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Nicole Freiner

Nicole L. Freiner is Associate Professor of Political Science at Bryant University. Her research and teaching interests are foremost in the fields of Comparative Politics and Environmental Politics and Policy. Her most recent single author book, published by Springer (2018) entitled: Rice and Agricultural Policies in Japan: The Loss of a Traditional Lifestyle, examines rice farming, recent agricultural policies and food sovereignty issues in Japan through the use of qualitative interviews.

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Ph D, Colorado State University

MA, Colorado State University

BA, Alfred University

Ph D, Colorado State University

MA, Colorado State University

BA, Alfred University

Selected Publications

Freiner, N., Re-Telling Fukushima, Re-Shaping Citizenshp: Women Netizens in Japan, Lexington Books, 2018.

Freiner, N., Gender, Politics and the State: East Asia, Wiley Blackwell, 2016.

Freiner, N., Japan's Sacred Rice Farmers Brace for TPP Death Sentence, The Conversation, 2015.

Freiner, N., Mobilizing Mothers:The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Catastrophe and Environmental Activism in Japan, Asia Network Exchange: A Journal for Asian Studies in the Liberal Arts, 2013.

Freiner, N., The Social and Gender Politics of Confucian Nationalism: Women and the Japanese Nation-State, Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Freiner, N., Japan’s vote for Abe could worsen prospects for peace with North Korea, China, TheConversation.com, 2017.

Freiner, N., Food Oppression during Covid 19: The National School Lunch Program, New England Political Science Association Journal.

Freiner, N., The Politics of Local Disaster Response., Japan Documents Publishing.

Freiner, N., Mobilized Mothers Triumph: Social Movement Protest to the Triple Disaster, Amsterdam University Press, 2025.

Freiner, N., Review, Harvesting State Support: Institutional Change and Local Agency in Japanese Agriculture. By Hanno Jentzch, Agricultural History, 2023.

Freiner, N., Review, Peak Japan: The End of Great Ambitions. By Brad Glosserman, International Affairs, 2020.

Freiner, N., Rice and Agricultural Policy in Japan: The Loss of a Traditional Lifestyle., Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.

Freiner, N., Will Japan’s Reign Change Mean a Peaceful End to Small Scale Farming?, The Diplomat, 2019.

Freiner, N., Sage Research Methods Case Study: Researching Agricultural Policy in Japan Using Qualitative Interviews, Sage Publications, 2019.

Freiner, N., Pacific Trade Norms Established as US Producers Fear Losses, The Diplomat, 2019.

Freiner, N., What China's RIMPAC Exclusion Means for US Allies, The Diplomat, 2018.

Freiner, N., Japan may have tricky time passing TPP after making concessions on rice, beef, TheConversation.com, 2015.