James Sakoda (April 21, 1916 – June 12, 2005) was a Japanese-American psychologist and pioneer in computational modeling. ^{[1] [2]}

Career

Sakoda was born in Lancaster, California in 1916. ^[3]

During World War II, Sakoda spent time incarcerated at the Tule Lake and Minidoka internment camps. ^[3] He documented the experiences of Japanese Americans in internment camps, using what may be the first "agent-based model." ^{[1] [2]} In 1949, he published a dissertation based on his research. ^[1] As a result, he earned a psychology Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, that year. ^[4]

After the war, Sakoda pursued a career in psychology and teaching. He taught at Brooklyn College, ^[1] before joining the psychology department at the University of Connecticut in 1958. ^[4] In 1962, he joined the sociology department at Brown University and became the director of the Social Science Computer Laboratory. ^[4]

Sakoda was a well-known figure in the field of origami and published two books on the subject. These were first published in 1969 and 1992 and were republished in 1997 and 1999, respectively. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

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