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Online Researcher Database

ABE Yoshiro

Title	Professor
Field	Archaeology
Research Themes	Means of livelihood, social structures and habitation activities in Jomon period Japan.

AOTANI Hidekii

Title	Associate Professor
Field	Western History major

AOYAGI Eiji

Title	Professor
Field	Course for Certified Librarians
Research Themes	Human resource management in libraries.

ARAMATA Miyo

Title	Professor
Field	Geography major

ARASHIRO Marina

Title	Senior Assistant Professor
Field	English Literature major

EGAWA Hikari

Title	Professor
Field	Oriental History major
Research Themes	Politics, economy, society, and culture of the Ottoman Empire

FUJII Tsuyoshi

Title	Professor
Field	Courses for Secondary School Teachers

FUJIYAMA Ryuzo

Title	Associate Professor
Field	Archaeology, Humanities, Historiography, Archaeology
Research Themes	The living styles and resources development of our prehistoric ancestors, and the cross-disciplinary possibilities of archaeological methods.

FUKUMA Tomoko

Title	Associate Professor
Field	German Literature major
Research Themes	Modern poetry in Germany and Austria, Celan, philosophy of language, regional cultures in Eastern Europe

FURUYAMA Yugi

Title	Associate Professor
Field	Western History major
Research Themes	Ancient Greek history, political and social structure of the polis in surrounding areas

GODA Masato

Title	Professor
Field	Philosophy
Research Themes	19th and 20th century French and German intellectual history, modern Jewish intellectual history

HAMADA Shoko

Title	Senior Assistant Professor
Field	Department of Psychosociology - Clinical Psychology Course -.

HAYASHI Yoshikatsu

Title	Professor
Field	Western History major
Research Themes	History of American diplomacy, society and diplomacy during the American Revolution and 20th century America

HAYASHI Yukiyoshi

Title	Associate Professor
Field	Courses for Secondary School Teachers.

HIRAKAWA Keiko

Title	Professor
Field	Course for Prospective Adult and Community Education Workers
Research Themes	The historical study of and practical analysis of the formation if identity (learning) among women

HIRAYAMA Maki

Title	Associate Professor
Field	Department of Psychosociology - Clinical Sociology Course -
Research Themes	Empirical and practical study on the creation of a relationship of social coexistence based on embodiment

IKEDA Takashi

Title	Associate Professor
Field	Philosophy, Ethics
Research Themes	German (and French) Phenomenology centered on Martin Heidegger, relationship of the contemporary theory of action and ethics in the English-speaking world with phenomenology, the relationship between research concerning people with disabilities in Japan and phenomenology.

INOUE Masaru

Title	Associate Professor
Field	Drama major
Research Themes	History of Western drama, modes of representation from the Renaissance to modernity

INOUE Yuka

Title	Associate Professor
Field	Museum Studies
Research Themes	Learning in museums, Training and education for museum personnel, Education for International Understanding

ISHII Toru

Title	Professor
Field	English Literature major
Research Themes	Theoretical linguistics, generative grammar theory and syntax / comparative syntax

ISHIKAWA Hideshi

Title	Professor
Field	Archaeology major
Research Themes	Social change in the Jomon and Yayoi Periods. Regional diversity.

ITO Maki

Title	Associate Professor
Field	Drama major
Research Themes	History of modern Japanese drama, Noh

ITO Naoki

Title	Professor
Field	Courses for Secondary School Teachers

ITO Takaaki

Title	Associate Professor
Field	Courses for Secondary School Teachers.

ITO Ujitaka

Title	Associate Professor
Field	Arts and Media major
Research Themes	Modern and contemporary Japanese literature and art

ITODA Soichiro

Title	Professor
Field	German Literature major
Research Themes	19th century German literature, drama / theater history, the city and literature, comparative study of German and Japanese culture

KAI Yuichi

Title	Senior Assisant Professor
Field	Japanese Literature major

KAJIWARA Teruko

Title	Professor
Field	English Literature major
Research Themes	American poetry from 19th century to present, discourse analysis, gender

KAKIUCHI Keiko

Title	Professor
Field	Philosophy
Research Themes	East Asian etical thought, with an emphasis on Neo-Confucianism and its development and popularization.

KAMIYAMA Akira

Title	Professor
Field	Drama major
Research Themes	Japanese drama and the modernization of Japan

KATO Shoko

Title	Professor
Research Themes	Psychological consultation, fostering and psychological support for abused children, psychological therapy, and clinical attachment approach

KAWAGUCHI Taro

Title	Professor
Field	Geography major
Research Themes	Urban structure from the viewpoint of human behaviour and social activity.

KAWASHIMA Yoshitaka

Title	Senior Assistant Professor
Field	Department of Psychosociology - Clinical Psychology Course -

KOBAYASHI Shigeru

Title	Professor
Field	Course for Prospective Adult and Community Education Workers
Research Themes	Issues in lifelong education policy and facilities / institutions.

KOJIMA Hisakazu

Title	Professor
Field	French Literature major
Research Themes	Neoplatonic philosophy of the French Renaissance

KOMAMI Kazuo

Title	Professor
Field	Course for Prospective Museum Workers
Research Themes	Museum Education, Social Inclusion in the Museum

KOSHIKAWA Yoshiaki

Title	Professor
Field	English Literature major
Research Themes	Postmodern literature, Border cultures and theory

KUBOTA Toshihiko

Title	Associate Professor
Field	English Literature major
Research Themes	Corpus linguistics

MAKINO Atsushi

Title	Professor
Field	Japanese Literature major
Research Themes	Heike Monogatari, temple materials

MANDELARTZ, Michael M.

Title	Professor
Field	German Literature major
Research Themes	Goethe, Kleist, German cultural studies

MATSUHASHI Koji

Title	Professor
Field	Geography major
Research Themes	Study of the relationship between globalization of industrial locations and the reorganization of regional structure.

MATSUYAMA Megumi

Title	Associate Professor
Field	Japanese History major
Research Themes	Modern cultural history of Japan, cities in Japan

MIURA Taro

Title	Associate Professor
Field	Course for Certified Librarians
Research Themes	Library history, with an emphasis on library policy during the postwar occupation period in Japan.

MIYAKOSHI Tsutomu

Title	Professor
Field	Japanese Literature major
Research Themes	Late Meiji, Taisho and early Showa period novels, the works of Naoya Shiga

MIYAWAKI Rina

Title	Senior Assistant Professor
Field	Physical Education

MIZUMURA Shinji

Title	Professor
Field	Physical Education
Research Themes	The control of human voluntary movement. Physical training and wellness.

MIZUNO Hiroko

Title	Professor
Field	Western History major.

MOROTOMI Yoshihiko

Title	Professor
Field	Psychology
Research Themes	Support to search for meaning in life. School counseling.

NAITO Asao

Title	Associate Professor
Field	Department of Psychosociology - Clinical Sociology Course -
Research Themes	Bullying, victimization at work, domestic violence, ethnic conflict, and a free society.

NAKAE Keiko

Title	Professor
Field	Arts and Media major

NAKAMURA Tomokazu

Title	Associate Professor
Field	Japanese History major

NEMOTO Misako

Title	Professor
Field	French Literature major
Research Themes	Twentieth century French literature, cultural studies, theories of representation

NODA Manabu

Title	Professor
Field	English Literature major
Research Themes	British drama, theory of performance / production / body

NOJI Katsunori

Title	Associate Professor
Field	Arts and Media major

NOJIRI Yasuhiro

Title	Associate Professor
Field	Japanese History major

OCHIAI Hiroki

Title	Professor
Field	Japanese History major
Research Themes	Modern Japanese history, political history of the late Edo period and Meiji Restoration

OHATA Hiroshi

Title	Professor
Field	Department of Psychosociology - Clinical Sociology Course -
Research Themes	Civil Activities and civil movements in South Korea and Japan

OKAMOTO Kazuko

Title	Associate Professor
Field	German Literature major

OKAYASU Takahiro

Title	Professor
Field	Department of Psychosociology - Clinical Psychology Course -
Research Themes	Health psychology. The study of psychological stress and mental health.

OKU Kaori

Title	Senior Assistant Professor
Field	French Literature major

ONO Masahiro

Title	Professor
Field	Japanese Literature major
Research Themes	History of the Japanese language, changes in vocabulary, characters, meaning

OOBAYASHI Noriko

Title	Associate Professor
Research Themes	Reconsidering cross-border performance activities through study on the modernization of theater, roles of the director and performance analysis

OSHIRO Naoki

Title	Professor
Field	Geography major

OYAMA Rumiko

Title	Professor
Field	English Literature major
Research Themes	Semiotics of images. Relationship between the "grammar" of images and language. Stylistics.

SAGARA Go

Title	Senior Assistant Professor
Field	Arts and Media major
Research Themes	Japanese publication industry and its relationship to reading and writing, book review media

SAITO Takashi

Title	Professor
Field	Courses for Secondary School Teachers
Research Themes	Development and implementation of body-based educational methods.

SAITO Yasunori

Title	Professor
Field	Course for Certified Librarians
Research Themes	Study of the characteristics of user information seeking behaviour and information request.

SAKAMOTO Kuninobu

Title	Senior Assistant Professor
Field	Philosophy

SAKURAI Satomi

Title	Associate Professor
Field	Oriental History major
Research Themes	Modern Chinese history; politics, society and culture under Mongolian rule

SASAKI Kenichi

Title	Professor
Field	Archaeology major
Research Themes	State formation in the surrounding regions with the tumuli (Kofun) in the Kanto area as reference materials.

SASAKI Shoko

Title	Associate Professor
Field	Department of Psychosociology - Clinical Psychology Course -

SATO Eiji

Title	Professor
Field	Courses for Secondary School Teachers
Research Themes	Mathematics and science education in de-industrialized societies from a historical perspective.

SATO Gayle K.

Title	Professor
Field	English Literature major
Research Themes	Asian American literature, 20th~21st century American literature, Transpacific war memory

SATO Kiyotaka

Title	Professor
Field	Western History major
Research Themes	Social history of modern England, popular culture, pub culture, the homeless

SEKINE Hiroaki

Title	Associate Professor
Field	Courses for Secondary School Teachers.

SEKINOU Hideaki

Title	Senior Assistant Professor
Field	Department of Psychosociology - Clinical Sociology Course -

SHIMIZU Yuko

Title	Senior Assistant Professor
Field	Japanese History major

SHINO Yoshinobu

Title	Professor
Field	Philosophy
Research Themes	Chinese philosophy, with an emphasis on literary thought from the Six Dynasties period to the Sung period.

SUGITA Masahiko

Title	Professor
Field	Japanese Literature major
Research Themes	Modern Japanese literature, Edo period, the works of Motoori Norinaga

SUGIYAMA Rieko

Title	Professor
Field	French Literature major
Research Themes	French linguistics, contemporary French syntax

SUZUKI Kai

Title	Senior Assistant Professor
Field	Oriental History major

TAKADA Yukio

Title	Professor
Field	Oriental History major
Research Themes	Politics, society, and education in 20th century China and East Asia

TAKAMURA Takeyuki

Title	Associate Professor
Field	Oriental History major

TAKANO Kazuko

Title	Professor
Field	Courses for Secondary School Teachers
Research Themes	Policies and systems of teacher training in the UK and Japan.

TAKASE Yuji

Title	Associate Professor
Field	Department of Psychosociology - Clinical Psychology Course -
Research Themes	The analysis of projective psychological tests and the refinement of interpretational methods.

TAKEDA Kiyoshi

Title	Professor
Field	Drama major
Research Themes	Comparative study of modern Japanese and Russian drama

TAKEMATSU Shino

Title	Associate Professor
Field	Department of Psychosociology - Clinical Psychology Course -
Research Themes	Psychotherapy using images. Death Education.

TAKEUCHI Emiko

Title	Professor
Field	Japanese Literature major

TAKEUCHI Masaya

Title	Associate Professor
Field	English Literature major

TAMOGAMI Kenjiro

Title	Professor
Field	French Literature major
Research Themes	Modern and contemporary French poetry, 20th century avant-garde art

TANAKA Nobuaki

Title	Professor
Field	Physical Education
Research Themes	Sports psychology with a primary focus on the mental state of tennis players.

TANIGUCHI Asako

Title	Associate Professor
Field	French Literature major

TERADA Ryoichi

Title	Professor
Field	Department of Psychosociology - Clinical Sociology Course -
Research Themes	Environmental sociology. The comparative study of environmental movements / NPOs and the formation of environmental policy.

TOMISHIGE Yoshio

Title	Professor
Field	German Literature major
Research Themes	18th century German literature, Moritz, art history and contemporary literature

TOYOKAWA Koichi

Title	Professor
Field	Western History major
Research Themes	Modern Russian history, 18th century grassroots movements and ethnic cultures

TSUKADA Mariko

Title	Senior Assistant Professor
Field	English Literature major

UBUKATA Tomoko

Title	Professor
Field	Japanese Literature major

UCHIMURA Katsushi

Title	Professor
Field	Arts and Media major
Research Themes	Modern Japanese novels and intellectual history, media and literary publication

UMEMOTO Tohru

Title	Professor
Field	Geography major
Research Themes	Climate change in the Northern Hemisphere. Mountain climates.

WAKASA Toru

Title	Associate Professor
Field	Archaeology, Humanities, Historiography, Archaeology

WATANABE Manabu

Title	Professor
Field	German Literature major

WATSON Alex

Title	Associate Professor
Field	English Literature major

YAMADA Akira

Title	Professor
Field	Japanese History major
Research Themes	20th and 21st century Japanese history, Japanese militarism

YAMADA Toru

Title	Associate Professor
Field	Anthropology

YAMASHITA Tatsuya

Title	Associate Professor
Field	Courses for Secondary School Teachers.

YAMAZAKI Kenji

Title	Professor
Field	Japanese Literature, Ancient Literature of Japan (early period)
Research Themes	Anthologies of the Man'yoshu, centered on Otomo no Yakamochi, literary history from the Man'yoshu to the Kokinshu period, the emergence of genre concepts in Japanese literature.

YANAGIMACHI Tokisato

Title	Professor
Field	Arts and Media major
Research Themes	Japanese literature of the Heian period, The Tale of Genji

YOSHIDA Hidetsugu

Title	Associate Professor
Field	Geography, Physical Geography, Topography
Research Themes	Topographic research concerning enormous avalanches in volcanic bodies, research into the effects that enormous avalanches of mountain bodies have on the topographic development of plains, explanation of changes in the natural environment using a Quaternary research perspective, and application of this research to disaster prevention.

Yuasa Yukiyo

Title	Associate Professor
Field	Japanese Literature major