George Mason University, 2018, 2020
Travel Research Grant, George Mason University, 2019
Fulbright Foreign Student Program, 2013
Courses Taught
HIST 125: Recitation for Introduction to World History
HIST 125: Introduction to World History
INYO 100: INTO Mason Pathway Transition into College
INYO 105: American Cultures
INYO 504: Graduate Transitions for International Students
Education
Ph.D. in History, George Mason University, 2022
Master of Arts in American Studies, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan, 2011
Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan, 2009
Recent Presentations
"Challenging the Racial Classification of Virginia Indians in the Military Selective Service System,” Paper presented at Virginia Forum 2024, Virginia Museum of History and Culture, April 5, 2024.
"Teaching Virginia History to Diverse Students,” Paper presented at Virginia Forum 2023, Shepherd University, March 18, 2023.
In the Media
Radio interview, Kazuo Seno's Paradaise Kyoto, Kyoto Broadcasting System Radio Program, June 29, 2018, https://www.kbs-kyoto.co.jp/radio/para/archives/2018/06/.
Radio interview, Koichi Takeuchi's Zukyun, Kyoto Broadcasting System Radio Program, August 21, 2017.
Radio interview, Koichi Takeuchi's Zukyun, Kyoto Broadcasting System Radio Program, January 23, 2017.
Radio interview, Koichi Takeuchi's Zukyun, Kyoto Broadcasting System Radio Program, November 7, 2016 and November 14, 2016.