Takeya Mizuno is a professor in the School of Political Science and Economics at Meiji University in Tokyo, Japan. His research centers on the history of Japanese American journalists in Hawai’i and the mainland United States.

In 2025, Mizuno received a microgrant to examine licensing and censorship of the Japanese “enemy language” press in Hawai’i during World War II. Drawing on archival material, he is examining the press licensing system, censorship, and how Japanese newspapers and readers reacted to stringent press control.

Research Chair Carolina Velloso is overseeing the tremendous task of running this year’s research competition, which is no small feat. In the last few years, we’ve seen some changes in terms of who submits papers to the History Division and what subjects they cover – at the last AEJMC, we had an extraordinarily high number of graduate student submissions.

Carolina is here to provide some insight into the process of submitting and reviewing. All paper submissions are due April 1. We can’t talk enough about how important a robust pool of reviewers is to the success of the paper competition and in ensuring each paper receives constructive feedback. Please take the time to fill out this brief survey to sign up as a reviewer.