Fumiko Ikawa-Smith

Born in Japan, Fumiko Ikawa-Smith began her study of Anthropology in the USA as a Fulbright exchange student at Harvard University. She received doctorate in 1974 with a dissertation on the Early Palaeolithic cultures of Japan. It has remained the focus of her research interest, as she explored such topics as food and nutrition, gender in prehistory, and social contexts of archaeology. She is a co-founder of the Japan Studies Association of Canada, and served as its President three times.