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2023 Japanese Grantees -32-

Research -7-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 AKIMOTO Naoko
Associate Professor
Coll/Law and Politics Dept./Int'l Business Law
Rikkyo U
Harvard U
Comparison of Legal Systems
Torts and administrative compensation responding to scientific uncertainty in the U.S. and Japan
2 KAWASHIMA Kyosuke
Associate Professor
Fac./Law and Politics
Rikkyo U
U of California, Berkeley
Criminal Law & Procedure
Comparative studies on the search and seizure of electronic evidence in the U.S. and Japan
3 KIKUCHI Kimiyo
Lecturer
Fac./Medical Sciences Dept./Health Sciences
Kyushu U
Harvard U
Public Health & Community Health
Predictive model of the continuum of care in maternal and child health to achieve the SDGs
4 MORI Yuichiro
Associate Professor
Grad. Sch./Law
Hokkaido U
Harvard U
Law
A Legal-philosophical inquiry into affirmative action in health care allocation
5 MORIIZUMI Satoshi
Professor
Fac./Global Liberal Studies Dept./Global Liberal Studies
Nanzan U
U of Washington
Intercultural Communication
Intergroup relations and intergroup ideologies in the multicultural society: A Japan-U.S. comparison
6 NOMURA Nao
Associate Professor
Grad.Sch./Humanities and Social Sciences
Saitama U
U of Massachusetts, Boston
American Studies
The study on identity politics of ex-Amish
7 SAKAI Takayuki
Professor
Value Sch.
Kobe U
Cornell U
Business & Management
A comparison of technology commercialization and startups in universities between Japan and the U.S.
Doctoral Dissertation Research -2-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 NAGASAWA Makoto
Associate Professor
Grad. Sch./Humanities and Social Sciences
Saitama U
U of Southern California
Higher Education
The rise and evolution of private universities in southern California: Seeking a successful model
2 SUZUKI Aimi
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Humanities and Sociology European and American Studies
U of Tokyo
Cornell U
English & American Literature
The representation of house and the domesticity in American novels at the turn of the century
Graduate Study -19-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/
Research Topic/Named-Donor Grant (if applicable)
1 ASANO Wakana
Senior Consultant
IBM Consulting Business Transformation Services
IBM Japan, Ltd.
Georgetown U
Public Administration
A study of easing regulations for the enhancement of digital transformation and innovation
[Fulbright-Mikitani Memorial Grant]
2 ASHIDA Yumi
Product Manager
Trust & Safety Identity
Yahoo Japan Corp.
U of Washington
Engineering Design
Human-centered design and engineering for user-friendly digital products and positive social impact
3 FUSE Keiko
Attorney at Law
Atsumi and Sakai
U of Pennsylvania
Labor Law
Solve gender gap in Japan by considering relevant laws and cases in the US.
[Fulbright-Mikitani Memorial Grant]
4 HIGA Tetsuya
Coll Counselor
Secondary Sch.
Horizon Japan Int'l Sch.
Harvard U
International Education
Administration of international schools and education policies in accreditation organizations
5 HIRATA Sawako
Master's Student
Grad. Sch./Law and Politics Legal and Political Studies
U of Tokyo
Harvard U
Law
Litigation by state attorneys general and other government entities in the U.S.
[Fulbright-Glen S. Fukushima Fund]
6 ISEKI Satsuki
Master's Student
Grad. Sch./Arts and Sciences Language and Information Sciences
U of Tokyo
Rutgers U
Interpersonal & Speech Communication
Conversational storytelling between unacquainted interactants as a means of getting acquainted
7 KATO Kaho
Certified Genetic Counselor
Total Quality Management Center Genetic Counseling Section
Nihonkai General Hospital
U of Pittsburgh
Public Health & Community Health
Study how to improve accessibility to genetic counseling in rural areas
[Fulbright-Miwa Grant]
8 KAWASAKI Takaya
Full-time Chief Cameraman/Director, News Planning Editor
News Dept. Video Operation Center
NHK, Japan Broadcasting Corp.
Emerson Coll
Communications & Journalism
New expressions for digital age: Studying the American cinematic approach to journalism
[Fulbright-Mikitani Memorial Grant]
9 KITAJIMA Nobuya
Teacher
English Dept.
Keio Sr. HS
U of Pennsylvania
Education
Content and language integrated learning (CLIL) instruction and curriculum design based on SLA
[Fulbright-Mikitani Memorial Grant]
10 KOHARA Kanako
Master's student
Human-Environment Studies Architecture
Kyushu U
Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State U
Architectural Design
The urban environment in Washington D.C. and architecture design to adapt to the future environment
11 MIYAUCHI Ei
Associate
Infrastructure and PPP
PwC Advisory LLC
U of Iowa
Sociology
Racism as embedded daily microaggression: Focusing on invisibility in contemporary Japan
12 MORITA Kazuma
Doctoral Student
Sch./Language and Society
Hitotsubashi U
SUNY, Albany
Comparative Literature
Comparative study of “the poetic” in American and Japanese literature in the 1960s and 70s.
13 MORITA Risa
Financial Analyst
Mobility Business Unit I
Mitsui & Co., LTD.
Cornell U
Business & Management
Possibilities of solving next generation supply chain issues through IT management system
14 NAKAMURA Tsukasa
Senior Manager
Monitor Deloitte
Massachusetts Inst of Technology
Business Management & Administration
Business transformation through M&A and alliances of US companies
[Fulbright-Mikitani Memorial Grant]
15 NOHARA Hiina
Internship
Design Dept.
Fukei
Southern California Inst. of Architecture
Architecture
Developing new methods of visual representation in the architectural design process
16 OGAWA Satoshi
Attorney at Law
Data Security, IT
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
New York U
Law
How to ensure data compliance in light of the data privacy laws in the U.S.
[Fulbright-Mikitani Memorial Grant]
17 OHNISHI Satoshi
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Education Curriculum Area Sciences
Waseda U
U of North Carolina
American Literature
Interdisciplinary studies of mid-nineteenth-century American literature and photography
18 TAKAHASHI Akane
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Arts and Sciences Dept./Area Studies
U of Tokyo
U of Southern California
American History
Multiethnic labor unionism in agricultural fields and canneries during the 1930s-1940s U.S.
19 TERASAWA Hiro
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Language and Society
Hitotsubashi U
Emory U
English & American Literature
A study on the images of disability in the twentieth century American Southern literature
Foreign Language Teaching Assistant -4-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution
1 AMANO Naoko
Teacher
Kumanomae Elementary Sch.
Carleton Coll, Northfield, MN

2 FUKUYAMA Kaori
Teacher
Fukuoka Prefectural Genkai Sr. HS
Mississippi Valley State U, Leflore County, MS

3 MAMIYA Yuriko
Producer/ Project Manager
Distribution Business Office/ Business Design Division
TV TOKYO Corporation / TV TOKYO Communications
George Mason U, Fairfax, VA

4 TAMAKOSHI Yuki
Teacher
Career Division
Kanagawa Prefectural Kanai HS
U of Texas, Dallas, Richardson, TX

2023 American Grantees -43-

Journalist -1-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 DAVISON Patrick D.
Professor and Director
Hussman Sch./Journalism and Media
U of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Japan Center for Michigan Universities
Asia Press International
Journalism
Culture at a Crossroads: Documentary Video of Japan's Cultural Evolution
Visiting Lecturer -7-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 ADAMS Maren
Associate Professor and Director
Div./Humanities
Oxford Coll of Emory U
Hiroshima U
Area Studies
New technologies of transmission in post-bomb Japan
2 DAVIS Evan R.
Professor
Dept./English
Hampden-Sydney Coll
Tsuda U
Hosei U
American Literature
Telling images: American identities in satire and graphic novels
3 GINSBERG Lesley E.
Professor
Coll/Letters, Arts, and Sciences Dept./English
U of Colorado Colorado Springs
U of Tokyo
Aoyama Gakuin U
Sophia U
American Literature
Teaching nineteenth-century American literature and information literacy using digital resources
4 HOWELL James P.
Lecturer
Coll/Arts and Sciences Dept./English
Florida State U
Tokai U
J. F. Oberlin U
Communication
American values and public rhetoric
5 LEE Julia
Associate Professor
Bellarmine Coll/Liberal Arts Dept./English
Loyola Marymount U
U of the Ryukyus
English & American Literature
Teaching African American literature and Asian American literature in Japan
6 LITVACK Faith
Professor
Dept./Professional Studies and Public Safety
Florida State Coll at Jacksonville
Yokohama National U
Kyoritsu Women's U
Law
A snapshot of the American legal system
7 PITTS Jonathan
Associate Professor and Coordinator
Dept./English Sch./Humanities and Global Cultures
Ohio Northern U
U of the Ryukyus
American Literature
The practice and power of narrative in the lives of communities
Lecturer-Researcher -2-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 QU Ming
Professor
Lyles Sch. of Civil Engineering
Purdue U
U of Tokyo
Architectural Engineering
Data-driven building load prediction & active-learning enhanced architectural engineering education
2 SMITH Charles E.
Associate Professor
Coll/Science Dept./Statistics, Biomathematics
North Carolina State U
Osaka U
Engineering & Statistics
Statistical and stochastic modeling of postural sway during quiet standing in health and disease
Researcher - Academics -5-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 BEAMER Jennifer
Librarian
Claremont Coll Library
Claremont Colls Consortium
National Inst of Informatics
Library Science
Open Access Infrastructure for Scholarly Information: Ecosystem of Platforms and Assessment in Japan
2 BRAGUINSKY Serguey
Associate Professor
Robert H. Smith School of Business Management and Organization
U of Maryland-Coll Park
Osaka U
Hitotsubashi U
Economics
Engineering human capital in technology adoption and discovery: Impact on Japan's industrialization
3 CAMPBELL Wesley C.
Professor
Dept./Physics & Astronomy
U of California, Los Angeles
Osaka U
Applied Physics
Trapped ion quantum information processing and quantum sensing
4 JAFFE Richard M.
Professor
Trinity Coll of Arts and Sciences Dept./Religious Studies
Duke U
Komazawa U
Japanese History
D. T. Suzuki: A biography
5 YANG Yizhao
Associate Professor
Sch./Planning, Public Policy and Management
U of Oregon
The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
Urban & Regional Planning
Voluntary local review for sustainability competency education: Learning from Japanese cities
Graduate Research Fellow - Academics -9-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic/Named-Donor Grant (if applicable)
1 ALDEN Lani M.
Ph.D. Student
Dept./East Asian Languages and Cultures
U of California, Berkeley
U of Tokyo
Gender Studies
Mediated body, mediated mind: The trans Onnagata
2 BELL Stephanie A.
Ph.D. Student
Dept./ Religion
Columbia U
Waseda U
Religious Studies
Japanese Buddhist temples and museums -- Mutual influences, interactions, and enactions
3 LEVINE Rachel S.
Ph.D. Student
Dept./East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies
U of California, Santa Barbara
Sophia U
Gender Studies
Breaking open the black box: Shifting sexual violence discourse, policy, and praxis
[Fulbright-Glen S. Fukushima Fund]
4 MENDERS Trevor H.
Ph.D. Student
Grad. Sch./Arts and Sciences Dept./East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Harvard U
Osaka U
Art History
Moving and meaning: Painting, politics, and performance in late medieval Japan
5 NIELSEN Anna A.
Ph.D. Student
Dept./Anthropology
U of California, Berkeley
Okayama U
Archaeology
Subsistence strategies in Japan's Kofun period: Sustainability and disaster prevention
6 OMAR Eliyah Y.
Ph.D. Student
Dept./Anthropology
U of Washington
Sophia U
Anthropology
Digital popular culture and contemporary identity formation dynamics in Japan
7 PENNER Daniel
Ph.D. Student
Grad. Sch./Arts and Sciences
Columbia U
Waseda U
Japanese Literature
Languages of critical enlightenment: Science, aesthetics, and literature in Meiji Japan
8 WHATLEY Katherine
Ph.D. Student
Dept./East Asian Languages and Cultures
Stanford U
Waseda U
Japanese Literature
When poems were songs: Performing poetics in premodern Japan
9 ZIMMERMAN Holden
Ph.D. Student
Dept./History
Yale U
Senshu U
Japanese History
The Japanese red cross in global perspective: Nation, empire, and nurses
Graduate Research Fellow - Professionals -2-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 CONN Edith A.
Rec'd MA from George Washington U May 2022
At Large
U of the Ryukyus
Environmental Studies
Climate impacts on Japanese Okinawan fishing communities
2 HERRING Rachel K.A.
Master's Student
Middlebury Inst of Int'l Studies at Monterey
Kyushu U
Environmental Studies
Building resilience in Kyushu’s rural communities with the clean energy transition
[Fulbright-National Geographic Fellowship]
Fulbright Fellow -5-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 CHANG-CHIEN Connie
BS Student
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Johns Hopkins U
Nagoya U
Biomedical Engineering
Epileptic seizure prediction via deep learning algorithms
2 HAMM Sage M.
BS Student
Piano and Molecular Life Sciences
Indiana U - Bloomington
International Christian U
Music Studies
Reclaiming the Japanese identity in post-WWII classical music education
3 JORDAN Matthew
BA Student
Philosophy
Drake U
Tohoku U
Religious Studies
Lived religion: Ethnographic studies of modern Shinto across Japan’s generational divide
4 OCONE Paul
Rec'd BA - Dec. 2022
Integrative Studies
U of Maryland - Baltimore County
Meiji U
Anthropology
Negotiating subcultural identity and openness in otaku spaces
5 SMALL Andrew
BS Student
Asian Studies and Political Science
Northeastern U
Waseda U
Political Science
Nuclear power, development, and state-local relations in rural Japan
International Education Administrator -7-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 COOK Abby
Assistant Director
Office of International Studies
Montana State U Billings
At Large
International Education
2 DEGNAN Regina M.
Assistant Director
Dept./Int'l Student and Scholars Office(ISSO)
Columbia U
At Large
International Education
3 FERNANDEZ-VILLA Jennifer D.
Director
Office of International Students and Scholars
U of North Carolina, Wilmington
At Large
International Education
4 INGLEBY Shannon
Associate Director
Global Learning
Kirkwood Community Coll
At Large
International Education
5 JACQUES Andra
Global Partnerships and Programs Manager
Global Initiatives
U of California, San Diego
At Large
International Education
6 LINDSAY Alexander
Study Abroad Advisor
Office of International Education
U of Vermont
At Large
International Education
7 ROSS Camala
Assistant Director
Office of Education Abroad Center for International Affairs
Case Western Reserve U
At Large
International Education
Fulbright Specialist Program -4-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1

DEAN Kathy Lund
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Leadership and Ethics
Dept./Economics and Management
Gustavus Adolphus Coll

Rikkyo U
Business Management & Administration
Developing scholarly competencies
2 FISCHER Steven
Instructor
Northwestern U
U of Tokyo
Communication
Cartoon Storytelling
3 FRANCIS Daniel
Assistant Professor
Sch./Law
New York U
Kyoto U
Law
Competition policy in the digital age
4 KHAZANCHI Deepak
Professor
Coll/Information Science & Technology
U of Nebraska at Omaha
Chiba U of Commerce
Computer & Information Science
Crisis Management: Fast Response Virtual Team

2022 Japanese Grantees -39-

Research -6-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 FURUI Yoshiaki
Associate Professor
Coll/Letters; Dept./Letters, Course/English and American Literature
Rikkyo U
U of California, Berkeley
American Literature
A comprehensive study of the other in Herman Melville's works
2 HAMADA Shingo
Associate Professor
Dept./Life Planning; Fac./Liberal Arts
Osaka Shoin Women's U
U of Alaska Southeast
Anthropology
Trans-pacific development of seafood cultures and community-based coastal resource management
3 MACHIDA Tomohisa
Professor
Grad. Sch./Global Communication and Language; English Language Teaching Practicies
Akita International U
George Mason U
Elementary Education
The development of students’ 21st-century skills in elementary school English education
4 NAKACHI Sachi
Professor
Fac./Letters; Dept./English
Tsuru U
U of Hawaii, Manoa
American Literature
American poetry on Ukiyo-e and American women woodblock artists at the turn of the 20th century
5 TAKEKAWA Toshiya
Lecturer
Keio U
U of Washington
Criminal Law & Procedure
A comparative legal study of criminal evaluation of defendants with mental disorders
6 YATABE Shuichi
Professor
Grad. Sch./Arts and Sciences; Dept./Language and Information Sciences
U of Tokyo
U of Texas, Austin
Linguistics, Theory
A formal study on the semantics of plurality
Journalist -3-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 IMAMURA Mio
Staff Reporter
Kyodo News
California State U, Fullerton
Social Deviance/Criminology
About the death penalty in the United States
2 MATSUO Ichiro
Staff Writer
The Asahi Shimbun Company
Harvard U
International Relations
Greenhouse gas reduction, nuclear disarmament and emerging technologies: Lesson from HEU agreement
3 OGAWA Shinichi
Reporter
RKB Mainichi Broadcasting Corporation
Stanford U
Economic Systems
The sustainability strategies of U.S. companies and the government
Doctoral Dissertation Research -1-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 SHIRAKAWA Toru
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Medicine; Public Health
Osaka U
U of California, Berkeley
Public Health & Community Health
Learning optimal weight management strategy for healthy longevity towards precision public health
Graduate Study -24-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/
Research Topic/Named-Donor Grant (if applicable)
1 ABE Hiraku
Doctoral Student
U of Tokyo
U of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
American History
Rethinking the civil rights movement: Race, religion, and the politics of faith in Mississippi
2 ASANO Hideo
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Int'l Cooperation Studies; Int'l Cooperation Policy
Kobe U
Middlebury Inst. of Int'l Studies at Monterey
International Relations
Implications of the North-East Asia nuclear weapon free zone for the security in North-East Asia
3 HAGIWARA Tomoharu
Attorney at law
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
New York U
Law
Pharmaceutical and healthcare laws in the U.S.: Innovation, enforcement and healthcare system reform
4 HAMADA Sachiko
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Humanities; English and American Literature
Sophia U
U of Minnesota, Twin Cities
American Literature
The strategies of place-making in African American literature
5 KATO Atsushi
Teacher
Tokyo Gakugei U Sr. HS
U of Michigan
Education
English teachers’ development through reflection considering emotions, cognitions and well-being
[Fulbright-Mikitani Memorial Grant]
6 KONISHI Yusuke
Attorney at Law
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
U of Chicago
Law
Analysis of the development of U.S. antitrust laws to address global competition issues
7 MOROOKA Yuma
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Arts; English and American Literature
Rikkyo U
Indiana U, Bloomington
American Literature
A study of relationships between affects and African American music in African American literature
8 NAKAMURA Masaki
Teacher/Director of ICT and Curriculum Design
English Dept; 9th Grade Homeroom Teacher
Matsudo Municipal Koganekita Jr. HS
Stanford U
Educational Technology
How to integrate/design project-based learning into online learning
[Fulbright-Mikitani Memorial Grant]
9 NASHIRO Masahide
Senior Consultant
EY Strategy and Consulting Co., Ltd.
Harvard U
Education
Implementing self-directed learning and social-emotional learning in Japanese secondary schools
[Fulbright-Mikitani Memorial Grant]
10 NODA Yuriko
Interpreter, translator, facilitator
Self-employed
George Mason U
Social Sciences
Development of conflict resolution pedagogy with mutual understanding and its reproducibility
11 OKUHAMA Ayako
Resident
National Center for Global Health and Medicine
Harvard U
Public Health & Community Health
Creating effective infectious diseases policies that reflect population-based clinical needs
12 OWADA Aya
Teacher
Muroto Sr. HS
U of Hawaii, Manoa
Teaching English as a Foreign Language
Implementation of blended learning in second language learning
13 SAKURAI Osamu
Architect
MAEDA Corporation
U of Southern California
Architectural Design
A study of American modern architects’ design strategy through the study of Robert Venturi
14 SATA Akane
Associate
Mori Law Office
Columbia U
Family Law & Procedure
Legal systems and support services to agree and implement child visitation in the U.S.
15 SHIROSHITA Akihiro
Staff Physician
Ichinomiyanishi Hospital
Vanderbilt U
Public Health & Community Health
Real-world data research in respiratory medicine using registry and administrative claims data
16 SONODA Marika
News Editorial Director
Risesystem, Inc.
U of Southern California
Communications & Journalism
Research on digital news services and its monetization strategies to empower small communities
[Fulbright-Miwa Grant]
17 SUGIMOTO Mitsuyo
Assistant Chief
Japan Environmental Sanitation Center
Johns Hopkins U
Public Administration & Policy
Research on policy for promoting corporate environmental business to formulate a circular economy
[Fulbright-Mikitani Memorial Grant]
18 TANAKA Honami
Research Technician
Fukuoka Dental Coll
California Inst. of Technology
Cognitive Psychology
Analysis of environmental factors driving mental illnesses
[Fulbright-Mikitani Memorial Grant]
19 TANAKA Yuma
Investment VP
DNX Ventures
Harvard U
Business Management & Administration
Measures VC can implement to enhance the mental well-being of entrepreneurial enterprise founders
20 TSUCHIYA Ryota
Project Manager
MITSUI & CO., LTD
Duke U
Urban & Regional Planning
Study on urban digital innovations & human-centric urban design in the U.S.
21 UCHINO Gaku
School Manager
Smart Kids English
Columbia U
Curriculum & Instruction
Analysis of English teaching curricula to become an elementary school teacher in Japan
22 UENO Yui
Film Fixer
Self-employed
Georgetown U
International Relations
What are the links between regulations by the US and EU, mining, conflict, and human rights abuses?
23 YAMAGUCHI Nanako
Public Policy Manager
Google Japan G.K.
Harvard U
Public Administration
Understanding the enabling environment and motivations for citizen engagement in community activities and government policy-making
24 YAMAMOTO Yuya
Teacher
Kojimachi Gakuen Girls' Jr. and Sr. HS
SUNY Buffalo
Teaching English as a Foreign Language
Examining how to integrate critical thinking skills into English language classes in Japan
Foreign Language Teaching Assistant -4-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution
1 KAWAHARA Hitomi
Master's Student
Dept./Social Psychology; Grad. Sch./Humanities and Sociology
U of Tokyo
Spelman Coll, Atlanta, GA

2 OHNO Naoko
Master's Student
Language Education and Communication; Grad. Sch./Letters
Showa Women's U
Northwest Coll, Cody, WY

3 OSHIRO Koshi
Teacher
Jiyugaoka Gakuen HS
Casper Coll, Casper, WY

4 SHITOGIDEN Yuri
Teacher
Kanagawa Pref. Asamizodai Sr. HS
Lincoln U, Lincoln, PA

Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence -1-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 ISHIDA Kenji
Associate Professor
Inst./Social Science
U of Tokyo
U of Pennsylvania
Sociology

2022 American Grantees -38-

Visiting Lecturer -6-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 JONES Kimberly
Professional Faculty
English & College Readiness Dept.
Washtenaw Community Coll
Kyushu U
Law
The U.S. law in review: An analytical approach to teaching comparative law
2 SCOTT Christina L.
Associate Professor
Sch./Social Sciences; Dept./Psychological Sciences
Whittier Coll
U of Tokyo
Kyoritsu Women's U
American Studies
Sex, gender, and the American media: Teaching American studies courses in Japan
3 SELLERS Abbylin H.
Associate Professor
Coll/Liberal Arts and Sciences; Dept./History and Political Science
Azusa Pacific U
Yokohama Nat'l U
Hosei U
Political Science
Teaching American government and political thought
4 SRADER Doyle
Professor
Sch./Arts and Sciences; Dept./Communication
Bushnell U
Tsuda U
Tokyo U of Foreign Studies
Tokyo International U
Communication
Shinmitsuna tooron
5 STONES Emily D.
Assistant Professor
Regis Coll.; Dept./Communication
Regis U
Nihon U
Tokai U
Communication
American perspectives of communication and conflict
6 TRAUTMAN Karl G.
Instructor
Dept./Public Service and Social Science
Central Maine Community Coll
Otaru U of Commerce
Political Science
Populism, media and elections in the U.S. and U.S. foreign policy toward Japan and China
Lecturer-Researcher -3-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 KUPFERMAN Scott I.
Associate Professor and Coordinator
Coll/Education; Dept./Teaching and Learning
U of Colorado - Colorado Springs
U of Tokyo
Special Education
Co-designing an accessible future for people with disabilities in Japan
2 PENG Jacob C.
Professor and Head
Sch./Business; Dept./Accounting and Taxation
Robert Morris U
Meiji Gakuin U
Accounting
Market transparency through disclosures: International collaboration on risk mgmt. and cybersecurity
3 REGAN Martin P.
Professor and Head
Coll/Liberal Arts; Dept./Performance Studies
Texas A&M U
Senzoku Gakuen Coll of Music
Music
Soundscapes of Japan: From past to present
Researcher - Academics -5-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 CLAUS Catherine A.
Assistant Professor
Coll/Arts and Sciences; Dept./Anthropology
American U
Waseda U
Cultural Anthropology
Conscious kitchens: Seafoods, sustainability, and cooking practice in Japan
2 DOUGLASS Amy B.
Professor
Dept./Psychology
Bates Coll
U of Human Environments
Psychology
Japanese and American eyewitnesses: Does cultural background influence memory distortion?
3 HOWE Gregg A.
Professor
Coll/Natural Science; Dept./Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Michigan State U
U of Tsukuba
Biology
Uncoupling of growth-defense tradeoffs in tomato
4 KERN Adam L.
Professor
Dept./East Asian Languages & Literature
U of Wisconsin-Madison
U of Tokyo
Literature
Research on an anthology of early modern Japanese graphic narratives (Kusazôshi)
5 ZAHLTEN Alexander N.
Professor
Dept./East Asian Languages and Civilization
Harvard U
Kyoto U
Film & Photo
Amateur film history in Japan and the future of media
Journalist -1-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 COLEMAN Joseph M.
Professor of Practice
Media Sch.
Indiana U, Bloomington
Temple U
Journalism
Opening the doors: Tokyo as an emerging multicultural metropolis
Graduate Research Fellow - Academics -12-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 CHIMENTI Patrick
Ph.D. Student
Grad. Sch./Arts and Science; Dept./East Asian Language and Civilizations
Harvard U
Keio U
Area Studies
Locating the periphery: Media ecologies of development in postwar Japan
2 DAVIS Victoria P.
Ph.D. Student
Dept./Asian Languages and Cultures
U of California, Los Angeles
Waseda U
Literature
Michiyuki and place-making practices in premodern Japanese literature and performance
3 GEISMANN ALENE Anne C.
Ph.D. Student
Dept./History
Claremont Grad. U
Tama Art U
Art History
The role of art festivals in supporting the livelihood of Japan’s local communities
4 HARRIS Sabra
Ph.D. Student
Dept./East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies
U of California, Santa Barbara
Hokkaido U
Cultural Anthropology
Emergent indigeneities within public-facing Ainu performance
5 HENARES Joseph A.
Ph.D. Student
Dept./East Asian Studies
Princeton U
Kyoto U
Area Studies
The Kyoto school in “Iwanami culture”: A transwar intellectual history
6 LETHEN Hana
Ph.D. Student
Grad. Sch./Arts and Sciences
Columbia U
Hosei U
Area Studies
Representations of gendered madness in medieval and early modern Noh theater
7 LINKOUS Joshua A.
Ph.D. Student
Dept./History
Harvard U
Kyoto U
Japanese History
Development-induced scarcity and rice agriculture in northern Japan, 1700-1940
8 PRICE Deborah A.
Ph.D. Student
Dept./Asian Languages and Cultures
U of California, Los Angeles
Waseda U
Literature
The space of letters: Correspondence and narrative in Kagero Nikki
9 SACK William
Ph.D. Student
Grad. Sch./Arts and Sciences
Harvard U
Kyoto U
History
Out of place: 4-H in Japan
10 STONE-RICHARDS Felicity M.
Ph.D. Student
Dept./Political Science
U of California, Santa Barbara
Waseda U
Political Science
The search for acknowledgment: Anti-racist and pro-immigration praxis in Japan
11 STOTT Anthony C.
Ph.D. Student
Dept./East Asian Languages and Civilizations; Dept./Comparative Literature
U of Chicago
Waseda U
Area Studies
Formations of critique: Locating a decisive moment in post-1970 Japanese art and criticism
12 WOOLSEY Jeremy
Ph.D. Student
Dept./East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Harvard U
Tokyo U of the Arts
Area Studies
After the new left: Mass media critique in 1970s Japan
Graduate Research Fellow - Professionals -1-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 MOCKETT Marie M.
Instructor
Writing Seminars
Bennington Coll
Waseda U
Creative Writing
Nature in Japan before the word "Nature"
Fulbright Fellow -6-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 CARY Savannah
BA Student
Astrophysics; East Asian Studies
Wellesley Coll
U of Tokyo
Astronomy
Using computational astrophysics to study large scale structures
2 DAN Kylie Y.
BS Student
Physics; Astronomy
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology
Hiroshima U
Astronomy
A snapshot of galaxy evolution: NGC 1275, a Seyfert galaxy
3 GROCHOWSKI Rachael A.
BA Student
English Literature & Japanese Studies; French-Speaking Culture & Society
Hope Coll
Waseda U
Literature
Warming up: Tsundere, intimacy, and gender roles in Japan’s young adult literature
4 MONTECINO Natalie R.
BA Student
International Studies
Colorado State U-Fort Collins
Okayama U
Area Studies
The power of tradition: Community, identity and innovation in rural Japan
5 SHENG David J.
BA Student
History
Cornell U
Waseda U
History
Odysseys and pilgrimages: Modern Japanese travelers of China
6 WAN Emily Y.
BA Student
East Asian Studies
Stanford U
Waseda U
Japanese Literature
A link to the past: Renga in the modern world
Fulbright Specialist Program -2-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 HOEFT Mary
Professor Emeritus
Communication and French
U of Wisconsin-Barron County
Akita International U
International Relations
Public speaking and restorative justice
2 KONG Xurong
Assistant Professor
Dept./History
Kean U
Bukkyo U
International Education
Education on Asia in America
Fulbright Global Scholar Award -2-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 KEUNE Jon
Associate Professor
Coll/Arts and Letters; Dept./Religious Stds.
Michigan State U
U of Tokyo
Religion & Theology
Transnational Buddhism and Dalit migration in Asia
2 SARMIENTO Fausto O.
Professor and director
Franklin Coll/Arts and Sciences; Dept./Geography
U of Georgia
U of Tsukuba
Geography
Integrative montology: Bridging altitudes, longitudes and latitudes

2021 Japanese Grantees -30-

Research -3-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 HARAGUCHI Yoshiaki
Associate Professor
Coll./Law
Kanto Gakuin U
U of Pennsylvania
Constitutional Law
Judicial independence and the rule of law in American legal history
2 MATSUBARA Hiroyuki
Professor
Coll of Arts; Dept. of History
Rikkyo U
Columbia U
American History
Revisiting civil associations in the 19th century New York City: The rise of new political culture
3 WATANABE Shino
Professor
Fac./Global Studies
Sophia U
The George Washington U
International Relations
The U.S.-China competition and cooperation over international development finance
Doctoral Dissertation Research -1-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 KOJIMA Mugiho
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Language and Culture; Language and Culture
Osaka U
U of California, Santa Barbara
Communication
Laughter in multi-party conversation among women: Longitudinal study of social and cultural norms
Graduate Study -19-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/
Research Topic/Named-Donor Grant (if applicable)
1 ARIYOSHI Hirofumi
Translator/Journalist
Ariyoshi Translation Office
U of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
American Literature
Overcome the divide-border crossing nature of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
2 ASAMI Daiki
Master's student
Fac./Arts and Letters; Dept./Linguistics
Tohoku U
U of Delaware
Linguistics, Theory
The theory of argument structure in generative syntax and its verification with experiments
3 BABA Yu
Master's Student
Grad. Sch./ English and Cultural Studies; American Studies
Tsuda U
U of Hawaii, Manoa
American Studies
Comparative study of LGBTQ youths in the U.S. and Japan
[Fulbright-Mikitani Memorial Grant]
4 HIGUCHI Aki
Founder/CEO
Selan Inc.
Harvard U
Educational Technology
Expanding social impact by implementing role-model education across Japan
[Fulbright-Mikitani Memorial Grant]
5 IWASAKI Takuma
Attorney at Law
Nishimura & Asahi
Stanford U
Corporation Law
The impact of Common Ownership on market competition and the necessity for its regulation
6 WAKO Marie
Attorney at Law
Nishimura & Asahi
Stanford U
International Law & Organizations
State sovereignty and jurisdiction with regard to trans-border cyber investigations
7 MAEDA Eri
Director
M&A, Fund Placement Team
API Global Advisory Co., Ltd.
Hult Int'l Business Sch.
Business Management & Administration
Determinants of charitable giving for individual donors in the US
8 MIKI Yuta
Service Account Manager
Services
SAP Japan Co., Ltd
Stanford U
Business Management & Administration
Redesigning corporate organizations and cultures to accelerate digital transformation in Japan
[Fulbright-Mikitani Memorial Grant]
9 MIZUKOSHI Taihei
Analyst
Financial Management & Advisory Div. I
Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
U of Pennsylvania
Business Management & Administration
Research on clean-tech startup ecosystem in the US
10 NAKAYAMA Manami
Consultant
Infrastructure Advisory
Ernst & Young Transaction Advisory Services Co., Ltd.
Georgetown U
Public Administration & Policy
Facilitating infrastructure through mitigation of capital shortage and enticing of private sector
11 NAKAYAMA Misato
Senior Associate
Investigation & Dispute, Japan Branch
Kroll International Inc.
Stanford U
Communications & Journalism
How to prevent information pollution: The role of the media in the digital era
12 TAHARA Yusuke
Teacher
Foreign Language Dept.
Fudoka High School
Columbia U
Education
How to develop creativity and problem-solving skills in students and reform school
13 TAKAGI(UEKI) Kyoko
Management Consultant
Case Team Leader
Bain & Co.
Harvard U
Massachusetts Inst of Technology
Public Administration
Identifying an effective approach for infectious disease management in developing countries
14 TAKAGUCHI Asako
Staff Writer
Social Welfare and Labor News Section
Kyodo News
Syracuse U
Journalism
To find an efficient way to combine a credible journalistic view with digital tool to deliver news
15 TAKEUCHI Sho
Assistant Professor
Medical Sch.; Dept./Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Kansai Medical U
Emory U
Public Health & Community Health
The ways to motivate older patients for their continuous treatment with a health education approach
[Fulbright-Mikitani Memorial Grant]
16 TAMURA Jun
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Arts and Letters; English Linguistics
Tohoku U
UC Santa Cruz
Linguistics, Theory
A study of the syntax-phonology interface within the framework of generative grammar
[Fulbright-Miwa Grant]
17 TORIUMI Yoji
Assistant Director
Financial Cooperation Implementation Dept.
Japan International Cooperation Agency / JICA
Harvard U
Urban & Regional Planning
Development management enabling sound urbanization in developing countries
18 YAMAMOTO Akane
Teacher
2nd Grade
Fukuoka Municipal Koryo Elementary School
Columbia U
Education
Transform social emotional learning(SEL) in the United States into Japanese elementary schools
[Fulbright-Mikitani Memorial Grant]
19 YAMATANI Masateru
Master's Student
Grad. Sch./Int'l Public Policy; Comparative Public Policy
Osaka U
Texas A&M U
Comparative Politics
International constraints and instability of party system
Foreign Language Teaching Assistant -7-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution
1 KOBAYASHI Keiko

Carleton Coll, Northfield, MN

2 MATSUZAKI Mizue
Teacher
Mino Municipal Dai-ichi Jr. High School


3 OGO Yutaro
Master's Student
Grad.Sch./Education
Yokohama Nat'l U
Georgia Southern U, Statesboro, GA

4 OZAKI Kota
Teacher
Career Guidance
Aichi Pref. Chita Shoyo HS
U of North Georgia, Dahlonega, GA

5 SEKIGUCHI Chiyomi
Full-time Teacher
English Dept.
Ibaraki Pref. Itako Senior High School
Northwest Coll, Powell, WY

6 TARUI Yasumin
Graduating Senior
Coll./Liberal Arts
Temple U Japan Campus
Spelman Coll, Atlanta, GA

7 YOSHIMURA Miyoko
Unit Head
Kyoto Branch
Kawaijuku Educational Inst.
U of Montana, Missoula, MT

2021 American Grantees -27-

Visiting Lecturer -4-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 BRANDLE Shawna M.
Associate Professor
Depart./History, Philosophy, and Political Science
CUNY Kingsborough Community Coll
Doshisha U
Political Science
Opening further: Using open pedagogical practices to teach American government in Japan
2 DINIUS Marcy J.
Associate Professor
Coll./Liberal Arts&Social Sciences; Dept./English
DePaul U
Ochanomizu U
Tsuda U
American Literature
Teaching U.S. literature and culture in Japan
3 GOLDSTEIN David S.
Teaching Professor
Sch./Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
U of Washington-Bothell Campus
U of Tokyo
Aoyama Gakuin U
Kanda U of Int'l Studies
American Studies
Teaching “America”: Race, ethnicity, and immigration through literature and film
4 NELSON Kelly D.
Senior Lecturer
Coll./Integrative Sciences and Arts; Fac./Leadership and Interdisciplinary
Arizona State U
Nihon U
Kyoritsu Women's U
Cultural Anthropology
Teaching American culture through sports
Lecturer-Researcher -3-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 ALBERT Steven M.
Professor/Chair
Grad. Sch./Public Health
U of Pittsburgh
St. Marianna U
Public Health & Community Health
Opportunities for preventing frailty in old age: Learning from a “Super-Aging” society
2 HAFETZ Jonathan
Professor
Sch./Law
Seton Hall U
Rikkyo U
U of Tokyo
Comparison of Legal Systems
Emergency powers and constitutionalism in Japan
3 MORIUCHI Emi
Assistant Professor
Saunders Coll./Business; Dept./MIS, Marketing and Digital Business
Rochester Inst. of Technology
Keio U
Marketing
Multiculturalism consumer behavior in Japan
Researcher - Academics -6-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 CHRISTENSEN Paul A.
Associate Professor
Dept./Humanities, Social Sciences, and Technology
Rose-Hulman Inst of Technology
Sophia U
Cultural Anthropology
Diverging Tokyo: Poverty, revitalization, and the shaping of a meaningful existence
2 DEVYLDER Jordan E.
Associate Professor
Grad. Sch./Social Services
Fordham U
Tokyo Metropolitan Inst. of Medical Sci.
Social Work & Social Welfare
Urban risk and psychosis prevention in Tokyo and New York city
3 EAKMAN Aaron M.
Associate Professor
Coll./Health and Human Sciences; Dept./Occupational Therapy
Colorado State U
Yamagata Prefectural U of Health Science
Health Science
Sleep health through university student habits
4 FISCH Michael A.
Associate Professor
Social Science Div.; Anthropology
U of Chicago
Tohoku U
Anthropology
Ecological governance and natural disaster - learning from Japan
5 MITCHELL Arthur
Associate Professor
Asian Languages and Cultures
Macalester Coll
Meiji U
Japanese Literature
Race in modern Japanese literature
6 ORENSTEIN Claudia
Professor
Dept./Theatre
CUNY Hunter Coll
Sophia U
Drama & Theater
Japanese ritual puppetry
Graduate Research Fellow - Academics -8-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 BERTOZZI Nicolle M.
Ph.D. Student
East Asian Languages and Cultures
Columbia U
Kyoto Sangyo U
Kyoto U
Japanese History
As the swallow builds its nest: Artisan knowledge and materiality in premodern Japan
2 BRADLEY Donald
Ph.D. Student
Folklore & Ethnomusicology
Indiana U, Bloomington
National Museum of Ethnology
Music
Japan’s high lonesome sound: Imagination and identity in bluegrass and old-time music
3 KANG Sara
Ph.D. Student
Dept./History
Harvard U
Hitotsubashi U
History
Operation relax: Gender and empire in the Asia-Pacific
4 NEWSOME Sara M.
Ph.D. Student
East Asian Stds.
U of California, Irvine
Aoyama Gakuin U
Japanese Literature
Buddhism, environment & Noh: The literature of Setouchi Jakucho and Ishimure Michiko
5 REYNOLDS Adam W.
Ph.D. Student
East Asian Stds.
U of California, Irvine
Waseda U
Drama & Theater
Zato Kyogen: Performing Arts and discrimination
6 ROGERS Brian F.
Ph.D. Student
Dept./History
Princeton U
Aoyama Gakuin U
Japanese History
Routine governance: Rush hour and the state in 20th-century Tokyo
7 SAWADA Xavier G.
Ph.D. Student
Japanese literature, Film and Media
Yale U
Waseda U
Film & Photo
Nansensu: Film comedy, spectatorship and the body in imperial Japan, 1923-45
8 STRIKWERDA Timothy J.
Ph.D. Student
Japanese literature and culture
U of Oregon
Waseda U
Literature
Particularism and postmodernity: Rethinking Japanese literature and film in the 1980s
Graduate Research Fellow - Professionals -1-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 KHAN Arif
VR Producer
Wevr

Film & Photo
Living Under the Shadow: Fukushima, 10 Years Later - A Film/VR Documentary
Fulbright Fellow -4-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 CLAGGETT Elijah
BS Student
Computer Science
U of Maryland, Baltimore County
Kyushu U
Computer & Information Science
Identifying denial of service attacks with geographic pattern analysis
2 EIJANSANTOS Amanda L.
BS Student
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
U of California, Irvine
Tokyo Inst. of Technology
Biology
Radiation dose rate and DNA repair
3 STEVENS Scott R.
BA Student
English
Stanford U
Waseda U
Japanese Literature
Translation of Murano Shiro: A Japanese poet and his new objectivity
4 SUERTE Carl A.
Received BS
Biology
U of Houston
U of Tokyo
Biology
Creating a high-performance tool to study the brain
Fulbright Global Scholar Award -1-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 PAPPAS Brian
Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs/Assistant Professor
Political Science
Eastern Michigan U
Waseda U
Law
Narrative inquiry of academic administrators' approaches to conflict following mediation training

2020 Japanese Grantees -25-

Research -5-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 FUJIMURA Nozomi
Associate Professor
Fac./Economics; Dept./Economics
Asia U
Harvard U
American Literature
A gender study on Nathaniel Hawthorne in the social and cultural contexts of 19th-century America
2 NAKATO Terue
Associate Professor
Coll./Liberal Arts and Sciences; English
Kitasato U
U of Massachusetts, Amherst
Harvard U
Linguistics, Theory
Recursion, number, and definiteness in child English
3 OZAWA Tomoko
Professor
Coll./Art and Design; Language and Culture
Musashino Art U
Smithsonian Institution
Area Studies
The history of dependent housings: Homes of sociopolitical negotiations
4 SATO Kunimasa
Associate Professor
Fac./International Relations
Keiai U
City U of New York
Philosophy
The Ethics of knowing one's own prejudice and personal transformation
5 UCHIDA Naomi
Associate Professor
Grad. Sch./Humanities and Social Sci.
Saitama U
U of Washington
Rutgers U
Urban & Regional Planning
How does data-driven planning affect urban spaces?
Journalist -2-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 ITO Erina
Staff Writer
Culture and Lifestyle News Section
Asahi Shimbun
U of Southern California
Women's Studies
Research the impact of #Metoo on American society for achieving gender equality in Japan
2 MUKAIYAMA Tomoko
Journalist/Documentary Director
Officer
Horizon Features
Columbia U
Social Sciences
Impact of climate change and sustainable solutions of the international community
Doctoral Dissertation Research -3-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 KAWANISHI Toma
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Letters; Philosophy and History of Science
Kyoto U
Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State U
History
A comparative history of American and Japanese communication engineering in the pre-WWII period
2 MIYAGUCHI Seiya
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Education; Sch./Improvement and Policy Studies
U of Tokyo
Indiana U
Educational Administration
What and how should educational opportunities of homeschooled children be guaranteed by the state?
3 YAMAMOTO Nami
Doctoral Student/Co-Founder
Grad. Sch./Agriculture; Natural Resource Economics
Kyoto U/Rainbow Kitchen/Singing Paddy Farm
U of California, Santa Cruz
Environmental Studies
Alternative food networks and its challenges addressing inequality in food access
Graduate Study -12-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 ARAFUNE Shuichiro
Assistant Director
Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Dept.; Int'l Nuclear Cooperation Div.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
Tufts U
International Law & Organizations
How international law can contribute to development of developing countries in a peaceful way
2 FUJIE Mei
Master's Student
Grad. Sch./Arts and Science; Transcultural Studies
International Christian U
Fordham U
American History
The early works and thoughts of Law Olmsted, the father of America's landscape architecture
3 ISHIYAMA Hikaru
English Teacher/Doctoral Student
Seijo Jr. and Sr. HS/Sophia U
U of Hawaii, Manoa
Teaching English As A Foreign Language
Effective ways to develop EFL students' writing skills for their academic learning and writing
4 KANAMARU Kenjiro
Staff
Equity Research
Morgan Stanley MUFG
Yale U
Business Management
Implementation of automation and AI to overcome labor shortage issues in logistics industry
5 KIMURA Satoru
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Humanities & Sociology; Dept./Religious Studies
U of Tokyo
Harvard U
Religion & Theology
Liberal protestants and the rise of religious pluralism in the U.S., 1890-1935
6 KOBARA Seibi
Physical Therapist
Rehabilitation Dept.
Emika Rehabilitation Visiting Nursing Station
Emory U
Public Health & Community Health
Observational study of risk factors for physical dysfunction among critically ill patients
7 KOBAYASHI Rio
Project Designer
Design Section; Arch. Design Dept.
Nikken Sekkei Ltd.
Harvard U
Architectural Design
How digital tools can enhance the principles of vernacular architecture
8 SHINOHARA Emi
Interpreter/Translator
Police Administration Dept.; Education and Training Div.
Chiba Pref. Police Headquarters
Columbia U
Teaching English As A Foreign Language
Teaching English to the Japanese police
9 TAJIMA Kanako
Master's student
Grad. Sch./Global Studies; Japanese Studies
Sophia U
Columbia U
Art History
Research on Japanese female artists who moved to the U.S. during the 1960s to 70s
10 TOMITA Eriha
Staff
Communications
World Food Programme Japan Office
Harvard U
International Education
Multicultural education to promote social cohesion in local community - Role of nonprofit organization
11 YAGI Ryuichiro
Senior Resident
Dept./Cardiology
Tokyo Saiseikai Central Hospital
Harvard U
Public Health & Community Health
More accurate prevention strategy with the combination of health data and social epidemiology
12 YAGI Yusuke
Master's Student
Grad. Sch./Education; English education
Waseda U
U of Connecticut
Linguistics, Theory
The interface between the lexicon, the fundamental part of human language ability, and syntax
Foreign Language Teaching Assistant -3-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution
1 ISHIDA Hidenori
Full-time Teacher
English Dept.
Aichi Pref. Shoin HS
Northeastern State U, Tahlequah, OK

2 MORI Yukiha
Master's Student
Grad.Sch./Humanities and Sciences; English Literature
Tokyo Woman's Christian U
Ramapo Coll of NJ, Mahwah, NJ

3 OZAWA Hatsumi

Ursinus Coll, Collegeville, PA

2020 American Grantees -34-

Visiting Lecturer -1-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 DIRCK Brian R.
Professor
Dept./History and Political Science
Anderson U
U of Tokyo
Kyoritsu Women's U
American History
Teaching American history and national community in Japan
Lecturer-Researcher -1-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 UEUNTEN Wesley I.
Professor
Coll./Ethnic Studies; Asian American Studies Dept.
San Francisco State U
Meio U
Area Studies
Tracing the roots of Tinsagu nu Hana to the homeland/teaching the routes of identity formation in the diaspora
Researcher - Academics -7-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 BELTRAN Liliana O.
Associate Professor
Coll./ Architecture; Dept./ Architecture
Texas A&M U, College Station
Ritsumeikan U
Architecture
Performance-based analysis of daylighting systems in contemporary Japanese buildings
2 KISTLER Christine E.
Associate Professor
Sch./ Medicine; Dept./ Family Medicine
U of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Hamamatsu U School of Medicine
Basic Medical Science
Improving primary care clinicians’ communication skills in advance care planning for patients with dementia
3 MCKINNEY Ellen C.
Associate Professor
Coll./ Human Sciences; Dept./ Apparel, Events, and Hospitality Management
Iowa State U of Science and Technology
Bunka Gakuen U
Business Management
A partnership to support sustained textile production: Learning from Japanese design and marketing
4 MORGAN Charles V.
Associate Professor
Coll./ Arts and Sciences, Sociology and Anthropology
Ohio U
Keio U
Sociology
Assimilation of the immigrant second generation into rural Japan
5 OUCHI Kei
Assistant Professor
Dept./ Emergency Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Teikyo U
Public Health & Community Health
Adapting evidence-based, end-of-life communication training in Japan
6 SEGAL Ethan I.
Associate Professor
Coll./ Social Science; Dept./ History
Michigan State U
U of Tokyo
Waseda U
Japanese History
Searching for economic growth in premodern Japan
7 SHIMABUKU Annmaria M.
Associate Professor
Coll./ Arts and Sciences; Dept./ East Asian Studies
New York U
U of the Ryukyus
Comparative Literature
Double voice: Okinawa's resonance in trans-pacific intellectual history and literature
Graduate Research Fellow - Academics -9-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 CHAPMAN Christopher
Ph.D. Student
Anthropology
U of Oxford
Waseda U
Anthropology
Caring for children of the State: Life and health in Japan's child welfare system
2 JAMES Walter M.
Ph. D. Student
Political Science
Temple U
Waseda U
Political Science
Financial stability and the politics of regulatory reputation
3 MANFREDI Adam S.
Ph.D. Student
Japanese and Comparative Literature
Washington U in St. Louis
Keio U
Japanese Literature
The missing literature of 68: The literary influences and impact of 1968 in Japan
4 MOSEL Jamie E.
Ph.D. Student
Natural Resources Science and Management
U of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Hokkaido U
Environmental Studies
Forest management and climate change: Response and adaptation to change
5 POLATIS Kandra N.
Ph.D. Student
History
U of California, Santa Barbara
U of Tokyo
Japanese History
Death and the diseased body: Disease management and burial regulations in imperial Japan
6 REIDPATH Hilson G.
Ph.D. Student
East Asian Language and Literature
U of Hawaii at Manoa
U of the Ryukyus
Japanese Literature
Between pride and passing: Locating Okinawan identity in imperial Japan
7 SOLIS Jesus
Ph.D. Student
History
Harvard U
U of Tokyo
History
Shadow networks: Illicit goods, smuggling, and violence in Japan’s postwar black markets
8 TAYLOR Laurel A.
Ph.D. Student
Japanese and Comparative Literature
Washington U in St Louis
Waseda U
Literature
Internet literary production and affective bonds between readers and writers
9 THORNBURG Mika E.
Ph.D. Student
History
U of California, Santa Barbara
Waseda U
Japanese History
Guiding differences & desires: Japanese women brokering postwar US-Japan relations
Graduate Research Fellow - Professionals -1-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 WATKINS Jorrell M.
MFA Student
Creative Writing Poetry
U of Iowa
Doshisha U
Creative Writing
Freedom out of feeling: Performance poetry inspired by blues, hip-hop, and enka
Fulbright Fellow -3-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 ANDERSON David M.
BA/BS Student
Political Science
Middlebury Coll
Okayama U
Political Science
On the role of the local government in safeguarding Japan’s democracy
2 BEST Maya Z.
BA/BS Student
Anthropology
U of Pittsburgh
Waseda U
Anthropology
The intercultural relationships between Bengalis and Japanese in Tokyo
3 LIN Karl M.
BA/BS Student
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Middlebury Coll
U of Tokyo
Biochemistry
A lightbulb in my head: Development of fluorescent receptors for metabolite imaging
International Education Administrator -7-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 ABURAKIA-EINHORN Rebecca D.
Manager
Research Support and International Affairs; Education abroad and International Fellowships
Gallaudet U
At Large
International Education
2 HANCOCK Lucille A.
Senior Coordinator
Global Engagement Office; Int'l Student and Scholar Services
Creighton U
At Large
International Education
3 KROETSCH Eric J.
Senior International Counselor
Global Programs and Strategy Alliance; International Student and Scholar Services
U of Minnesota - Twin Cities
At Large
International Education
4 MULVIHILL Jessica
Director
Education Abroad and National Student Exchange
Indiana U of Pennsylvania
At Large
International Education
5 ORTIZ ARIZABALO Jaime S.
Professor
Global Economics and Markets
U of Houston
At Large
International Education
6 RODRIGUEZ PITEL Daisy P.
Associate Director
Center for Int'l Education & Global Engagement
Pima Community Coll
At Large
International Education
7 WERTH Loredana L.
Provost
Office of the Provost
U of Pikeville
At Large
International Education
Fulbright Specialist Program -3-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 CHAMEL Olivier
Associate Professor
Sch./Architecture and Engineering Technology
Florida A&M U
Kagoshima U
Urban & Regional Planning
Resilience for regional architecture
2 SHEALY Craig N.
Professor
Dept./Psychology
Western Washington U
Hiroshima U
International Education
Evaluating and facilitating global education
3 WAGNER Daniel A.
Director
Grad. Sch./Education; Int'l Education Development Program(IEDP)
U of Pennsylvania
Osaka Jogakuin U
International Education
Rethinking Japan's educational assistance
Fulbright Global Scholar Award -2-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 GALLAGHER Mary E.
Director and Professor
Coll./Literature, Science and Arts; Dept./Political Science/Lieberthal-Rogel Ctr. for Chinese Stds.
U of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Sophia U
Labor & Industrial Relations
Disaggregating the China shock: understanding China's on globalization
2 ROCCA Sonia
Teacher
World Languages Dept.
Lycée Français de New York
Showa Women's U
Linguistics
Language teachers as researchers: a project in mobile language learning and teaching

2019 Japanese Grantees -42-

Research -7-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 ASHIZAWA Shingo
Professor
Fac./Global and Regional Studies; Sch./Regional Development Studies
Toyo U
AIEA
U of Hawaii, Manoa
Cal State U, Dominguez Hills
International Education
Learning outcome assessment of study abroad and effective use of e-portfolio
2 ITO Keitaro
Professor
Sch./Engineering; Dept./Civil Engineering
Kyushu Inst. of Technology
U of Florida
Environmental Studies
Interdisciplinary study in urban green infrastructure for children's play and biodiversity in US
3 KAI Maki
Associate Professor
Fac. / Letters; English Dept.
Meijigakuin U
Columbia U
American Literature
The British reception of American renaissance writers and its impact on American literary history
4 KANDA Yutaka
Associate Professor
Fac./Law
Niigata U
Harvard U
International Relations
International history of the Japan Socialist Party and the socialist parties' international networks
5 KUMOJIMA Tomoe
Full-time Lecturer
CORE of STEM
Nara Women's U
U of California, Berkeley
English & American Literature
Trans-Pacific aesthetic diplomacy of women in the United States and Japan between 1904 and 1945
6 MIZUTANI Yuka
Associate Professor
Center for Global Edu. and Discovery
Sophia U
U of Hawaii, Manoa
American Studies
Conservation of the Maritime Cultures in the US and International Relations in the Pacific Rim
7 NAGAO (OZAKI) Shizuko
Associate Professor
Coll / Global and Media Studies; Dept. / Global and Media Studies
Kinjo Gakuin U
U of Hawaii, Manoa
Linguistics
A comparative research on the understanding of syntactic differences between English and Japanese
Journalist -1-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 NIKAIDO Ryoma
Writer and Editorial Staff
Weekly Toyo Keizai Editorial Dept.
Toyo Keizai, Inc.
Harvard U
Business Management
The background of the monopoly by giant IT companies and the influence on other corporate activities
Doctoral Dissertation Research -3-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 IMAI Hinata
Doctoral Student / Program Advisor
Grad. Sch./Regional and Interregional Stds.; Peace and Conflict Stds.
Tokyo U of Foreign Stds./PKO Secretariat, Cabinet Office
ColumbiaU
International Relations
Centralization, decentralization and nation-building: Examining Rwanda's ”invented traditions”
2 KANAZAWA Jun
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch. / Arts and Sciences; Language and Information Sciences
U of Tokyo
U of California, Berkeley
Linguistics
A contrastive study of “Persuasiveness” on opinion discourses in Japanese and English newspapers
3 KAWASHIMA Akira
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Arts and Letters; Dept. / Philosophy
Tohoku U
U of California, Berkeley
Philosophy
Plato’s critique of poetry and what we can learn from it for contemporary societies
Graduate Study -24-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 CHIBA Soichiro
Product Manager
Petrochemical Div
Mitsubishi Corporation
Harvard U
Public Administration
How cooperate structural reform in Japan can enhance global competitiveness and maintain stability
2 HANDA Yuri
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Arts and Sci.; Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies
U of Tokyo
Columbia U
Art History
Transnational empire building: Orientalism and othering in photography in modern Japan
3 INAMASU (MIMIZUKA) Kayo
Freelance Journalist
Freelance
Journalist/Japan Center of Edu for Journalists
New York U
Communications & Journalism
Research on methods for media literacy education in the age of “fake news”
4 KARIO Chisato
Staff
Corporate Banking Dept.; Group 2
MUFG Bank, Ltd.
Columbia U
Economic Development
Financial inclusion and gender equality: For sustainable growth/prosperity in the developing nations
5 KIRITOSHI (KINOSHITA) Takahiro
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./ Fac. / Medicine; Traumatology and Acute Critical Medicine
Osaka U
Harvard U
Public Health & Community Health
Optimization of regional trauma care system
6 KOMIYAMA Ryoma
Writer
Science and Medical News Section
The Asahi Shimbun
Boston U
Journalism
To learn the advanced data journalism, and to broaden the target of science journalism
7 KUWAHARA Hideaki
Attorney at Law
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Columbia U
Constitutional Law
Can truly free speech and genuine privacy survive in a world that is increasingly virtual?
8 MITANI Satomi
Administrative Staff
International Affairs Div.
Yokohama City U
U of Minnesota
Higher Education
The role of higher education as a career pass
9 MIYATA Yosho
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Literature; English Literature
Meiji Gakuin U
U of Massachusetts, Amherst
Linguistics, Theory
A comparative study of syntax and its interface with prosody in natural languages
10 NAGANO Haruka
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch. / Humanities
Meiji U
Clark U
American Studies
Sustainability and gentrification in US cities
11 NAKAJIMA Hiroto
Attorney at Law
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
New York U
Law
Practice in alternative dispute resolution (”ADR”) in the U.S.
12 OGAWA Takahisa
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Medical and Dental Sciences; Orthopedics/Global Health Promotion
Tokyo Medical and Dental U
Harvard U
Public Health & Community Health
Study how to improve healthy life expectancy of the elderly and reduce the burden/cost of caregiving
13 OKUDA Tomohito
Assistant Manager
Water Business Dept
Mitsubishi Corporation
Harvard U
Massachusetts Inst of Technology
Business Management
How to break barriers to multisectoral collaboration in international infrastructure development
14 OZAKI Ena
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Arts and Sciences; Area Studies
U of Tokyo
Boston U
American History
Transformation of American culture and magazines at the turn of the twentieth century
15 SAMEJIMA Takuomi
Master's Student
Grad. Sch./Science and Technology; Science for Open and Environmental Systems
Keio U
Yale U
Architectural Design
Reexamination of biomimetic architectural design methodology and its future potential
16 SATAKE Yusuke
Doctral Student
Grad. Sch./Humanities and Sociology; Philosophy
U of Tokyo
U of Rochester
Philosophy
An inquiry into truthmaker theory from a perspective of metaontology
17 SATO Ayano
Senior Production Administrator
Opera Production Dept
New National Theatre Foundation
Columbia U
Business & Management
Efficient and effective arts management in the U.S.
18 SHIRAKI Atsushi
Attorney at Law
Waseda U Legal Clinic LPC
U of Pennsylvania
Law
Study of clinical legal education that responds changing social needs and of the formation process
19 TAMURA Yuya
Master's Student
Grad. Sch./Law; International Business Transaction Law Course
Chuo U
American U
International Business Law
International investment arbitration in domestic legal order -U.S. court decisions and theory-
20 UCHIDA Yu
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch. / Letters; Dept. / English and American Literature
Chuo U
West Virginia U
English & American Literature
The nature of historical recognition and fictional technique in the 19th century American literature
21 YAMAKITA Kaori
Teacher
Takeo Jr. High School
George Washington U
Teaching English As A Foreign Language
Effective ways of improving reading skills using textbooks in JHS English classes in Japan
22 YAMASAKI Yoko
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Int'l Cooperation; Economic Development and Policies
Kobe U
U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Economic Development
The impacts of market integration on human interaction: A case study of agricultural villages
23 YAMASHITA Ayaka
Director
Co-founder
EDAYA
Harvard U
Urban & Regional Planning
Economic, social and cultural impact of urban-rural human migration on sustainable community
24 YAMASHITA Tsuguta
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Letters; Dept./ Sociology
Kyoto U
Cornell U
Cultural Anthropology
Seeing from Kampung: Social housing, eviction and the experience of residents in Jakarta, Indonesia
Foreign Language Teaching Assistant -6-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution
1 AOKI Mayumi
Graduating Senior
Dept./Int'l Studies
Bunkyo U
Carleton Coll, Northfield, MN

2 FUJII Shutaro
Graduating Senior
Fac./Humanities; Dept./English Literature
Sophia U
Calvin Coll, Grand Rapids, MI

3 HOSHINO Shingo
Teacher of English
Saitama Pref. Tsurugashima Seifu High School
Casper Coll, Casper, WY

4 NAKAMURA Nobutaka
Child Care Officer
Fukuoka City Government
Ursinus Coll, Collegeville, PA

5 OE Ayami
Teacher
MIC Communication School
Spelman Coll, Atlanta, GA

6 TORIGOE(KITAMI) Tomoko
Teacher of English
Kanagawa Pref. Tsurumi Sogo High School
U of Montana, Missoula, MT

Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence -1-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 KITADA Yoshiko
Associate Professor
Sch./Education
Saitama U
Reach Inst. for School Leadership
Curriculum & Instruction

2019 American Grantees -52-

Visiting Lecturer -6-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 GRIFFITH Sarah
Associate Professor
Coll./Arts and Sciences; Dept./History
Queens U of Charlotte
Tsuda U
Tokyo U of Foreign Studies
History
Pacific Crossing: Japanese and American cultural ambassadors before WWII
2 HOWELL James P.
Lecturer
Coll./Arts and Sciences; English Dept.
Florida State U
Yokohama National U
Tokai U
Communication
Public speaking and the American publics
3 JONES David M.
Professor
Dept./English; University Honors Program
U of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
U of the Ryukyus
American Literature
'What a Wonderful World': Legacies of the American century in life writing, rock and roll music, and popular culture
4 OSTENDORF Ann M.
Associate Professor
Coll./Arts and Sciences; Dept./History
Gonzaga U
U of Tokyo
Japan Women's U
American History
Teaching American history and culture in Japan
5 PITTS Jonathan
Associate Professor and Coordinator
Dept./English
Ohio Northern U
Hitotsubashi U
Keio U
American Literature
Writing as pilgrimage: American identity, place, community
6 WERBLOW Jacob S.
Associate Professor
Sch./Edu. & Professional Studies; Edu Leadership, Policy & Instruct'l Tech.
Central Connecticut State U
Kyoto U of Foreign Studies
Kyoto U
Kyoto U
Education
Teacher of school and society: The American experience
Lecturer-Researcher -3-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 BADE SHRESTHA Shiva Om
Professor
Coll./Engineering and Applied Sciences; Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Western Michigan U
Nihon U
Engineering
Clean energy technology and energy policy
2 MARTIN Jonathan
Professor
Sch./Architecture; Grad. Center for Planning and the Environment
Pratt Inst
Tokyo Inst. of Technology
Urban & Regional Planning
Shared knowledge: Japanese urban planning process and practice in the 21st century
3 NANJUNDAN Meera
Associate Professor
Cell Biology, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology
U of South Florida
Tokushima U
Cell & Molecular Biology
Implementation of a “Flipped” mentor-guided learning experience & investigation of lipid “Flipping” in peroxisome diseases
Researcher - Academics -6-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 CHINN Clark A.
Professor
Grad. Sch./Education; Educational Psychology
Rutgers, The State U of New Jersey
Senshu U
Educational Psychology
Learning to think in a “post-truth” world
2 FLOWERS Petrice R.
Associate Professor
Sch./Social Science; Dept./Political Science
U of Hawaii
Waseda U
Political Science
Gender and diplomacy in Japan: Getting through the door
3 HUGE Elijah J.
Associate Professor and Head
Dept./Art & Art History
Wesleyan U
Tohoku U
Architecture
Disaster Safety Museums of Japan
4 KIETLINSKI Robin
Associate Professor
Social Science Dept.
LaGuardia Community Coll, CUNY
U of Tsukuba
Area Studies
Trash islands: Olympic infrastructure and Japan’s changing environment
5 ROEBUCK Kristin
Assistant Professor
Dept./History
Cornell U
Waseda U
Nagoya U
History
Japan reborn: Race and nation after World War II
6 TROMPETA Joyce
Assistant Professor
Sch./Medicine; Dept./Surgery
U of California, San Francisco
Kumamoto U
Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital
Public Health & Community Health
Examining barriers to organ donation consent to address the impact of high rates of end-stage renal disease in Japan's aging population
Graduate Research Fellow - Academics -14-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 BORENGASSER Daniel P.
Ph.D. Student
Japanese Art History
Harvard U
Osaka U
Art History
The hall of the lotus king: sculpture and multiplicity in medieval Japan
2 COTHERN Keegan J.
Ph.D. Student
History
Brown U
Keio U
Japanese History
Engineering disaster: Japan, the built environment, and natural disasters
3 HAUK Michelle L.
Ph.D. Student
Japanese History
Columbia U
U of Tokyo
Japanese History
Dwelling with water: how water technology revolutionized the Japanese home, 1800?2000
4 HAYASHI John H.
Ph.D. Student
History
Harvard U
Kyoto U
History
Hydraulic Taiwan: engineering, water, and the ecology of Japanese empire, 1895-1964
5 KATAOKA Elizabeth K.
Ph.D. Student
East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies
U of California, Santa Barbara
Hokkaido U
Japanese History
Assimilating identity: Ainu education in modern Japan
6 LEDBETTER Nathan H.
Ph.D. Student
Japanese History
Princeton U
Kyushu U
Japanese History
Trading in violence: warfare in Kyushu, 1550-1600
7 MISRA Drisana R.
Ph.D. Student
East Asian Languages and Literatures
Yale U
U of Tokyo
Kyushu U
Japanese Literature
The Japanese new world: literary and visual exchanges of the Nanban period (1549-1650)
8 MONDELLI Frank V.
Ph.D. Student
Japanese Literature and Media Studies
Stanford U
Waseda U
Area Studies
A genealogy of deaf assistive technology, representation, and communications in Japan
9 NIEHAUS Kevin T.
Ph.D. Student
East Asian Languages & Cultures; Japanese Literature
Stanford U
Waseda U
Japanese Literature
Reading and gender in Japan’s literary fictions, 1890-1936
10 REMISOVSKY George M.
Ph.D. Student
History
Yale U
U of Tokyo
History
A question of custom: law and mediation in 19th and 20th century east Asia
11 ROMNEY David L.
Ph.D. Student
East Asian Studies
Princeton U
Kyoto U
Japanese History
The flight of the sun goddess: Changing conceptions of region and religion in Japan
12 VAN WYK Melissa D.
Ph.D. Student
Japanese Language
U of California, Berkeley
Waseda U
Theatre
“Restaging the spectacular: misemono and kabuki theater 1700-1900”
13 WARD Kayleigh J.
Ph.D. Student
Sociology & Environmental Science and Policy
Michigan State U
Place to Grow
Green Farmers Miyagi
Sociology
Reviving community: building social recovery in rural post-disaster Japan
14 ZINNER Valerie J.
Ph.D. Student
Art History(East Asian - Premodern Japanese)
Columbia U
U of Tokyo
Art History
Sumiyoshi Gukei and early modern Yamato-e handscrolls
Graduate Research Fellow - Professionals -1-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 FRANK Alexa C.
MFA Student
Creative Writing
U of Iowa
Waseda U
Creative Writing
Pages of madness: the evolution of the mental illness narrative in Japanese Literature
Fulbright Fellow -6-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 EDWARDS Victoria
BA/BS Student
International Business, Japanese Language and Literature
Elizabethtown Coll
Waseda U
Political Science
A tale of two generations: comparing political apathy and activism among Japanese youth.
2 FREEDMAN Benjamin B.
BA Student
Religion
Middlebury Coll
Keio U
Area Studies
Religious accommodations and Islamic practices in contemporary Japan
3 RICHARDSON Deven M.
BA Student
Political Science and International Affairs
Western Kentucky U
Waseda U
International Relations
The future Japanese generation and their perception of America
4 WEST Stephen B.
BS Student
Anthropology
U of New Mexico
Okayama U
Anthropology
Jomon livelihood in the Yayoi period
5 WU Kit Sum
BS Student
Mechanical Engineering
Brown U
Kyoto U
Engineering
Development of a path-planning algorithm for the control of an aquatic robot
6 ZHANG Crystal
BS Student
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Brown U
RIKEN
Biology
Effects of transporter polymorphisms on drug metabolism in different ethnic populations
International Education Administrator -10-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 BECK Linda J.
Associate Dean
Office of Experimential & Global Education
U of Maine, Farmington
At Large
International Education
2 CLIPPARD Laura F
Coordinator
University Honors Coll.
Middle Tennessee State U
At Large
International Education
3 CONGER Amy
Associate Vice Provost
Provost's Office
U of Michigan, Ann Arbor
At Large
International Education
4 HINKLE Rhonda J
Int'l Student & Scholar Specialist
Office of International Programs
Marian U
At Large
International Education
5 HONEGGER Rusdiana
Associate Director
Div./ Global Engagement
U of Louisiana at Lafayette
At Large
International Education
6 MERRITT Martha L.
Dean
Office of International Education
U of Richmond
At Large
International Education
7 SHIFLET Coryn L.
Assistant Director
International Education
U System of Georgia
At Large
International Education
8 WASHINGTON Ramona
Study Abroad Coordinator
Center for International Education
U of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
At Large
International Education
9 WHATLEY Annette A.
Program Coordinator
International Office
U of Texas, Austin
At Large
International Education
10 WOJENSKI Carrie
Associate Vice Provost
Center for Int'l Education and Global Strategy
State U of New York, Albany
At Large
International Education
Fulbright Specialist Program -4-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 FITZMAURICE Celine R.
Senior Instructor
University Studies
Portland State U
Okayama U
Education
Supporting community-based learning in Japan
2 FOX Diana J.
Professor and Chair
Anthropology
Bidgewater State U
Tokyo Gakugei U
Anthropology
An investigation of the gender norms of physical education
3 GOLDNER Janet
Independent Artist
Kyoto Seika U
American Studies
Self analysis and critique in the fine arts
4 HACISALIHOGLU Gokhan
Professor
Biological Sciences
Florida A&M U
U of Tokyo
Agriculture
Lecture series and seminars in plant biology
Fulbright Global Scholar Award -2-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 COLLET Vicki S.
Associate Professor
Dept./Curriculum and Instruction
U of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Kanto Gakuin U
Education
Lesson study and culturally-responsive instruction: A multi-country examination of teachers’ professional learning
2 FERHOLT Beth R.
Associate Professor
Dept./Early Childhood and Art Education
Brooklyn Coll, CUNY
Waseda U
Education
The aesthetics of play: A cross-cultural study of playworlds in Japan and Sweden

2018 Japanese Grantees -49-

Research -8-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 DEGUCHI Makiko
Associate Professor
Fac./Foreign Studies; Dept./English Studies
Sophia U
St. Lawrence U
Wellesley Coll
Psychology
Investigation of privilege studies and innovative practices in the U.S. that promote social justice
2 FUKUI Fumitake
Assistant Professor
Grad. Sch./Policy Studies
National Graduate Inst. for Policy Studies
Columbia U
Higher Education
Research on the transformation of donations to U.S. higher education
3 HIRANO Chieko
Associate Professor
Fac./Education; Education of Arts
U of Yamanashi
Columbia U
Art History
Artworks of Gordon Matta-Clark and the architectural discussions
4 HIRONO Miwa
Associate Professor
Coll./Int'l Relations
Ritsumeikan U
Harvard U
International Relations
China’s peacebuilding & humanitarian action: international responsibility from local perspectives
5 KASE Yasuko
Associate Professor
Fac./Law and Letters; Dept./Lang. and Cultures
U of the Ryukyus
U of Minnesota
American Literature
Race, trauma, medicine: Asian American writing on the Asian Pacific War
6 KUBO Tomoko
Associate Professor
Fac./Education
Gifu U
U of Illinois, Chicago
Geography
A comparative study on the growth of uneven residential environment in Chicago and Japanese cities
7 NAGATO Takayuki
Associate Professor
Fac./Law; Dept./Law
Gakushuin U
Harvard U
Taxation
Designing the taxation of capital and capital income in the globalized economy
8 OKUMURA Nobuyuki
Professor
Fac./Sociology; Socio-Media Studies Course
Musashi U
George Washington U
Journalism
Seeking role models: how traditional Japanese news media can transform into digital platforms
Journalist -3-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 AMANO(ISHIYAMA) Epo
Writer
Social Problem Section; Judiciary Subjects Group
The Mainichi Newspapers Co.,Ltd
U of Southern California
Women's Studies
The impact of care service by immigrants on women's careers
2 OYA Hanayo
Freelance Journalist/Senior Researcher
Inst. for Journalism
Waseda U
U of California, Berkeley
Journalism
Why young people join the US military?Making a documentary on economic conscription through soldier
3 SAITO Yasuyuki
Staff Writer/Survey Methodologist
Opinion Poll Research Center
The Asahi Shimbun Co.
NORC at U of Chicago
Political Science
Methodology of U.S. opinion poll
Doctoral Dissertation Research -3-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 KOIZUMI Yumiko
Doctoral Student
Fac./Letters; Dept./English and American Lit.
Keio U
Yale U
American Literature
The significance of the epic in the post-revolutionary period: the Connecticut Wits
2 OTSUYAMA Kensuke
Doctoral Student
Grad.Sch./Engineering; Architectural Dept.
Kyoto U
U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Urban & Regional Planning
A Research on construction of pre-disaster recovery planning for disaster risk reduction
3 SHIGA Shunsuke
Full-time Teacher
English Dept.
Seiko Gakuin Jr./Sr. HS
Brown U
American Literature
Reading of Indian-American literature from transatlantic and transpacific perspectives
Graduate Study -21-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 AKEMI Mami
Teacher
English Dept.
Saitama Prefectural Soka Nishi High School
Columbia U
Teaching English As A Foreign Language
Effective designs for the higher development of English teachers.
2 FUJIWARA Izumi
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Law; Public Law
Keio U
Tufts U
International Relations
Legality and legitimacy of unilateral economic sanctions, focusing on laws and practices in U.S.
3 FURUYA Shiro
System Engineer
Healthcare Systems Unit
Fujitsu Ltd.
U of Wisconsin, Madison
Sociology
Interdisciplinary research of sociology: with a special focus on biology and computer science
4 HATANO Yu
Clinical Doctor
Dept./Internal Medicine; Endocrinology and Metabolism
Jichi Medical U
U of California, Berkeley
Public Health & Community Health
Geographic and social disparities regarding diabetic complications and their solutions
5 IOROI Ayano
Manager
Emerging Market Entry Strategy; /Brazil Desk
Pricewaterhouse Coopers Aarata LLC
U of Pennsylvania
Business Management & Administration
US fintech startups serving the unbanked: uncovering best practices for Japan and the world
6 KAMATA Saaya
Master's Student
Grad. Sch./Arts and Sciences; American Area Studies
U of Tokyo
Rice U
American History
Creating a new citizen: changing ethnicity in modern Latino politics
7 KOSAKO Yui
Attorney at law
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Harvard U
Law
Comparing corporate governance in Japan and the U.S. from practical experience and a law and economics
8 KATO Erika
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Literature; English and American Literature
Rikkyo U
U of Cincinnati
English & American Literature
Representations of Native Americans in the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne
9 KAWASAKI Ayano
Teacher
English Dept.
Tokyo Metropolitan Musashinokita High School
Columbia U
Teaching English As A Foreign Language
Research on second language acquisition and its effective implementation into English education
10 KIBA Shuta
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Humanities and Sociology; European and American Stds.
U of Tokyo
U of Wisconsin, Madison
English Literature
The ontology of Wordsworth and Coleridge's "Philosophical Poem" and its modernity
11 KIDA Togo
Creative Technologist
CDC Dentsu Lab Tokyo
DENTSU INC.
Harvard U
Communication Theory
Creating an interactive auxiliary artificial intelligence to support new forms of human creativity
12 KITANO Gaku
Associate
Professional Office
Industrial Growth Platform Inc.
Stanford U
Business Management & Administration
Utilization of Western-style corporate governance and business professionals
13 MITANI Emi
Fixed Income Sales Middle Office
Securities Operations
Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd.
U of Pennsylvania
International Education
Partnerships among government, NGOs, and firms to promote girls’ education in developing countries
14 MORITO Yasumasa
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Economics; Economics
U of Tokyo
U of Wisconsin, Madison
Economics
Unemployment, financial crises, their relationship and the optimal policy to deal with the problems
15 NAKAJIMA Sachiko
Deputy General Manager/ Freelancer in Music, Mathematics, and Education
CEO Office; BusinessStrategy&Implementation
Phoenix Consulting, Inc.
New York U
Science Education
Research on the 21st century STEAM(STEM+Art) education and on its comparison between U.S.and Japan
16 NISHIMURA Yui
Master's student
Grad. Sch./Law; Political Science
Kobe U
Rice U
International Relations
Quantitative analysis of international policy to state repression of human rights of citizens
17 OISHI Ayaka
Consultant
Global Business Services, Strategy&iX, Organization Change
IBM Japan, Ltd.
Georgetown U
International Relations
National and international actions that affect armed groups analysis using computing technology
18 TAKEDA Ayuko
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Arts and Sciences; Dept./Area Studies
U of Tokyo
U of California, Irvine
American Studies
Americanization of racial and ethnic minorities in US military
19 TANABE Jun William
Analyst
Global Investment Research
Goldman Sachs Japan Co.
U of California, Berkeley
Urban & Regional Planning
Research on the U.S. community planning and reflection towards post 2020 Tokyo
20 TANAKA Taro
Associate
Dispute Resolution
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
New York U
Constitutional Law
The study of the “freedom to marry” in the context of LGBT rights and its implementation in Asia
21 YAHATA Asari
Supervising Instructor of Functional Training
Nichii Home Mitaka
Nichii Care Palace, Inc.
U of Pittsburgh
Public Health & Community Health
The well elderly program -Goal for extension of healthy life expectancy-
Foreign Language Teaching Assistant -14-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution
1 HAKKAI Yota
Part-time instructor
Shonan Seminar Ltd.
Ursinus Coll, Collegeville, PA

2 HAYAKAWA Yu
Master's Student
Grad.Sch./ Human Relations; Fac./ Education
Keio U
Georgia Southern U, Statesboro, GA

3 HIRAKAWA Arata
Master's Student
Grad.Sch./ Education
U of Tokyo
U of North Georgia, Dahlonega, GA

4 KADOKAWA Yumiko
Part-time staff/ Student
DELI & CAFE/; 420-hour Adv. Skills of Teaching Japanese
International Restaurant Service/ ECC
U of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Fayetteville, AR

5 KAJI Rena
Staff
Marketing
BEO Ltd.
Casper Coll, Casper, WY

6 KATAGIRI Takahiro
Graduating Senior
Fac./ International Studies; Dept./ Int'l Understanding
Bunkyo U
Pacific U, Forest Grove, OR

7 KIMURA Shun
Chief Teacher of English
Nagoya City Technical High School
Brandeis U, Waltham, MA

8 KOBAYASHI Takumi
Teacher of English
Yokohama So-Gakukan High School
U of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN

9 KOGA Minori
Part-time Teacher of English
Dept./ Foreign Languages
Seijo Gakuen Jr. and Sr. High School
U of Scranton, Scranton, PA

10 ONO Fumiko
Teacher of English
Kanagawa Pref. Fujisawa Nishi High School
U of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

11 SAITO Machi

Spelman Coll, Atlanta, GA

12 SHIMADA Junya
Administrative staff
Sch./Integrative and Global Majors(SIGMA); Ph.D. Program in Human Biology
U of Tsukuba
Carlton Coll, Northfield, MN

13 TAKATA Akiko
Lecturer
English Dept.
Doshisha Junior High School
Elms Coll, Chicopee, MA

14 TANABE Kokoro
Career Adviser for college students
NEXVEL Co., Ltd.
U of Miami, Miami, FL

2018 American Grantees -53-

Visiting Lecturer -6-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 JENKINS Shannon
Professor and Chair
Coll. of Arts and Sciences; Dept. of Political Science
U of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
Yokohama Nat'l U
Tokai U
Political Science
U.S. State and National Government and Politics
2 KURASHIGE Lon Y.
Professor
Dornsife Coll. of Letters, Arts, and Sciences; Dept. of History
U of Southern California
Tsuda U
U of Tokyo
Tokyo U of Foreign Stds.
American History
Enriching U.S.-Japan Understanding
3 MAGAGNA Tony R.
Associate Professor
Coll. of Arts and Sciences; English Dept.
Millikin U
Tohoku U
Kyoto U of Foreign Studies
Ritsumeikan U
American Literature
Mapping American Culture: Region and Identity in the U.S.
4 ROWE Desiree D.
Assistant Professor
Coll./Fine Arts & Comm. Stds.; Dept./Mass Comm. & Comm. Stds.
Towson U
Kyushu U
Communication
Critical Investigations into American Popular Culture: Feminism, Superheroes,, and Reflexive Ethnography
5 SRACIC Paul A.
Chair and Professor
Dept. of Political Science
Youngstown State U
Waseda U
Yokohama National U
Kyoritsu Women's U
Political Science
U.S. Politics, Trade and Security Concerns
6 VELEZ Carleen C.
Lecturer
Humanities Div.; Writing Programs
U of California, Los Angeles
U of the Ryukyus
Teaching English As A Foreign Language
TEFL Training for the Japanese Classroom
Researcher - Academics -9-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 ALEXANDER Jessica
Visiting Professor
Wagner Sch./Public Service; Graduate Sch./Public Service
New York U
Sophia U
Social Sciences
Investing in Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR): Learning from Japan's experience
2 BRINKERHOFF Robert J.
Associate Professor
Sch./Arts and Sciences; Dept./Biology
U of Richmond
Nihon U
Biology
Analysis of bacterial communities in Japan macaque parasites
3 FAMIANO Michael A.
Associate Professor
Dept./Physics
Western Michigan U
Nat'l Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Nuclear Physics
Effects of relativistic electron production in steller environments
4 FUNG Chi-Keung V.
Professor and Director
Sch./Music, Coll./the Arts; Center for Music Education Research
U of South Florida-Tampa
Meiji Gakuin U
Music
Senior citizens' music participation and quality of life in Japan
5 HALPERN Stacey L.
Professor
Coll./Arts and Sciences, Sch./Natural Sciences; Dept./Biology
Pacific U
Kyoto U
Environmental Studies
Insect herbivores and the evolutionary ecology of an invasive plant in Japan
6 HOUSTON Jessica P.
Associate Professor
Coll./Engineering; Dept./Chemical and Materials Engineering
New Mexico State U
Saitama U
Engineering
Single cell analysis with time-resolved flow cytometry
7 OOI Phillip S.
Professor
Coll./Engineering; Dept./Civil and Environmental Engineering
U of Hawaii, Manoa
Nagoya Inst. of Tech.
Engineering
Numerical load testing of geosynthetic reinforced soil
8 SCOVILLE Ryan M.
Associate Professor
Law Sch.
Marquette U
Sophia U
Law
U.S. foreign relations law from the outside in
9 SENDA-COOK Samantha
Associate Professor
Coll./Arts and Sciences; Dept./Communication Studies
Creighton U
Asia Rural Inst.
Communication
Advocacy through agriculture: communication at the Asia Rural Institute
Researcher - Professionals -1-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 WOO Jesse W.
Associate
Aleada Consulting
Kyoto U
Law
A comparative study of Japanese and U.S. privacy regimes to inform the mutual legal assistance debate
Graduate Research Fellow - Academics -14-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 COLE Emily E.
Ph.D. Student
History
U of Oregon
U of Tokyo
History
Life in the Ruins: Photography During the Allied Occupation of Japan, 1945-1952
2 GAGLIA Nicole Y.
Ph.D. Student
Art History
Duke U
Waseda U
Art History
Visualizing Bodies: Public Health and the Medicalized Everyday in Modern Japan
3 HUDSON Chelsea
Ph.D. Student
History
Georgetown U
Hokkaido U
History
The Movement and Metamorphosis of Ainu Communities on Hokkaido and Sakhalin
4 JANIA Alexander
Ph.D. Student
History
U of Chicago
U of Tokyo
History
Memorializing Natural Disaster: Belief, Emotion, and Environment in Japan, 1896-2011
5 KARYADI Caitlin E.
Ph.D. Student
Art and Architectural History
Princeton U
Gakushuin U
Art History
The Nanpin Construct: Chinese Aesthetics and the Theorization of Japanese Painting
6 LEAR Jonathan A.
Ph.D. Student
History
U of California, Berkeley
U of Tokyo
History
Splitting the Atom, Fusing the Nation: Japan and West Germany in the Atomic Age
7 MACBAIN Abigail I.
Ph.D. Student
East Asian Languages and Cultures
Columbia U
Kyoto U
Religion & Theology
Foreign Persuasion: International Monks in 8th century Japan
8 MC NELLY Kimberly M.
Ph.D. Student
Asian Languages and Cultures
U of California, Los Angeles
Waseda U
Japanese Literature
Medieval Japanese Women and Gendered Narratives of War
9 MICHON Nathaniel C.
Ph.D. Student
Cultural Historical Studies of Religion
Graduate Theological Union
Tohoku U
Religion & Theology
The Sound of One Hand Healing: Developments in Japanese Buddhist Caregiving
10 MURPHY Alexander S.
Ph.D. Student
East Asian Languages and Civilizations
U of Chicago
Int'l Research Ctr for Japn Stds
Area Studies
The Era of the Voice: Performance, Technology, and Politics in Japan, 1918-1942
11 PETERS Kyle A.
Ph.D. Student
East Asian Languages and Civilizations
U of Chicago
U of Tokyo
Area Studies
Rethinking Community through Modern Japanese Aesthetics
12 PRYZANT Reid
Ph.D. Student
Computer Science
Stanford U
Kyoto U
Computer & Information Science
Improving English-Japanese Translation
13 SANDERS Kimberlee D.
Ph.D. Student
East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Harvard U
U of Tokyo
Area Studies
Intimate Listening: Tuning into the Voices of Japanese Popular Media
14 SCANLON-CANEGATA James W.
Ph.D. Student
East Asian Languages and Literatures
Yale U
Keio U
East Asian Studies
On the Role of Music in Traditional Japanese Poetry
Graduate Research Fellow - Professionals -2-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 DZELZKALNS Ryan A.
Associate
Development, Membership, & Communications
Academy of American Poets
U of Tokyo
Creative Writing
Vector: Encounters with HIV in Japan and America
2 KINI Saumya R.
Urban Designer
Walker Macy
Okayama U
Urban & Regional Planning
Machizukuri by the River: University Contributions to Civic Engagement in Waterfront Space
Fulbright Fellow -6-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 FLYNN Hunter J.
BA Student
English Literature; Asian Stds./Film Studies
Loyola U Maryland
Kwansei Gakuin U
Comparative Literature
William Faulker and Nagano, revisited: A reception study of Faulker's legacy in Japan
2 HILLIKER Laurel V.
BA Student
Asian Studies/History; Classics
Pomona Coll
Ritsumeikan U
Japanese History
The margins of minshu: Zainichi Korean activism and popular movements, 1945-present
3 MENDERS Trevor H.
BA Student
East Asian Studies
Columbia U
Tokyo U of the Arts
Art History
Creating the past: The American impact on art history in Meiji Japan
4 MINAMI Yuki
BA Student
Modern Languages and Literature
U of Tennessee, Knoxville
Kyushu U
Japanese Literature
The role of Japanese women under the Imperialist government for 1910-1945
5 NANAVATI Amal R.
BS Student
Computer Science/Global Studies
Carnegie Mellon U
Kyoto U
Computer & Information Science
Robot teammates?: Training robots to analyze and manipulate human group dynamics
6 WIENER Phoebe
BA Student
Political Science; Japanese Studies
Middlebury Coll
Sophia U
Political Science
Female representation in Japanese politics
International Education Administrator -10-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 BREW Emily F.
International Student and Scholar Services Manager
System Administration; Office of Global Affairs
State U of New York
At Large
International Education
2 FERNAND Leeza
Associate Director
Office of Int'l Education and Sponsored Programs
Northern Virginia Community Coll
At Large
International Education
3 JULIAN Adam
Director, International Student and Scholar Services & Outreach
Office of Int'l Education and Development
Appalachian State U
At Large
International Education
4 LIMAYEM Moez
Dean
Muma Coll. of Business; Office of the Dean
U of South Florida
At Large
International Education
5 MARINE Connie A.
Coordinator
Office of Int'l Programs
U of West Alabama
At Large
International Education
6 OWENS Lauren E.
Assistant Director
Sch. of Law; Office of Int'l Programs
U of Pennsylvania
At Large
International Education
7 ROCK Thomas P.
Vice Provost for Student Affairs
Teachers Coll.; Student Affairs
Columbia U
At Large
International Education
8 STURGES Kyle B.
Assistant Director
Notre Dame International
U of Notre Dame
At Large
International Education
9 WOJCIK Alketa
Vice President
MiraCosta Coll.; Student Services Div.
MiraCosta Community Coll
At Large
International Education
10 ZARTOSHTY Parinaz
Director of Int'l Student & Scholar Services
Coll. of Int'l and Extended Studies
San Jose State U
At Large
International Education
Fulbright Specialist Program -4-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 DEARDORFF Darla
Affiliated Faculty / Executive Director
Duke U / Association of Int'l Edu. Administrator
Toyo U
International Education
Assessing learning outcomes of internationalization
2 PAVEL Margaret
Visiting Faculty / President
U of California, Davis / Earth House Center
Tokyo Inst. of Technology
Curriculum & Instruction
Transforming Leadership for Social Innovation
3 RATTENBORG Karen
Assistant Professor / Executive Director
Human Development and Family Studies /; Early Childhood Center
Colorado State U
Kagawa U
Education
Exploring diverse perspectives of early childhood education through collaborative exchange
4 SOKOLOFF David
Professor Emeritus
U of Oregon
Niigata U
Science Education
Promoting Active Learning Instructional Strategies in Physics
Fulbright Global Scholar Award -1-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 THAMATTOOR Dasan
Professor
Dept/Chemistry
Colby Coll
Hiroshima U
Organic Chemistry
A Globally Integrated Research and Teaching Collaboration on Reactive Intermediates

2017 Japanese Grantees -38-

Research -7-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 HAYASHIDA Mamiko
Associate Professor
Fac./Humanities; Dept./Media and Communication
Fukuoka Jo Gakuin U
U of Southern California
Communications & Journalism
Media literacy practices for intercultural communication
2 IMOTO Yuki
Full-time lecturer
Dept./Liberal Arts and Foreign Languages; Fac./Science and Technology
Keio U
U of California, Berkeley
Curriculum & Instruction
The development of contemplative pedagogy in U.S. higher education
3 MIHIRA Tsukasa
Associate Professor
Grad. Sch./Human & Environmental Stds.; Dept./Cultural Coexistence
Kyoto U
U of California, Berkeley
Constitutional Law
Comparative institutional analysis of U.S. and Japanese Judicial review
4 MIYAMOTO Keiko
Professor
Fac./Literature; Dept./English Literature
Seinan Gakuin U
Brown U
American Literature
Representations of historical trauma in African American literature and visual art
5 OCHI Hiromi
Professor
Grad. Sch./Commerce & Management; Culture and Industry Studies Program
Hitotsubashi U
Harvard U
American Literature
The role of governmental and private programs in promotion of American literature in Post-war Japan
6 SAKAWA Hideaki
Associate Professor
Grad. Sch./Economics
Nagoya City U
Columbia U
Banking & Finance
Corporate Governance in the banking industry: A comparison analysis between the U.S. and Japan
7 SASAOKA Mikiko
Senior Associate Professor
Dept./Education and Language Education
International Christian U
George Washington U
Higher Education
Possibility of a new international strategy in higher education for global citizenship
Journalist -1-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 KIKUCHI Naoki
Staff Writer
Political News Dept
Asahi Shimbun
Columbia U
Portland State U
Journalism
The media coverage of politics in the U.S., specifically regarding political neutrality and elections
Doctoral Dissertation Research -2-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 HOSONO Kaori
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Letters; English and American Literature
Keio U
U of California, Berkeley
American Literature
The relationship between racial othering and geographical imagination in Mark Twain's works
2 KARUBE Noriko
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Letters, Arts and Sciences; Cultural Anthropology
Waseda U
U of California, Riverside
Cultural Anthropology
Authenticity of Hula
Graduate Study -18-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 ABE Kodai
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Humanities and Sociology; Dept./English Language and Literature
U of Tokyo
SUNY, Binghamton
Comparative Literature
War writing in the age of Globalization: Empire, Terrorism, Representation
2 FUJINO Masao
Managing Associate
Litigation Business Unit; Complex Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Group
Orrick Tokyo Law Offices a gaikokuho joint enterprise
Stanford U
Copyright, Patent
A study on the potential utilization of the U.S. patent system for Japanese space satellites
3 FUNAKOSHI Yu
Part-time staff
Infectious Disease Surveillance Center
National Inst of Infectious Diseases
Boston U
Public Health & Community Health
The association of income inequality and social capital with varicella zoster vaccine coverage
4 ISHIKAWA Maria
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Letters; English
Hokkaido U
U of Massachusetts, Amherst
American Literature
The poetics of space in Emily Dickinson and beyond
5 KANDA Tomoko
Consultant
Strategy Group; Global Strategy, Sustainability Practice
Accenture Japan Ltd
U of California, Los Angeles
Urban & Regional Planning
Effective integration of new innovative solutions into the existing transit system
6 KOYAMA Arisa
Associate
Global Markets Sales I; Macro Sales
Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.
U of Pennsylvania
Business Management & Administration
Standardization of impact evaluation and its introduction to Japan
7 KUBO Yukimi
Special Research Fellow
Japan-U.S. Partnership Program
Research Inst. for Peace and Security
Georgetown U
International Relations
Japan-U.S. alliance and security dilemma in East Asia: Toward development of Japan-U.S. relations
8 KUROKAMI Hisao
Master's Student
Grad. Sch./Humanities and Social Sciences; Linguistics
Mie U
U of Maryland
Linguistics, Theory
The process of language acquisition under the framework of generative grammar
9 OHMURA Tsuguharu
Vice President/Attorney-at-Law
Transaction Legal Dept.
Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.
Columbia U
Comparison Of Legal Systems
The theory and practice of U.S. Class Action Law and the future of Class Action Law in Japan
10 OHTAKA Akane
Doctoral Student
Grad. Program in English and Cultural Studies; Linguistics
Tsuda Coll
Rutgers U
Linguistics, Theory
Adjunct extraposition in English
11 OZAWA Miyabi
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Humanities; English
Japan Women's U
U of Colorado, Boulder
Linguistics, Theory
The meta-pragmatic features underlying the use of the first-person pronoun in Japanese and English
12 SUGA Kiyotaka
Part-time English Teacher
Hachioji Gakuen Hachioji High School
Michigan State U
Teaching English As A Foreign Language
The effects of story-retelling task on second language learners’ grammatical accuracy development
13 TAKADA Megumi
Business Development Manager
Google Play Apps & Games
Google Japan
Harvard U
Business Management & Administration
Study how to attract women into tech firms by comparing career education services in Japan & the U.S.
14 TAKAHASHI Motoaki
Master's Student
Grad. Sch./Economics; Applied Economics
Hitotsubashi U
Pennsylvania State U
International Economics
The trade and welfare effects of TPP: Simulation with Eaton Model
15 TAMURA Koichiro
Senior Consultant
Project Development Div
PADECO Co., Ltd.
Pratt Inst
Urban & Regional Planning
Design process of making public spaces and economic and social activities in cities
16 TOGO Hirokazu
Senior Environmental Health Officer
Bureau of Social Welfare and Public Health; Inst./Public Health, 1st Food Safety Control Sec.
Tokyo Metropolitan Gov't
Cornell U
Environmental Health
Quantification of the risk of foodborne diseases and policy planning to reduce their social burden
17 UKAI Shunji
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Education and Human Development
Nagoya U
U of Oregon
Philosophy
A study of John Dewey's philosophy of naturalism
18 ZOHA Mamun Uz
Urban Planner
Design Dept./Urban Development Div.
Nikken Sekkei Civil Engineering Ltd.
Harvard U
Real Estate
Cross border expansion strategy of Japanese real estate developers and sustainable urban growth
Foreign Language Teaching Assistant -8-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution
1 FURUTA Yukari
Graduating Senior
English Dept.
Sophia U
Georgia Southern U, Statesboro, GA

2 ICHIKURA Yoshitomo
Master's Student
Grad. Sch./Foreign Languages; English Language
Dokkyo U
U of Wyoming, Lalamie, WY

3 KIMURA Hiroki
Graduating Senior
Fac./International Studies; Dept./International Understanding
Bunkyo U
Carleton Coll, Northfield, MN

4 KIUCHI Mie
Full-time Teacher
English Dept.
Hokuto Municipal Koryo High School
Brandeis U, Waltham, MA

5 SUGIURA Tatsuya
Part-time Teacher
English Dept.
Kai Seika High School
U of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

6 TOKUDA Mamiko
Graduating Senior
Fac./Liberal Arts; Dept./Int'l and Cultural Studs.
Tsuda Coll
U of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN

7 YAMAMOTO Toshiyuki
Graduating Senior
Fac./Culture and Education; Int'l Studies of Culture
Saga U
Pacific U, Forest Grove, OR

8 YOKOYAMA Motoko
Full-time instructor
Educational Affairs Dept.; English
Kagaku Gijutsu Gakuen High School
Spelman Coll, Atlanta, GA

Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence -2-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution
1 KOBAYASHI Hikaru
Project Professor
Grad. Sch./Media and Governance
Keio U
North Central Coll
Environmental Studies
Lectures in North Central College
2 MARUOKA Yasushi
Professor
Dept./Business Administration
Ishinomaki Senshu U
Randolph-Macon Coll
International Relations
The Great East Japan Earthquake: Lessons and challenges of reconstruction

2017 American Grantees -42-

Visiting Lecturer -1-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 HOLLAND Daniel V.
Associate Professor
Jon M. Huntsman Sch./Business; Management Dept.
Utah State U
Kyoto U of Foreign Studies
Doshisha U
Business Management & Administration
The Entrepreneurial Process, an American Experience
Lecturer-Researcher -2-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 ROSS Alta C.
Professor
Coll/Health and Human Development; Dept./Nutritional Sciences
Pennsylvania State U
Kagawa Nutrition U
Nutrition
Dietary Preferences and Nutrient-Gene Interactions in Japanese Population
2 SANDERS Nancy M.
Professor and Co-Director
Coll/Education and Integrative Studs.; Dept./Edu., Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership
California State Polytechnic U
Chuo U
Education
Cross-National Policy Research on Equality of Educational Opportunity
Researcher - Academics -6-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 FOXWELL Chelsea H.
Assistant Professor
Dept./Art History
U of Chicago
U of Tokyo
Art History
The Image in Motion in Japan, 1730-1933: Social Identity, Historical Consciousness, and Information Exchange
2 IZUMI Betty T.
Associate Professor
Sch./Public Health; Sch./Community Health
Portland State U
Ochanomizu U
Public Health
School-Based Shokuiku: Translating Policy Into Practice to Promote Public Health and Sustainable Food System
3 SELINGER Vyjayanthi R.
Associate Professor and Director
Asian Studies Program
Bowdoin Coll
Waseda U
Literature
The Law in Letters: The Legal Imagination of Medieval Japanese Literature
4 TAKENAKA Akiko
Associate Professor
Coll/Arts & Sciences; Dept./History
U of Kentucky
Sophia U
History
Mothers Against War: Gender, Motherhood, and Grassroots Activism in Postwar Japan
5 UCHIYAMA Benjamin
Assistant Professor
Dept. of History
U of Southern California
Nihon U
History
Dancing Through Total War: Yokusan Culture and the Pursuit of Joy in Wartime Japan
6 WILSON Noell R.
Associate Professor
Dept./History; Coll/Liberal Arts
U of Mississippi
Hokkaido U
History
The Birth of a Pacific Nation: Hokkaido and U.S. Whalers in Nineteenth Century Japan
Graduate Research Fellow - Academics -11-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 BRAZELTON-BRAXTON Mycah M.
Ph.D. Student
Japanese Art History
Harvard U
Tokyo U of the Arts
Art History
The Imaginative Power of the Photograph: Ei-Q and the New Photography Movement
2 CROSS Julia H.
Ph.D. Student
East Asian Studies
Harvard U
Nagoya U
Japanese History
Living Buddha Bodies of Japan from the 8th through the 14th centuries
3 GILBERT Megan E.
Ph.D. Student
Japanese History
Princeton U
U of Tokyo
Japanese History
Divine Sanction: Temples and Shrines in Medieval Japanese Dispute Resolution
4 GRAY La Teeka E.
Ph.D. Student
Anthropology; African American&African Diaspora Stds.
Indiana U
Gifu U
Anthropology
The Transnational African-American Experience of Race in Japan
5 HAYATA Michael M.
Ph.D. Student
History
U of Wisconsin-Madison
Hokkaido U
Japanese History
The Politics of Redemption in Ainu Print Culture, 1920-1948
6 HORISAKI-CHRISTENS Andrea J.
Ph.D. Student
Art History-Japanese, Modern Art
Columbia U
Sophia U
Art History
Media Publics: Video Hiroba and the development of Video in Japanese Art, 1968-85
7 LINZER Joanna M.
Ph.D. Student
History
Yale U
Rikkyo U
Japanese History
Japan from the Mountains: Isolation and Integration in Tokugawa Society
8 MIRSALIS Dana C.
Ph.D. Student
East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Harvard U
Kokugakuin U
Religion & Theology
Female Shinto Priests: Gender and Politics in Contemporary Shinto
9 SCHLEY Harrison I.
Ph.D. Student
East Asian Languages and Civilizations
U of Pennsylvania
Int'l Christian U
Art History
Merchants and the Art Market: Authorship and the Movement of Edo Period Ceramics
10 WHITE Brian
Ph.D. Student
East Asian Languages and Civilizations
U of Chicago
Keio U
Area Studies
Technology and Self in Japanese Science-Fiction Media
11 YAMAGUCHI Mai
Ph.D. Student
Art and Archaeology
Princeton U
Waseda U
Art History
Paintings, Bound: Cultural Education Through Picture Books in Nineteenth-Century Japan
Graduate Research Fellow - Professionals -1-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 PATRICK Kaitlyn V.
Master's Student
Costume Design
U of Hawaii at Manoa
Mino Kabuki Museum
Theatre
Immersive Study of the Practice and Preservation of Regional Kabuki in Modern Japan
Fulbright Fellow -6-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 AMANO Michael A.
Instructor
Tokyo Academics
Radiation Effects Research Foundation
Biology
Nuclear Disaster and the Japanese Psyche: Is Trauma Heritable?
2 CARABALLO, JR. Ricardo
Received BA
Sociology; East Asian Studies
John Carroll U
Kyoto U
Sociology
Exploring the Process of Renouncing Citizenship Amongst Japanese Dual Citizens
3 KONDO Jordan K.
Received BS
Human Biology; East Asian Languages & Culture
U of Southern California
Okinawa Int'l U
Biology
The Okinawan Longevity Paradox: Nutritional Epigenetic Regulation of Aging
4 LAWRENCE Roxanne C.
Received BS
Psychology; Education, Jpn. Lang. and Culture
U of Miami
Kyoritsu Women's U
Education
A Mixed-Method Analysis of the Teacher-Child Interactions in Japanese Preschool Classrooms
5 ROETS Brenna H.
Received BA
Molecular Biology & Biochemistry; Japanese Studies
Middlebury Coll
Yokohama City U
Biology
Ring of Fire: Viral Dynamics in the Japanese Arc of the Circum-Pacific Volcanic Belt
6 SKELLY Ashwin N.
Received BA
Chemistry; Global Health, Spanish, Japanese
Harvard U
RIKEN
Basic Medical Science
Trans-epithelial Trafficking of Immunomodulatory Molecules from Commensal Clostridia
International Education Administrator -10-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 CANN Theresa E.
Assistant Dean
Undergraduate Dean's Office
Bryn Mawr Coll
At Large
International Education
2 COURTWAY Claudia D.
Assistant Director
International Programs
Hendrix Coll
At Large
International Education
3 GONZALES Sarah K.
Assistant Director
School of Law; Stras Institute for Dispute Resolution
Pepperdine U
At Large
International Education
4 KRUMBHOLZ Cassandra
Assistant Director
Office of International Education
Maryland Inst Coll of Art
At Large
International Education
5 LAI Ying-Sing
Assistant Director
International Student and Scholar Services
U of San Francisco
At Large
International Education
6 MILLER Cara L.
Study Abroad Advisor
Global Engagement; Office of Study Abroad
DePaul U
At Large
International Education
7 ROMIG Elizabeth A.
Assistant Director
Office of Merit Awards
American U
At Large
International Education
8 SOKOLOWSKI Jeanne
Director
Office of National Fellowships
U of New Hampshire
At Large
International Education
9 SULINCEVSKI Christopher P.
Program Coordinator
Office of Study Abroad
St. Louis Community Coll System
At Large
International Education
10 ZEUTENHORST Conrad O.
Student Advisor, Education Abroad Advisor
Office of International Affairs; Education Abroad
U of Maryland, Coll Park
At Large
International Education
Fulbright Specialist Program -2-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 LEABHART Thomas
Professor and Resident Artist
Dept./Theatre and Dance
Pomona Coll
NPO Gekiken
Theatre
Physical expression on stage through corporeal mime
2 MACAULEY Robert C.
Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Oregon Health and Science U
Kyoto U
Public Health
Pediatric palliative care and clinical ethics
Fulbright Global Scholar Award -3-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 DAVIES Louise
Associate Professor
Geisel Sch./Medicine at Dartmouth; Dept./Head and Neck Surgery
Dartmouth Coll
Kuma Hospital
Basic Medical Science
Cancer Overdiagnosis: Investigating Best Practices to Manage Overdiagnosis while Communicating the Health Benefits to Patients, Providers and the Public
2 KANDELL Stuart L.
Research Fellow
Program for Medical Humanities
U of California, Berkeley
Tohoku U
Fine Arts
The Impact of Arts Participation on the Lives of Older Adults and Their Communities
3 MASKARINEC Gertraud
Professor
Cancer Center; Dept./Cancer Epidemiology
U of Hawaii, Manoa
Radiation Effects Research Foundation
Basic Medical Science
The Relation of Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, and Breast Cancer in Caucasian and Asian Women

2016 Japanese Grantees -42-

Research -7-
Name/Home Institution (at the time of application) Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 ISHIDA Hiroshi
Professor
Inst./ Social Sci.
U of Tokyo
Harvard U
Sociology
A comparative study of social inequality and cumulative advantages/disadvantages
2 KOSHIRO Yukiko
Professor
Coll/ Int'l Relations; Dept./ Int'l Liberal Arts
Nihon U
SUNY, Stony Brook
Columbia U
American History
History of US-Japan technological collaborations and effects of trans-Pacific cultural integration
3 NAKAYAMA Yuko
Associate Professor
Fac./ Contemporary Social Studies; Dept./ Social System Studies
Doshisha Women's Coll
Harvard U
International Relations
U.S Strategy for alliance and burden-sharing in the postwar Asia-Pacific region
4 OMORI Mika
Professor
Dept. of Psychology
Ochanomizu U
Northeastern U
Clinical Psychology
A comparative investigation of sociocultural factors of health behaviors between US and Japan
5 TAKAHASHI Satoshi
Associate Professor
Dept. of Education; Course of Pedagogy
Saitama U
Columbia U
Educational Administration
Comparative study on teacher policy and the law in the U.S. and Japan
6 YAGI Hironori
Associate Professor
Grad. Sch./Agricultural and Life Sci.; Agricultural and Resource Economics
U of Tokyo
U of California, Davis
Agricultural Economics
Impact of ICT adoption on hierarchical business organization structure of rice farms in California
7 YAMADA Tsuyoshi
Associate Professor
Grad. Sch./Education; Div./Psychology and Clinical Education
Okayama U
U of Texas, Austin
Virginia Tech U
Psychology
Application of statistical methods for single-case research data
Journalist -2-
Name/Home Institution (at the time of application) Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 KAWAGUCHI Kyoko
Staff Writer
Child and Education Section
The Nishinippon Shimbun
U of California, Los Angeles
Women's Studies
The physical empowerment of women and their consciousness
2 MONDEN Kazunori
News Reporter
Tokyo Editorial Dept.
Kahoku Shimpo
Cornell U
Rural Sociology
Research and leverage community supported agriculture for the earthquake reconstruction
Doctoral Dissertation Research -5-
Name/Home Institution (at the time of application) Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 ABE Ryoko
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch. /Law; Political Science
Doshisha U
Marine Corps U
History
The institutionalization of Maneuver Warfare Concept and Alfred Gray's Reform 1987-1991
2 ASAKURA Sayaka
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./ Art; English and American Literature
Rikkyo U
U of New Hampshire
American Literature
Robert Frost and New England: Changing gender roles in the early twentieth century
3 KONDO Ryosuke
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Arts and Sci.; Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies
U of Tokyo
Harvard U
Landscape Architecture
Transatlantic Picturesque: The Latent Power of the Picturesque Aesthetic in 19th Century America
4 NAGATOMI Mari
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Global Studies
Doshisha U
Middle Tennessee State U
History
Freedom, equality, democracy and transpacific American country music from 1945 to 1975
5 TAKAYANAGI Mitsutoshi
Associate Professor
Fac./ Education
Shinshu U
New York U
Educational Philosophy
Redefining teacher education through "creative reading" in Emersonian moral perfectionism
Graduate Study -18-
Name/Home Institution (at the time of application) Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 AMEMIYA Michiko
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Humanities and Sociology; European and American Studies
U of Tokyo
U of Utah
American Literature
The gothic imagination and interracial sexual desires in early American literature
2 ATSUSAKA Yuki
Doctral Student
Grad. Sch. / Global Studies; Global Studies
Doshisha U
Rice U
Government & Political Science
The Impact of Reverse Migration of Blacks on their Political Representation in the U.S. House
3 HABUKA Hiroki
Deputy Director
Corp. Accounting and Disclosure Div.; Planning and Coordination Bureau
Financial Services Agency
Stanford U
Law
Current situation and future perspective of dispute-settlement systems in international tax matters
4 HATANO Ayako
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./ Arts and Sci.; Int'l Affairs
U of Tokyo
New York U
International Law & Organizations
Domestic implementation of international human rights law in non-Western countries
5 HIRAYAMA Atsushi
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Medicine; Dept. of Public Health
Yamagata U
Harvard U
Public Health & Community Health
A case study of electronic health record-based cardiovascular registry in the U. S.
6 IDE Kentaro
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./ Arts and Sci.; Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies
U of Tokyo
Princeton U
East Asian Studies
The transnational development of discourses on Eastern religions and the U.S. 1840s-1960s
7 IKAWA Shiori
Master's Student
Grad. Sch./Arts and Sciences; Language and Info. Science
U of Tokyo
Rutgers U
Linguistics, Theory
The study on the effect of the presence or absence of external causer on the acquisition of verbs
8 KATO Akihisa
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Economics; Modern Economics
U of Tokyo
U of Pennsylvania
Economic Theory
The analysis of optimal monetary policy changes
9 KITADA Eri
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./ Arts and Sci.; Dept./ Area Studies
U of Tokyo
Rutgers U
American Studies
Commemorations for Blacks in post-civil rights America
10 KOBAYASHI Hiroaki
Medical Director
Development
Japanese Organization for Medical Device Development, Inc.
U of Michigan
Business Management
Technological and systematic innovation for cost-effective and quality-controlled healthcare
11 KUROIWA(NAKAE) Isei
Researcher
Cosmetics Value Development Center; Prestige Brands Value Development Group
Shiseido Co., Ltd.
U of California, Berkeley
Business Management & Administration
Global marketing for consumer products leveraging diversified people with different backgrounds
12 KUWABARA Kanae
Teacher of English, Chief
Dept. of English
Tokyo Metropolitan Nishi Sr. HS
U of Pennsylvania
Teaching English As A Foreign Language
Cultivating Intelligence Through Critical Thinking Strategies in EFL/ESL Courses
13 SEKIYA Shingo
Researcher
Community Development Group 1
Regional Planning International Co., Ltd.
Pratt Inst
Urban & Regional Planning
Autonomy of regional planning institution for resilient city under natural hazard and climate change
14 TASHIRO Kengo
Chief Medical Officer in Charge of GCC
Healthcare New Frontier Bureau; Global Collaboration Center (GCC)
Kanagawa Pref. Office (Seconded from Ministry of Health Welfare and Labor)
U of Pennsylvania
Business & Management
Saving the healthcare - ecosystem to develop faster, cheaper, safer and smarter technologies
15 TOGASHI Kohei
Clinical Psychologist
Ctr for Child Dvlpm't and Psychosomatic Medicine
Dokkyo Medical U Koshigaya Hospital
Western Michigan U
Special Education
Training teachers to implement functional behavioral assessment in classroom settings
16 UETA Masamichi
Architect
Architectural Div.
Kajima Corp.
Harvard U
Urban & Regional Planning
Study of US urban revitalization and its application to issues in emerging Asian cities and Tokyo
17 YAMADA Masayoshi
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch. / Global Studies; Global Studies
Doshishsa U
U of California, Los Angeles
American Studies
Rethinking Jazz History: The Role and Politics of Jazz Fans in post-World World II United States
18 YUSA Mayuko
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Arts and Letters; Linguistics
Tohoku U
Ohio State U
Linguistics, Theory
Research on second language processing and parser development in second language acquisition
Foreign Language Teaching Assistant -10-
Name/Home Institution (at the time of application) Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 HORIGUCHI Akiyo
Teacher
Hanawa Hokiichi School for the Blind and the Visually Impaired
Saitama Pref. Special Needs Education
U of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN

2 ISHIDA Ikuko
Graduating Senior
Integrated Human Studies
Kyoto U
Carleton Coll, Northfield, MN

3 KIKUCHI Nozomi
Full-time Instructor
Career Guidance Section
Aomori Pref. Tanabu High School
Ursinus Coll, Collegeville, PA

4 KOBAYASHI Remi
Teacher
Foreign Language Dept.
Miyagi Pref. Tajiri Sakura High School
Syracuse U, Syracuse, NY

5 KURIO Kimiko
Master's Student
Grad. Sch./ Humanities and Science
Nara Women's U
U of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

6 OWADA Aya
Teacher
English Dept.
Kochi Pref. Aki High School
Indiana State U, Terre Haute, IN

7 SETOYAMA Takashi
Graduating Senior
Education; English Education
Kansai U of Int'l Studies
U of Idaho, Moscow, ID

8 TAGAMI Yohichi
Graduating Senior
Int'l Studies; Int'l Understanding
Bunkyo U
Pomona Coll, Claremont, CA

9 TAKAGAKI Sayuri
Master's Student
Grad. Sch./ Global Communication and Lang.; English Lang. Teaching Practices
Akita Int'l U
Pacific U, Forest Grove, OR

10 UENO Eriko
Master's Student
Grad. Sch./Humanities; English
Japan Women's U
Spelman Coll, Atlanta, GA

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Visiting Lecturer -6-
Name/Home Institution (at the time of application) Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 ANGEE Alejandro
Associate Professor
Dept./Social Sci.
Miami-Dade Coll
Tohoku U
Sociology
Sociology of the United States: A critical study of structural and institutional arrangements in 21st century America
2 BRIDGES IV William H.
Assistant Professor
Dept./East Asian Languages and Literatures
U of California, Irvine
Hitotsubashi U
Tsuda Coll
Literature
Cross-cultural education, war holdouts and the end(s) of war in Japanese fiction
3 IMBO Samuel Oluoch
Professor
Coll./Liberal Arts; Dept./Philosophy
Hamline U
U of Tokyo
Japan Women's U
Political Philosophy
African American political thought: Negotiations of identity
4 MISLAN David
Assistant Professor
Sch./Int'l Service
American U
Yokohama National U
Yokohama City U
Tokyo Med & Dental U
International Relations
Visions of American identity and American foreign relations
5 THOMA Pamela
Associate Professor
Coll./Arts and Sci.; Dept./Critical Culture, Gender, and Race Stds.
Washington State U
U of the Ryukyus
Meio U
American Literature
Gender and citizenship in Asian American literature and culture
6 WISENSALE Steven Kent
Professor
Dept./Human Development and Family Studs.
U of Connecticut
Yokohama City U
Kyoritsu Women's U
Public Administration & Policy
A comparative analysis of Japanese-U.S. policies
Lecturer-Researcher -1-
Name/Home Institution (at the time of application) Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 MEARNS John D.
Professor
Coll./Humanities and Social Sci.; Dept./Psychology
California State U, Fullerton
U of Tokyo
Clinical Psychology
Mood regulation, coping and clinical psychology in Japan
Researcher -6-
Name/Home Institution (at the time of application) Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 ALI Akhtar
Associate Professor
Dept./Biological Sci.
U of Tulsa
Okayama U
Biology
Bipartite mycovirus as a biological control agent for fruit fungal diseases: a case study toward sustainable agriculture
2 FROST Dennis J.
Associate Professor
Dept./History; East Asian Studs.
Kalamazoo Coll
Waseda U
History
The paralympic movement, sports, and disability in postwar Japan
3 LETENDRE Gerald K
Professor and Chair
Coll./Education; Dept./Educational Policy Studs.
Pennsylvania State U, U Park Campus
Sophia U
International Education
The role of information and communication technologies in teacher-initiated professional development in Japan
4 NORTON Terri
Associate Professor
Coll./Enginnering; Durham Sch./Architectural Engineering and Construction
U of Nebraska-Lincoln
Tohoku U
Civil Engineering
Disaster recovery and debris management following the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami
5 SHEDLOCK Andrew M.
Assistant Professor
Sch./Sci. and Math.; Dept./Biology
Coll of Charleston
Tokyo Inst of Technology
Biology
Hands across the water: Building an international alliance for predictive environmental genomics of marine turtle resources in Japan and the United States
6 WOODRUFF Jonathan D.
Associate Professor
Coll./Natural Sci.; Dept./Geosciences
U of Massachusetts, Amherst
Kyushu U
Environmental Studies
Extreme flooding by typhoons and tsunamis in southwestern Japan: Insight from coastal flood deposits
Graduate Research Fellow -14-
Name/Home Institution (at the time of application) Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 BARNDT Jillian R.
Ph.D. Student
History
U of Southern California
U of Tokyo
Japanese History
Life of Learning:The Education of Elites in Heian and Kamakura Japan
2 BERNARD Peter J.
Ph.D. Student
Japanese Literature (EALC)
Harvard U
Keio U
Japanese Literature
Rural Japanese Gothic:The Topography of Terror in Modern Japanese Literature
3 COOPER Claire E.
Ph.D. Student
East Asian Studies; Indian Ocean Studies
Princeton U
U of Tokyo
Japanese History
Picturing the Foreign:European Material Culture and Imagery in Early Modern Japan
4 DAVIS Brian R.
Ph.D. Student
Social-Personality Psychology
City U of New York
Osaka Pref U
Social Psychology
LGBT and mental health in JAPAN: An exploration of interpersonal and structural factors
5 GILLSON Gwendolyn L.
Ph.D. Student
Religious Studies
U of Iowa
Bukkyo U
Religion & Theology
Women Creating the Pure Land: Socially Engaged Buddhism in Japan's Jodo Sect
6 GLASNOVICH Ryan S.
Ph.D. Student
History and E. Asian Languages
Harvard U
Waseda U
Japanese History
Return to the Sword: Martial Identity of the 19th-C Transformation of the Japanese Police
7 GUARNERI Jeffrey C.
Ph.D. Student
History: Modern Japan Premodern Japan, Modern China
U of Wisconsin, Madison
Waseda U
Japanese History
Building "Gateways to the World":Japan's Ports and International Engagement, 1895-1945
8 MCCORMICK Kelly M.
Ph.D. Student
Modern Japanese History; Visual Culture
U of California, Los Angeles
U of Tokyo
Japanese History
Re-Inventing the Japanese Camera:Technology and Visual Culture inPostwar Japan
9 MENDELSON Rebecca
Ph.D. Student
Religious Studies
Duke U
Komazawa U
Religion & Theology
Democratizing Zen: Reform and Innovation in Modern Japanese Rinzai
10 MEWHINNEY Matthew S.
Ph.D. Student
Japanese Literature
U of California, Berkeley
Waseda U
Japanese Literature
"The Last of the Literai: Yosa Buson,Ema Saiko,Masaoka Shiki and Natsume Soseki"
11 RISTEEN Nicholas M.
Ph.D. Student
Architectural History/Theory
Princeton U
U of Tokyo
Architectural History
Approaching Disaster: Architecture and Emergency in Extraordinary Time
12 SCHULTZ Ryan M.
Ph.D. Student
History
Ohio State U
Sophia U
Asian History
"Mutual Defense":The Place of the Manchukuo Army in the Japanese Empire, 1932-1945
13 SIMPSON Emily B.
Ph.D. Student
Asian Studies
U of California, Santa Barbara
Tohoku U
Religion & Theology
Japan's Empress Jingu in Medieval Origin Stories and Women's Cults
14 TOOLE Michael
Ph.D. Student
Japanese Literature; Visual Culture Studies
U of Wisconsin, Madison
National Inst of Japanese Literature
Japanese Literature
Queer Forms:Heterodox Writing and Embodiment in Early Modern Japanese Comicbooks
Fulbright Fellow -6-
Name/Home Institution (at the time of application) Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 BERRY Laura G.
BA Student
Creative Writing and Japanese
Carnegie Mellon U
Hokkaido U
Japanese Literature
Women's Lives in Japanese Literature Since the Lost Decade
2 D'AMICO John C.
BA Student
East Asian Studies
Yale U
Tohoku U
History
Land Reclamation and Rural Revival in Japan, 1600 to 1868
3 FRASER Timothy M.
BA Student
Int'l & Global Studies; East Asian Studies, Geography
Middlebury Coll
Kyushu U
Geography
Regional Dynamics of Japanese Nuclear Reactor Towns Post-Fukushima
4 REEVES Thomas R.
BA Student
Mathematics; Music Performance
Princeton U
Grad Univ for Advanced Stds
Applied Mathematics
Robustness of Neutral Networks
5 THOMASIAN Nicole M.
BS Student
Neuroscience
Brown U
Osaka U
Neurosciences
The Role of Cathepsin S in Spinal Cord Injury
6 YOSHIMURA Charles A.
BA Student
Asian Studies; Japanese Language
Pitzer Coll
Kobe U
History
Against the Grain: Japanese Youth and Political Activism
International Education Administrator -10-
Name/Home Institution (at the time of application) Host Institution/Academic Discipline
1 ALGEO Kimberly A.
Assistant Director
Center for International Education
Rider U
At Large
International Education
2 CLAIR Katharine N.
International Student Advisor
Office of International Students & Scholars
Trinity Coll
At Large
International Education
3 DONAHUE Neil H.
Asst. Provost/ Sr. Assoc.Dean
Provost's Office and Honors College; Department of Comparative Literature and Language
Hofstra U
At Large
International Education
4 GANDHI Miloni
Associate Director
Office of Admissions
U of Southern California
At Large
International Education
5 HENDRIX Rachel E.
Assistant Dean
Office of Equity, Diversity and International Affairs
U of West Florida
At Large
International Education
6 HOLLAND Jonathan E.
Study Abroad Advisor
Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning
U of Memphis
At Large
International Education
7 SPENCER Brent D.
Director
Center for International Education; Study Abroad and Exchanges
U of Northern Colorado
At Large
International Education
8 WACHSMUTH Karen
Associate Director
International Programs
U of Iowa
At Large
International Education
9 WEISHAAR Mary K.
Executive Director
International Affairs
Southern Illinois U Edwardsville
At Large
International Education
10 WOJCIECHOWSKI Monika
Assistant Director
Office of Recruitment and Admissions
Coll of Staten Island, City U of New York
At Large
International Education
Fulbright Specialist Program -2-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 ESPEY David B.
Director
English Writing Program; Dept. of English
U of Pennsylvania
Osaka U
American Literature
2 SHELDEN Seth V.
Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Law
Yeshiva U
Toyo U
Law
Fulbright Global Scholar Award -3-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 MEACHAM Brian J.
Associate Professor
Department of Fire Protection Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Inst
Tokyo U of Science
Building Research Inst
MLIT
Engineering
Understanding and advancing performance-based building regulatory systems
2 NEWELL Joshua P.
Assistant Professor
School of Natural Resources and Environment
U of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Hokkaido U
Geography
Environmental governance of global wood commodity chains: from the forests of Siberia to the apartments of Kanto via the factories of Manchuria
3 SELIGMAN Adam
Professor
College of Arts and Sciences; Depatment of Religion
Boston U
Yamaguchi Pref U
Sociology
Living with Difference

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Research -10-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. ENDO Yasuo
Professor
Grad. Sch/ Arts and Sciences; Center for Pacific and Am. Studies
U of Tokyo
Harvard U
American History
The development of the vision of the Pacific Ocean in the 19th-century U.S.
2. HARA Yuji
Associate Professor
Fac./ Systems Engineering
Wakayama U
Parsons the New School for Design
Geography
Cultivating vacant lots in urban-rural areas by floating generations beyond current market mechanism
3. HIRAIWA Ken
Associate Professor
Fac./Letters; Dept./English Literature
Meiji Gakuin U
Massachusetts Inst of Technology
Linguistics, Theory
The syntax of number and recursion in the faculty of language
4. ISHII Ayaka
Assistant Professor
Grad. Sch./Medicine
U of Tokyo
National Institutes of Health
Child Development
The effect of treatments and genetic influences on neurodevelopmental trajectory in ADHD
5. MURAKAMI Akinobu
Associate Professor
Fac./Engineering, Information and Systems; Policy and Planning Sciences
U of Tsukuba
Massachusetts Inst of Technology
Urban & Regional Planning
Features of control and management system of environment for design project in the U.S.
6. NAKAGAKI Kohtaroh
Associate Professor
Dept./Economics
Daito Bunka U
U of California, Berkeley
American Literature
Reframing hobo images as a cultural icon in American road narratives
7. NAKAO Tomoyo
Associate Professor
Grad. Sch./Art and Soc. Sci.; Stds. of Representaion, Media Represent'n
Okayama U
Cornell U
International Relations
Representaion of Japan based on the experienc of POWs. Civilian internees and the descendents
8. SAKAMOTO Maiko
Associate Professor
Grad. Sch./ Frontier Sciences; Int'l Studies
U of Tokyo
Harvard U
Environmental Health
Evaluating welfare of multicultural community for better development projects
9. TAKAHARA Shusuke
Associate Professor
Fac/Foreign Studies; Int'l Relations
Kyoto Sangyo U
Harvard U
American History
Woodrow Wilson's foreign policy toward Japan and the impact of "New Diplomacy" in Japan
10. YUDA Minori
Project Researcher
Grad. Sch./Humanities & Sociology
U of Tokyo
Texas A&M U
U of Texas, Arlington
Geography
Utilization of geographic information system in the U.S. education
Journalist -1-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. OIKAWA Ayako
Staff Writer
Yokohama General Bureau
The Asahi Shimbun
U of Pennsylvania
Gerontology
Support measures for family caregivers to reduce their burdens and dissolve their loneliness
Doctoral Dissertation Research -2-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. MINAGAWA Yuta
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Humanities; English & American Literature
Sophia U
Harvard U
American Literature
Edward Taylor's poetics and intellectual history: A study of theology, body, medicine in his poetry
2. SAKASAI Akito
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Arts & Sciences; Language & Information Sciences
U of Tokyo
Harvard U
Japanese Literature
Representation of city space and the censorship policy in occupied Japan
Graduate Study -19-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. AMANO Yuri
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch/ Arts and Sciences; Area Studies
U of Tokyo
Johns Hopkins U
American History
The culture of sensibility and civic life in the early American republic
2. ARAI Sakura
Master's Student
Grad. Sch./Arts & Sciences; Dept. of Cognitive & Behavioral Sciences
U of Tokyo
U of California, Santa Barbara
Psychology
Slow life history strategy in modern society: Ecological factors of falling marriage and birth rates
3. ASO Takuji
Research Associate
Sch./ Int'l Liberal Studies
Waseda U
U of Wisconsin - Madison
Linguistics
The acquisition of legitimacy by non-native speakers and their empowerment
4. HARADA Saori
Resident
U of Tokyo Hospital
Harvard U
Public Health & Community Health
How doctors evaluate and compare cancer treatments and estimate the effects in clinical practice.
5. HONDA Yuichi
President
DMX Corp.
New York U
Business Management
Research into management, finance and crowd funding, aimed at establishing real estate crowd funding
6. KIKUCHI Hayami
Medical Doctor
Dept./ Public Health
U of Occupational and Env'tal Health
Harvard U
Public Health & Community Health
Analyze the Japanese medical field and think of the problems, solutions and preventive measures.
7. KOBAYASHI Akiko
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Medicine; Int'l Health
U of Tokyo
Columbia U
International Relations
Long-term solution to problems of displacement with community involvement
8. KODAMA Maki
Doctoral Student
Gra. Sch/Arts and Sciences; Area Studies
U of Tokyo
Rice U
American History
Slave society and legal culture in the 19th-century American South
9. KUDO Yasuko
Attorney at Law
Akasaka Hitotsugi Law Office
U of Southern California
Comparison Of Legal Systems
The U.S. judicial system, focusing on the relationship between lawyers and nonlawyers
10. MORITA Ryohei
Associate
M&A Advisory Dept.
Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.
U of Virginia
Business Management
Study of valuation methods for early-stage tech startups to stimulate the clean tech sector in Japan
11. NAGATA Masakazu
Manager
Design Team
Samsung Electronics Japan Co. , ltd.
Massachusetts Inst of Technology
Business Management & Administration
Integration between design and business
12. NISHIOKA Minami
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch/Arts and Sciences; Area Studies
U of Tokyo
U of Tennessee
American History
Christianity and construction of race in the early 19th century America
13. OKURA Yoko
News Producer
News Center
TV Asahi
Harvard U
Public Administration & Policy
Learning from NVAO: Creating an integrated platform for disaster management in the Asia Pacific
14. ONISHI Teigo
Doctoral Student
Grad.Sch./Letters; Linguistics
Kyoto U
U of California, Los Angeles
Linguistics, Theory
Indo-European historical comparative linguistics, focused on nominal systems in Italic languages
15. SUZUKI Mitsuko
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Humanities and Social Sciences; Modern Languages and Cultures
U of Tsukuba
U of Hawaii, Manoa
Teaching English As A Foreign Language
Second language interactional competence from multi-cultural view point
16. TANAKA Ryo
Master's Student
Grad. Sch./Letters; Philosophy
Kyoto U
U of Connecticut
Philosophy
The philosophy of Wilfrid Sellars and its relation to the contemporary philosophical naturalism
17. TANIGUCHI Motoki
Attorney at Law
Tokyo Public Law Office
U of Michigan
Social Work & Social Welfare
Community level anti-poverty activities
18. TOMITA Yoka
Master's Student
Grad. Sch/Arts and Sciences; Area Studies
U of Tokyo
Columbia U
American History
The expansion of the right to privacy under the Warren Court and its use in the culture wars
19. TSUJI Rika
Master's Student
Grad.Sch./Letters; General Humanities Cultural Studies
Kansai U
U of North Texas
Philosophy
Constructing a new relationship with nature: Environmental awareness in contemporary America
Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant -10-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. AONO Fumi

Antioch Coll, Yellow Springs, OH

2. FUCHIDA Haruka
Teacher of English
Hyuga Municipal Zaikoji Junior High School
Ursinus Coll, Collegeville, PA

3. FUJIKAKE Chie
School Counselor
Matsudo Branch
Kawaijuku
U of Scranton, Scranton, PA

4. FUJIWARA Ryo
Part-time Teacher of English
English Dept.
Uemiya High School
Xavier U, Cincinnati, OH

5. KUWAKI Kozue
Graduating Senior
Coll. /Tourism; Tourism and Hospitality Management
Rikkyo U
Carleton Coll, Northfield, MN

6. SASAOKA Tasuku
Graduating Senior
Fac. /Education; Jr. High School Teacher Training Course
Chiba U
Pomona Coll, Claremont, CA

7. TSUNAGAWA Haruka
Graduating Senior
Fac. /Education and Human Sciences; Special English Education Course
U of Yamanashi
St Olaf Coll, Northfield, MN

8. UMESAKI Akiyo
English Instructor (Staff Leader)
English Lab; Teaching Dept.
CKC Network Co., Ltd.
Spelman Coll, Atlanta, GA

9. YAMAMOTO Hiroki
Master's Student
Grad.Sch./ Global Japanese Studies
Meiji U
Casper Coll, Casper, WY

10. YOSHIDA Aya
Master's Student
Grad.Sch./Humanities and Sciences; Applied Japanese Linguistics
Ochanomizu U
Lincoln U, Lincoln University, PA

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Lecturing -5-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. BARKER Jennifer L
Assistant Professor
Coll./Arts & Sciences; Dept./English
Bellarmine U
Kyoto U of Foreign Stds, Kwansei Gakuin U, Doshisha U
Humanities
Film and animation in translation: Conversations between the U.S. and Japan
2. FILNER-HUTCHISON Matthew F
Associate Professor & Chair
Coll./Arts & Sciences; Social Science Dept.
Metropolitan State U
Yokohama City U, Kyoritsu Women's U, U of Tokyo
Political Science
The American political experience
3. MACKEY-KALLIS Susan B
Associate Professor
Coll./Liberal Arts & Sciences; Communication Dept.
Villanova U
Ochanomizu U, Japan Women's U
Communications & Journalism
American film and media
4. MCREE Joseph N
Associate Professor & Chair
Coll./Arts & Sciences; Sociology & Social Work
U of Portland
Hitotsubashi U, Tsuda Coll
Sociology
Sociology, criminology and criminal justice in America
5. RESCH John P.
Professor & Coordinator
Dept./History & Humanities
U of New Hampshire at Manchester
U of the Ryukyus
American History
Explorations of American history and culture
Research -7-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. CLARK Paul H.
Professor & Coordinator
Coll./Fine Arts & Humanities; Dept./History
West Texas A&M U
Rikkyo U
Japanese History
Meiji sensations: Scandal, celebrity and national culture in Imperial Japan
2. KARJALA Dennis S.
Professor
Coll./Law
Arizona State U
Meiji U
Law
Intellectual property and digital technologies in Japan
3. KNAPP Robert H.
Member of the Faculty
Sustainability & Justice Planning Unit
Evergreen State Coll, Olympia
Waseda U
Physics
The zero-energy frontier for sustainable buildings: A convergence of society and technology
4. MASAOKA Miya
Faculty Member
Milton Avery Sch./Arts MFA Program; Music/Sound
Bard Coll
Kunitachi Coll of Music
Music
Shomyo, noh chant and ichi-gen-kin: A basis for new music compositions
5. MILLY Deborah J.
Associate Professor
Coll./Liberal Arts & Human Sciences; Dept./Political Science
Virginia Tech U
U of Tokyo
Political Science
Foreign health care professionals or low-skilled domestic workers? Japan’s choices for seniors’ care
6. MIMURA Janis A
Associate Professor
Coll./Arts & Sciences; History
State U of New York-Stony Brook
U of Tokyo
Japanese History
Axis pact: Fascist politics and culture in wartime Japan
7. WARD Nigel
Professor
Coll./Engineering; Dept./Computer Science
U of Texas at El Paso
Kyoto U
Computer & Information Science
Modeling prosodic interaction patterns in spoken dialog
Graduate Research Fellow -13-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. BASSOE Pedro T.
Ph.D. Student
Language and Literature
U of California, Berkeley
Keio U
Japanese Literature
Text and illustration in the formation of modern Japanese literature
2. BENNETT Steffani M
Ph.D. Student
Japanese Art History
Harvard U
Gakushuin U
Art History
The China years: Sesshu Toyo and fifteenth-century Chinese painting
3. CUSHMAN Carrie L.
Ph.D. Student
Art and Architectural History
Columbia U
Sophia U
Architectural History
Temporary ruins: Miyamoto Ryuji's architectural photography in postmodern Japan
4. GERIEN-CHEN James J.
Ph.D. Student
Modern Japanese History
Columbia U
Waseda U
Japanese History
Between empire and nation: Taiwanese settlers and the making of Japanese empire in China
5. GOERING Daniel D.
Ph.D. Student
Organizational Behavior
U of Iowa
U of Tokyo
Business Management
Applying the concept of ikigai to reduce stress, burnout, and work-family conflict
6. GREENSTEIN Elijah J.
Ph.D. Student
Japanese History
Princeton U
U of Tokyo
Japanese History
Sailing under a Rising Sun: Japanese shipping from a global perspective, 1895-1957
7. LAMBRECHT Nicholas M
Ph.D. Student
East Asian Lang. & Civilizations
U of Chicago
Doshisha U
Japanese Literature
New arrivals: Returnee identity and the memory of repatriation in Japanese literature
8. MONTROSE Victoria R.
Ph.D. Student
Religion
U of Southern California
U of Tokyo
Religion & Theology
Making the modern priest: Buddhist universities in Meiji Japan
9. SHANNON Kerry S.
Ph.D. Student
History
U of California, Berkeley
Waseda U
Japanese History
Cleansed empire: Public health under Japanese imperialism, 1985-1945
10. SOLES Riley P
Ph.D. Student
East Asian Languages and Literature
Yale U
Tsurumi U
Japanese Literature
Japanese poetry and the sublime
11. WALKER Jeffrey T
Ph.D. Student
Modern Japanese Literature
Columbia U
Waseda U
Japanese Literature
Out of the soil: Agrarian literature and the byways of modern Japanese literature
12. WIESINGER Justine K.
Ph.D. Student
East Asian Language & Literature
Yale U
Waseda U
Japanese Literature
The response to the 3.11 disasters in Japanese theater and film
13. WILBUR Scott A.
Ph.D. Student
Political Science
U of Southern California
Waseda U
Political Science
Electoral systems and foreign economic policy: The case of Japan's public OFDI financing
Fulbright-National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellow -1-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. BESER Ari M
Videography Fellow
Agahozo Shalom Youth Village
At Large
Sociology
Hibakusha: The nuclear family
Fulbright Fellow -6-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. BAKER Douglas V
Rec'd BA
Music
U of Iowa
Kobe U
Musicology
The Japanese style in Taijiro Goh's piano music
2. ESCAMILLA MIJES Aldar I.
Rec'd BA
Int'l Relations
Indiana U
Tohoku U
International Relations
Foreign labor in Japan: Analyzing the impact of economic change
3. KULASON Kay O
Rec'd BS
Neuroscience
Smith Coll
Tohoku U
Neurosciences
The effects of leaning therapy on patients with postoperative cognitive decline
4. SCANLON-KIMURA Taiyo
Rec'd BA
Political Sci.
Oberlin Coll
Hokkaido U
Political Science
Regional resilience: Lessons from local food systems for agricultural reform
5. TOPPIN Lauren S.
Rec'd BA
Public Health Nutrition
U of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Osaka U
Public Health
Shrinking in an expanding world: Declining obesity trends among young Japanese women
6. WRIGHT Brandon N.
Rec'd BS
Mechanical Engieering/Japanese
MIT
Kyushu U
Sociology
Female entrepreneurship as potential paradigm shift for Japanese women's labor politics
International Education Administrator -10-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline
1. BASKO Aaron M.
Assistant Vice President
Enrollment Mgmt. and Career Services
Salisbury U
At Large
International Education
2. BUSTLE Michael J.
Associate Vice Provost & Director
Office of Int'l Affairs; Global Training Initiative
North Carolina State U
At Large
International Education
3. GIESECKE Susan L.
Director of Int'l Protocol
Global Engagement Office
U of California, Berkeley
At Large
International Education
4. HILL Kelly L.
Study Abroad Advisor
Int'l Programs & Services
East Tennessee State U
At Large
International Education
5. LARSEN Ryan D.
Assistant Director
Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs; Office of Int'l Programs
U of Nevada, Las Vegas
At Large
International Education
6. LEVY Benjamin
Senior International Officer
Roukema Center for Int'l Education
Ramapo Coll of New Jersey
At Large
International Education
7. REEB Gerda
Director
Int'l Student Services
Flathead Valley Community Coll
At Large
International Education
8. ROSHANNON Amy M.
Assistant Director
Office of the Chancellor; Int'l Programs
California State U
At Large
International Education
9. SPANN Sammy
Assistant Provost
Center for Int'l Studies & Programs
U of Toledo
At Large
International Education
10. YOUNG Denise L.
Associate Vice President
Academic Affairs & Regional Campuses
U of Central Florida
At Large
International Education

2014 Japanese Grantees -47-

Research -12-
No Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic
1. FUJIYOSHI Akira
Associate Professor
Dept. of Health Science
Epidemiology, Public Health
Shiga U of Medical Science
U of Minnesota
Public Health & Community Health
Prevention of global burden of cardio-metabolic disease
2. HORII Ryo
Professor
Grad. Sch./Economics and Management
Tohoku U
Brown U
Economic Theory
Economic growth, preference for savings, and the dynamics of international debt: Focusing on the U.S.-Japan imbalance
3. IIDA Fumio
Professor
Grad. Sch. of Law
Kobe U
Harvard U
Political Philosophy
Language as a multicultural policy: Cross-cultural comparisons between the U.S. and Japan
4. ISHII Yurika
Full-time Lecturer
Sch./Humanities and Social Sciences
Dept./Int'l Relations
National Defense Academy of Japan
Harvard U
International Law & Organizations
Enforcement of transnational criminal law: An analysis from the public international law perspective
5. ISHIKAWA(YOGI) Minako
Associate Professor
Coll/Education
Dept./English
U of the Ryukyus
U of California, Santa Barbara
Teaching English as a Foreign Language
A study of English immersion education and English language teacher development programs in the U.S.
6. KAWASHIMA (OWADA) Eiko
Professor
Fac/Int'l Liberal Studies
Waseda U
Boston U
American Literature
William faulkner and modernism in the context of global imperialism
7. KIUCHI Toru
Professor
Coll/Industrial Technology
Nihon U
Yale U
American Literature
A studies of Richard Wright's HAIKU
8. MORIGUCHI Chiaki
Professor
Inst. of Economic Research
Economics
Hitotsubashi U
Stanford U
Economic History
Historical analysis of child adoption in the U.S.
9. NAKAMURA Kazuyo
Associate Professor
Grad. Sch./Education
Curriculum Development
Hiroshima U
U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Curriculum & Instruction
A comparative study of alignment in schools and museums in the U.S. and Japan: Towards a global model
10. NODA Yu
Professor
Fac./Regional Policy
Aichi U
Georgetown U
Public Administration & Policy
Democratic control and effective management of consolidated city-county governments in the U.S.
11. SAKUMA Mikayo
Professor
Sch./Humanities
Dept./English
Wayo Women's U
Harvard U
American Literature
Networking and isolationist politics of the literati in nineteenth-century American political and cultural contexts
12. SONOI Yuri
Associate Professor
Fac./Humanities
Kwassui Women's U
Boston U
Sociology
A sociological study of the foster families in the U.S. since 1980s: how to recruit, support and retain them.
Journalist -3-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. NISHIKAWA Jin
Staff Writer
Science and Medical News Section
The Asahi Shimbun
Harvard U
Engineering
Research on radioactive waste management in the U.S.
2. KAJIWARA Mizuho
Staff Writer
Asahi Shimbun Globe
The Asahi Shimbun
U of Hawaii
International Relations
Strategies of China and the U.S. for water securities
3. YAMADA Toshihiro
Editor/Reporter
Newsweek Dept.
Hankyu Communications Co., Ltd.
MIT
Political Science
U.S. government's policy for cyber war and security and how it will shape the world's security in the future
Doctoral Dissertation Research -5-
No Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. MIYAMA Mioko
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Humanities and Sociology
English and English Literature
U of Tokyo
U of Massachusetts, Amherst
Linguistics, Theory
A comparative study on the inner structure of nouns and the quantificational system in English and Japanese: In the framework of generative grammar
2. OIKAWA Atsuko
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./International Studies
International Studies
Hiroshima City U
American U
American History
Creating the official narrative of atomic bombing and Japanese surrender:an American attempt to counter the USSBS's counterfactual hypothesis
3. SAITO Maki
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Health Care Science
Tokyo Medical and Dental U
U of California, San Francisco
Health Sciences
Factors which influence childbirth experience of non-native women and strategies to reduce negative effects
4. TSUBONO Keisuke
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch/Humanities and Sociology
Dept./Contemporary Literary Studies
U of Tokyo
New York U
American Literature
The study of the relation between the rise of the New York city and city novels at the turn of the century
5. TSUKAMOTO Saori
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Environmental Studies
Social Environment
Nagoya U
Princeton U
Social Psychology
Psychological challenges and potentials of multiculturalism: Psychological essentialism as a factor to emphasize perception of categorical boundaries
Graduate Study -22-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. ARANO Akihiko
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Arts and Letters
English Linguistic
Tohoku U
U of Connecticut
Linguistics, Theory
Comparative study of syntactic dependencies in natural languages under generative grammar
2. ENDO Hirobumi
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Arts and Sciences
Dept./Area Studies
U of Tokyo
SUNY, Stony Brook
American History
Investigation of the establishment of democratic legitimacy in the early American republic
3. HANYUDA Akiko
PGY2, Resident
Grad. Medical Education Center
Medicine
Keio U Hospital
Harvard U
Public Health & Community Health
Comparative study of the U.S. and Japanese healthcare system and policy: an analysis of the work-life balance support for female physicians.
4. HARADA Suguru
Associate
Portfolio Consulting Dept.
Portfolio Section
Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.
New York U
Business Management & Administration
Comparative study of investment banking business in Japan and the U.S., and research on how investment banks contribute to the economy
5. ITO Kensuke
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Letters
Philosopy
Doshisha U
U of Connecticut
Philosophy
Russell's correspondence theory of truth: the attempt to describe the continuity and changes in his philosophical development in terms of that theory
6. KAMINISHI Yuta
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch/Interdisciplinary Info. Studies
U of Tokyo
U of Washington
Humanities
Spontaneity and documentation: the new American cinema group's film practice
7. KATSUYAMA Rena
Master's Student
Grad. Sch./Law
Keio U
Columbia U
Law
Anti-trust Law monopoly regulation in the field of intellectual property, focusing on balance between fair competition and incentive for investment
8. MATSUDA Takuya
Doctoral Student
Dept./Eng. & Am. Language and Literature
Tsurumi U
U of North Texas
American Literature
California Dreamin': urban landscapes in the work of Nathanael West, Philip K. Dick, Thomas Pynchon and Steve Erickson
9. MUKAI Kaoru
Secretariat and Office Administrator
Corporate Planning Division
Samurai-Seven Limited Liability Partnership (LLP)
New York U
Business Management & Administration
Study on strategic management skills of a professional sport team and promotion of female manpower in sports business industry
10. OGA Eriko
Master's Student
Grad. Sch./Humanities
English
Japan Women's U
U of Hawaii at Manoa
American History
Japanese American women's social advancement for women's rights in the 1960s and 1970s: the case of Patsy Mink
11. OSUMI Fumitaka
Yale U
Business management
Research of influential nonprofits: common characteristics of small but successful and early-stage organizations with high social impact.
12. SAITO Hiroharu
Attorney-At-Law/Master's Student
Grad. Sch./Education
Dept./Excellence/school Edu.
Saito Int'l Law Office/U of Tokyo
Harvard U
Law
Dispute system design in the U.S., focusing on an ideal way of introducing an internal dispute resolution system into schools
13. SATO Tadashi
Attorney at Law
Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Northwestern U
Business management
Study of management in the legal industry (law firms and the law school system) in the U.S.; and study of crisis management in the U.S.
14. SONODA Hiroaki
Manager
Professional Office, Igpi Co.
Industrial Growth Platform, Inc.
Harvard U
Public Administration
Reinforcing the power of a legislative body to monitor the administrative body and crafting a system where independent professionals play active roles
15. SUGIURA Eri
Study Abroad Coordinator
Int'l Collaboration Div.
Int'l Student Office
Meiji U
U of Pennsylvania
International Education
Sustainable internationalization strategies of Higher Education - Comparative studies on the U.S. and Japan
16. TAKAUCHI Yuki
Doctral Student
Grad. Sch./Arts and Sciences
Area Studies
U of Tokyo
U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
American History
The gay liberation movement and the rise of conservatism in Cold War America
17. TATAKI Fumi
Staff
Power and Infrastructure Div.
Overseas Power Project Dept. III Power Invest. Team III
Marubeni Corporation
Tufts U
Business management
Toward more sustainable and equal participation of women into labor market by establishing effective organizational management structure.
18. TOMIDA (HIRAYAMA) Hitomi
Master's student
Grad. Sch./Arts and Sciences
Dept./Language and Info. Sciences
U of Tokyo
U of California, Santa Cruz
Linguistics
Semantic and Pragmatic analysis of NPs in left periphery
19. UEDA Michio
Defense Official
Bureau of Operational Policy
International Operations Div.
Ministry of Defense
U of Wisconsin, Madison
International Relations
ASEAN and their relations with external powers (especially with the U.S., Japan and China)
20. WATARI Yukiko
Master's Student
Grad./Interdisciplinary
Interfaculty Initiative in Info. Studies
U of Tokyo
New York U
Humanities
Study on the concept of today's museum as a medium
21. YAMADA Akitaka
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Arts and Sciences
Language and Info. Sciences
U of Tokyo
Georgetown U
Linguistics, Theory
How is the discourse management in English different from the discourse management in Japanese?
22. YOSHIDA Yui
Deputy Manager
Equity Research Dept.
Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd
U of California, San Diego
Public Administration & Policy
Quantitative evaluation on the renewable energy policy: Impact comparison toward the private sector in the U.S. and the Asia Pacific region.
Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant -5-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. ONISHI Yuki
Teacher of English
Shujitsu Jr. High School
Casper Coll
2. SHIMIZU Akihiro
Master's Student
Grad.Sch./Humanities
English Language and Literature
Tokyo Metropolitan U
Pomona Coll
3. TAGO Kimie
Graduating Senior
Coll of Edu. and Human Sciences
English Education
Yokohama National U
Carleton Coll
4. UCHIDA Keiya
Master's Student
Grad.Sch./Global Comm. & Language
Akita International U
Elms Coll
5. YATABE Yuki
Graduating Senior
Fac. of Liberal Arts
Dept./Int'l and Cultural Stds.
Tsuda Coll
Spelman Coll

2014 American Grantees -45-

Distinguished Lecturer -3-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution
1. DELAY Brian
Associate Professor
Department of History
U of California, Berkeley
Doshisha American Studies Summer Seminar
2. GRAY Edward G
Professor and Chair
Department of History
Florida state U
Doshisha American Studies Summer Seminar
3. LEAL David L.
Professor
Department of Government
U of Texas, Austin
Doshisha American Studies Summer Seminar
Lecturing -4-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. CLAIBORNE Claudius
Professor
Coll of Business
Dept. of Business Administration
Texas Southern U
Yokohama Nat'l U
Marketing
The American Experience: From Peace and Social Justice to the Consumer Culture
2. CUSTER Lindsay
Full-Time Tenured Faculty
Student Learning
Cascadia Community Coll
Japan Women's U, Kyoritsu Women's U
Sociology
An Exploration of Gender, Ethnicity and Family
3. RODRIGUEZ Diane C.
Assistant Professor
Grad.Sch. of Education
Education Leadership Dept.
California Lutheran U
U of Tokyo, Tsuda Coll
Higher Education
The Rise of Diversity in United States Higher Education
4. VENTELLO Gregg
Professor
Div. of Humanities Dept. of English
Kansas City Kansas Community Coll
U of the Ryukyus
American Studies
Study of the United States in Japan
Lecturing/ Research -1-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. KOCH Magaly
Research Associate Professor
Coll of Arts and Sciences
Center for Remote Sensing
Boston U
Tohoku U
Geology
Enviornmental Remote Sensing; Multisensor Investigation of Arid Regions with Implications for Groundwater Exploration
Research -4-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. BAY Alexander R.
Associate Professor
Coll/Humanities and Soc. Sci.
Dept./History
Chapman U
Keio U
Japanese History
Nation from the Bottom Up: Environmental Hygiene and Disease Prevention in Twentieth Century Japan
2. BESTOR Theodore C.
Professor
Fac./Arts and Sciences
Dept./Anthropology
Harvard U
Sophia U
Anthropology
Cuisine and the Cultural Diplomacy of Japan: UNESCO, Soft Power, and Cool Japan
3. NORNES Mark H.
Chair and Professor
Literature, Science and the Arts
U of Michigan
U of Tokyo
Film & Photo
Contemporary Japanese Documentary
4. WOODALL Brian E.
Associate Professor
Sch./ Int'l Affairs
Georgia Inst. of Technology
Tokyo Inst of Technology
Political Science
The Politics of “Green Energy” Policy in Japan
Journalist -1-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. DAVISON Patrick D.
Associate Professor
Sch./Jounalism and Mass Comm.
U of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Temple U Japan
Journalism
The Graying Society: Documentary Video of Japan's Aging Population
Graduate Research Fellow -14-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. BENDER John E
Ph.D. Student
History
U of California, Santa Barbara
Shinshu U
Japanese History
Wind, Forest, Fire, and Mountain: The Evolution of Resource Disputes and Local Society in a Japanese Province, 1450-1650
2. BENEDICT Timothy O
Ph.D. Student
Religion
Princeton U
Kyoto U
Religion & Theology
Death and Spirituality in Japanese Hospice Care
3. BUXTON Anne C
Ph.D. Student
East Asian Languages and Civilizations
U of Chicago
Rikkyo U
Japanese History
Mobilized Bodies: Propaganda in Everyday Life in Wartime and Postwar Japan
4. CURTIS Paula R
Ph.D. Student
History
U of Michigan
U of Tokyo
Japanese History
Forging Power: Metal Casters and Collaborative Networks in Late Medieval Japan
5. EATON Clay K
Ph.D. Student
History
Columbia U
Waseda U
Japanese History
The Spirit of Shonan: Social Policy and National Politics in Japanese-Occupied Singapore
6. HEGWOOD Robert
Ph.D. Student
History
U of Pennsylvania
U of Tokyo
Japanese History
The Social Foundations for Growth: Nikkei Brokers and Japan in the Global Imaginary, 1930-65
7. HOLBROW Hilary J
Ph.D. Student
Sociology
Cornell U
Sophia U
Sociology
Shall I Stay or Shall I Go? Workplace Policy Effects on Immigrant Retention in Japan
8. MALISSA Samuel A
Ph.D. Student
Japanese Language & Literature
Yale U
Meiji U
Japanese Literature
"Translating Japanese Modernity"
9. MORGAN Jason M
Ph.D. Student
History
U of Wisconsin, Madison
Waseda U
Japanese History
Suehiro Izutaro and the Case Law Revolution in Taisho Japan
10. SKLYAR Aleksandr V
Ph.D. Student
Sociocultural Anthropology
U of Michigan
Sophia U
Anthoropology
Voluntary Relocation: Family Decisions in Post-Fukushima Japan
11. STAUM Rachel K
Ph.D. Student
Japanese Literature
Columbia U
Waseda U
Japanese Literature
Women from otherworlds: otogizoshi and their influence on Japanese literature
12. TEXTOR Cindi L
Ph.D. Student
Japanese Literature
U of Washington
Nihon U
Comparative Literature
Language and Identity in Japanese-Language Literature by Koreans, 1930-1980
13. THORNTON Michael A
Ph.D. Student
Arts and Sciences
History
Harvard U
Hokkaido U
Japanese History
Sapporo: Building City, State and Empire, 1850-1900
14. WILSON Ron M
Ph.D. Student
Comparative Literature
Princeton U
Waseda U
Compaative Literature
Mixed Messages: Visual Media’s Invention of Modern Japanese Literature
Fulbright - mtvU Fellow -1-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. MARSHALL Jillian L
Ph.D. Student
Musicology
Ethnomusicology
Cornell U
Tokyo U of Foreign Stds
Musicology
J-POP meets the canon: Memory, imagination, and music in contemporary Japan
Fulbright Fellow -7-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. AHMED Zeba S.
Received BA
Sociology
U of Pittsburgh
Tohoku U
Cociology
The Social Influence of Non-profit Organizations as Third Spaces in Japan
2. BOOKMAN Mark R.
Received BA
Philosophy
Villanova U
Toyo U
Philosophy
Reimagining Discourse: Shingon Buddhism and Western Epistemologies
3. GRINMAN Eddie
Received BS
Biology
Hunter Coll, CUNY
Kurume U
Biology
DARPP-32 and Serotonin: A Novel Approach to Parkinson's and Schizophrenia Research
4. ITO Megumi E.
Received BS
Biochemistry
UC Berkeley
Kyoto U
Biochemistry
The design of chemical probes specific for iPS cells
5. KANG Sara
Received BA
Japanese History
Williams Coll
Ehime U
Japanese History
Historical Amnesia: Recasting Women in the American Occupation of Japan (1945-1952)
6. MONDELLI Frank V.
Received BA
Linguistics
Swarthmore Coll
U of the Ryukyus
Linguistics, Theory
Respecting Okinawan Languages
7. SULLIVAN Danielle M.
Received BA
Film Studies
U of Massachusetts, Boston
Kyushu U
Film
Through the Hands of the Father: The Japanese Family in Crisis on Film
International Education Administrator -10-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline
1. ARCUINO Cathy Lee T
Director
Int'l Programs and Services Office
Pittsburg State U
At Large
International Education
2. BENARD Kimberly
Assistant Director
Global Edu. & Career Dev't
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology
At Large
International Education
3. CLEMANS Debra Z.
Director/Finance Officer
Office of Int'l Affairs
Portland State U
At Large
International Education
4. EVENSEN-HENGGE Maribeth R
Int'l Student Advisor
Office of Global Engagement
Int'l Students and Scholars
Utah State U
At Large
International Education
5. EZZEDDINE Ahmad M
Associate Vice President
Office of Int'l Programs
Wayne State U
At Large
International Education
6. HOWARD Angela S
Assistant Director
Office of Int'l Studies
West Chester U of Pennsylvania
At Large
International Education
7. KIROVA Ralitsa Y.
Supervisor
Office of Reciprocal Exchanges
U of California, Santa Barbara
At Large
International Education
8. ROELLKE Christopher F.
Dean and Professor
Dean of the Coll
Vassar Coll
At Large
International Education
9. VILLEGAS Julie S
Associate Director
Undergraduate Academic Affairs Honors Program
U of Washington
At Large
International Education
10. WHITE Amanda K.
Assistant Director
Office of Global Engagement
U of North Texas
At Large
International Education

2013 Japanese Grantees -47-

Research -9-
No Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. FUJITA(TAKAHASHI), Yuko
Professor
Fac./Liberal Arts Dept
English
Tsuda Coll
Wellesley Coll
American Studies
History of the Seven Sisters Colleges and leadership of Women's colleges in the 21st-Century U.S.
2. IWATA Futoshi
Professor
Dept./Law
Anglo-American Law,Law & Medicine
Sophia U
U of Wisconsin
Law
Comparative studies on law & ethics focusing on newborn screening: Privacy, patient advocacy, & public health law perspectives
3. KOBAYASHI Kyoko
Lecturer
Sch/Nursing
Child Nursing
Jichi Medical U
U of Pennsylvania
Health Sciences
Nursing care in US follow-up clinic for childhood cancer survivors and their families
4. KOTANI Junko
Professor
Fac./Humanities and Social Sci.
Dept./Law
Shizuoka U
Georgetown U
Constitutional Law
Balancing freedom and safety: Regulation of hate propaganda and the U.S. constitution
5. KUSANO Hiroki
Associate Professor
Fac./Liberal Arts
Dept./Global Governance Studies
Saitama U
Columbia U
International Relations
The origin of U.S. Liberal Interventionism: research on Wilson's Interventionist Policies in Latin America
6. NAKANO Satoshi
Professor
Grad. Sch./Social Sciences
Hitotsubashi U
George Washington U
Area Studies
Bridging and integration of Asia Pacific War Studies and Genocide Studies
7. NITTA Keiko
Professor
Dept./Letters
English and American Lit.
Rikkyo U
Yale U
Literature
Representations of Shame in Modern American Literature and Culture
8. SAITO Shigeki
Associate Professor
Grad. Sch./Engineering
Tokyo Inst. of Technology
Stanford U
Science Education
Global leadership education in multidisciplinary fields of science and technology for innovation by collaboration among students and professionals
9. TAKII Katsuya
Professor
Grad.Sch./Int'l Public Policy
Osaka U
New York U
Labor Economics
The Market for Managers: International comparison
Journalist -2-
No Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. MITSUI Makoto
Staff Writer
Science News Dept.
The Yomiuri Shimbun, Tokyo
U of California, Berkeley
Communications & Journalism
What is the ideal way to make decisions about issues concerning science nd technology involving uncertainty such as climate change?
2. OKUMURA(YAMADA) Rie
Staff Writer
The Asahi Shimbun, Fukui
Harvard U
Sociology
Management of the social and economic impacts of the decommissioning of nuclear facilities on the local community
Doctoral Dissertation Research -3-
No Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. HATAKEYAMA Nozomi
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Arts and Sci.
Area Studies
U of Tokyo
U of Pittsburgh
American History
The concept of manhood and meaning of injury protections among steelworkers in the Pittsburgh area at the turn of century America
2. OHNISHI Yukinori
Part-time Lecturer
Fac./ Letters
Kyoto U
U of Miami
Philosophy
An analysis of the scientific realism debate from the epistemological point of view
3. SATO Kunimasa
Research Fellow
Grad. Sch./Lit. and Soc. Sci.
Philosophy
Nihon U
U of Miami
Philosophy
Contemporary analytic philosophy of education- Philosophy of education as an interdisciplinary between philosophy and pedagogy
Graduate Study -22-
No Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. ENDO Mika
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Global Studies
Global Studies
Doshisha U
George Mason U
American History
The struggle to maintain the supremacy of the white race: The eugenics movement and racial classification in the early twentieth century
2. HADA Hiroki
Assistant Researcher
Beer Div., Beer Development Dept.
Suntory Liquors Limited
U of North Carolina
Business & Management
Connect technologies with businesses in order to build up innovative and sustainable organizations in global markets
3. HARA Minami
Master's Student
Grad. Sch./Humanities and Sciences
Comparative Literature and Cultures
Ochanomizu U
New York U
Education
The effect of trainings on the development of the dance learner through movement forms
4. HATTORI Ryosuke
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Arts and Sciences
Dept./Language and Information Sciences
U of Tokyo
U of Connecticut
Linguistics, Theory
Syntactic differences in degree expressions between Japanese, English and other languages
5. HOSOKAWA Chie
Associate Director
Investment Banking Solution Dept.
Capital Markets Transaction Management Group
Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd
Columbia U
Business management, General
Conduct a comprehensive comparative study of ecosystems, funding methods, and management styles of U.S. and Japanese social enterprises and NPO
6. ITAMOCHI Kengo
Assistant Professor
Grad. Sch./Law and Politics
U of Tokyo
U of Georgia
Comparison of Legal Systems
Comparative and historical analysis of real covenants
7. KASAI Kiyomi
Policy Officer
Int'l Affairs Bureau
Keidanren
Georgetown U
International Law & Organizations
Formulation of policies for the U.S. trade agreements and the contribution of private sector with special attention to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TTP) agreement
8. KATAYAMA Hiroyuki
Senior Consultant
Consulting Services
Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd.
Duke U
Business Management
A study of how to maximize the value of organizations by effective utilization of IT innovation, including emerging social technologies
9. KINJO Kunio
Master's Student
Grad. Sch./ Foreign Studies
Linguistics
Sophia U
Rutgers, the State U of NJ
Linguistics, Theory
The Comparative Study of Natural Languages under the Framework of Generative Grammar and the Description of Endangered Languages.
10. MIZUTA Saeko
Assistant Manager
Finance and Accounting
Procter&Gamble Japan
Harvard Business School
Business Management & Administration
Effective strategy development and organization management for non-profit organizations with a social cause
11. NAGAI Atsushi
Visiting Fellow
Center for Japanese-Language Testing
Japan Foundation
U of Maryland
Linguistics, Theory
Describing and explaining the function and structure of aptitude in second language learning
12. NISHI Maiko
Fellow/Doctoral Student
Inst. of Advanced Stds/Grad. Sch. of Engineering Ecosystem Services Assessment Prog/Urban Engineering
United Nations U/U of Tokyo
Columbia U
Public Administration & Policy
Adaptive Governance of Social-Ecological Systems: Transformation of Rural Landscape Governance in Japan
13. OGURA Michiaki
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Arts
English and American Lit.
Rikkyo U
U of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
American Literature
Poetics of literary bonds: The intersection of American culture in the antebellum era and the works of Herman Melville
14. SAITO Chie
Assistant Manager
Production Department, Drama Division
New National Theatre Foundation
New York U
Business & Management
Theatre business management
15. SAITO Tomokazu
Attorney-at-law
TOMO Law Office
UC Berkeley
Public Administration
The role and influence of the private sector in the formation of the immigration policy in the U.S.
16. SHIBUI Yu
Officer
Social Welfare and Public Health
Tokyo Metropolitan Gov't
Harvard U
Public Health & Community Health
Health policy planning and evaluation, health program management, epidemiology
17. SHOJI Hiroko
Teacher
Tokyo Metropolitan Oedo High School
New York U
Teaching English as a Foreign Language;
Effective ways to help students acquire English in the setting where there are only limited opportunities for them to use English
18. SUSUKIDA Ryoko
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Public Economics
Policy Analysis Program
Nat'l Grad. Inst. for Policy Stds. (GRIPS)
Johns Hopkins U
Public Health & Community Health
Mental health research capturing the trends and determinants of suicide to design better intervention
19. SUZUKI Shinya
Staff
IP Planning & Licensing Team
Intellectual Property Office
OKI DATA Corp.
George Washington U
Copyright, Patent
Study of strategic use of International Trade Commission as a way of U.S patent dispute resolution for Japanese companies
20. UEDA Kitaru
Associate
Private Equity Group
Morgan Stanely Capital K.K.
U of Pennsylvania
Business Management
Study of sustainable management of social enterprises
21. YOKOYAMA Setsuko
Master's Student
Grad. Sch./ Letters
English Lit. and English Linguistics
Doshisha U
U of Michigan
Library Science
Producing an interactive digital collection of Wallace Stevens' works
22. YOSHIDA Kazuo
Producer
Product Division
Nippon Television Network Corp.
Harvard U
Public Administration;
To analyze the news media's impact on people's voting behavior in the U.S., and analysis of public policy
Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant -11-
No Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. ANDO Nana
Graduating Senior
Fac/Edu. and Human Sciences
English Education
Yokohama National U
Pomona Coll, Claremont, CA
2. ARAI Keiko
Resigned from U of Tokyo
Spelman Coll, Atlanta, GA
3. ENDO Sayo
Full-time English Teacher
English Dept.
Hokuriku Gakuin Sr. H.S.
U of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI
4. HATAKEYAMA Kohei
Graduating Senior
Language and Culture
Tohoku Gakuin U
Pacific U, Forest Grove, OR
5. KIMURA Kayo
Doctoral Student
Grad.Sch/Letters
Chuo U
U of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
6. MORI Minami
Graduating Senior
Fac/Liberal Arts
Dept/English
Tsuda Coll
Casper Coll, Casper, WY
7. NAKAGAKI Miku
Graduating Senior
Fac/Liberal Arts
Dept/English
Tsuda Coll
Syracuse U, Syracuse, NY
8. OKABE Ai
Graduating Senior
Tsuru U
Lincoln U, Lincoln, PA
9. OMORI Yuto
Full-time Instructor
English Dept.
Gifu Pref. Mizunami H.S.
U of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
10. OZONO Mei
Graduating Senior
Fac/Liberal Arts
Dept/English
Tsuda Coll
Carleton Coll, Northfield, MN
11. TORII So
Doctoral Student
Grad.Sch/Education
English Language Education
Waseda U
U of St Thomas, St. Paul, MN

2013 American Grantees -49-

Distinguished Lecturer -2-
No Name/Home Institution Host Institution
1. CRUM Steven J
Professor
Dept./Native American Studies
U of California, Davis
Doshisha American Studies Summer Seminar
2. RIVAS-RODRIGUEZ Maggie
Associate Professor
School of Journalism
U of Texas, Austin
Doshisha American Studies Summer Seminar
Lecturing -4-
No Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. FEINBERG Seth L
Associate Professor
Dept. of Sociology
Coll of Humanities and Social Sciences
Western Washington U
Tsuda Coll, Kyoritsu Women's U
Sociology
A Sociological Examination of the American Experience
2. HICKS Louis
Professor
Dept. of Sociology
St. Mary's Coll of Maryland
Kwansei Gakuin U
Sociology
Charting Trends in American Social Change
3. RICHEY Sean
Professor
Dept. of Political Science
Coll of Arts and Sciences
Georgia State U
U of Tokyo, Japan Women's U
Political Science
American Politics Courses
4. WALZ Eric
Professor
Dept. of History, Geography, Political Science
Brigham Young U, Idaho
U of the Ryukyus
American History
The United States and Japan: A Study in Comparative History
Lecturing/ Research -1-
No Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. PORT Daniel N
Associate Professor
Information Technology Management
Shiedler Coll of Business
U of Hawaii, Manoa
Nara Inst of Science and Tech
Business Management & Administration
Managing the Value of Software Assurance at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Researcher -8-
No Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. BAIRD Bruce P
Associate Professor
Dept./Lang., Lit. and Cultures
Coll/Humanities and Fine Arts
U of Massachusetts, Amherst
Keio U
Drama & Theater
Dancing in a Labyrinth of Western Desire: Understanding Globalization through the Transcultural/Transnational Movement of Buto
2. BARRATT Marguerite E
Dean and Professor
Coll/Arts and Sciences
George Washington U
Kyoto U
Psychology
The Context of Early Childhood: Family, Culture and Policy
3. GUDMUNDSDOTTIR Anna D
Professor
Chemistry
Art & Sciences
U of Cincinnati
Hiroshima U
Organic Chemistry
Spectroscopy of 1,2-Biradicals and Their Use in Applications
4. HARPER Willie F
Associate Professor
Systems and Engineering Mgm't
Grad.Sch./Engineering Mgm't
Air Force Inst. of Technology
Tokyo U of Agricult and Tech
Environmental Engineering
Using Life Cycle Assessment and Multi-objective Optimization to Study the Resource Recovery from Wastewater Treatment Plants
5. MARTIN Peter
Professor
Human Development & Family Studies
Coll of Human Sciences
Iowa State U
Osaka U
Development Psychology
Longevity, Health, and Family Support in Japan and the United States: A Comparative Perspective
6. POPADIC Aleksandar
Associate Professor
Biological Sciences
Coll/Liberal Arts and Sci.
Wayne State U
U of Tokushima
Developmental Biology & Genetics
LITA: Laser-Induced Transgenic Approach for Use Across Emerging Model Insect Systems
7. RAND Peter S
Senior Scientist
Wild Salmon Center
Nat'l Inst of Env'tal Stds
Biology
Establishing a Long Term Wild Salmon Monitoring Program in the Sarafutsu River, Hokkaido, Japan
8. SLAYMAKER Douglas N
Associate Professor
Lang., Lit. & Cultures
Coll of Arts and Sciences
U of Kentucky
Meiji U
Japanese Literature
Paris Mon Amour: Paris in the Japanese Imagination
Graduate Research Fellow -16-
No Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. ANDREI Talia J
Ph.D. Student
Art History & Archaeology
Columbia U
Gakushuin U
Art History
Mapping sacred spaces: Representations of pleasure and workship in Shaji Sankei Mandara
2. BATTS Joshua P
Ph.D. Student
Japanese History
Columbia U
Waseda U
Japanese History
Windows on the World: Japan's Port Communities and the Global Experience, 1547-1634
3. CHUDNOW Matthew
Ph.D. Student
Japanese Language & Literature
U of California, Irvine
Hosei U
Japanese Literature
Female Enlightenment in the Plays of Komparu Zenchiku
4. CHUSID Miriam
Ph.D. Student
Art and Archaeology
Princeton U
Gakushuin U
Art History
Shifting Meanings of the Shojuraigoji Six Paths Paintings
5. HSIUNG Hansun
Ph.D. student
History and East Asian Lang.
Harvard U
U of Tokyo
Japanese History
Textbook Enlightenment: Barbarian Knowledge and the Late Republic of Letters, 1811-1877
6. JONES Colin
Ph.D. Student
Modern Japanese History
Columbia U
Waseda U
Japanese History
Law and Pan-Asianism in Manchukuo
7. KANESAKA Kirk K
Ph.D. Student
Japanese Literature
U of California, Los Angeles
Waseda U
Japanese Literature
Viewing Kabuki Theatre from the Center Stage: Insane Figures in Edo Popular Culture
8. KNOTT Jeffrey A
Ph.D. Student
Japanese Literature
Stanford U
Waseda U
Japanese Literature
Recovering The Tale of Genji: Medieval Origins of an Ancient Classic
9. LARSON Michael
Received MFA
Creative Writing
Ohio State U
Tohoku U
Creative Writing
When the Waves Came: Loss, Recovery, and the Great Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami
10. LE Tom P
Ph.D. Student
School of Social Sciences
Political Science
U of California, Irvine
Hiroshima City U
International Relations
Where Power Projection Ends: Constraints and Restraints on Japanese Militarism
11. MILES Elizabeth F
Ph.D. Student
Anthropology
Yale U
Waseda U
Cultural Anthropology
Changing Lives, Changed Men: Heterosexual Masculinity in Postmainstream Japan
12. MILLER Alison
Ph.D. Student
Art History
U of Kansas
Nat'l Rsrch Inst Cul Properties, Tokyo
Art History
Mother of the Nation: Femininity, Modernity, and Class in the Image of Empress Teimei
13. MULHOLLAND Kevin P
Ph.D. Student
Asian Language & Culture
U of Michigan
U of Tokyo
Japanese Literature
Reprinting Osaka: Authorship, Copyright, and Corporatism in Nineteenth Centry Japan
14. PROFFITT Aaron P
Ph.D. Student
Buddhist Studies
U of Michigan
Otani U
Religion & Theology
Between Two Schools: The Place of Mantra in Medieval Japanese Concepts of the Afterlife
15. RODMAN Tara A
Ph.D. Student
Theater Studies
Northwestern U
Waseda U
Drama & Theater
Towards a Global Modernism: Performance in Japan, Europe, and the U.S., 1886-1937
16. TUCKER Beth M
Ph.D. Student
Classical Japanese Literature
U of Pennsylvania
Doshisha U
Japanese Literature
Engulfed in Darkness: Mourning Poetics in Classical Japanese Literature
Fulbright Fellow -8-
No Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. AVILOVA Tatyana V
Rec'd BA
East Asian Stds./Economics
Harvard U
U of Tsukuba
Economics
Comparative study of nurse practitioners and physician assistants in Japan and the U.S.
2. BOLDUC Paige L
Rec'd BA
Japanese Area Stds./Literature and Theory
William Jewell Coll
Nagoya U
Literature
Contemporary trends in Japanese feminist literary criticism
3. HSU Erika
Rec'd BA
Biology/East Asian Lang. & Civilizations-Japan
U of Pennsylvania
Nat'l Cerebral & Cardiovascular Ctr
Anthropology
Understanding current biomedical ethics in Japan
4. LAPOINT Cameron S
Rec'd BA
History/Economics
U of Rochester
Kyoto U
Economics
A comparative study of Japanese and American attitudes towards risk and savings
5. LAUFFER Carly A
Rec'd BA
Int'l Stds.
U of Idaho
Kyushu U
International Relations
Hague convention on Int'l parental child abduction: Japan's cultural understanding
6. SCHULTZ Darrin T
Rec'd BA
East Asian Stds./Biology/Biochemistry
Oberlin Coll
Nagoya U
Biology
Genetic survey of Japan's marine and terrestrial bioluminescent organisms
7. WARD Daniel K
Rec'd BA
East Asian Stds./Biology
Cornell U
Osaka U
P Public Health
Quality of life and therapeutic needs of elderly residents in long term care homes in Japan
8. WONG Alice R
Rec'd BA
Chemistry/Japanese
Swarthmore Coll
Tohoku U
Chemistry
An organocatalytic approach towards the effecient total synthesis of Zanamivir (Relenza)
International Education Administrator -10-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline
1. CASCIATO Arthur D
Director
Office of Distinguished Fellowships
Rutgers U, New Brunswick
At Large
International Education
2. FLETCHER Amanda
Associate Director
Int'l Student Services Northwest Community College Initiatives
Edmonds Community Coll
At Large
International Education
3. GAUDETTE Helen
Director
Office of Global Education Initiatives
City U of New York, Queens Coll
At Large
International Education
4. HARDIN Melissa G
Assistant Dean
Center for Int'l Programs
Ursinus Coll
At Large
International Education
5. JACOBS Katherine AW
Assistant Dean
Center for Int'l Studies
Providence Coll
At Large
International Education
6. LAFLEUR Dale
Director
Office of Global Initiatives
U of Arizona, Tucson
At Large
International Education
7. MULLEN, JR. William P
Vice President
Student Services
Minneapolis Coll of Art and Design
At Large
International Education
8. MYERS Eveadean M
Vice President
Equity, Diversity and Global Outreach
North Dakota State U
At Large
International Education
9. SCULLY Sherilyn
Assistant Dean
Student and Academic Services, School of Management
Yale U
At Large
International Education
10. WARD Jay C
Associate Director
Office of Int'l Programs
Division of Int'l Education
San Francisco State U
At Large
International Education

2012 Japanese Grantees -53-

Research -15-
No Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. HIRAYAMA Mari
Associate Professor
Fac/Law
Hakuoh U
UC Berkeley
Criminal Law & Procedure
Comparative Criminal Justice Policy for Sex Crime in the US and Japan.
2. IDE Eisaku
Associate Professor
Fac/Economics
Keio U
UC Santa Barbara
Public Finance
Historical Origin of National Debt Accumulation: Impact of the US Occupation Policy on the Japan's Monetary-Fiscal Structure
3. KAMIOKA Nobuo
Professor
Fac./Letter
Dept./English Language and Culture
Gakushuin U
Rutgers U
American Literature
American literature and culture after 9/11: How American writers represent 9/11 and how their discourses are different from those of the mass media.
4. KAWAKAMI Tomoko
Professor
Fac/Commerce
Kansai U
U of Washington
Hospital Administration
Introduction of Toyota Production System into healthcare and its impact on the hospital management: Cross-cultural comparison between the US and Japan
5. KUBO Takuya
Associate Professor
Sch./Teacher Education
Dept./English
Kanazawa U
UC Berkeley
American Literature
Dysfunctioned Manhood in Impaired Bodies in American Literature: From the Civil War to the 21st Century.
6. KUMANO Yoshisuke
Grad. Sch. of Education
Shizuoka U
U of Iowa
Science Education
Innovations in Science and Engineering Education; Development of Models of Issues Based Learning in Science Education
7. MATSUSHIMA Shiro
Professor
Architecture and Civil Engineering
Toyohashi U of Technology
Harvard U
Architecture
Building Resilient Community: a Study on How to Make Strong Community in View of Architectural Profession and Education
8. MINAMI Hirofumi
Professor
Dean of Faculty of Edu.
Fac./Human-Environment Stds.
Dept./Urban Design & Disaster Mgmt.
Kyushu U
City U of New York
Social Psychology
Psychological coping with collective trauma: Manifest and latent reactions of New Yorkers to the 9-11 attack and of Hiroshimen to the atomic bombing
9. NISHIGUCHI Toshihiro
Professor
Institute of Innovation Research
Management, Organization Theory
Hitotsubashi U
MIT
Business Management & Administration
Emulating the Private Sector: An International Comparative Study of Defense Acquisition Reforms in the U.S., Japan, and Allies
10. NISHIMURA Akira
Associate Professor
Fac./ Law, Economics and Humanities
Dept. of Humanities
Kagoshima U
U of Hawaii
Religion & Theology
A Comparative Study of the succession and the commitment to the Memories of War Experience and the Commemoration for the War Dead in Pacific Islands
11. TAMURA Yukishige
Associate Professor
Fac./Education
English Education
Shiga U
Rice U
Linguistics, Theory
Typological characterizations of event construal through a special emphasis on a comparative study among English, Japanese and Eskimo languages
12. TOKIZAKI Hisao
Professor
Fac./Foreign Languages
English Department
Sapporo U
MIT
Linguistics, Theory
Morphosyntax-phonology correlation in American languages
13. YAGI Tohru
Associate Professor
Grad.Sch./Info. Sci. and Engineering
Dept./Mechanical & Envt' Informatics
Tokyo Inst. of Technology
MIT
Engineering
Fostering Creativity on Engineering Education and Research for the Digital Native Generation
14. YAMADA Shoko
Associate Professor
Grad.Sch./Int'l Development
Edu. & Human Resource Dev't Prog.
Nagoya U
George Washington U
Educational Sociology
Emergence of New Donors and Paradigm Shift in International Educational Aid: With Focus on the U.S., Japan, and China
15. YOSHIMOTO Hideko
Associate Professor
Fac./ Intercultural Studies
Yamaguchi Prefectural U
George Washington U
Mass Communication
US News Framing of Okinawa Military Bases during the Occupation Period of 1952-1972
Journalist -3-
No Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. KINKOZAN Masako
Staff Writer
Hiroshima General Bureau
The Asahi Shimbun, Hiroshima
Harvard U
Public Health & Community Health
Community health care and patients power in the US
2. KITAZATO Asami
Staff Writer
Deputy International Affairs
The Nishinippon Shimbun
Duke U
Journalism; A Study of Online Journalism
The Impact of the Internet on the Newspaper Industry
3. TAINAKA Masato
Correspondent
Foreign News Section
The Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo
Harvard U
International Relations
The impact of the Middle East revolution on U.S. security
Doctoral Dissertation Research -4-
No Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. HAZAMA Eijiro
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Social Sciences
Institute for the Study of Global Issues
Hitotsubashi U
Columbia U
Asian History
M.K. Gandhi: Non-violence and Experiments on Sexual Celibacy
2. KASAI Toshikazu
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Letters/Humanities
Nagoya U
U of Pittsburgh
American History
Research on merchant seamen and maritime networks in colonial New England
3. NISHIMURA Yu
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Human and Env'tal Stds./Cultural Coexistence
Kyoto U
City U of New York
Area Studies
Implementation of multi-culturalism: the movement to organize Yiddish schools and the Jewish workers networks between the interwar Poland and the U.S.
4. YAMABE Eriko
Doctorial Student /Research Fellow
Grad.Sch./Education
Basic Theories of Education
U of Tokyo
Stanford U
Education
Exploration of "Just Relationships" in Schools: How "Justice" and "Relationship" are Considered Within the Theory of Restorative Justice
Graduate Study -21-
No Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. ARIIE Yuma
CEO
Upohs Corporation
U of Pennsylvania
Business Management & Administration
The case examination of organizational reforms and growth strategies of small- and middle-sized companies
2. FUKUYAMA Yukiko
Staff
Manufacturing & Environment Industry
Japan External Trade Org. / JETRO
Georgetown U
International Business
RPublic Private Parnership (PPP) and business promotion for developing countries
3. HIROSE Yuko
Business Analyst
Life Sciences & Health Care
Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting Co., Ltd.
Tufts U
Public Administration & Policy
Financial inclusion of the poorest as a tool to combat extreme poverty
4. HONDA Wakana
Analyst
Strategic Finance Group
Development Bank of Japan Inc.
Stanford U
Business Management & Administration
Comparative study of U.S. and Japanese management styles: analyzing the best practices that balance maximum business efficiency with care for society
5. HOSODA Tamaki
Clinical Psychologist
Sch./Medicine
Dept./Pediatrics and Adolescent Med.
Juntendo U
Columbia U
Clinical Psychology
Developing family-centered psychological services in Japanese pediatrics to enhance family system function: Comparative analysis of Japan and the US
6. ICHIMIYA Yukako
Doctoral Student
Public Health
U of Occupational and Env'tal Health
Johns Hopkins U
Public Health & Community Health
health policy and management in the field of cancer care at community level
7. INOUE-SERIZAWA Kazuko
Manager
Assets, Liabilities and Capital Advisory Div.
Mizuho Bank Ltd.
Northwestern U
Business Management
Development of an effective diversity management method for Japanese financial institutions: Best practices and lessons from the U.S.
8. ISHIDA Mako
Master's Student
Grad. Sch./Foreign Studies
Linguistics (TESOL)
Sophia U
Columbia U
Teaching English as a Foreign Language
Developmental process of English stress-timed rhythm in perception and production of Japanese 1st year high school students
9. KOJIMA Naoto
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Arts and Sciences/
Language and Information Sciences
U of Tokyo
SUNY Albany
American Literature
The location of the real in the late Nineteenth century American realist novels
10. MORI Hisashi
Assistant Manager
Int'l Business Development Dept.
Reinsurance Planning Group
Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.
U of Michigan
Business Management
MBA, especially "enhancing business skills, such as leadership and logical thinking" and "how to exercise those skills in int'l business"
11. MORIYAMA Takahito
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Human and Env'tal Stds
Human Coexistence
Kyoto U
Florida State U
American History
Individualization and the Transformation of Civil Society and Social Movements in the U.S. since the 1960s
12. NAKAMURA Yuko
Research Student
Grad.Sch./Engineering
Dept./Urban Engineering
U of Tokyo
U of Wisconsin
Architecture
Towards Developing Participatory Design Methods of Built Environment: A study of designer-user dialogues in design process under the mixed approaches
13. ORIDE Ayano
Master's Student
Grad. Sch./ Letters
Dance Studies
Waseda U
New York U
Art History
Improvisation: the innovative force for a new dance to occur
14. OTORI Yukako
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Arts and Sciences
Area Studies
U of Tokyo
Harvard U
American History
Pragmatic Origins of the World Council of Churches and the United Nations: American Protestantism, Ecumenical Movement and the Remaking of World Order
15. SAKAMOTO Yuta
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Int'l Cultural Studies
Language Studies
Tohoku U
U of Connecticut
Linguistics, Theory
A comparative study of Ellipsis Phenomena in natural languages
16. SAKATA Nobuo
Clinical Fellow
Internal Medicine
Matsunami General Hospital
Harvard U
Public Health & Community Health
A close examination of the pricing process of medical fee schedule and the actual medical fee for major diseases in developed countries
17. SUGITA Michiko
Investment Analyst
Tokyo Office
Int'l Finance Corp.
Harvard U
Banking & Finance
International development finance and environmental policy in developing countries
18. TAKATORI Koko
Non-Degree Student
Sch./Engineering
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Johns Hopkins U
Health Sciences
Digital cognitive-behavioral therapy: A collaborative patient education system based on visualized personal health record and social media mapping
19. TAKEUCHI Kenta
Resigned from Business Alliance Management Office
Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities
U of Pennsylvania
Business management
The requirements for effective business integration after cross-border M&A transactions
20. TOKUNAGA Yu
Master's Student
Grad. Sch./Human and Env'tal Stds.
Dept. of Cultural Coexistence
Kyoto U
U of Southern California
American History
Interethnic relationship and social inclusion of Latinos and Asians in California during the 1960s to 1980s
21. WATANABE Aya
Conference Interpreter/Translator
Office Forest
Columbia U
Communications & Journalism
Communicating creative, innovative, sustainable, and proven Japanese practices to the US and the rest of the world in English
Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant -10-
No Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. EGUCHI Maki
Doctoral Student
Literature
U of Tsukuba
U of Arkansas, Pine Bluff, Pine Bluff, AR
2. HANASHIRO Eri
Resigned from Fuji Fire and Marine Insurance
Spelman Coll, Atlanta, GA
3. HATTA Airi
Full-time Teacher
English Dept.
Tokyo Metropolitan Kokusai High School
U of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI
4. KATSURASHIMA Yu
Receptionist
Capsule Hotel Cure Kokubuncho
Elms Coll, Chicopee, MA
5. KAWAHARA Rika
Non-degree Student
Kobe City U of Foreign Studies
U of Scranton, Scranton, PA
6. KAWARYU Remi
Received MA from Kyushu U, March 2012
Lincoln U, Lincoln, PA

7. NAWACHI Yuichi
Received MA from Kansai U, March 2012
Casper Coll, Casper, WY
8. SEKIGUCHI Moe
Resigned from Kyoai Gakuen H.S.
U of St Thomas, St. Paul, MN
9. SHIROTSUKI Mai
Received BA from Kansai U, March 2012
Carleton Coll, Northfield, MN
10. YAMAMOTO Ayumi
Full-time Teacher
English Dept.
Aichi Pref. Atsuta High School
U of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

2012 American Grantees -39-

Distinguished Lecturer -1-
No Name/Home Institution Host Institution
1. KUPCHAN Charles A.
Professor
Sch/Foreign Service and Dept/Government
Georgetown U
Doshisha American Studies Summer Seminar
Lecturing -3-
No Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. CHAMPAGNE Lenora L.
Professor and Coordinator
Conservatory of Theatre Arts Theatre and Performance
SUNY-Purchase Coll
Tsuda Coll, Shirayuri Women's U
Drama & Theater
Identity in American Plays and Performance
2. FORSYTHE Ruth
Professor and Chair
Coll of Liberal Arts Dept. of English
Winona State U
U of the Ryukyus
American Literature
Reading American Literature in a Global Context
3. LARABEE Ann Elise
Professor
Dept. of English
Michigan State U
Japan Women's U, Kyoritsu Women's U
American Studies
U.S. and Japanese Popular Culture: A Dynamic Exchange
Lecturing/ Research -1-
No Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. UMLAUF Mary G
Retired Professor of Nursing
Capstone Coll of Nursing
U of Alabama
Chiba U
Nursing
Nursing Faculty Development at Chiba U, Japan
Research -6-
No Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. ALDRICH Daniel PD
Associate Professor
Political Science
Purdue U
U of Tokyo
Political Science
Phoenix Rising: Recovery from the 3/11 Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Crises
2. DISTEFANO Anthony S
Assistant Professor
Coll of Health and Human Development Dept. of Health Science
California State U, Fullerton
Kyoto U
H Public Health
Sexual Minority Violence in Japan: Syndemic Intersections and the Policies and Practices in Current Use to Address Them
3. GEORGE Timothy S.
Professor
Coll of Arts and Sciences Dept. of History
U of Rhode Island
U of Tokyo
Japanese History
Environmental History of Toroku
4. GREEN Mark B.
Assistant Professor
Center for the Environment
Plymouth State U
U of Tokyo
Environmental Studies
Developing a Conceptual Framework for Hydrologic Resilience in Temperate Forested Watersheds
5. MATSUMURA Wendy Y.
Assistant Professor
History
Furman U
Doshisha U
Global Stds/Japanese History
Desire for collective work: The self-valorization of living labor in modern Okinawa
6. WHITE Linda E.
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Japanese Studies
Middlebury Coll
Nihon U
Coll of Commerce/Cultural Anthropology
Family, Name, Citizenship: The Postwar Household Registration System and the Formation of Identity in Contemporary Japan
Graduate Research Fellow - Academics -14-
No Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. BUSHELLE Ethan D.
Ph.D. Student
Buddhist Stds. Japanese Stds.
Harvard U
Rikkyo U
Literature/Japanese History
Buddhist Literary Culture in Medieval Japan
2. ERICSON Kjell D.
Ph.D. Student
East Asian Stds./ History of Science
Princeton U
Kobe U
Intercultural Stds/History
History of Science:Inventing the Japanese Pearl: Imperial Coasts, Global Trade & the Legal Limits of Nature
3. GAUBATZ Thomas M.
Ph.D. Student
Japanese Literature
Columbia U
Waseda U
Japanese Literature
Social Typology, Didacticism, and Satire in Early Modern Japanese Fiction
4. GOC Rachel E.
Ph.D. Student
Ethnomusicology East Asian Stds.
U of Wisconsin-Madison
Kobe U
Ethnomusicology
Popular Music and "Mixed Root" Communities in Japan
5. GOUGE Kevin L.
Ph.D. Student
History
U of Michigan
U of Tokyo
Japanese History
The Ties that Bind: Land, Inheritance, Adoption, and Social Organization in Medieval Japan
6. HOMSEY James D
Ph.D. Student
History
U of Wisconsin-Madison
U of Tokyo
Japanese History
Leveling the Legions: Suiheisha struggles against discrimination in the Japanese army
7. MACLEAN Douglas S.
J.D. Student
Law Center
Georgetown U
U of Tokyo
Law
Marriage Migration and Human Trafficking:Today's Situation, Tomorrow's Next Steps
8. NELSON Craig D.
Ph.D. Student
History
Ohio State U
U of Tokyo
Japanese History
Nuclear Society: Nuclear Power in Post-War Japan and Popular Response
9. NGO Quoc P.
Ph.D. Student
History
UC Berkeley
U of Tokyo
Japanese History
Productivity as Progress: Visions of Economic Development in Japan's South Pacific Mandate
10. O'REILLY Sean D.
Ph.D. Student
Modern Japanese History East Asian Film
Harvard U
Kyoto U
Japanese History
Japan’s Appropriated Myths: the Afterlives of Meiji Restoration Heroes in Text and Image
11. RICART Shana N.
Ph.D. Student
Cultural Anthropology
U of Chicago
Waseda U
Cultural Anthropology
Culture Making Science, Science Making Culture: Old Age and Gerontology in Japan
12. SHMAGIN Viktor
Ph.D. Student
History
UC Santa Barbara
U of Tokyo
History
Russo-Japanese Contacts from the early 18th to the late 19th centuries
13. SINGLETON Kevin
Ph.D. Student
Japanese Literature
Stanford U
Nihon U
Japanese Literature
Bundan: Japan’s Peculiar Literary Institution and a New View of Modern Japanese Literature
14. THOMAS Jolyon
Ph.D. Student
Theology
Princeton U
U of Tokyo
Religion & Theology
Japan’s Preoccupation with Religious Freedom, 1890-1947
Fulbright Fellow -9-
No Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. CHENEY Rebecca A.
Received BA
Japanese Lang. and Lit. Education
Connecticut Coll
Hokkaido U
Education
Prospects for Public School Education in the Revitalization of Ainu Culture
2. FAGER Dana A.
Received BA
Int'l Studies
U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Nagoya U
Business Management
The Influence of Company Hiring Practices on Japanese Undergraduate Study Abroad
3. JAMISON Kevin T.
Received BS/BA
Global Business/ Asian Studies
U of Redlands
Kyushu U
Business Management & Administration
Japanese Labor Practices and Management Strategies: Adapting to Asian Markets
4. MARET Elizabeth L.
Received BA
Physics and Japanese
Connecticut Coll
U of Tsukuba
Physics
Japan's Light Based Minimally Invasive Technology Initiatives
5. MOSEL Jamie E.
Received BA/BS
Biology History
St. Olaf Coll
Hokkaido U
Ecology
Forest Ecology and Succession in Hokkaido
6. RANSDELL James E.
Received BA
East Asian Stds. German
Centre Coll
Kobe U
History
The Activities and Attitudes of Japanese Aid Workers in Africa
7. WAROFKA Alexander
Received BA
Economics, Finance Japanese
Case Western Reserve U
Kwansei Gakuin U
Economics
Economic Impacts of the Chinese Diaspora in Japan
8. WESER Veronica U
Received BA
Cognitive Science and Japanese
Vassar Coll
U of Tsukuba
Linguistics
Researching Developmental Dyslexia and Dysgraphia in Japan
9. WORD Cameron L.
Received BA
Int'l Relations East Asian Stds.
U of Arkansas
Ritsumeikan
International Relations
Japan and its Actions in the United Nations
International Education Administrator -5-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline
1. DANG Hung D.
Associate Vice Chancellor
Enrollment and Student Affairs
U of Washington, Bothell
At Large
International Education
2. LANGSTON Sarah
Study Abroad Advisor
International Programs
U of South Carolina
At Large
International Education
3. LARSON Colleen P.
Education Abroad Advisor
Office of International Education
U of Georgia
At Large
International Education
4. OMACHINSKI Kim M.
Immigration Coordinator
Center for Int'l Education
U of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
At Large
International Education
5. ROHRBACH Erika
Int'l Student Advisor, Associate Professor
Office of Int'l Student Advisors
Fashion Institute of Technology
At Large
International Education

2011 Japanese Grantees -45-

Research -11-
No Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. FUKAHORI Hiroki
Lecturer
Grad. Sch / Health Care Sciences
System Management in Nursing
Tokyo Medical and Dental U
U of Pennsylvania
Gerontology
Nurses in US long-term care facilities improve the quality of care of residents and family members: What are the lessons for Japanese nurses?
2. HARA Shinji
Associate Professor
Grad. Sch. / Management
Kagawa U
UCLA
Economic Geography
Creative process embedded in local project ecology and extended in global collaboration: Comparative study on content industry in the US and Japan
3. IDA Takanori
Professor
Grad. Sch./Economics
Kyoto U
UC Berkeley
Econometrics
Comparative research of Japanese and US broadband policies: I will investigate the broadband development and propose measures for its utilization.
4. INOUE Kazuharu
Associate Professor
Sch. / Law
Criminal Procedure
Tohoku U
Yale U
Criminal Law & Procedure
Cooperating accomplices and leniency: Research on the historical developments in the United States
5. KATO Takahito
Associate Professor
Fac./Law
U of Tokyo
Columbia U
Law
The relationship between capital markets and regulations, especially how regulations contribute to the investor protection and market efficiency
6. KIKUCHI Toshikazu
Professor
Sch. / Foreign Languages
English Language Teaching
Nagoya U of Foreign Studies
Columbia U
Curriculum & Instruction
A curriculum development study for Japanese hearing students learning English with the implementation of American sign language
7. KITA Miyuki
Associate Professor
Fac. / Foreign Studies
Dept/International Relations
U of Kitakyushu
Brandies U
American History
Black-Jewish relations in the United States reconsidered
8. MITA Hiroka
Associate Professor
Sch./Modern Management, Culture
Dept./Modern Management
Sugiyama Jyogakuen U
Harvard U
Public Administration & Policy
Empirical studies of the autonomy of local governments and the democratic control to the choice of public works in U.S.A.
9. SHIOJI Etsuro
Professor
Grad. Sch. / Economics,
Hitotsubashi U
Columbia U
Economics
Business cycle linkage between the US and Japan in the era of growing economic role of Asia: Lessons from the 2008-2009 experience
10. WADA Kenji
Professor
Business and Commerce, Finance
Keio U
Columbia U
Monetary & Financial Theory
On the theoretical and empirical investigation of financial market puzzles by several models and its application to bond pricing
11. YAMASHIRO Shin
Associate Professor
Fac. / Law and Letters
Int'l Cultures and Languages / English
U of the Ryukyus
Harvard U
American Literature
The oceanic desires in American literature
Journalist -1-
No Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. FUSE Satoru
Correspondent
News Division
Political Section
TV-Asahi
Georgetown U
International Relations
Modernization of Chinese Navy - Implications to the Japan-U.S. Alliance
Doctoral Dissertation Research -4-
No Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. ASAI Yukiko
Research Fellow
Inst. of Soc. Sci.
U of Tokyo
UC Berkeley
Labor Economics
Time allocation between work and family
2 IMAI Shoko
Doctoral Student
Grad.Sch. / Arts and Sciences
Area Studies, North America Div.
U of Tokyo
Temple U
American Studies
The History of the acceptance of Japanese food in the U.S.
3. KATADA Aki
Doctoral Student
Grad.Sch./Letters
Sociology
Kyoto U
U of Southern California
Sociology
Identities in transition: An intergenerational comparison of second and third generation Japanese and Korean Americans
4. YAMAMOTO (JIMURA) Miyuki
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./American Studies
American Studies
Doshisha U
Michigan State U
American Studies
Native Americans and their cultural reappropriation of ”Indianness” at the turn of the twentieth century
Graduate Study -23-
No Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. AIKI Hiroshi
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Humanities and Sociology
English Language and Literature
U of Tokyo
SUNY Buffalo
American Literature
The cinematic imagination and the transfiguration of the novelistic language in the American modernist literature
2. ASAOKA Teruyuki
Attorney-at-law
Ushijima & Partners
New York U
Law
Research on the new regulations regarding business activities of financial institutions in the U.S.
3. BABA Kazuaki
Sales Manager
Acquisition Finance Div.
Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
MIT
Business Management
The factors which contributed to the growth of private equity market in the U.S.
4. ETO Shohei
Assistant Professor
Grad.Sch./Law
U of Tokyo
Columbia U
Constitutional Law
Death Penalty and the Constitution of the U.S.
5. FUJIWARA Ken
Research Engineer
Inst. of Space and Astronautical Science Navigation, Guidance, and Control Group
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
UC Berkeley
Business Management & Administration
Structural analysis of innovation processes in application to the space-based aerospace industry
6. HIROTA Chisato
Teacher
Okayama Pref. Kurashiki Amaki Sr. HS
New York U
Teaching English as a Foreign Language
How to teach effective writing to enhace language ability in Japanese education of English
7. INOUE Hiroyuki
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Arts and Sciences
Language and Information Sciences
U of Tokyo
U of Arizona
American Literature
Poetics of borderland: A study on the works of Cormac McCarthy and literature of the American Southwest
8. KAMI Hideaki
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch/Arts and Sciences
Area Studies
U of Tokyo
Ohio State U
American History
Immigrant politics and U.S. governmental policies: Understanding 20th century U.S. history within a global context
9. KOSAKA Shinya
Doctoral Student
Grad.Sch/Int'l Dev't and Cooperation
Development Science
Hiroshima U
New York U
Law
Restoring human rights of victims of conflict through transitional justice mechanisms
10. MIZUMATSU Mina
Resigned from Aoyama Gakuin U
U of Pennsylvania
Higher Education
Study of professional staff working in the field of international education in U.S. universities
11. MORII Daiichi
Senior Fellow
Infection Control Team
Osaka U Hospital
Emory U
Public Health & Community Health
Comparative study of American and Japanese healthcare: what is the balance of quality, accessibility and cost in the newly reformed healthcare?
12. MORIKAWA Tomoaki
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch/Arts and Sciences
Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies
U of Tokyo
Brown U
Philosophy
The development of the concept of melancholia in American philosophy and its relationship with the social history of depression in the U.S.
13. NAGASAKI Tomohiro
Analyst
Corporate Banking Div.
Export and Agency Finance
Citibank Japan Ltd.
Tufts U
International Relations
Urbanization of poverty in the Global South: A policy assessment of Target 11 under the Millennium Development Goals
14. NAKAMOTO Anri
Senior Patent Engineer
R&D Intellectual Property Center
Overseas IP Team
Panasonic Corp.
George Washington U
Copyright, Patent
A fundamental study of American legal system and a study of U.S. patent law, antitrust law and innovation policy in comparison with Japan and China
15. SATOH (KANEOKA) Asako
Speech Therapist
Central Rehabilitation Service
U of Tokyo Hospital
Boston U
Health Sciences
A research on the multi-disciplinary cooperative system in the dysphagia rehabilitation in acute care hospitals in the U.S.
16. SHIMAMURA Koji
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Letters
English Linguistics
Osaka U

U of Connecticut
Linguistics, Theory
Comparative syntactic study of natural languages with special attention to movement, case and a-bar systems under generative grammar

17. SUZUKI (NONOMIYA) Asumi
Research Fellow / Program Officer
Int'l Dev't Div. / Research Div.
Alliance Forum Foundation
Harvard U
International Education
Analysis of NGO-government partnerships: Leveraging grassroots initiatives to promote effective education policies in developing countries
18. SUZUKI Yuko
Full-time Teacher
English Dept.
Shizuoka Pref. Kosai H.S.
U of Minnesota
International Education
Multicultural education which leads students to positive attitudes toward people who have different languages and cultural backgrounds
19. TADOME (GOTO) Tomoko
Senior Consultant
Booz & Company
Johns Hopkins U
Public Administration
How to develop a joint income generation program of the development agency, community and businesses
20. TAKEDA Eishiro
Master's Student
Grad. Sch./Economics
Keio U
U of Wisconsin
Economic Theory
Research on social conflicts from the perspective of the epistemic game theory
21. WANIBUCHI Shuichi
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch/Arts and Science
Area Studies
U of Tokyo
Harvard U
American History
From colonials to citizens: the transformation of political culture and citizenship in eighteenth-century American colonies
22. YAMANAKA Mishio
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./ Human and Env'tal Stds.
Cultural Coexistence
Kyoto U
U of North Carolina
American History
Racial formation in the South in the early 20th century: Case study of “black”and “white” communities of New Orleans
23. YOSHIDA Mariko
Master's Student
Grad. Sch./ Media and Governance
Human Security and Communication
Keio U
Columbia U
Anthropology
Human Security and local interpretative conflict on sea level rise as a scientific risk knowledge
Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant -6-
No Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. AKAMATSU Mai
Received BA in Policy Stds. from Kwansei Gakuin U, March 2011
St Olaf Coll, Northfield, MN
2. GUNJI Natsumi
Doctoral Student, Grad.Sch./Education
Tokyo Gakugei U
U of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
3. NAGAMATA Mirano
Received BA in English Literature from Tsuru U, March 2011
Spelman Coll, Atlanta, GA
4. SAIJO Keiko
Received BA in English Literature from Tsuru U, March 2011
U of Scranton, Scranton, PA
5. TAKAHASHI Yurina
Received BA in Foreign Stds. from Nanzan U, March 2011
Carleton Coll, Northfield, MN
6. TAMURA Kosei
Full-time English Teacher, English Dept.
Ono Gakuen Secondary School
Rampo Coll of New Jersey, Mahwah, NJ

2011 American Grantees -40-

Distinguished Lecturer -2-
No Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. KRAMER Paul A.
Associate Professor
Dept. of History
Vanderbult U
Nagoya American Stds. Summer Sem.
American History
2. PATTERSON Anita
Assosicate Professor
Dept. of English
Boston U
Nagoya American Stds. Summer Sem.
American Literature
Lecturing -4-
No Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. JOHNSON Eileen
Associate Professor
Educational Leadership
Education and Human Services
Oakland U
Japan Women's U, Kyoritsu Women's U
Education
American Public Education: Historical Foundations, Current Issues, and Future Trends
2. SCOTT Glenn W.
Associate Professor
Communications
Sch/Communications
Elon U
U of the Ryukyus
Communications & Journalism
The Changing Media in America and Japan
3. SNOW Nancy
Associate Professor
Communications
California State U, Fullerton
Sophia U
Political Science
Comparative Public Diplomacy: Japan and the United States
4. TUCKER Lee
Attorney at Law
U of Tokyo, Waseda U
Law
Criminal Jury Trials in the United States: Law, Process, and Popular Culture
Lecturing/ Research -1-
No Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. COBURN Robert J.
Professor and Chair
Composition and Music Theory
Conservatory of Music
U of the Pacific
Tokyo Nat'l U of the Arts
Humanities
New Music and New Technology in the U.S.: 1950 to the Present
Research -4-
No Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. ARONSON Bruce E.
Professor
School of Law
Creighton U
Waseda U
Law
The Significance of Corporate Governance Reform in Japan -- Is the Japanese System Really Changing?
2. FOSTER Michael D.
Assistant Professor
Folklore & Ethnomusicology
Coll of Arts and Sciences Indiana U
U of Tokyo
Japanese Literature
Visiting Strangers: Gods, Ethnographers, and Tourists in Japan
3. HORCH Hadley W.
Associate Professor
Biology and Neuroscience
Bowdoin Coll - Brunswick
U of Tokushima
Biological Sciences
Investigation of the Recovery of Nervous Systems after injury
4. WATT Lori A.
Assistant Professor
History
Coll of Arts and Sciences
Washington U in St. Louis
Hitotsubashi U
Japanese History
The Allies and the Decolonization of the Japanese Empire
Journalist -1-
No Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. BOYNTON Robert S.
Associate Professor and Director
Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, College of Arts and Sciences
New York U
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
Journalism
North Korea’s Abduction of Japanese and South Korean Citizens
Graduate Research Fellow - Academics -12-
No Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. CLAUS Catherine
Ph.D. Student
Anthropology
Yale U
Waseda U
Anthropology
Environmental Anthropology: Contested Seas: The imagination and use of the Okinawan Ocean
2. COMPTON Eno
Ph.D. Student
Literature
Princeton U
Rikkyo U
Comparative Literature
A Genealogy of Puns from Medieval Chinese to Classical Japanese Literature
3. DAMIAN Michelle M.
Ph.D. Student
History
U of Southern California
U of Tokyo
Japanese History
The Maritime cultural landscape of Japan's medieval Seto Inland Sea
4. DE ST. MAURICE Gregory A.
Ph.D. Student
Anthropology
U of Pittsburgh
Kyoto U, Nat'l Museum of Ethnology
Anthropology
Globalization, localism, and food Culture in Kyoto, Japan
5. FUNCHES Sherry J.
Ph.D. Student
History
U of Michigan
U of Tokyo
Japanese History
Aristocratic Women and the Imperial Court in Late Medieval Japan
6. HARRIS Tobias S.
Ph.D. Student
Political Science
MIT
U of Tokyo
Political Science
The politics of reform in Japan, 1955-2009
7. KIM Hayang S.
Ph.D. Student
History
Columbia U
Waseda U
Japanese History
Making Sense: The Sciences of mind in modern Japan, 1870s-1930s
8. LAWSON Dawn E.
Ph.D. Student
Literature
New York U
Josai Int'l U
Japanese Literature
Women, creativity, and translation in Meiji Japan: Nakajima Shoen and beyond
9. MORAN Ryan M.
Ph.D. Student
History
UC San Diego
Waseda U
Japanese History
Tabling Death: life insurance in modern Japan, 1881-1934
10. PARKS Austin C.
Ph.D. Student
History
Northwestern U
Nanzan U
Japanese History
The "Vietnamization" of Japan: Japanese photojournalists and the war in Indochina
11. QUINN Aragorn
Ph.D. Student
Literature
Stanford U
U of Tsukuba
Japanese Literature
Performing the Politics of Translation in Modern Japan
12. SHIRANE Seiji
Ph.D. Student
History
Princeton U
U of Tokyo
Japanese History
Japan's Maritime Gate: Colonial Taiwan in the making of a Southern Empire, 1895-1945
Fulbright Fellow -9-
No Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1. BENKHART Alexander B.
Received BA
Asian Stds./Religions Stds.
Hamilton Coll
Oita U
Sociology
Popular Notions of Sexuality and the Identity Politics of Gay Rights in Japan
2. BRAUN Steven G.
Received BA
Chemistry/Asian Stds/Jpn Stds
St. Olaf Coll
Kyoto U
Chemistry
Computational Models of Protein Folding
3. CHU Karen L.
Received BA
Biochemistry/Japanese
UC Davis
Tokyo Inst of Technology
Biology
Exploration in Stem Cells and Regenerative Research in Japan
4. DAVIS Nellie R.
Received BA
Asian Stds./Biological Sci.
Mount Holyoke Coll
Osaka U of Arts
Art History
Understanding Japanese Culture through the Study of Textiles
5. HILL Ashley V.
Received BA
IR/Japanese
Colgate U
Kansai U
International Relations
Article 9 and the Future of the U.S.-Japan Alliance in the 21st century
6. KANEMORI Michele C.
Received BA
Biochemistry/English Literary Stds.
Occidental Coll
Kyoto U
Biology
Investigating the Mechanism of Stem Cell Fusion in Vitro
7. MIRSALIS Dana C.
Received BA
East Asian Stds.
Brown U
Nanzan U
Religion & Theology
Shinto for the Skeptical Generation
8. PADULA Sara L.
Received BA
Pol. Sci./Asian Stds.
St. Olaf Coll
Fukuoka U
Political Science
Gender and Civil Society in Japanese Elections
9. PAREDES Alyssa
Received BA
Anthropology/E. Asian Stds.
U of Virginia
Kyushu U
Anthropology
Mobilizing Tradition: Skilled Production and Conscious Consumption in Japan
International Education Administrator -7-
Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline
1. BELL Steven D.
Director
Office of International Programs
Old Dominion Coll
At Large
International Education
2. CATES George T.
Director and Professor
Center for Global Learning
Austin Coll
At Large
International Education
3. JAMESON Helen P.
Manager
Office of International Students and Scholars International Programs
U of Iowa
At Large
International Education
4. KUNA Vanessa C.
Study Abroad Advisor
Study Abroad Center
U of Hawaii, Manoa
At Large
International Education
5. MANDZIK Carol L.
Director
Office of International Education
SUNY Coll of Oneonta
At Large
International Education
6. MEADOR Alisa L.
Assistant Director
Center for International Education
U of Tennessee, Knoxville
At Large
International Education
7. PISANO Rebecca H.
Director
Study Abroad Office
Towson U
At Large
International Education