CENTER FOR JAPANESE STUDIES 2021-2022

Faculty Members

Administration Staff

Takakazu YAMAGISHI: Director, Center for International Affairs

Robert CROKER: CJS Program Director / Deputy Director, Center for International Affairs / CJS Dean of Academic Affairs (Japan Area Studies)

Keiko KUMURA: Deputy Director, Center for International Affairs

Shu HIRATA: Deputy Director, Center for International Affairs

Nanako MACHIDA: CJS Dean of Academic Affairs (Japanese Language)

Marc BREMER: CJS Dean of Student Affairs

Teaching Staff

Robert ASPINALL: Ph.D. (Oxford University), Japanese History A, B

Marc BREMER: Ph.D. (Claremont Graduate School), Japanese Business A

Robert CROKER: Ph.D. (Nagoya University), Exploring Japan, Contemporary Japan, Japanese Society B, Summer Academic Studies: Fieldwork Methods

Miyuki DOI: M.A. (University of Wisconsin - Madison), Japanese Language, Japanese for Volunteering, Pre-intermediate Projects in Japanese, Intermediate Projects in Japanese, Japanese for Tourism

Benjamin DORMAN: Ph.D. (Australian National University), Academic Studies: Media Literacy in the Digital Age

Arturo ESCANDON: Ph.D. (The University of Bath), Academic Studies: An Introduction to the Social Studies of Latin America

Junko FUJIMOTO: M.A. (University of Idaho), Japanese Language

Nanae FUKUTOMI: M.A. (Tokyo Women’s Christian University), Japanese Language

Tatsuhiko HASEGAWA: M.A. (Aichi Geijutsu), Woodblock Printing (Hanga)

Yuko HIRANO: B.A. (Aichi University of Education), Calligraphy (Shodo)

Yoshimi HIRUNAMI: Ohara School, Flower Arrangement (Ikebana) Yuriko IDE: M.A. (University of Wisconsin - Madison), Japanese Language, Japanese for Volunteering, Japanese for Tourism, Introduction to Academic Japanese Writing, Intermediate Projects in Japanese

Maki ISOYAMA: M.A. (University of Wisconsin - Madison, University of Southern California), Japanese Language, Reading in Japanese Literature B, Japanese Popular Culture A

Noriko IWASAKI: Ph.D. (University of Arizona), Summer Academic Studies: Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Kristina IWATA: Ph.D. (University of Trier), Contemporary Japanese Literature A, B

Yu IZUMI: Ph.D. (University of Maryland, College Park): Japanese Linguistics

Fumika KAMEI: M.A. (Akita International University), Japanese Language, Elementary Projects in Japanese, Introduction to Business Japanese

Koji KANAMORI: Ohara School, Flower Arrangement (Ikebana)

Masaki KAWASHIMA: Litt.D. (Kyoto University), Seminar in American History

Tomoko KISHI, Ph.D. (Kyoto University): Japan’s Economy A, B

Fumie KOJIMA: B.A. (Seisen University), Tea Ceremony (Sado)

Tomoko KOMADA: M.A. (Nanzan University), Japanese Language, Classical Japanese Literature, Academic Japanese Writing

Kaori KONDO: Ph.D. (Nanzan University), Japanese Language, Writing for Communication

Junko KOZAKAI: Ohara School, Flower Arrangement (Ikebana)

Nanako MACHIDA: Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin - Madison), Language and Culture A, Intermediate Translation, Introduction to Teaching Japanese Language, Advanced Translation

Nobuyo MACHIDA: M.A. (Nanzan University), Japanese Language

Dylan MCGEE: Ph.D. (Princeton University), Pre-Modern Japanese Literature A, Modern Japanese Literature A

Matthew MCMULLEN: Ph.D. (University of California, Berkeley), Japanese Religions B

Mikine MITSUYA: MBA (Leeds University Business School) Japanese Business B

Masahiko MUTSUKAWA: Ph.D. (Michigan State University), Japanese Language, Readings in Social Sciences A, B, Readings in Science and Technology

Toko NAKAMURA: M.A. (Nanzan University), Japanese Language

Yoshinosuke NISHIKAWA: Nishikawa School, Traditional Japanese Dance (Odori)

Ari NOZAKI: B.A. (Nanzan University), Tea Ceremony (Sado)

Ryoko OHNISHI: M.A. (Nanzan University), Japanese Language

Hisami OKADA: M.A. (Ohio State University), Japanese Language, Oral Interpretation

Shigenori OYAIZU: M.A. (Nanzan University), Japanese Language, Elementary Translation, Readings in Japanese Literature A, University Preparatory Japanese

David POTTER: Ph.D. (University of California - Santa Barbara), Japanese Foreign Policy A, Japanese Politics A

Emi SATO: B.A. (Aichi Shukutoku University), Japanese Language, Business Japanese

Bunji SAWANOBORI: M.A. (Niigata University), Academic Studies: Japanese Society and Law A

Raj SUSAI: M.A. (Nanzan University), Japanese Religions A

Atsuo SUZUKI: Ph.D. (Tokyo University), Management Science in Japan A

Kazuyo TAKEDA: M.A. (University of Wisconsin - Madison), Japanese Language, Elementary Translation

Akiko TSUDA: B.A. (Nanzan University), Japanese Language, Introduction to Creative Writing, Creative Writing

Mari YAMADA: M.A. (Nanzan University), Japanese Language

Shoko WATARAI: M.A. (Macquarie University), Japanese Language