WILLIAM M. TSUTSUI
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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

The Public Humanities

Bill has long been dedicated to making institutions more inclusive and just.  He has also been an outspoken advocate for diversity and accessibility in higher education.  He has spearheaded efforts to build innovative programs (and change campus cultures) to support students of color, first-generation college students, and low-income students, and to build more inclusive curricula and academic programs.
Teaching and research should not end at the edge of campus, and Bill has always been committed to taking his scholarship to audiences beyond the classroom.  Importantly, the public humanities is as much about listening and learning as talking and teaching, and Bill has regularly been enlightened and inspired in small Kansas public libraries, sci-fi fan conventions, and middle-school cafeterias.

International Engagement

Great BBQ

Bill has been committed throughout his professional career ​to promoting international and world language education, encouraging study abroad and educational exchange, and nurturing grassroots diplomacy.   The world will be a safer, more prosperous, and more joyful, creative place the more we understand, trust, and engage across
​borders, oceans, and cultures.
Bill grew up in central Texas, the home of the world's
greatest BBQ.  The only legitimate ingredients in exceptional BBQ are brisket, salt, pepper, and smoke (preferably from Texas post oak).  Sauce (if you need it) shouldn't be sticky and sweet.  ​Pulled pork is just fine (like that Hollywood Godzilla movie with Matthew Broderick) but it ain't the real thing.

Art of the Great Plains

And All the Rest

Bill and Marjorie have long collected historic art of the
Great Plains, especially from Kansas, especially original prints, and especially regionalist works from the 1920s and 1930s.  Their collection has been featured in exhibitions at the Beach Museum of Art and the Lawrence Arts Center.  They have co-authored a number of articles and ​chapters on the history of Kansas art.
Japan, of course.  Britain, not least because that's where Bill and Marjorie met.  Cats and dogs (especially cats).  Sentimental and corny Tora-san movies.  Reading voraciously and eclectically (current book recommendation: The Rings of Saturn by W.G. Sebald).  Corn dogs.  Diet Pepsi.  And trainspotting (yes, standing around on station platforms noting down the numbers of locomotives).
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The Pitts & Spitts smoker, a good companion since 2003
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"Christmas Morning" by Lloyd Foltz, c.1939
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Trainspotting at Westbury, Wiltshire, 2015


​Last but not Least . . .
What do you get when you meet Godzilla and fall in love?

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