ALLEN, Kathleen O
- Title
- Professor
- Research Themes
- Manga literacy, discourse analysis, critical ethnography of language learning and language maintenance.
CHO Kyo
- Title
- Professor
- Research Themes
- Comparative literature; cultural studies; history of cultural exchange
DAN Keisuke
- Title
- Professor
- Research Themes
- Exchange of people, goods and information between Latin America and Africa; Afro-Brazilian Culture and Experience; History of Latin American Literature; William Burroughs and the Beat
DAVIES, Brett
- Title
- Assistant Professor
- Research Themes
- My research interests include intercultural communication, course and materials design, learner autonomy and peer learning, the use of authentic materials in the classroom, and film theory.
ELLIS, Sara K.
- Title
- Assistant Professor
- Research Themes
- My main research interests are the intersection between academic and creative writing, genre as code switching, and storytelling as a way to improve writing skills and overall language acquisition.
FUJIMOTO Yukari
- Title
- Professor
- Research Themes
- Girlsf manga, particularly transboundary issues and change in gender, values and representation
GROFF, David
- Title
- Assistant Professor
- Research Themes
- Presentation of traditional Japanese culture in English, Japanese martial arts culture and history, and connections between meditative practice and language learning.
HAGIWARA Ken
- Title
- Professor
- Research Themes
- Contemporary performing arts (mainly Japanese and German)
HASEGAWA Fumio
- Title
- Professor
- Research Themes
- Impact of the development of ICT(Information and Communication Technology) on industry, society, and culture
HIMENO Tomoko
- Title
- Professor
- Research Themes
- Grammatical and pragmatic descriptions of contemporary Japanese language and application to Japanese language education
HIROMORI Tomohito
- Title
- Professor
- Research Themes
- My research interests cover various aspects of individual learner differences (e.g., language learner motivation and learning strategies) and second language acquisition.
KANISE Seiichi
- Title
- Professor
- Research Themes
- Impact of the media on our daily lives and ways of thinking
KASHIMA Shigeru
- Title
- Professor
- Research Themes
- Modernization and the relationship between 19th century France and Japan.
KIM Jemma
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Research Themes
- Asia-Pacific Political Economy
KISHI Makiko
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Research Themes
- My research interests include the design of the design of technology-enhanced learning environments, as well as clarifying how learning takes place using specific practices and under specific institutional conditions.
Keywords are "Educational Technology", "Learning Science", "Community Development", "Participatory Development", "International Cooperation in Education", "Performance Psychology"
KOBAYASHI Akira
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Research Themes
- Effects of studying abroad and adaptation to different cultures
KOMORI Kazuko
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Research Themes
- Study on the acquisition of vocabulary for learners of Japanese as a second language, structure of the mental lexicon, and cognitive processing of words
LETO, Mario A.
- Title
- Assistant Professor
- Research Themes
- Ecolinguistics and representations of veganism in online media, Ecolinguistics across the language curriculum, representations of animals, ideologies of the natural world
MA Jung-Yeon
- Title
- Assistant Professor
- Research Themes
- Art and contemporary society, archive studies
MAJIMA Ayu
- Title
- Senior Assistant Professor
- Research Themes
- Socio-cultural History of Modern Japan, Comparative Cultural Studies, The Structures of Mindset, Culture and Society in Modern Japan
MCILROY, Tara
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Research Themes
- My main research ideas centre around the concept of utilizing literature in language teaching. I am particularly interested in content and language integrated learning (CLIL) approaches to teaching EFL. Keywords L2 vocabulary acquisition, metaphor and cognition, literature in language teaching, readerly engagement
MCLOUGHLIN, David A.
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Research Themes
- Causal attributions learners make when they succeed or fail in their language learning; effects of these attributions on learner's expectancies for future performance
MINOBE Hitoshi
- Title
- Professor
- Research Themes
- The absolute in the philosophy of Kitaro Nishida and German idealism
MIYAMOTO Hirohito
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Research Themes
- Storybook comics for children in the Showa period before and during the war.
MIZOBE Yasuo
- Title
- Professor
- Research Themes
- Historical study of African modernization through the analysis of the local press
MORIKAWA Kaichiro
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Research Themes
- Manga, anime, games, and related popular culture; design and urbanism
MOROI Yuichi
- Title
- Assistant Professor
- Research Themes
- Nonviolent direct action and civil disobedience in democracy; conscientious objection to war and militarism
NAGAO Susumu
- Title
- Professor
- Research Themes
- Characteristics of Budo (Japanese martial arts) and issues associated with internationalization
NOMURA Kiyoshi
- Title
- Professor
- Research Themes
- Communication motivates other people to act. Communication stimulates demand and make people feel happiness. My life's work is to explain these structures.
NUMATA Yuko
- Title
- Professor
- Research Themes
- American financial services for individuals, the sales channels of financial institutions, client segmentation.
OGASAWARA Yasushi
- Title
- Professor
- Research Themes
- Approaches to globalization by Japanese organizations and individuals
OH Jewheon
- Title
- Professor
- Research Themes
- Generalization, systematization, and international comparison of Japanese manufacturing system
OHASHI, Louise
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Research Themes
- My main area of research is foreign language acquisition, with a focus on autonomous learning, motivation, and the role of digital technology. In addition to this, I am interested in writing improvement strategies and World Englishes.
OSUKA Naoko
- Title
- Professor
- Research Themes
- English education, language learning strategies, inter-language pragmatics, and comparison of language and culture in English-speaking countries and Japan
OZEKI Naoko
- Title
- Professor
- Research Themes
- Theory of second language acquisition; exploring how people learn a foreign language
RUGEN, Brian D.
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Research Themes
- Discourse and identity; English language teacher education; curriculum development in TESOL; creative writing (creative nonfiction).
SATO Gunei
- Title
- Professor
- Research Themes
- Intercultural Migration and Education, Diversity and Education
SATO Iku
- Title
- Senior Assistant Professor
- Research Themes
- Destination management
Tourism industry in Japan
SEGAWA Yuji
- Title
- Professor
- Research Themes
- History of film; film analysis; German popular culture
SHIRATO Shinichi
- Title
- Professor
- Research Themes
- Historical review of distribution organization in modern Japan
SUZUKI Kenji
- Title
- Professor
- Research Themes
- International comparison of welfare and corporate systems; public policy and organizational decision-making
TANAKA Makiro
- Title
- Professor
- Research Themes
- History of Japanese language
VASSILIOUK, Svetlana
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Research Themes
- Energy politics in Northeast Asia with the focus on Japanese-Soviet/Russian relations
WARD, Ryan M.
- Title
- Senior Assistant Professor
- Research Themes
- Modern Japanese religious history and view of life and death
WATARI Koichi
- Title
- Professor
- Research Themes
- Faith and culture of Japanese people; Japanese people as viewed by other nations
WEINBERG, Joel
- Title
- Assistant Professor
- Research Themes
- Second language acquisition, Research interests include promoting fluency, motivation, comprehension, and confidence in L2 reading assignments via the integration technology into the learning process.
YAMAWAKI Keizo
- Title
- Professor
- Research Themes
- Japanese immigration policy; intercultural community building
YANAGISAWA Emi
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Research Themes
- Phonetic analysis of speech of Japanese learners and establishment of an effective coaching method for pronunciation
YOKOTA Masahiro
- Title
- Professor
- Research Themes
- Intercultural/ transcultural education; international student advising; theory of international student policies; implementation of industry-government-academia-citizen-based community development programs
YOSHIDA Etsushi
- Title
- Professor
- Research Themes
- Thought and literary works in early modern and modern Japan
