ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE></TITLE><style type="text/css"><!-- body {scrollbar-base-color: #E20000; scrollbar-face-color: #FFF5EB; scrollbar-shadow-color: #000000; scrollbar-highlight-color: #000000; scrollbar-3dlight-color: #FFF5EB; scrollbar-darkshadow-color: #FFF5EB; scrollbar-track-color: #FFF5EB; scrollbar-arrow-color: #000000}td {font-family: verdana; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000}a:link {text-decoration: underline; color: #000000}a:visited {text-decoration: underline; color: #000000}a:active {text-decoration: underline; color: #000000}a:hover {text-decoration: overline underline; color: #000000}--></style></HEAD><body style="background-attachment: fixed; background-repeat: no-repeat;" background="left.jpg"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td><center><font size="+2">About Brent Allison</font></center><style>b{color:black;}</style><p><b></b><p><img src="brent.jpg" align="left"><text align="right">After a childhood partly &quot;wasted&quot; on <span class=SpellE>Mazinger</span>-Z and <span class=SpellE>Hyakujuu-Ou</span> Go-Lion (<span class=SpellE>Tranzor</span>-Z and <span class=SpellE>Voltron</span> in the U.S.), I came into my adolescent years unaware that some of my childhood TV diet came from Japan originally. I spent my undergraduate and Master's degree years at <a href="http://www.clemson.edu" target="blank_">Clemson University</a> studying U.S. and Western European history and financial <span class=SpellE>managment</span> (to get that &quot;real job&quot;), but my graduate school years held different plans. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:black'>I thought little of Japanese animation until I finished my M.Ed. and came to the <a href="http://www.uga.edu" target="blank_">University of Georgia's</a> <a href="http://www.coe.uga.edu/welsf/about/about-social-foundations-2/" target="blank_">Department of Social Foundations of Education</a> in 2000 to begin work on a Ph.D. During my first week at UGA, I came across a group of students, <a href="http://www.uganime.org" target="blank_"><span class=SpellE>UGAnime</span></a>, who showcased the anime that I had (re)familiarized myself with at <a href="http://www.se2600.org" target="blank_">technology conventions</a>. I joined this club (and maintain membership) where I kindled a powerful interest in this unique medium of entertainment from Japan. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:black'>I currently make my living as an assistant professor at <a href="http://www.gsc.edu" target="blank_">Gainesville State College</a>. Today, I also serve on the editorial board of the anime, manga, and video game-oriented academic journal <a href="http://www.mechademia.org" target="blank_"><span class=SpellE>Mechademia</span></a>. <p><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:black'>Personal Fun Fact: I share the same birthday as <a href="http://www.alphalink.com.au/~roglen/astroboy.htm" target="blank_"><span class=SpellE>Astro</span> Boy</a> - April 7th. <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>