Priscilla Lambert

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Dr. Priscilla Lambert has a Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, San Diego (2004). She has spent over 5 years living and studying in Japan and has a MA in economics from Keio University.

Her research interests include Japanese employment and family policy, the policy-making process, and comparative social policy. 

Her dissertation, “Japanese Family Policy in the 1990s: Business Consent in the Policy-making Process,” examines the political processes leading up to key pieces of legislation and family policy change and the role of employer associations in that process.