Faculty List

University-wide Education Promotion Organization

NamepositionField of Study
Ai TakeuchiDirector Professor International comparative education, English language education, intercultural understanding education, intercultural communication
Akio OmoriPresident ProfessorAmerican literature, gender equality
Takashi NishidateProfessor and Dean of the School of International and Area StudiesInternational Relations, International Cooperation
Satoru MaruhashiProfessor and Special Assistant to the President (High School-University Transition)  Mathematics education, curriculum and teaching method development, educational administration, managerial training, teacher training and development, school management and educational management, elementary, middle, high school and university connections, industry-government-academia collaboration, non-cognitive ability development
Zhang WeitaoAssociate professorChinese language linguistics, Japanese Chinese Proficiency Test and HSK exam, Chinese literature, Chinese history, culture and contemporary society, Taiwanese history and society, comparison of Japanese and Chinese Zen aesthetics
Yoshihiro KouraAssociate professorEducational design theory, community-based education
Emi Kurosawaassistant

Faculty of International Sociology

NamepositionField of Study
Takashi NishidateProfessor and Dean of the School of International and Area StudiesInternational Relations, International Cooperation

English Communication Course

NamepositionField of Study
Midori ShinoharaCourse Head ProfessorCommunication, Sociolinguistics, Negotiation Studies, English Education
小林恵美ProfessorTESOL, language teacher education, educational linguistics, second language acquisition
Atsuko SonodaAssociate professorForeign Language Education
Larson JohnAssociate professorEnglish Literature, Literature in Language Learning, Corpus Linguistics, English as a Second/Foreign Language Education
Emmett DouglaslecturerTechnology use in second language education, CALL (computer-assisted language learning), formative feedback, authentic assessment, game-based learning (GBL), instructional design, second language self-image

International Studies Course

NamepositionField of Study
Miki KuriharaCourse Head Associate ProfessorSociology
Wu Xuan'erProfessorEnvironmental psychology, cultural development psychology, educational psychology, attachment to original landscapes and places, multicultural coexistence
Xie ZhihaiAssistant to the President, ProfessorInternational Relations, International Politics
Mitsuru NiwaAssociate professorCultural Anthropology, South Asian Area Studies, Religious Studies
Masaki YamateAssociate professorヨーロッパ史

Business Management Course

NamepositionField of Study
Takako JinguCourse Head Associate ProfessorIndustrial Engineering
Masaaki KanemotoProfessorPublic Economics, Entrepreneurship Education
Kazumi SugisawaProfessorFinancial education, economic education
Cho Gyu-haelecturerBusiness Administration

Psychology and Culture Course

NamepositionField of Study
Yuichiro OkudaCourse Head ProfessorPsychology
Kentaro FurusawaCourse Head Associate ProfessorHistorical Theology
Masaya NishikawaVice President ProfessorLiterature in general, Chinese literature, European literature
Manabu MatsumotoAssistant to the President, ProfessorClinical Developmental Psychology, Visible Difference
Hanayo NoguchiProfessorJapanese history, Japanese medieval history, regional history
Tang YinqilecturerPersonality psychology, school clinical psychology

School Education Course

NamepositionField of Study
Katsura SeiCourse Head Associate ProfessorJapanese language education, teacher education
Sayuri GotoVice President ProfessorSubject pedagogy/elementary and secondary education, pedagogy, home economics/life sciences
Masanao HondaProfessorArt education, sculpture production, stone carving, terracotta carving, ICT art teaching materials, dialect karuta
Zhang Xin-aiAssociate professorSchool management, educational management, education system, teacher education
Eight digits YufujuAssociate professorMusic education, education for children with foreign connections, multicultural education, ethnomusicology

Childhood Education Course

NamepositionField of Study
Yoko AmamiyaCourse Head ProfessorLife sciences, philosophy of home economics, early childhood education, research on children's cultural heritage
Atsuhiko UeharaProfessorChildcare for children with disabilities, special needs education
Hiroko NagaiProfessorEarly childhood education
Akiko ShinozukaAssociate professorPiano, music education

Faculty of Co-Innovation

NamepositionField of Study
Kenya MurayamaDean of the Faculty of Co-Innovation, ProfessorCommerce and Business Administration, Human Resource Management, Organizational Theory, Information Management
Hiroshi UeharaProfessorAI/Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Food Data Science
Maki UmejimaProfessorSecurity (cyber-physical systems), management information systems, distributed energy systems, new business development, international communication, industry-academia-government collaboration.
Nobuo KogashiProfessorInformation science and internet-related technologies
Kokuryo JiroVice President ProfessorManagement information systems, information society, management strategy theory, business architecture
Jun TadokoroProfessorMedia art, computer music, live coding
Maki NagaiProfessorLife sciences, health and sports sciences, social medicine, health support model development
Yumi KimuraAssociate professorFood allergies, functional foods, eco-cooking, and food education for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.
Kosuke Watanabe Associate professorInformation Technology, Geospatial Information, Big Data Analytics, Engineering
Minoru KomatsulecturerSignal processing
Kana MiuralecturerLife science, molecular biology, food science, science and technology communication
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