Dr. Yoder (Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of Hawaii) specializes in Social Psychology and taught courses of Social Psychology, Deviance and Criminology at different colleges and universities in California including the University of California Irvine, Chapman University in Orange, and Palomar College in San Diego County. Recognized by the Japan Foundation and Northeast Council of Asian Studies as a Japan Specialist, Dr. Yoder has given presentations and submitted papers at major conferences in Germany, Washington D.C., Hong Kong and Japan on Japanese youth and published a book: Youth Deviance in Japan: Class Reproduction of Non-Conformity, (2004), Melbourne, Australia: Trans Pacific Press.