Introduction of Global Education Center
Staff
Director, Center for Global Education
Director
Professor:IKEDA Yoko
In charge of: general education course, Japanese language training course, Japanese language education program, overseas study consultations, international student / tutor consultation
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【Academic / Work history】
M.A. in Comparative Literature, Pennsylvania State University Taught Japanese at Eastern New Mexico University and Pennsylvania State University and was a full-time lecturer and assistant professor at Kansai Gaidai University before taking up her current position.
【Specialist fields and research themes】
1. Japanese language education: I would like students to have fun learning foreign languages. I would like to develop Japanese language teaching materials that correspond to this.
2. Literature education, comparative literature: I would like to look into the potential of understanding cross-cultural communication through works of literature pertaining to literature and foreign language education.
【Research】
Full-time Faculty Members, Center for Global Education
Manager
Professor:AN Yongsu
In charge of: general education course, Japanese language training course, Japanese language education program, overseas study consultation, international student / tutor consultations, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Japanese language expression)
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【Academic / Work history】
Completed doctoral course at Tohoku University Graduate School of Arts and Letters
Doctor of Letters (Tohoku University)
【Specialist fields and research themes】
1. The study of Japanese as a second language
2. Education in cross-cultural communication
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Faculty Member
Associate Professor: SEO Masaki
In charge of: general education course, Japanese language training course, Japanese language education program, overseas study consultations, international student / tutor consultations, supplementary Japanese language classes at the Ami and Hitachi Campuses
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【Academic / Work history】
MA in Second Language Studies, University of Hawai‘i Manoa PhD in Linguistics, Sophia University Was a full-time lecturer at the University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University before taking up his current position.
【Specialist fields and research themes】
1. Japanese language education
2. Foreign language education
3. Sociology of Education
【Research】
Faculty Member
Associate Professor:AOKI Kayoko
In charge of: general education course, Japanese language training course, Japanese language education program, overseas study consultations, international student / tutor consultations
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【Academic / Work history】
University of San Francisco Graduate School Doctoral Course in International & Multicultural Education
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)
【Specialist fields and research themes】
1. Multi-cultural education
2. Education in cross-cultural communication
3. Education in international understanding
【Research】
Faculty Member
Assistant Professor: HU Anqi
In charge of: general education course, Japanese language training course, Japanese language education program, overseas study consultations, international student / tutor consultations
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【Academic / Work history】
Completed the master's program and the doctoral program at Nagoya University Graduate School
Ph.D. in Psychology
【Specialist fields and research themes】
1. Cross-cultural psychology
2. Social psychology
3. Communication studies
【Research】
Faculty Member
Assistant Professor: SEO Yukiko
In charge of: general education course, overseas study consultations, international student / tutor consultations
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【Academic / Work history】
School of letters, Osaka University
Ph.D. in Literature
Prior to joining Ibaraki University, she has taught Japanese as a full-time faculty member at various institutions, including the National University of Singapore, Hong Kong University SPACE, Dokkyo University, and University of Tokyo.
【Specialist fields and research themes】
1. Japanese language education
2. Language teacher education
3. Qualitative research
【Research】
Concurrent Post, Center for Global Education
College of Engineering
Professor: MINATO Atsushi
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College of Engineering
Assistant Professor: FUKUMURA Makiko
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College of Agriculture
Associate Professor: SAKAGAMI Nobuo
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