Susan J. Napier

Susan J. Napier
Napier at New York Comic Con in 2012
Born	Susan Jolliffe Phelps October 1955 (age 68–69) Massachusetts, United States
Occupation	Professor, anime critic
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Harvard University
Subject	Japanese literature
Notable works	Anime from Akira to Princess Mononoke (2001) Miyazakiworld: A Life in Art (2018)
Parents	Reginald H. Phelps Julia Phelps (née Sears)
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Susan Jolliffe Napier (née Phelps; born October 1955) is a professor of the Japanese program at Tufts University. She was formerly the Mitsubishi Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture at the University of Texas at Austin. She also worked as a visiting professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University,^[1] and in cinema and media studies at University of Pennsylvania. Napier is an anime and manga critic.