About the School of Global and Community Studies

Teaching Staff

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Professor INOUE Hiroyuki Researcher Information

Research Areas
Information technology, intelligent information processing
Main Subjects of Research
Soft computing, human symbiotic systems through the Kansei Engineering approach

Professor OKAZAKI Hideichi Researcher Information

Research Areas
Business informatics (accounting)
Main Subjects of Research
How accounting systems should function in an information society

Professor KOBATA Koji Researcher Information

Research Areas
International education exchange
Main Subjects of Research
University internationalization, tuning

Professor TSUKIHARA Toshihiro Researcher Information

Research Areas
Human geography, area studies
Main Subjects of Research
Development challenges and culture in developing countries and regions

Professor NAGAI Takahiro Researcher Information

Research Areas
Chinese linguistics
Main Subjects of Research
Chinese linguistic systems (with a focus on grammar and vocabulary, including dialects)

Professor MATSUDA Kazuyuki Researcher Information

Research Areas
French literature
Main Subjects of Research
French literature of the early 20th century

Professor MINASHIMA Hiroshi Researcher Information

Research Areas
Linguistics
Main Subjects of Research
Japanese-English contrastive linguistics

Associate Professor AWAHARA Tomoko Researcher Information

Research Areas
Architectural planning, children’s environmental studies
Main Subjects of Research
Children’s play environments, welfare facility planning, lifestyle and living environments

Associate Professor IIDA Takeshi Researcher Information

Research Areas
Economic policies
Main Subjects of Research
Environmental policies under imperfect competition

Associate Professor IKOMA Toshihide Researcher Information

Research Areas
Civil law (family law)
Main Subjects of Research
Children’s welfare

Associate Professor ISOZAKI Kotaro Researcher Information

Research Areas
German literature, cultural studies
Main Subjects of Research
German literature and culture during and since the 19th century

Associate Professor IMAI Yuko Researcher Information

Research Areas
History of arts, history of cultural exchange
Main Subjects of Research
Japonisme

Associate Professor Kelly KING Researcher Information

Research Areas
Language education, educational sociology
Main Subjects of Research
Critical race theory, social justice in education,
education policy for immigrant children in Japan

Associate Professor Charles JANNUZI Researcher Information

Research Areas
English communication
Main Subjects of Research
English communication

Associate Professor TAKEGAWA Mitsuru Researcher Information

Research Areas
Business administration
Main Subjects of Research
Business succession in SMEs, innovation in SMEs

Associate Professor TANAKA Yukitaka Researcher Information

Research Areas
Sociology (regional sociology, urban sociology)
Main Subjects of Research
Regional transfiguration and community management in contemporary society

Associate Professor HATANO Keiko Researcher Information

Research Areas
Lifelong learning theory, educational sociology
Main Subjects of Research
Gender and education, sociology of lifelong learning

Associate Professor HIGASHIMURA Junko Researcher Information

Research Areas
Museology, archaeology
Main Subjects of Research
Archaeology of spinning and weaving

Senior Assistant Professor EGAWA Seiichi Researcher Information

Research Areas
Tourism studies, theory of regional economy
Main Subjects of Research
Research on human and financial resources in tourism destination development

Senior Assistant Professor SHIMIZU Mayumi Researcher Information

Research Areas
Public administration studies, Latin American politics, cultural sociology
Main Subjects of Research
Police activities and violence, police activities in Brazil

Senior Assistant Professor Christopher HENNESSY Researcher Information

Research Areas
Japanese applied linguistics, second language acquisition
Main Subjects of Research
Project-based learning, communities of practice, dialect perceptions

Senior Assistant Professor Ivan LOMBARDI Researcher Information

Research Areas
Language education, second language teaching and learning
Main Subjects of Research
Motivation in language teaching and learning, game-based learning

Assistant Professor SHIMONO Hazuki Researcher Information

Research Areas
Science of religion, history of thoughts, history of science
Main Subjects of Research
Religion and science, early modern thoughts in Western Europe, Francis Bacon