Department of Psychology and Humanities

Faculty Name

Job title
Official Position
Field of research Specialty
ASAOKA Shoichi Professor
Head of Department
Psychology Experimental psychology/Sleep Science
OWADA Tomofumi Professor Psychology Social Psychology/Adolescent Psychology
SATO Toshihiko Professor Psychology Experimental psychology
NAKAMURA Shin Professor Psychology Social Psychology
HORIUCHI Mihoko Professor Sociology/Psychology/Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences・Social Medicine Social Welfare/Clinical Psychology/Hygiene・Public Health
MUROKI Takayuki Professor Psychology Clinical Psychology/Judicial and Criminal Psychology
YAMAMOTO Ryuichiro Professor Psychology Clinical Psychology/Sleep Science
OBANA Mariko Associate Professor Psychology Clinical Psychology/Developmental Psychology
NISHIMURA Ritsuko Associate Professor Psychology Cognitive Psychology/Sleep Psychology
NOZOE Kenta Associate Professor Psychology Clinical Psychology/Cognitive Psychology/Sleep Science
ISHIBASHI Mikako Lecturer Psychology Developmental psychology
NAGAMINE Masato Lecturer Psychology Social Psychology
KAWACHI Tatsuru Assistant Professor Psychology Experimental psychology

Department of Contemporary Sociology

Faculty Name Job title
Official Position
Field of research Specialty
OTSUKA Ryoji Professor
Head of Department
Business Administration Tourism Studies
OKUYAMA Masaki Professor Environmental studies Natural symbiotic system
SAKIMOTO Takeshi Professor Sociology International tourism/Tourism creation/Tourism science
TSUCHIYA Kaoru Professor Sociology Tourism creation
LIN Chengwei Professor Humanities Folkloristics
KAWASE Yoshitaka Associate Professor Cultural anthropology Cultural anthropology
SATO Hideki Associate Professor Environmental education/Environmental sociology/International sociology Environmental policy/Environmentally friendly society
SUENAGA Takashi Associate Professor Health and sports sciences Sports sciences
SEKINE Yoshie Associate Professor Multidisciplinary research Museum and cultural heritage science
NOGAMI Reiko Associate Professor Sports sciences Sociology of sports/Sports philosophy

Department of Business Management

Faculty Name Job title
Official Position
Current specialty Research field keyword
ODAWARA Yuka Professor
Head of Department
Business Administration Accounting
AOKI Takuo Professor Health and Sport Sciences Sports science
SAKAGAMI Yozo Professor Business Administration Business Administration/Commercial Science
SAKO Koji Professor Economic Policy/Business Administration/Regional Studies International Economics/International Business Management
SUZUKI Hideo Professor Education studies Sports education
SEKINE Naoki Professor Business Administration Commercial Science
TORIGOE Norio Professor Statistical Science/Sports sciences/Education studies Statistics/Statistics Education
NAKANISHI Tetsu Professor Business Administration Finance/Corporate Finance/Business Strategy
HIROOKA Isao Professor Business Administration/Applied economics Risk Management/Sports Management
MINAMIMAGOE Kazuyoshi Professor Sociology Business sociology
YAMADA Yosuke Professor Business Administration Business Strategy/Marketing/Venture Management
ITO Akira Associate Professor Sports science/Orthopedic Sports medicine
KAWASAKI Atsushi Lecturer Health and Sport Sciences Sports Management/Sports Sociology
NIIYAMA Taiga Assistant Professor Sociology Cultural Sociology

Department of Mass Communications

Faculty Name Job title
Official Position
Field of research Research field keyword
HONDA Satoru Professor
Head of Department
Sociology Editing and publishing theory/Written expression
ISHIYAMA Chie Professor Sociology Communication, Information and Media
INOUE Ichiro Professor Business Administration Commerce (marketing, advertising)
UEDA Yasutaka Professor Science International information and communication studies
KAKUTA Yoichiro Professor Social Sciences/Sociology Communication, Information and Media
KANDA Hiroshi Professor Sociology Sports Journalism/Sports History/Communication, information, and media
KIUCHI Yoshito Professor Literature and sociology Contemporary Cultural Studies
SAIJO Noboru Professor Art and design General Arts
TATEBAYASHI Makiko Professor Sociology Knowledge/Science/Technology
NAKAJIMA Takeo Professor Sociology International Society & Sports
HAYASHI Kaori Professor Sociology Communication, information, and media
HAYASHI Naoki Professor Economics (Commerce) Public Relations/Marketing/Sociology
MORIKAWA Toshio Professor Sociology Broadcasting Theory
Lingwei Wang Assistant Professor Sociology Communication, Information, Media/Education & Schools
KOKUBO Toshimi Adjunct Professor Movie expression Art theory/Aesthetics

Department of Communication and Business

Faculty Name Job title
Official Position
Field of research Research field keyword
HIROTA Yuri Professor
Head of Department
Informatics Web Information Studies
ZHAN Ping Professor Society/Safety system science Mathematical Programming
SUZUKI Teppei Professor Literature Western language and culture
TAMADA Kazue Professor Education studies Educational Technology/Information education
YAGI Toru Professor Basic chemistry and Information Science Physical chemistry/High-performance calculations
YAMAGUCHI Toshikazu Professor Science education/Educational technology/Comprehensive engineering Science education/Educational Technology/Aeronautics and astronautics engineering/Plasma science
OBARA Yuji Associate Professor Educational Technology
/Information science
Educational Technology
/Information science/Information education
MATSUO Yumi Associate Professor Education studies Educational Technology
MINAKUCHI Sayuri Associate Professor Literature/Humanities・Linguistics Literature of English and English speaking countries
KAMINISHI Hidekazu Lecturer Informatics, Educational Technology learning system/Programming language education
KOSHIISHI Ayaka Assistant Professor Linguistics Foreign language education
MATSUDA Toshiki Adjunct Professor Education studies/Science Education/Educational Technology/Subject Education Teaching Method Development/Teaching and Learning Support Systems/ information education/Teacher Education/School Education/Education Policy

Department of Childhood and Communication Studies

Faculty Name Job title
Official Position
Field of research Research field keyword
MURAKAMI Ryo Professor
Head of Department
Psychology of Childcare/Developmental Clinical Psychology Early childhood development
/Parenting support/Inclusive Education/Consultation and Support for Child Care
TAKANEZAWA Noriko Professor Literature/Humanities・Linguistics Japanese literature
MORIYA Shiho Professor Sports sciences Coaching/Sport psychology
ASAHI Aki Associate Professor Education studies Early Childhood Education
IMAMURA Asako Associate Professor Education studies Early Childhood Education/Sociology of Education
EBIHARA Masataka Associate Professor Sports science/Health science Pedagogy of Physical Education
OTSUKA Shino Associate Professor Psychology Developmental psychology
YAMAUCHI Yoko Associate Professor Child Studies Child Welfare/Social work
NAKAJIMA Kintaro Lecturer Museum Studies & Cultural Property Studies/Archaeology History of Museum Studies/Historical Archaeology
YOSHIOKA Miki Lecturer Humanities/Educational Studies Musicology/Music Education
KAGAWA Nanami Assistant Professor Education studies
Sociology of Education
GAJA Misako Adjunct Professor Social work studies Children's welfare/Social work
HATANO Kazuhiko Adjunct Professor Science education/Educational engineering Educational engineering

Center for Liberal Arts and Basic Education

Faculty Name Job title
Official Position
Field of research Research field keyword
OKADA Daisuke Professor Philosophy Philosophy/Ethics
FUKUSHIMA Ariko Associate Professor Informatics
/Human Informatics
Information Environment Studies/Virtual Reality
ICHIMURA Yuki Associate Professor Educational Technology Instructional Design
NAKAHARA Mayuko Lecturer Philosophy Philosophy/Ethics

Center for International Education

Faculty Name Job title
Official Position
Field of research Research field keyword
MITANI Ayaka Associate Professor Literature/Humanities・Linguistics Japanese and Japanese education
YAMAUCHI Kaori Associate Professor Humanities/Linguistics/Education studies
Japanese Language Education/Foreign Language Education/Career Education/Lifelong Learning
TOMARU Yusaku Lecturer Literature English literature/English-speaking literature/European literature
Jonathan Ferries Assistant Professor Linguistics/English Language Education Critical Discourse Analysis/Corpus Linguistics

Psychological Counseling Center

Faculty Name Job title
Official Position
Field of research Research field keyword
WATANABE Mikiko Assistant Lecturer Social science/psychology Psychological Intervention

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