Faculty Members: Academic Areas and Research Topics
Graduate School of Career Studies Major in Career Studies
Mitsuko Uenishi
Professor
Young people’s employment problems, career education, vocational skills development
The process of shifting from school to a profession and initial career building, as well as forms of related support
Osamu Umezaki
Professor
Labor economics, human resource organization economics, pedagogic economics
Personnel system design and measurement of efficacy, measurement of educational efficacy, labor-management relations theory
Takuma Kimura
Professor
Management strategy theory, organizational behavior theory
Corporate in-house personnel development, organizational revitalization, informal leadership
Tomohiro KUMAGAI
Professor
Social psychology, social diagnosis and treatment, social surveys
Examining methods to diagnose and treat social issues
Koichiro Komikawa
Professor
Pedagogy, adolescent education theory
Young people’s formation of identity, career education
Yoshitaka Saito
Professor
Family sociology, social research methods
Parent-child relationships among multiple generations (including children, parents, and grandparents) and their development, as well as related policy systems
Hiromi SAKAZUME
Professor
Industrial and organizational psychology, human resource management
Consideration of various problems arising in the workplace from the perspective of workers
Atsushi Sato
Professor
Industrial sociology, human resource management theory
White-collar job and personnel management and career formation
Kei Sato
Professor
Regional sociology, welfare sociology, criminal sociology, social surveys
Volunteer work, NPOs, aid for people with disabilities, crime victim support systems, exclusion and labeling
Ryoichi Takano
Professor
Educational administration studies, school management theory
Comparisons of organizational design in school innovation in Japan and the United States
Emiko Takeishi
Professor
Human resource management theory, female labor theory
Diversification in work modes and human resource management, female career formation
Minoru Tazawa
Professor
Educational psychology, lifelong developmental psychology
Measurement of career training’s effectiveness, comprehensive support for young people
Kennosuke Tanaka
Professor
Urban and regional sociology, community theory, social research methods
Contemporary social theory and qualitative research related to communities and careers
Miki Tsutsui
Professor
Pedagogical sociology, labor sociology
U.S. and Japanese local government and NPO labor force development policies, high school and university worker education and vocational training
Eisuke HISAI
Professor
Lifelong learning, adult education, non-formal education
Historical research on adult education for new middle class, management and staff training of adult education
Susumu HIROKAWA
Professor
Clinical psychology, career counselling
An integrated approach to careers and mental health
Tamie MATSUURA
Professor
Human resource management, labor policy
Employment systems and policy, human resource management
Tomoyuki YASUDA
Professor
Community psychology, program evaluation
Developing skills to evaluate life-designing programs
Koichi NAKATA
Associate Professor
Educational organization and management, Education policy
Empirical and conceptual examination on the reform of school governance