The Librarian's Vampire Assistant, Book 3 by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

Ito is currently the Research Director of the Digital Media and Learning Hub, and a Professor in Residence at University of California, Irvine's Department of Anthropology, Department of Education, Department of Informatics, and School of Education. She also investigated otaku fan culture with collaborators Daisuke Okabe and Izumi Tsuji, which resulted in the book Fandom Unbound: Otaku Culture in a Connected World. With Misa Matsuda and Daisuke Okabe, Ito edited Personal, Portable, Pedestrian: Mobile Phones in Japanese Life ( MIT Press, 2005). She has explored the ways in which digital media are changing relationships, identities, and communities. Ito's main professional interest are connected learning and young people's use of media technology. Ito's brother is Joi Ito, former director of the MIT Media Lab. She keeps a Bento Moblog, a visual record of the school lunches she prepares for her kids. Ito lives in Southern California with her husband, Scott Fisher, a virtual reality researcher, and their two children. from the Department of Anthropology for her dissertation: 'Engineering Play: Children’s Software and the Productions of Everyday Life.' from the Department of Education for her dissertation: 'Interactive Media for Play: Kids, Computer Games and the Productions of Everyday Life.' In 2003, she received a Ph.D. In 1991, she received a Masters of Arts degree in anthropology her thesis was 'The Holistic Alternative: A Symbolic Analysis of an Emergent Culture.' In 1998, she received a Ph.D. Ito did her graduate work at Stanford University. She did her undergraduate work at Harvard University, graduating in 1990 with a degree in East Asian studies: her thesis was 'Zen and Tea Ritual: A Comparative Analysis.'

In Japan, she attended Nishimachi International School and the American School in Japan. Mizuko Ito grew up between the United States and Japan. Her main professional interest is young people's use of media technology. Mizuko Itō or Mizuko Ito or Mimi Ito ( 伊藤瑞子, Itō Mizuko, born 22 July 1968) is a Japanese cultural anthropologist who is a Professor in Residence at the Humanities Research Institute at the University of California, Irvine.

The Librarian's Vampire Assistant, Book 3 by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff