Faculty Members: Academic Areas and Research Topics
Graduate School of Intercultural Communication Major in Intercultural Communication
Ayako Aihara
Professor
Contemporary African Literature, African Cinema, Postcolonial Studies.
Kiyoshi Asakawa, Ph.D.
Professor
psychology and human development
Current research interests include relationship between the flow experience and psychological well-being and universal and cultural dimensions of the optimal experiences.
Daichi Ishimori
Associate Professor
Cultural anthropology, Oceanic studies
Research into globalization, religious and ethnic conflict, regional development, convivial society and minorities
Michiko Izumi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Information and Communication Technology for social activities, Information security, Privacy preserving technology, ITS, e-Government and e-Residency
Yumiko Imaizumi
Professor
International Studies, History of Japan-Micronesia Relations,Micronesian Studies, Okinawan Studies
Yoshiaki Ohshima, Ph.D.
Professor
Digital Media Processing, Audio Engineering, Speech and Natural Language Processing.
Current research interest includes Computer Music, Media Art, Machine Learning, Text Mining, and e-Portfolio.
Kazuya Onaka, Ph.D.
Professor
Political philosophy, French and European studies.
Robert Ono, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Japanese Literature
Poetics, adaptation, and translation of Japanese literature from classical to modern periods
Yosuke Kinoe
Professor
Human interfaces
Methodologies to achieve tool usability, real world-oriented computing, designing manmade artifacts and data spheres to enrich everyday life
Yoshinori Kumata
Professor
Text theory, cultural semiotics
Elucidation of the principles of cultural expression through theoretical examination of linguistic and nonlinguistic texts
Tetsuya Koshiishi
Professor
English linguistics, English studies in general
English morphology, history of English, English lexicography, contrastive linguistic studies in general.
Motoe Sasaki, Ph.D.
Professor
U.S. social and cultural history with a focus on religion, gender, and social movements during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
Chitose Sato, Ph.D.
Professor
Twentieth-century Russian literature, literary theory, Russian (Soviet Union) cinema, film studies.
Yukihiko Shigesada
Professor
Information science
Ubiquitous computing, distributed operating systems, user interfaces
Shisai So
Professor
Cultural anthropology, Chinese ethnology
Ethnicity of southern Chinese minorities, reconstructing the culture of overseas Chinese in Japan and their identities
Toshio Takayanagi
Professor
Contemporary and modern Korean history
Multifaceted depiction of the culture and history of Korean residents in Japan (in the broadest sense), examination of true images of the new generation of Korean residents in Japan, consideration of what Japanese society should be like
Isao Hiromatsu, Ph.D.
Assistant professor
Literature of the french-speaking world (Francophonie), Textanalyse (mélancolie), Sociocritique
Mark Field
Professor
Linguistics (applied contemporary English), economics
Development of human resource talent, the Japanese economy and educational reform, history of thought in the Englishspeaking world
Satoru Matsumoto, Ph.D.
Professor
Development Studies, International Cooperation, Southeast Asian Studies (particularly, Mekong region), including mass media research related to those fields.
Osamu Morimura
Professor
Contemporary philosophy, contemporary art philosophy, modern Japanese philosophy, applied ethics
Philosophical and ethical research related to nature and existence as well as illness and death; construction of phenomenological theories of the other based on the concept of “the other,” including the dead and departed souls; research into art activism
Letizia Guarini
Lecturer
Contemporary Japanese Literature, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Representation of gender and the family in contemporary Japanese literature and culture