Samuel Hideo Yamashita (born 1946) is an American historian and Asian studies scholar. His research interests include Confucianism, daily life in wartime Japan, and Asia-Pacific food studies, especially Japanese cuisine. He is the Henry E. Sheffield Professor of History at Pomona College in Claremont, California.
Early life and education Yamashita was born in 1946 in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi and raised in Kailua. He grew up in a household focused on baseball, which he has described as being "almost a religion in the Japanese American community". He attended high school at Mid-Pacific Institute, university at Macalester College, and subsequently received his Master's and doctorate degrees from the University of Michigan.
Career Yamashita began teaching at Pomona College in 1983. He retired on April 11, 2026 after over 40 years of teaching.
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External links Pomona College faculty page Biographical interview on the Pomona College Sagecast