Yusuke Shindo (born 1983) is a Japanese scholar of media history and sociology. He graduated from Waseda University and completed the doctoral program in Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies at the University of Tokyo, earning a Ph.D. in Social Information Studies. After teaching at Fukushima University, he joined the Faculty of Education at Waseda University. His research examines the history of reading, publishing, libraries, and media in modern Japan, exploring reading as a broader social and cultural practice. His best-known book, "Reading Devices and the Media History of Knowledge: Practices Surrounding Books in Modern Japan," offers a new perspective on the circulation of knowledge by analyzing the diverse institutions and practices that shaped people's encounters with books.