List of Faculty Members

History & Culture

MACDONALD Laurence

Specialized field
Social Policy, Education and Development, English Language Education, Educational Sociology
Research theme
Education Policy and Practice, Higher Education in Japan, English-medium instruction

SINCLAIR Robert

Specialized field
Philosophy
Research theme
20th Century Anglo-American Philosophy, American Pragmatism

YOSHIE Hirokazu

Specialized field
History
Research theme
Monarchy and public education in modern history of Japan

CHAN Alex

Specialized field
Sociology
Research theme
Media Sociology; Youth and Gender Studies; Ethnicity and Identity; Poverty and Elderly; Migration and Refugees;

International Relations & Politics

KOIDE Minoru

Specialized field
International relations
Research theme
A Comparative Analysis on the Japanese and Korean Foreign Policy Making Process

KOLI Anar

Specialized field
Global Environmental Politics, International Relations, International Political Economy, South Asian Studies
Research theme
My research interests are broadly focused on global environmental politics which particularly encompass climate change, social vulnerability, environmental policy networks, and civil society research.

LENZ Hartmut

Specialized field
International Relations, Global Governance, Game Theory
Research theme
International Bargaining – Rationality and Choice, Great Power Politics in the World, Principles of International Relations, Seminar I-III, Capstone, Theory of European Integration

YAMADA Ryusaku

Specialized field
Politics
Research theme
1. A Study on the "Debate on Mass Society" in Japan in the 1950s
2. Civil Society Arguments in Japan and Europe: Mass Society Theory and Radical Democracy in the 1980s
3. Paradigm Shift of Political Theory
4. Transition and Continuity of the 20th-Century Democratic Theory: Mass Society, Civil Society, Citizenship
5. Mankind, Nation, Citizen: Civil Society, Nationalism, Globalism and New Political Theory

Economics & Business Administration

OZTURK U. Aytun

Specialized field
Management Science, Industrial Engineering, Operations Research
Research theme
Application of Operations Research

WANG Yungchih George

Specialized field
Finance, Economics
Research theme
Corporate Finance, Financial Evaluation, Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility

SUGIMOTO Ichiro

Specialized field
Economic statistics
Economic history
Research theme
1. Estimates of Historical GDP Estimates in Developing Countries
2. Economic History of Malaysia and Singapore

UTSUMI Tomoko

Specialized field
Development Economics
Research theme
Education and labor markets in developing countries

Liberal Arts

GUAJARDO Maria

Specialized field
Education and Youth Development, Cultural Competency, Early Childhood Education
Research theme
Cultural Competency, Inclusive Excellence, Leadership, Positive Youth Development

OSANAI Masaru

Specialized field
University Administration, Management and Evaluation of Public Sector
Research theme
Undergraduate Education in Global Society, Institution Building for Public Service Activities by Universities

UCHIYAMA Tomohiro

Specialized field
Mathematics, Mathematical economics
Research theme
Mathematics, Mathematical economics

English Education

HANSFORD Valerie

Specialized field
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
Research theme
Curriculum design, Integrating culture into the language classroom, Intercultural Communication

DAUGHERTY Malcolm

Specialized field
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language (TESOL)
Research theme
Testing and assessment systems, curriculum development, self-access language learning, learner autonomy, content-based language instruction, ESP/EAP, project-based learning, materials development and science/technical writing

SASAKI Daniel Hiroshi

Specialized field
Foreign language education
Research theme
1. Teaching English to young learners in Japanese elementary schools
2. The role of self-access in language learning and learner autonomy

YPHANTIDES Jennifer

Specialized field
TESOL and Applied Linguistics
Research theme
Diversity and Inclusion in Foreign Language Education, Neurodiversity, English Medium Instruction Policy and Planning