Fulbright Programs

List of Grantees

All
Year
Japanese Grantees
  • Graduate Study Program​
  • Doctoral Dissertation Research Program​
  • Research Program​
  • Journalist Program​
  • Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Program​
  • Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence (S-I-R) Program
American Grantees
  • Lecturing Program​
  • Lecturing/Research Program​
  • Research Program​
  • Journalist Program​
  • International Education Administrators (IEA) Seminar​
  • Fulbright Specialist Program​
  • Fulbright Global Scholar Award​
  • Graduate Research Fellow Program - Academics​
  • Graduate Research Fellow Program - Professionals
  • Fulbright Fellow Program

2024 Japanese Grantees

Research Program​ -6-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2024
FUJII Miwa
Professor
Sch./Human Welfare Studies
Dept./Holistic Human Sciences
Kwansei Gakuin U
Boston Coll
Social Work
An analysis of death education programs in social work education in the United States
2 2024
MIURA Mari
Professor
Fac./Law
Sophia U
Harvard U
Political Science
Preventing harassment and violence against women and minorities in politics: Institutional responses in the United States
3 2024
NAKAGAWA Atsushi
Associate Professor
Sch./Regional Design
Dept./Community Design
Utsunomiya U
U of California, Los Angeles
Communication
Applied conversation analysis on decision-making process in long-distance caregiving: Balancing participation and representation for the elderly
4 2024
NIREI Makoto
Professor
Grad. Sch./Economics
Dept./Economics
U of Tokyo
Columbia U
Economics
Statistical regularities in economic crises and wealth disparity: A perspective from power laws
5 2024
TAKEMURA Hitomi
Professor
Grad. Sch./Law
Hitotsubashi U
Tufts U
Law
The U.S. policy towards the International Criminal Court: A study of its impact on future international criminal justice and a comparative study with Japanese policy towards the International Criminal Court
6 2024
YAMAMOTO Yuko
Associate Professor
Grad. Sch./Humanities
Dept./International Cultures and Languages
Chiba U
U of Mississippi
American Literature
William Faulkner's later works within post-World War II American print culture

Journalist Program​ -2-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2024
TAKEDA Kohei
Staff Writer
DIAMOND WEEKLY/DIAMOND ONLINE
DIAMOND, Inc.
Harvard U
Johns Hopkins U
International Relations
U.S.-Japan economic security cooperation and the role of the private sector
2 2024
TERAOKA Atsushi
Reporter
Editorial Div.
Nikkei Inc.
U of Maryland
Public Policy
Exploring cybersecurity in the United States' national security

Doctoral Dissertation Research Program​ -4-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2024
KATSURA Hirotaka
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Security Studies
National Defense Academy
Naval Postgraduate Sch.
Military Sciences
Institutionalization process of decentralized command in the U.S. Marine Corps
2 2024
KIKUCHI Haruka
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Humanities
Div./Language and Culture
Osaka U
U of California, Los Angeles
Teaching English as a Foreign Language
Children's second language learning within play: Teacher talk designs for enjoyable learning
3 2024
MORIE Kento
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Human and Environmental Studies
Kyoto U
Tufts U
American History
Negotiating international expertise: U.S. educational programs for emerging Asian nation diplomats
4 2024
NAKAKUNI Kanato
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Economics
U of Tokyo
U of Pennsylvania
Economics
Macroeconomic effects of education subsidies

Graduate Study Program​ -16-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2024
CHUBACHI (NAKAMURA) Yuka
Teacher
English Dept.
Chiba Prefectural Matsudo Kokusai HS
U of Hawaii, Manoa
Teaching English as a Foreign Language
Integrating COIL-PBL for enhancing intercultural competence in Japanese high school English classes
[Fulbright-Mikitani Memorial Grant]
2 2024
FUJITA (NISHIMAE) Ayumi
Founder
Westfront Productions Inc.
American Film Inst.
Film Producting
Creating commercially successful films about marginalized people in an inclusive environment
[Fulbright-Mikitani Memorial Grant]
3 2024
IWAKURA Mitsuhiro
Teacher
English Language Dept.
Tokyo Metropolitan Koyamadai HS
Harvard U
Public Administration
International education policy
[Fulbright-Mikitani Memorial Grant]
4 2024
KAJI Hironobu
Attorney at Law
Nishimura & Asahi
Columbia U
Law
Debates on legislation for the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA), especially the concept of "Duty of Loyalty" under the ADPPA
5 2024
MORI Miki
Master's Student
Grad. Sch./Engineering
Dept./Architecture
U of Tokyo
U of California, Los Angeles
Civil Engineering
Prediction of the resiliency against earthquakes and development of rapid damage evaluation for reinforced concrete buildings
[Fulbright-Mikitani Memorial Grant]
6 2024
NAGASAWA Yuka
Master's Student
Grad. Sch./Public Policy
U of Tokyo
Columbia U
Public Policy
Analyzing "Just Transition" policies toward a carbon-neutral society where "no one will be left behind"
7 2024
NAKAMA Yui
Master's Student
Grad. Sch./Public Policy
International Public Policy
U of Tokyo
George Washington U
Public Policy
The economics of space policy: Space safety, security and sustainability
[Fulbright-Mikitani Memorial Grant]
8 2024
OISHI Ayumi
UI/UX Designer
City Management, Test Course
Energy Aggregation System
Woven by Toyota
U of Washington
Cognitive Science
Speech generating applications design for people with communication disabilities
9 2024
OKANO Nobuki
Associate Professor
Coll./Law and Politics
Dept./Law
Rikkyo U
Yale U
Law
U.S.-Japan comparison of the judicial review, focusing on the historical development of the civil procedure
10 2024
SAKIKUBO Riko
Staff
Ministry of Defense
Georgetown U
International Relations
U.S. security policy towards the Indo-Pacific region and U.S. military posture in the region
11 2024
SAWATA Akira
Master's Student
Grad. Sch./Comprehensive Human Sciences
International Education
U of Tsukuba
U of Minnesota
Education
The transnational impact of intersectional identity-based student organizations with a focus on identity, leadership, and global engagement of LGBTQ+ international students from Asia
[Fulbright-Mikitani Memorial Grant]
12 2024
SUGAWARA Hinako
Senior Staff
Business Creation Div.
Tohoku Electric Power Company
George Washington U
Sociology
The role of the private sector in assisting post-disaster return migration
13 2024
SUNAKAWA Ryota
Engineer
Planning Div.
Water Resources & Disaster Risk Management Dept.
Oriental Consultants Global
Harvard U
Landscape Architecture
Landscape architecture approach to designing "pre-disaster recovery" in disaster-prone countries
[Fulbright-Glen S. Fukushima Grant]
14 2024
UCHIYAMA Mizuki
Journalist
International News Dept.
Nippon Television Network Corp.
City U of New York
Journalism
Exploring discrepancies between reported and unreported conflicts
15 2024
UTASHIRO Ayaka
Senior Manager
Corporate Planning Div.
Zenken Corp.
Northwestern U
Business Administration & Management
Overcoming organizational inertia: Proactive business exit strategies through quantitative withdrawal criteria and governance regimes
[Fulbright-Mikitani Memorial Grant]
16 2024
YANAGII Shizuka
Master's Student
Grad. Sch./Arts and Sciences
Dept./Public Policy and Social Studies
International Christian U
DePaul U
Psychology
The role of Community-based Health Workers (CHW) in health care for immigrant communities in the U.S. and exploration of its potential applications in Japan
[Fulbright-Mikitani Memorial Grant]

Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Program​ -4-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution
1 2024
HIRAKAWA Saburin
Graduating Senior
Fac./Education
English Education Course
Shinshu U
George Mason U, Fairfax, VA
2 2024
MATSUDA (LEOUNAKI) Myrto
Graduating Senior
Fac./Education
Education Studies Course
Shinshu U
Carleton Coll, Northfield, MN
3 2024
SHIRAI Sato
Teacher
Toyooka Jr. HS
Spelman Coll, Atlanta, GA
4 2024
YOKOYAMA Hiseki
Teacher
Supporting Association for Student Council Activity
Kanagawa Prefectural Aikawa HS
U of North Georgia, Dahlonega, GA

2024 American Grantees

Lecturing Program -4-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2024
HAEFELI Evan
Professor
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Dept./History
Texas A&M U
U of Tokyo
Ochanomizu U
Kyoritsu Women's U
American History
Early America: Diverse perspectives on the creation of the United States
2 2024
JONES Ellis
Associate Professor
Dept./Sociology & Anthropology
Coll of the Holy Cross
Kansai U
Kobe U
Sociology
Teaching undergraduates/graduate students in Japan about the American experience
3 2024
MATWICK Kelsi
Assistant Professor
Coll./Arts and Sciences
Dept./Humanities and Communications
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical U, Prescott
Tokyo U of Agriculture and Technology
U of the Ryukyus
Communication
Making connections through food, language, and culture
4 2024
QUERY Jason
Associate Professor
Coll./Business and Economics
Dept./Economics
Western Washington U
Kobe Women's U
Kwansei Gakuin U
Economics
Teaching U.S. international and regional trade policy in Japan

Lecturing/Research Program​ -1-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2024
COVELL Stephen
Professor and Chair
Coll./Arts and Sciences
Dept./Comparative Religion
Western Michigan U
Hitotsubashi U
Religious Studies
Self-help, self-cultivation and Buddhism in contemporary Japan

Research Program​ -8-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2024
ANDERSON Brian
Associate Professor and Director
Sch./Design
Dept./Industrial Design
U of Illinois, Chicago
Saga U
Industrial Design
Casting new traditions
2 2024
FAEDI DURAMY Benedetta
Professor
Sch./Law
Golden Gate U
Kyoto U
Law
The #MeToo movement in Japan: An unfinished journey
3 2024
HAGEN Loni
Associate Professor
Coll./Arts and Science
Sch./Information
U of South Florida
U of Tsukuba
Information Science
Developing a human-in-the-loop topic modeling system
4 2024
KAPUSCINSKI Jaroslaw
Associate Professor
Sch./Humanities and Sciences
Dept./Music
Stanford U
Kyoto City University of Arts
Music
Silence, stillness, and the art of “ma” in Japanese traditional theater
5 2024
QIAO Li
Professor
Coll./Engineering
Sch./Aeronautics & Astronautics
Purdue U
Tohoku U
Aerospace Engineering
Exploring ammonia as a hydrogen carrier for aerospace applications
6 2024
REYES-JAQUEZ Bolivar
Assistant Professor
Dept./Psychology
U of New Hampshire
Kyoto U
Psychology
Children's gender stereotyping and emerging interest in leadership roles across cultural settings
7 2024
RODWELL Elizabeth
Assistant Professor
Coll./Engineering
Dept./Information Science Technology
U of Houston
Waseda U
Information Science
The voices behind the machine: Building conversational artificial intelligence in Japan
8 2024
TROMPETA Joyce
Professor
Sch./Medicine
Dept./Surgery
U of California, San Francisco
Kumamoto U
Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital
Public Health
Examining the barriers to organ donation consent

Graduate Research Fellow Program - Academics -8-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2024
BELL Carolyn
Ph.D. Student
Grad.Sch./Arts and Sciences
Dept./East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Harvard U
Waseda U
Art History
An imperial redress: The literal and symbolic dressing of sovereigns in medieval Japan
2 2024
DENG Yi
Ph.D. Student
Grad. Sch./Arts and Sciences
Dept./East Asian Languages and Cultures
Columbia U
Waseda U
Literature
Defeated heroes, exiles, and their rebel children in late Edo historical fiction yomihon
3 2024
HEIMBACH Heather
Ph.D. Student
Religion
Princeton U
Kobe U
Religious Studies
Konkokyo war experience and memory during and after World War II
4 2024
LEITER Samuel
Ph.D. Student
Political Science
Massachusetts Inst of Technology
U of Tokyo
Political Science
Buy or build? How Japan sources its military platforms
[Fulbright-Glen S. Fukushima Fund]
5 2024
PARK Brian
Ph.D. Student
History
U of Washington
U of Tokyo
Osaka Metropolitan U
History
Kuro Kongdan: Zainichi Korean businesses and South Korea's economic miracle, 1967-1979
6 2024
RODRIGUEZ Natalya
Ph.D. Student
East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies
U of California, Santa Barbara
U of the Ryukyus
Anthropology
Threatened threads: Weaving values in heritage textile production in Okinawa, Japan
7 2024
SAMPIAS Wesley
Ph.D. Student
Japanese History
Johns Hopkins U
U of Tokyo
History
The dirty work of disease: Animals and economies of death in early-twentieth century Japan
8 2024
WHEELER Sophie
Ph.D. Student
Sch./Humanities
Dept./East Asian Studies
U of California, Irvine
Aoyama Gakuin U
Literature
Indigeneity in Japan: Kikigaki, Ainu, and Okinawan literature

Graduate Research Fellow Program - Professionals -2-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2024
BOOKSTEIN Arthur
M.D. Student
Keck Sch./Medicine
U of Southern California
National Cancer Center Japan
Public Health
The impact of social determinants of health on viral-related liver cancer in Japan
2 2024
YAMASHITA Seiji
Digital Journalist
Rec'd MS in Journalism from Columbia U
ABC News
Keio U
Journalism
Families left behind; How Japanese migration between 1910 and 1970 shaped a country

Fulbright Fellow Program -7-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2024
BLOOM Hanah
BA Student
Political Science
Miami U, Oxford
Waseda U
Political Science
The digital campaign trail: Effects of social media on Japanese women candidates
2 2024
DIBACCO Schuyler
BA Student
Molecular Biology
Pomona Coll
National Inst. of Genetics
Biology
Investigation of CRD-independent Wnt signaling
3 2024
LOOMIS Isaac
BA Student
Economics-Mathematics
Columbia U
U of Tokyo
Economics
Examining the characteristics and effects of Japanese firm-level institutions
4 2024
SHIIBA Isabelle
BS Student
Biological Physics
Brandeis U
Kyoto U
Materials Science
Manipulation of molecular swarm robots: Direction through light
5 2024
SIMON Lola
BA Student
History
Brown U
Kyoto U
History
Legacies of student protest: History and memory of Kyoto's revolutionary student movement
6 2024
VOLKAN Maxwell
BS Student
Cognitive Science
U of California, Santa Cruz
U of Tokyo
Cognitive Science
Using biomarkers and signal processing to detect and treat burnout syndrome
7 2024
YOUNG Alice
BA Student
Psychology
U of Nebraska-Lincoln
Osaka U
Psychology
Attitudes towards advanced life directives and end of life care among the elderly in Japan

International Education Administrators (IEA) Seminar​ -7-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2024
CARDWELL Alisha
Director
Office of Study Abroad
Brandeis U
At Large
International Education
2 2024
CARUSO Katharine
Associate Vice Chancellor
The Office of Honors and International Education
Lone Star Coll System
At Large
International Education
3 2024
CRUZ Natalie
Associate Director
Office of Global Strategy and Initiatives
Emory U
At Large
International Education
4 2024
DEMKO Sara
Assistant Provost
Office for Global Engagement
Westminster U
At Large
International Education
5 2024
FULMER Akali
Director
International Recruitment and Partnerships
Christian Brothers U
At Large
International Education
6 2024
OCHAL Melissa
Director
Center for International Education
Coll of Charleston
At Large
International Education
7 2024
VELTROP Tonya
Assistant Director
International Programs
U of Missouri-Columbia
At Large
International Education

Fulbright Specialist Program​ -2-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2024
HAMINGTON Maurice
Professor
Philosophy
Portland State U
Doshisha U
Political Science
Reconsidering care ethics as a political theory
2 2024
BYERS Alton
Senior Research Associate
Inst./Arctic and Alpine Research.
U of Colorado, Boulder
Hokkaido U
Environmental Studies
An interdisciplinary course in mountain geography

Fulbright Global Scholar Award​ -1-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2024
KONOFAGOU Elisa
Distinguished Professor
Sch./Engineering and Applied Sciences
Dept./Biomedical Engineering
Columbia U
Tokyo Metropolitan U
Acoustics
High-resolution imaging of breast tumors and skull tissue using ultrasound

2023 Japanese Grantees

Research Program​ -7-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2023
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 2023
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 2023
KIKUCHI Kimiyo
Lecturer
Fac./Medical Sciences Dept./Health SciencesKyushu U
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 2023
MORI Yuichiro
Associate Professor
Grad. Sch./Law
Hokkaido U
Harvard U
Law
A Legal-philosophical inquiry into affirmative action in health care allocation
5 2023
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 2023
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 2023
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 Program​ -2-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2023
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 2023
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 Program​ -19-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2023
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 2023
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 2023
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 2023
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 2023
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 Grant]
6 2023
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 2023
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 2023
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 2023
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 2023
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 2023
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 2023
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 2023
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 2023
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 2023
NOHARA Hiina
Internship
Design Dept.
Fukei
Southern California Inst. of Architecture
Architecture
Developing new methods of visual representation in the architectural design process
16 2023
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 2023
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 2023
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 2023
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

Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Program​ -4-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2023
AMANO Naoko
Teacher
Kumanomae Elementary Sch.
Carleton Coll, Northfield, MN
2 2023
FUKUYAMA Kaori
Teacher
Fukuoka Prefectural Genkai Sr. HS
U of Tokyo
Mississippi Valley State U, Leflore County, MS
3 2023
MAMIYA Yuriko
Producer/ Project Manager
Distribution Business Office/ Business Design Division
TV TOKYO Corporation / TV TOKYO Communications
George Mason U, Fairfax, VA
4 2023
TAMAKOSHI Yuki
Teacher
Career Division
Kanagawa Prefectural Kanai HS
U of Texas, Dallas, Richardson, TX

2023 American Grantees

Lecturing Program -7-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2023
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 2023
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 2023
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 2023
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 2023
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 2023
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 2023
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

Lecturing/Research Program​ -2-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2023
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 2023
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

Research Program​ -5-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2023
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 2023
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 2023
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 2023
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 2023
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

Journalist Program​ -1-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2023
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

Graduate Research Fellow Program - Academics -9-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2023
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 2023
BELL Stephanie A.
Ph.D. Student
Dept./ Religion
Columbia U
Waseda U
Religious Studies
Japanese Buddhist temples and museums -- Mutual influences, br interactions, and enactions
3 2023
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 2023
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 2023
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 2023
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 2023
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 2023
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 2023
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 Program - Professionals -2-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2023
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 2023
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 Program -5-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2023
CHANG-CHIEN Connie
BS Student
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Johns Hopkins U
Nagoya U
Biomedical Engineering
Epileptic seizure prediction via deep learning algorithms
2 2023
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 2023
JORDAN Matthew
BA Student
Philosophy
Drake U
Tohoku U
Religious Studies
Lived religion: Ethnographic studies of modern Shinto across Japan’s generational divide
4 2023
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 2023
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 Administrators (IEA) Seminar​ -7-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2023
COOK Abby
Assistant Director
Office of International Studies
Montana State U Billings
At Large
International Education
2 2023
DEGNAN Regina M.
Assistant Director
Dept./Int'l Student and Scholars Office(ISSO)
Columbia U
At Large
International Education
3 2023
FERNANDEZ-VILLA Jennifer D.
Director
Office of International Students and Scholars
U of North Carolina, Wilmington
At Large
International Education
4 2023
INGLEBY Shannon
Associate Director
Global Learning
Kirkwood Community Coll
At Large
International Education
5 2023
JACQUES Andra
Global Partnerships and Programs Manager
Global Initiatives
U of California, San Diego
At Large
International Education
6 2023
LINDSAY Alexander
Study Abroad Advisor
Office of International Education
U of Vermont
At Large
International Education
7 2023
ROSS Camala
Assistant Director
Office of Education Abroad Center for International Affairs
Case Western Reserve U
At Large
International Education

Fulbright Specialist Program​ -4-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2023
FISCHER Steven
Instructor
Northwestern U
U of Tokyo
Communication
Cartoon Storytelling
2 2023
FRANCIS Daniel
Assistant Professor
Sch./Law
New York U
Kyoto U
Law
Competition policy in the digital age
3 2023
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
4 2023
LUND DEAN Kathy
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Leadership and Ethics
Dept./Economics and Management
Gustavus Adolphus Coll
Rikkyo U
Business Management & Administration
Developing scholarly competencies

2022 Japanese Grantees

Research Program​ -6-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2022
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 2022
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 2022
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 2022
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 2022
TAKEKAWA Toshiya
Lecturer
Fac./Global Liberal Studies Dept./Global Liberal Studies
Keio U
U of Washington
Criminal Law & Procedure
A comparative legal study of criminal evaluation of defendants with mental disorders
6 2022
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 Program​ -3-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2022
IMAMURA Mio
Staff Reporter
Kyodo News
California State U, Fullerton
Social Deviance/Criminology
About the death penalty in the United States
2 2022
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 2022
OGAWA Shinichi
Reporter
RKB Mainichi Broadcasting Corporation
Stanford U
Economic Systems
The sustainability strategies of U.S. companies and the government

Doctoral Dissertation Research Program​ -1-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2022
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 Program​ -24-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2022
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 2022
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 2022
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 2022
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 2022
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 2022
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 2022
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 2022
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 2022
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 2022
NODA Yuriko
George Mason U
Social Sciences
Development of conflict resolution pedagogy with mutual understanding and its reproducibility
George Mason U
Social Sciences
Development of conflict resolution pedagogy with mutual understanding and its reproducibility
11 2022
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 2022
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 2022
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 2022
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 2022
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 2022
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 2022
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 2022
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 2022
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 2022
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 2022
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 2022
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 2022
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 2022
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

Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Program​ -4-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2022
KAWAHARA Hitomi
Master's Student
Dept./Social Psychology; Grad. Sch./Humanities and Sociology
U of Tokyo
Spelman Coll, Atlanta, GA
2 2022
OHNO Naoko
Master's Student
Language Education and Communication; Grad. Sch./Letters
Showa Women's U
Northwest Coll, Cody, WY
3 2022
OSHIRO Koshi
Teacher
Jiyugaoka Gakuen HS
Casper Coll, Casper, WY
4 2022
SHITOGIDEN Yuri
Teacher
Kanagawa Pref. Asamizodai Sr. HS
Lincoln U, Lincoln, PA

Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence (S-I-R) Program -1-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2022
ISHIDA Kenji
Associate Professor
Inst./Social Science
U of Tokyo
U of Pennsylvania
Sociology

2022 American Grantees

Lecturing Program -6-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2022
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 2022
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 2022
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 2022
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 2022
STONES Emily D.
Assistant Professor
Regis Coll.; Dept./Communication
Regis U
Nihon U
Tokai U
Communication
American perspectives of communication and conflict
6 2022
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

Lecturing/Research Program​ -3-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2022
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 2022
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 2022
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

Research Program​ -5-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2022
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 2022
DOUGLASS Amy B.
Professor
Dept./Psychology
Bates Coll
U of Human Environments
Psychology
Japanese and American eyewitnesses: Does cultural background influence memory distortion?
3 2022
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 2022
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 2022
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 Program​ -1-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2022
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 Program - Academics -12-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2022
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 2022
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 2022
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 2022
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 2022
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 2022
LETHEN Hana
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 2022
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 2022
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 2022
SACK William
Ph.D. Student
Grad. Sch./Arts and Sciences
Harvard U
Kyoto U
History
Out of place: 4-H in Japan
10 2022
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 2022
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 2022
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 Program - Professionals -1-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2022
MOCKETT Marie M.
Instructor
Writing Seminars
Bennington Coll
Waseda U
Creative Writing
Nature in Japan before the word "Nature"

Fulbright Fellow Program -6-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2022
CARY Savannah
BA Student
Astrophysics; East Asian Studies
Wellesley Coll
U of Tokyo
Astronomy
Using computational astrophysics to study large scale structures
2 2022
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 2022
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 2022
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 2022
SHENG David J.
BA Student
History
Cornell U
Waseda U
History
Odysseys and pilgrimages: Modern Japanese travelers of China
6 2022
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-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2022
HOEFT Mary
Professor Emeritus
Communication and French
U of Wisconsin-Barron County
Akita International U
International Relations
Public speaking and restorative justice
2 2022
KONG Xurong
Assistant Professor
Dept./History
Kean U
Bukkyo U
International Education
Education on Asia in America

Fulbright Global Scholar Award​ -2-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2022
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 2022
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

Research Program​ -3-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2021
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 2021
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 2021
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 Program​ -1-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2021
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 Program​ -19-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2021
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 2021
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 2021
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
4 2021
HIGUCHI Aki
Founder/CEO
Selan Inc.
Harvard U
Educational Technology
Expanding social impact by implementing role-model education across Japan
5 2021
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 2021
WAKO Marie
Attorney at Law
Nishimura & Asahi
Stanford U
International Law & Organizations
State sovereignty and jurisdiction with regard to trans-border cyber investigations
7 2021
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 2021
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
9 2021
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 2021
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 2021
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 2021
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 2021
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 2021
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 2021
TAKEUCHI Sho
Assistant Professor
Medical 田村 惇 TAMURA JunSch.; 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
16 2021
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
17 2021
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 2021
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
19 2021
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

Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Program​ -7-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution
1 2021
KOBAYASHI Keiko
Carleton Coll, Northfield, MN
2 2021
MATSUZAKI Mizue
Teacher
Mino Municipal Dai-ichi Jr. High School
N/A
3 2021
OGO Yutaro
Master's Student
Grad.Sch./Education
Yokohama Nat'l U
Georgia Southern U, Statesboro, GA
4 2021
OZAKI Kota
Teacher
Career Guidance
Aichi Pref. Chita Shoyo HS
U of North Georgia, Dahlonega, GA
5 2021
SEKIGUCHI Chiyomi
Full-time Teacher
English Dept.
Ibaraki Pref. Itako Senior High School
Northwest Coll, Powell, WY
6 2021
TARUI Yasumin
Graduating Senior
Coll./Liberal Arts
Temple U Japan Campus
Spelman Coll, Atlanta, GA
7 2021
YOSHIMURA Miyoko
Unit Head
Kyoto Branch
Kawaijuku Educational Inst.
U of Montana, Missoula, MT

2021 American Grantees

Lecturing Program -4-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2021
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 2021
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 2021
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 2021
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

Lecturing/Research Program​ -3-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2021
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 2021
HAFETZ Jonathan
Professor
Sch./Law
Seton Hall U
Rikkyo U
U of Tokyo
Comparison of Legal Systems
Emergency powers and constitutionalism in Japan
3 2021
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

Research Program​ -6-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2021
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 2021
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 2021
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 2021
FISCH Michael A.
Associate Professor
Social Science Div.; Anthropology
U of Chicago
Tohoku U
Anthropology
Ecological governance and natural disaster - learning from Japan
5 2021
MITCHELL Arthur
Associate Professor
Asian Languages and Cultures
Macalester Coll
Meiji U
Japanese Literature
Race in modern Japanese literature
6 2021
ORENSTEIN Claudia
Professor
Dept./Theatre
CUNY Hunter Coll
Sophia U
Drama & Theater
Japanese ritual puppetry

Graduate Research Fellow Program - Academics -8-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2021
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 2021
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 2021
KANG Sara
Ph.D. Student
Dept./History
Harvard U
Hitotsubashi U
History
Operation relax: Gender and empire in the Asia-Pacific
4 2021
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 2021
REYNOLDS Adam W.
Ph.D. Student
East Asian Stds.
U of California, Irvine
Waseda U
Drama & Theater
Zato Kyogen: Performing Arts and discrimination
6 2021
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 2021
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 2021
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 Program - Professionals -1-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2021
KHAN Arif
VR Producer
Wevr
Film & Photo
Living Under the Shadow: Fukushima, 10 Years Later - A Film/VR Documentary

Fulbright Fellow Program -4-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2021
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 2021
EIJANSANTOS Amanda L.
BS Student
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
U of California, Irvine
Tokyo Inst. of Technology
Biology
Radiation dose rate and DNA repair
3 2021
STEVENS Scott R.
BA Student
English
Stanford U
Waseda U
Japanese Literature
Translation of Murano Shiro: A Japanese poet and his new objectivity
4 2021
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-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2021
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

Research Program​ -5-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2020
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 2020
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 2020
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 2020
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 2020
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 Program​ -2-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2020
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 2020
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 Program​ -3-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2020
KAWANISHI Toma
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch./Letters; Philosophy and History of Science
Kyoto U
U of Southern California
History
A comparative history of American and Japanese communication engineering in the pre-WWII period
2 2020
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 2020
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 Program​ -12-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2020
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 2020
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 2020
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 2020
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 2020
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 2020
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 2020
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 2020
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 2020
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 2020
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 2020
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 2020
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

Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Program​ -3-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution
1 2020
ISHIDA Hidenori
Full-time Teacher
English Dept.
Aichi Pref. Shoin HS
Northeastern State U, Tahlequah, OK
2 2020
MORI Yukiha
Master's Student
Grad.Sch./Humanities and Sciences; English Literature
Tokyo Woman's Christian U
Ramapo Coll of NJ, Mahwah, NJ
3 2020
OZAWA Hatsumi
Ursinus Coll, Collegeville, PA

2020 American Grantees

Lecturing Program -1-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2020
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

Lecturing/Research Program​ -1-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2020
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

Research Program​ -7-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2020
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 2020
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 2020
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 2020
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 2020
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 2020
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 2020
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 Program - Academics -9-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2020
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 2020
JAMES Walter M.
Ph.D. Student
Political Science
Temple U
Waseda U
Political Science
Financial stability and the politics of regulatory reputation
3 2020
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 2020
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 2020
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 2020
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 2020
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 2020
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 2020
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 Program - Professionals -1-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2020
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 Program -3-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2020
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 2020
BEST Maya Z.
BA/BS Student
Anthropology
U of Pittsburgh
Waseda U
Anthropology
The intercultural relationships between Bengalis and Japanese in Tokyo
3 2020
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 Administrators (IEA) Seminar​ -7-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2020
ABURAKIA-EINHORN Rebecca D.
Manager
Research Support and International Affairs; Education abroad and International Fellowships
Gallaudet U
At Large
International Education
2 2020
HANCOCK Lucille A.
Senior Coordinator
Global Engagement Office; Int'l Student and Scholar Services
Creighton U
At Large
International Education
3 2020
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 2020
MULVIHILL Jessica
Director
Education Abroad and National Student Exchange
Indiana U of Pennsylvania
At Large
International Education
5 2020
ORTIZ ARIZABALO Jaime S.
Professor
Global Economics and Markets
U of Houston
At Large
International Education
6 2020
RODRIGUEZ PITEL Daisy P.
Associate Director
Center for Int'l Education & Global Engagement
Pima Community Coll
At Large
International Education
7 2020
WERTH Loredana L.
Provost
Office of the Provost
U of Pikeville
At Large
International Education

Fulbright Specialist Program​ -3-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2020
CHAMEL Olivier
Associate Professor
Sch./Architecture and Engineering Technology
Florida A&M U
Kagoshima U
Urban & Regional Planning
Resilience for regional architecture
2 2020
SHEALY Craig N.
Professor
Dept./Psychology
Western Washington U
Hiroshima U
International Education
Evaluating and facilitating global education
3 2020
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​ -1-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2020
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

Research Program​ -7-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2019
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 2019
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 2019
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 2019
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 2019
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 2019
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 2019
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 Program​ -1-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2019
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 Program​ -3-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2019
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 2019
KANAZAWA Jun
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch. / Arts and Sciences; Language and Information Sciences
U of Tokyo
U of Tokyo
Linguistics
A contrastive study of “Persuasiveness” on opinion discourses in Japanese and English newspapers
3 2019
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 Program​ -24-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2019
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 2019
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 2019
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 2019
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 2019
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 2019
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 2019
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 2019
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 2019
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 2019
NAGANO Haruka
Doctoral Student
Grad. Sch. / Humanities
Meiji U
Clark U
American Studies
Sustainability and gentrification in US cities
11 2019
NAKAJIMA Hiroto
Attorney at Law
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
New York U
Law
Practice in alternative dispute resolution (”ADR”) in the U.S.
12 2019
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 2019
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 2019
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 2019
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 2019
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 2019
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 2019
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 2019
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 2019
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 2019
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 2019
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 2019
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 2019
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

Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Program​ -6-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution
1 2019
AOKI Mayumi
Graduating Senior
Dept./Int'l Studies
Bunkyo U
Carleton Coll, Northfield, MN
2 2019
FUJII Shutaro
Graduating Senior
Fac./Humanities; Dept./English Literature
Sophia U
Calvin Coll, Grand Rapids, MI
3 2019
HOSHINO Shingo
Teacher of English
Saitama Pref. Tsurugashima Seifu High School
Casper Coll, Casper, WY
4 2019
NAKAMURA Nobutaka
Child Care Officer
Fukuoka City Government
Ursinus Coll, Collegeville, PA
5 2019
OE Ayami
Teacher
MIC Communication School
Spelman Coll, Atlanta, GA
6 2019
TORIGOE(KITAMI) Tomoko
Teacher of English
Kanagawa Pref. Tsurumi Sogo High School
U of Montana, Missoula, MT

Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence (S-I-R) Program -1-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2019
KITADA Yoshiko
Associate Professor
Sch./Education
Saitama U
Reach Inst. for School Leadership
Curriculum & Instruction

2019 American Grantees

Lecturing Program -6-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2019
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 2019
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 2019
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 2019
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 2019
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 2019
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
Education
Teacher of school and society: The American experience

Lecturing/Research Program​ -3-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2019
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 2019
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 2019
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

Research Program​ -6-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2019
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 2019
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 2019
HUGE Elijah J.
Associate Professor and Head
Dept./Art & Art History
Wesleyan U
Tohoku U
Architecture
Disaster Safety Museums of Japan
4 2019
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 2019
ROEBUCK Kristin
Assistant Professor
Dept./History
Cornell U
Waseda U
Nagoya U
History
Japan reborn: Race and nation after World War II
6 2019
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 Program - Academics -14-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2019
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 2019
COTHERN Keegan J.
Ph.D. Student
History
Brown U
Keio U
Japanese History
Engineering disaster: Japan, the built environment, and natural disasters
3 2019
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 2019
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 2019
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 2019
LEDBETTER Nathan H.
Ph.D. Student
Japanese History
Princeton U
Kyushu U
Japanese History
Trading in violence: warfare in Kyushu, 1550–1600
7 2019
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 2019
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 2019
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 2019
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 2019
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 2019
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 2019
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 2019
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 Program - Professionals -1-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2019
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 Program -6-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2019
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 2019
FREEDMAN Benjamin B.
BA Student
Religion
Middlebury Coll
Keio U
Area Studies
Religious accommodations and Islamic practices in contemporary Japan
3 2019
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 2019
WEST Stephen B.
BS Student
Anthropology
U of New Mexico
Okayama U
Anthropology
Jomon livelihood in the Yayoi period
5 2019
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 2019
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 Administrators (IEA) Seminar​ -10-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2019
BECK Linda J.
Associate Dean
Office of Experimential & Global Education
U of Maine, Farmington
At Large
International Education
2 2019
CLIPPARD Laura F
Coordinator
University Honors Coll.
Middle Tennessee State U
At Large
International Education
3 2019
CONGER Amy
Associate Vice Provost
Provost's Office
U of Michigan, Ann Arbor
At Large
International Education
4 2019
HINKLE Rhonda J
Int'l Student & Scholar Specialist
Office of International Programs
Marian U
At Large
International Education
5 2019
HONEGGER Rusdiana
Associate Director
Div./ Global Engagement
U of Louisiana at Lafayette
At Large
International Education
6 2019
MERRITT Martha L.
Dean
Office of International Education
U of Richmond
At Large
International Education
7 2019
SHIFLET Coryn L.
Assistant Director
International Education
U System of Georgia
At Large
International Education
8 2019
WASHINGTON Ramona
Study Abroad Coordinator
Center for International Education
U of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
At Large
International Education
9 2019
WHATLEY Annette A.
Program Coordinator
International Office
U of Texas, Austin
At Large
International Education
10 2019
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-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2019
FITZMAURICE Celine R.
Senior Instructor
University Studies
Portland State U
Okayama U
Education
Supporting community-based learning in Japan
2 2019
FOX Diana J.
Professor and Chair
Anthropology
Bidgewater State U
Tokyo Gakugei U
Anthropology
An investigation of the gender norms of physical education
3 2019
GOLDNER Janet
Independent Artist
Kyoto Seika U
Kyoto Seika U
American Studies
Self analysis and critique in the fine arts
4 2019
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-

  Year/Name/Home Institution Host Institution/Academic Discipline/Research Topic
1 2019
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 2019
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