Gregory Smits


Gregory James Smits is an American historian, academic, writer and Japanologist. He is a professor of Japanese history at Pennsylvania State University. Many of Smits' works focuses on Ryukyuan history.

Early life

Smits was born in Columbia, Missouri. He earned a BA from the University of Florida in 1983. He was awarded a master's degree from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The University of Southern California granted his Ph.D.

Select works

Smit's published writings encompass 8 works in 18 publications in 2 languages and 1,101 library holdings.