Charles J. Shindo

Charles Jogi Shindo
Born California, United States
Nationality  United States
Fields History
Institutions Louisiana State University
Alma mater University of Southern California
California State University, Fullerton
University of Rochester
Doctoral advisor Robert Westbrook
Doctoral students Bruce Makoto Arnold
Courtney Patterson Carney
Kristi Whitfield Johnson
Kurt Edward Kemper
James Matthew Reonas
Shirley Jean Sands
John Wyeth Scott, II
Known for Cultural History
Notable awards W. Turrentine Jackson Award (1992)
Roselyn Boneno Award for Teaching (2003)
Caroline Bancroft Prize (1998)

Charles Jogi Shindo is a Professor of United States history at Louisiana State University.

Dr. Shindo took his BA at the University of Southern California where he undertook a number of majors before settling on history. He then earned a master's degree at California State University, Fullerton. He undertook his Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Rochester. His dissertation, entitled "Voices of the migrant : democracy and culture in the dust bowl works of John Steinbeck, John Ford, and Woody Guthrie" was completed under the direction of historian Robert Westbrook in 1992.

Dr. Shindo's book, Dust Bowl Migrants in the American Imagination challenges the common conception of the Dust Bowl migrant, arguing that a small group of artists perpetuated the stereotype of the downtrodden "Okie" to promote their own reformist agenda, when, in fact, the realities of the migrant worker was quite different.

At LSU, Dr. Shindo's course offerings center on Asian-American, U.S. Cultural, and Post-Civil War history.

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