Maho Inomata

Ph.D. Student

Advisor: Hiroshi Kitamura
Current Research: Pacific World/Pacific Rim, Imperialism and Colonialism, Comparative and Transnational
Email: [[minomata]]

Bio

Maho Inomata is a second-year Ph.D. student in History, focusing on transnational history in the Pacific during the twentieth century. Her research interests include migration from Micronesian countries and U.S. overseas territories, questions of citizenship, transpacific undersea cable and aviation systems, and U.S. and Japanese rule in Micronesia in the twentieth century. Her paper, “Islanders in Uniform: Micronesian Enlistment in the U.S. Armed Forces, Citizenship, and the Empire,” received the Award for Excellence in Research at the Graduate Research Symposium (GRS) at William & Mary in 2026.

She previously completed her M.A. in History at William & Mary in 2026. She received her M.A. in International Relations from Waseda University in 2025, graduating as salutatorian, and her B.A. in International Studies from Meiji Gakuin University in 2021. From 2022 to 2024, she worked at the Embassy of Japan in the Federated States of Micronesia as a researcher and advisor, where she was responsible for political affairs, economic assistance, and public information.