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GALLATIN SCHOOL OF INDIVIDUALIZED STUDYASSOCIATE FACULTYNicole CohenJunior Class AdviserB.A. 1996, Dartmouth; M.A. 1999, Ph.D. 2006, ColumbiaNicole Cohen was awarded her Ph.D. with Distinction in Japanese History from ColumbiaUniversity. She also holds an M.A. in East Asian Languages and Cultures from Columbia.Her book manuscript on the “Children of Empire,” is a study of second- and third-generationJapanese colonists in Korea in the 1870s-1940s and their turbulent repatriation to theJapanese metropole in the aftermath of WWII. It explores the remapping of boundaries,identity and notions of national belonging that accompanied the abrupt and often violenttransition from the colonial to the postcolonial world.Her research and teaching interests includesocial history, colonialism and imperialism, and war and memory. She is teaching“Memory Wars: Japanese Representations of WWII.” Prior to Gallatin, she taught atColumbia University andYale University.Gail DrakesSophomore Class AdviserB.A. 1994, Oberlin College; M.A. 1999, Michigan (Ann Arbor); M.A. 2003, M.Phil. 2009, NewYorkGail Drakes is an interdisciplinary scholar with graduate degrees from the history departmentat the University of Michigan,Ann Arbor,and the Program in American Studies at NYU.Her current teaching and research interests focus on the cultural implications of intellectualproperty law and African-American historical memory. She has held administrative positionsat Columbia University and CUNY and has taught courses in U.S. history, media studies,Asian/Pacific/American Studies and African-American studies. Before arriving at Gallatin,Drakes worked in the philanthropic sector, serving as a consultant to the social justice philanthropyportfolio at the Ford Foundation and as the Program Officer for the OUT Fund atFunding Exchange, an activist-advised fund which supported LGBTQI-led social justice organizingefforts throughout the U.S.NewYork University Bulletin 2012-2013 49