Hello! My name is Nyri Bakkalian, and I'm glad you've visited my profile. I hold a Ph.D. in history from the University of Pittsburgh, and my research focus has been Asian especially Japanese, political and military history. My research interests and expertise stretches beyond this, however. I've written about women in warfare and early American travelers in Japan, studied the systems of administration for theater professionals in early modern Japan, translated portions of a previously untranslated 17th century Japanese biography, and I'm currently investigating aspects of local religious history and customs in northern Japan. I am also trilingual, and welcome your communications in English, Japanese, and Armenian.

Eight years in grad school has, additionally, given me extensive experience in writing and editing. I am also a practicing graphic artist, working in traditional media.

For two samples of my writing and research in action, please see the following articles:

"Sharpshooter, Educator, Nurse, Hero," on Gutsybroads.com: gutsybroads.com/2017/02/yamamoto-yae/
"What Charley Longfellow Saw," on Metropolis Japan: metropolisjapan.com/charley-longfellow-saw/

I am, in short, a creative, unorthodox, academic jane-of-all-trades. I look forward to working with you!