Samuel Hideo Yamashita (born 1946) is an American historian and Asian studies scholar. His research interests include Confucianism, daily life in wartime Japan,[1] and Japanese cuisine.[2][3] He is the Henry E. Sheffield Professor of History at Pomona College.[3]
Yamashita was born in 1946.[citation needed] He attended Macalester College and subsequently received his doctorate from the University of Michigan.[3]
Yamashita began teaching at Pomona College in 1983.[3]