Dr. Jon Davidann is a graduate of University of Minnesota. Currently he teaches courses in U.S., Japanese, and World History including the History of Oil and the History of Economic Crisis. Dr. Davidann’s research specialty is U.S.-Japanese relations and world history. He is the author several books on U.S.-Japanese relations and most recently co-authored a textbook called Cross-Cultural Encounters in Modern World History, published by Pearson in April 2012. Here are his other books: Edited Book, Hawai`i at the Crossroads of the U.S. and Japan before the Pacific War, edited by Jon Davidann, University of Hawai`i Press, September 2008. Book, Cultural Diplomacy in U.S.- Japanese Relations, 1919-1941, New York: Palgrave MacMillan, December 2007. Edited Book, TransPacific Relations: America, Europe, and Asia in the Twentieth Century, edited by Jon Davidann, Richard Jensen, and Yone Sugita, Westport, Connecticut: Praeger, 2003.
