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ODWYER RICHARD SHAUN
 
Organization
Faculty of Languages and Cultures Department of Multicultural Society Professor
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Professor
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I would describe myself as an English education specialist in teaching, as well as a humanities generalist. I have published in different areas of political and moral philosophy, history of ideas, English language education, and comparative philosophy. My book "Confucianism's Prospects: A Reassessment" was published by State University of New York Press in August 2019. In 2022 my edited book "Handbook of Confucianism in Modern Japan" was published by Amsterdam University Press.

Degree

  • Graduate Certificate in TESOL, Bond University

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy, University of New South Wales

  • Postgraduate Diploma in Womens Studies, University of New England

  • Bachelor of Arts, University of New England

Research History

  • Ritsumeikan University, 2007-2008 Meiji University, 2008-2016

Research Interests・Research Keywords

  • Research theme：Contemporary Confucian Philosophy and Liberal Thought, political philosophy, moral philosophy, history and memory studies

    Keyword：Confucianism, Liberal thought, perfectionism, autonomy

    Research period： 2016.4 - 2019.1

Papers

  • “On the Duty of Scholars to Aid their Persecuted Peers”. Journal of Applied Philosophy (February 2023) Reviewed International journal

    Early View   2023.2

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    Global threats to academic freedom are multiplying not only in an era of authoritarian resurgence, but also – less overtly – in an era of increasingly managerial governance of higher education sectors in democratic nations, where protection of institutional revenue streams, and of institutional reputation, may take priority over protection of scholars’ and students’ academic freedoms. In such circumstances, justifications for rendering aid to at-risk scholars and students have become obscured. This article argues that the Kantian concept of imperfect duty can be adapted to theorizing collective, institutional obligations to aid those scholars and students, undertaken in light of academic freedom as a constitutive institutional value.

    DOI： https://doi.org/10.1111/japp.12647

  • “Japanese Confucianism and War”. Journal of Confucian Philosophy and Culture Vol.38: 15-41 (August 2022). Reviewed International journal

    38   15 - 41   2022.8

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    It is a widely held belief that State Shinto was the main indigenous ideological driver of Japan’s descent into ultranationalism and war in the 1930s. However,
    much less is known today of Japanese Confucian justifications for war in the same era. This article joins a small group of other studies researching a now
    little-known educational and research association formed in 1918 by Japanese Confucian scholars and Sinologists, the Shibunkai (斯文会) which reached the
    peak of its influence and patronage from Japan’s political elite in the 1930’s. This article reviews the Shibunkai’s early efforts to revive traditional Confucian
    morality and promote Chinese learning, its pursuit of “Confucian Diplomacy” with the Kong family estate at Qufu in Shandong Province, and its elaboration
    of a Confucian Pan-Asian doctrine that accorded Japan, with its supposed purified version of Confucianism, the role of leader and guardian of East Asia’s
    spiritual and moral culture.

    Last, this article analyses some of the seldom-studied war-era literature produced by Shibunkai scholars to argue that a modern Japanese “Imperial Way” Confucianism played a role in the moral legitimation of Japan’s war against China in 1937-1945. Based on its analysis of the Occidentalism and self-Orientalism in the Shibunkai’s wartime publications, the article concludes that there is a need for more critical reflection on Occidentalist and self-Orientalist trends in Confucian normative theorizing amidst the troubled geopolitical conditions of East Asia today.

    DOI： DOI:10.22916/jcpc.2022..38.15

  • Confucianism’s Prospects, Perfectionism and Liberalism Invited Reviewed International journal

    1 ( 1 )   105 - 116   2021.6

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    In this article, I recapitulate the main arguments of my book “Confucianism’s Prospects: a Reassessment” in response to commentators on the book. I elaborate on its capabilities approach normative perspective, its evaluation of Confucian cultural attributions to contemporary East Asian societies, its criticisms of communitarian and political perfectionist arguments for Confucian democracy, and its alternative, modest vision for Confucianism as one of many comprehensive doctrines that can find a safe home within the civil societies of East Asia’s representative democracies.

    DOI： https://doi.org/10.1163/26669773-01010007

  • Meritocracy and Resentment Invited Reviewed International journal

    Shaun O'Dwyer

    Philosophy and Social Criticism   46 ( 9 )   1146 - 1164   2020.8

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    Language：English   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)  

    DOI： https://doi.org/10.1177/0191453720948373

  • Deflating the ‘Confucian Heritage Culture’thesis in intercultural and academic English education Reviewed International journal

    30 ( 2 )   198 - 211   2017.6

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    This paper develops an interdisciplinary critical perspective on the concept of ‘Confucian Heritage Cultures’ (CHC), used in intercultural and English language teaching theory to explain the supposed culturally distinct learning habits, expectations and schemas many Asian students bring to academic classrooms in English-speaking countries. Drawing on political scientific, historical and philosophical research, it finds that the CHC thesis has little explanatory value; it does not take into account the effects of rapid social change in Asia, or the cultural diversity within and between contemporary Asian societies, and is often based on highly reductive, essentialist understandings of Confucian traditions themselves. Teachers are well advised to consider other explanations for their students’ learning habits and expectations and for the challenges they face in academic English classrooms.

    DOI： https://doi.org/10.1080/07908318.2016.1259321

  • "John Dewey's 'Turkish Tragedy'" Reviewed International journal

    Shaun O'Dwyer

    Holocaust and Genocide Studies   25 ( 3 )   375 - 403   2011.12

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    Language：English   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)  

    DOI： https://doi.org/10.1093/hgs/dcr051

    Other Link： https://academic.oup.com/hgs/article-abstract/25/3/375/624232?redirectedFrom=fulltext

  • The Yasukuni Shrine and the Competing Patriotic Pasts of East Asia Reviewed International journal

    Shaun O'Dwyer

    History and Memory   22 ( 2 )   147 - 177   2010.10

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  • The English Teacher as Facilitator and Authority Reviewed International journal

    Shaun O'Dwyer

    TESL-EJ   9 ( 4 )   2006.6

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  • "Democracy and Confucian Values", published in Philosophy East and West Volume 53, Number 1, January 2003: pp.39-63. Reviewed International journal

    Shaun O'Dwyer

    "Philosophy East and West"   53 ( 1 )   39 - 63   2003.1

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    Other Link： https://www.jstor.org/stable/1400054?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

  • “Mohist Anti-militarism & Just War Theory”. Philosophy Now No.153 (December 2022): 38-41. Reviewed International journal

    153   38 - 41   2023.1

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    This paper explores the anti-militarism and Just war theories of the ancient Chinese Mohist school of philosophers, which flourished in Warring States era China between the 4th-1st centuries BCE. It discusses how Mohists' consequentialist arguments against aggressive war harmonize with their limited advocacy for just war, supporting defensive war against external aggression and punitive war against tyrannical, violent states. It concludes with some reflections on partial applications of Mohist just war theory in contemporary geopolitics.

  • 4. “歧说与百家:儒家规代社会中的地位”(Qi shuo yu bai jia: Rujia gui dai shehui zhong di diwei Disagreement and One Hundred Schools: the Status of Confucianism in Modern Society). 哲学探索 (Zhexue tansuo Philosophical Explorations) Vol.1-2 (2021): 167-182. Invited Reviewed International journal

    哲学探索 (Philosophical Explorations)   1-2   167 - 182   2021.6

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  • Confucian Democrats, Not Confucian Democracy Reviewed International journal

    Shaun O'Dwyer

    Dao   19   209 - 229   2020.6

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    Language：English   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)  

    DOI： https://doi.org/10.1007/s11712-020-09719-y

  • "Ibsen's Nora and the Confucian Critique of the 'Unencumbered Self'" Reviewed International journal

    Shaun O'Dwyer

    Hypatia   31 ( 4 )   890 - 906   2016.9

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    Language：English   Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)  

    DOI： https://doi.org/10.1111/hypa.12291

    Other Link： https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/hypa.12291

  • "Epistemic Elitism, Paternalism and Confucian Democracy" Reviewed International journal

    Shaun O'Dwyer

    Dao   14 ( 1 )   33 - 54   2015.3

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  • "Pragmatism and Anti-realism about the Past" Reviewed International journal

    Shaun O'Dwyer

    Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society   46 ( 3 )   401 - 422   2010.7

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  • "Objectivity, subjectivity, and getting the meaning in intensive English reading" Invited Reviewed International journal

    Shaun O'Dwyer

    CamTESOL Conference on English Language Teaching: Selected Papers   5   175 - 183   2009.6

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  • "The men of the Yamato and the paradox in conservative Japanese patriotism" Reviewed

    Shaun O'Dwyer

    1 ( 1 )   127 - 134   2008.6

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  • "What Attitude, Exactly?" Reviewed International journal

    Shaun O'Dwyer

    ELT Journal   61 ( 4 )   372 - 374   2007.10

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    DOI： https://doi.org/10.1093/elt/ccm045

  • In ELT, it’s Time for Constructivists to get Real Reviewed International journal

    8 ( 4 )   233 - 253   2006.12

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    The philosophy and psychology of constructivism has become more and more influential in English language teaching, especially through the popularity of books such as Williams’ and Burden’s Psychology for Language Teachers (1997). However, so far there has not been much critical examination of constructivism in ELT. In this article I argue that the subjective and dualistic notion of reality that some constructivists espouse is incompatible with their professed experimental and social interactionist conception of English language learning. This leads them to an incoherent understanding of language classroom realities. I propose a more philosophically robust and consistent understanding of those realities to serve as a background for reflective teaching practice.
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  • "The Uncknowledged Socrates in the Works of Luce Irigaray" Reviewed International journal

    Shaun O'Dwyer

    Hypatia   21 ( 2 )   28 - 44   2006.5

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    DOI： https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1527-2001.2006.tb01092.x

  • "The Metaphysics of Existence Rehabilitated" Reviewed International journal

    Shaun O'Dwyer

    Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society   40 ( 4 )   711 - 730   2004.10

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  • "The student is my customer: Useful conceptual innovation or category mistake?" Reviewed International journal

    Shaun O'Dwyer

    English Australia   21 ( 1 )   52 - 60   2003.6

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    Other Link： https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=486907988553890;res=IELHSS

  • "The Classical Conservative Challenge to Dewey" Reviewed International journal

    Shaun O'Dwyer

    Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society   37 ( 4 )   491 - 514   2001.9

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    Other Link： https://www.jstor.org/stable/40320858?seq=1

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Books

  • Shaun O'Dwyer (Handbook of Confucianism in Modern Japan: editor)

    Shaun O'Dwyer (editor and author), Song Qi, Han Shuting, Lee Yu-Ting, Mizuno Hirota, Yamamura Sho, Masako Racel, Chang Kun-chiang, Kang Haesoo, Park Junhyun, Kyle Shuttleworth, Alexandra Mustatea, Eddy Dufourmont, Jiang Dongxian.（ Role： Edit）

    Japan Documents (East Asia), Amsterdam University Press (Europe and North America)  2022.4 

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    Language：English   Book type：Scholarly book

    Other Link： https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789463725286/handbook-of-confucianism-in-modern-japan

  • O'Dwyer, Shaun ("Confucianism's Prospects: A Reassessment", author)

    O'Dwyer, Shaun（ Role： Sole author）

    New Paltz: State University of New York Press  2019.8 

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    Responsible for pages：352 pages   Language：English   Book type：Scholarly book

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    Other Link： http://www.sunypress.edu/p-6782-confucianisms-prospects.aspx

  • Jiang Dongxian and Shaun O'Dwyer (book chapter: "Universalizing 'Kingly Way Confucianism': A Japanese Legacy and a Chinese Future?")

    Jiang Dongxian and Shaun O'Dwyer（ Role： Joint author）

    2022.3 

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    Responsible for pages：Published in Shaun O'Dwyer (ed) 2022, "Handbook of Confucianism in Modern Japan". Tokyo: Japan Documents/Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, pp.184-203.   Language：English   Book type：Scholarly book

    Other Link： https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789463725286/handbook-of-confucianism-in-modern-japan

  • Shaun O'Dwyer (Book chapter: "Paternalistic Knowers and Erroneous Belief")

    Shaun O'Dwyer（ Role： Sole author）

    London  2020.6 

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    Responsible for pages：Book chapter in G. Axtell and A Bernal (eds) "Epistemic Paternalism: Conceptions, Justifications and Implications" (London: Rowman and Littlefield), pp.279-293   Language：English   Book type：Scholarly book

Presentations

  • "Confucianism’s Prospects, Perfectionism and Liberalism" Invited International conference

    2020.9 

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    Event date： 2020.9 - 2021.9

    Language：English   Presentation type：Symposium, workshop panel (public)  

    Venue：Center for East Asian and Comparative Philosophy, City University of Hong Kong  

    In this presentation, I recapitulate the main arguments of my book “Confucianism’s
    Prospects: a Reassessment” in response to commentators on the book. I elaborate on
    its capabilities approach normative perspective, its evaluation of Confucian cultural
    attributions to contemporary East Asian societies, its criticisms of communitarian and
    political perfectionist arguments for Confucian democracy, and its alternative, modest
    vision for Confucianism as one of many comprehensive doctrines that can find a safe
    home within the civil societies of East Asia’s representative democracies.

    Other Link： N/A

  • Meritocracy and Resentment Invited International conference

    Shaun O'Dwyer

    Center for East Asian and Comparative Philosophy  2019.3 

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    Event date： 2019.3

    Language：English   Presentation type：Oral presentation (general)  

    N/A

    Other Link： http://www.cityu.edu.hk/ceacop/img/meritocracy.pdf

Academic Activities

  • Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan

    2023.9 - 2024.5

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  • Handbook of Confucianism in Modern Japan International contribution

    2020.3 - 2022.4

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Research Projects

  • Peng Chun Chang and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

    2024.2 - 2025.12

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    Authorship：Coinvestigator(s) 

    This small project examines diplomat and scholar Peng Chun Chang's contribution to the drafting of the Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1946-1948. It considers 1) the degree to which he succeeded in demonstrating the strong compatibility between non-European moral traditions such as Confucianism with the UDHR and 2) whether he developed a philosophically compelling political perfectionist understanding of the role human rights education plays in the "humanization of man", relative to other Confucian and non-Confucian perfectionist understandings of human rights. A paper on 1) is currently under review at "Comparative Political Philosophy"; another is currently being written.

  • "Confucianism at War, 1931-45" International coauthorship

    2023.2 - 2025.6

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Educational Activities

  • Regarding my teaching in the Faculty of Languages and Cultures, I have three ambitions. First, I would like to teach various Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) courses from my own humanities generalist perspective. Such courses would take into account the academic English learning needs of Kyushu University students while fostering genuine, academically specialized learning environments and learning objectives. Based on my experience in the past seven years teaching a CLIL-based course on applied ethics to Japanese students and study abroad foreign students, I would like to teach a wider selection of such courses in this faculty.

    Second, I would like to improve my teaching methods to bring them further into alignment with the academic English study needs of Kyushu University students from diverse faculties. Most students are studying the physical sciences, engineering and medicine, and in those fields it is necessary to learn particular rhetorics, research methods and modes of academic communication. In my teaching of academic English I hope to more deeply incorporate learning materials from these different disciplines.

    Third, and at a more general level, my contribution to English language education draws on the following insights. In today’s global society, adult Japanese come into contact with people of various nationalities through their work and travel. The lingua franca of this global society is almost always English.

    One more facet of this global society is what the 18th century philosophy Immanuel Kant called “the world society of citizens” in his essay “What is Enlightenment?”; in other words, the global public sphere. On the internet and in social media, these words of Kant’s are still relevant: “What is the public use of one’s reason? It is the use of reason a person makes, as a scholar, before a reading public”. The lingua franca of the global public sphere is almost always English; so people who do not understand it are put in a disadvantaged position in this sphere.

    I believe students should come into contact with both facets of this global society.

Class subject

  • レトリック２

    2024.12 - 2025.2   Winter quarter

  • 学術英語・上級

    2024.10 - 2025.3   Second semester

  • 学術英語・グローバルイシューズ

    2024.10 - 2025.3   Second semester

  • 学術英語・グローバルイシューズ

    2024.10 - 2025.3   Second semester

  • 学術英語・グローバルイシューズ

    2024.10 - 2025.3   Second semester

  • Global Issues

    2024.10 - 2025.3   Second semester

  • Intensive English: Global Issues RW2

    2024.6 - 2024.8   Summer quarter

  • 学術英語・アカデミックイシューズ

    2024.4 - 2024.9   First semester

  • 学術英語・アカデミックイシューズ

    2024.4 - 2024.9   First semester

  • Intensive English: Global Issues RW1

    2024.4 - 2024.6   Spring quarter

  • Intenseive English Global Issues

    2023.4 - 2023.9   First semester

  • Academic Issues

    2023.4 - 2023.9   First semester

  • Intensive English Global Issues

    2022.4 - 2022.9   First semester

  • Academic Issues

    2022.4 - 2022.9   First semester

  • 学術英語Ａ・プロダクション２

    2021.12 - 2022.2   Winter quarter

  • 学術英語Ａ・プロダクション２

    2021.12 - 2022.2   Winter quarter

  • Intensive English: Japanese Issues 2

    2021.12 - 2022.2   Winter quarter

  • 学術英語Ａ・プロダクション２

    2021.12 - 2022.2   Winter quarter

  • 学術英語Ａ・プロダクション１

    2021.10 - 2021.12   Fall quarter

  • 学術英語Ａ・プロダクション１

    2021.10 - 2021.12   Fall quarter

  • Intensive English: Japanese Issues 1

    2021.10 - 2021.12   Fall quarter

  • 学術英語Ａ・プロダクション１

    2021.10 - 2021.12   Fall quarter

  • Intensive English: Global Issues RW 2

    2021.6 - 2021.8   Summer quarter

  • 学術英語・アカデミックイシューズ

    2021.4 - 2021.9   First semester

  • 学術英語・グローバルイシューズ

    2021.4 - 2021.9   First semester

  • Intensive English: Global Issues RW 1

    2021.4 - 2021.6   Spring quarter

  • Intensive English:Japanese Issues 2

    2020.12 - 2021.2   Winter quarter

  • 学術英語Ｂ・インテグレイト

    2020.10 - 2021.3   Second semester

  • 学術英語Ｂ・インテグレイト

    2020.10 - 2021.3   Second semester

  • Global Issues

    2020.10 - 2021.3   Second semester

  • Intensive English:Japanese Issues 1

    2020.10 - 2020.12   Fall quarter

  • 学術英語C・スキルベース

    2020.6 - 2020.8   Summer quarter

  • Intensive English:Global Issues RW 2

    2020.6 - 2020.8   Summer quarter

  • 学術英語C・スキルベース

    2020.6 - 2020.8   Summer quarter

  • 学術英語Ａ・リセプション

    2020.4 - 2020.9   First semester

  • 学術英語Ａ・プロダクション

    2020.4 - 2020.9   First semester

  • 学術英語C・スキルベース

    2020.4 - 2020.6   Spring quarter

  • Intensive English:Global Issues RW 1

    2020.4 - 2020.6   Spring quarter

  • 学術英語C・スキルベース

    2020.4 - 2020.6   Spring quarter

  • Intensive English:Japanese Issues 2

    2019.12 - 2020.2   Winter quarter

  • 学術英語Ｂ・インテグレイト

    2019.10 - 2020.3   Second semester

  • Global Issues

    2019.10 - 2020.3   Second semester

  • Global Issues

    2019.10 - 2020.3   Second semester

  • 学術英語Ｂ・インテグレイト

    2019.10 - 2020.3   Second semester

  • Intensive English:Japanese Issues 1

    2019.10 - 2019.12   Fall quarter

  • 学術英語C・テーマベース

    2019.6 - 2019.8   Summer quarter

  • Intensive English:Global Issues RW 2

    2019.6 - 2019.8   Summer quarter

  • 学術英語Ａ・プロダクション

    2019.4 - 2019.9   First semester

  • 学術英語Ａ・プロダクション

    2019.4 - 2019.9   First semester

  • 学術英語Ａ・プロダクション

    2019.4 - 2019.9   First semester

  • 学術英語C・テーマベース

    2019.4 - 2019.6   Spring quarter

  • Intensive English:Global Issues RW 1

    2019.4 - 2019.6   Spring quarter

  • Intensive English:Japanese Issues 2

    2018.12 - 2019.2   Winter quarter

  • ２１世紀プログラム英語Ｃ

    2018.10 - 2019.3   Second semester

  • Global Issues

    2018.10 - 2018.12   Fall quarter

  • Intensive English:Japanese Issues 1

    2018.10 - 2018.12   Fall quarter

  • Intensive English:Global Issues RW 2

    2018.6 - 2018.8   Summer quarter

  • Academic English A Production, Academic English A Reception, Intensive English: Global Issues RW 1 (Global Ethical Issues)

    2018.4 - 2018.9   First semester

  • 学術英語Ａ・プロダクション

    2018.4 - 2018.9   First semester

  • 学術英語Ａ・プロダクション

    2018.4 - 2018.9   First semester

  • 学術英語Ａ・リセプション

    2018.4 - 2018.9   First semester

  • 学術英語Ａ・プロダクション

    2018.4 - 2018.9   First semester

  • Intensive English:Global Issues RW 1

    2018.4 - 2018.6   Spring quarter

  • 学術英語1･ﾗｲﾃｨﾝｸﾞ･ｽﾋﾟｰｷﾝｸﾞB

    2017.10 - 2018.3   Second semester

  • 学術英語1･ﾘｰﾃﾞｨﾝｸﾞ･ﾘｽﾆﾝｸﾞB

    2017.10 - 2018.3   Second semester

  • 学術英語1･ﾗｲﾃｨﾝｸﾞ･ｽﾋﾟｰｷﾝｸﾞB

    2017.10 - 2018.3   Second semester

  • 学術英語ｾﾞﾐ･ﾗｲﾃｨﾝｸﾞ･ｽﾋﾟｰｷﾝｸﾞ

    2017.10 - 2018.3   Second semester

  • 学術英語2･ｵｰﾗﾙ･ｺﾐｭﾆｹｰｼｮﾝ

    2017.10 - 2018.3   Second semester

  • 学術英語1･ﾗｲﾃｨﾝｸﾞ･ｽﾋﾟｰｷﾝｸﾞB

    2017.10 - 2018.3   Second semester

  • 学術英語1･ﾘｰﾃﾞｨﾝｸﾞ･ﾘｽﾆﾝｸﾞB

    2017.10 - 2018.3   Second semester

  • Global Issues

    2017.10 - 2017.12   Fall quarter

  • 学術英語1･ﾗｲﾃｨﾝｸﾞ･ｽﾋﾟｰｷﾝｸﾞA

    2017.4 - 2017.9   First semester

  • 学術英語1･ﾗｲﾃｨﾝｸﾞ･ｽﾋﾟｰｷﾝｸﾞA

    2017.4 - 2017.9   First semester

  • 学術英語1･ﾗｲﾃｨﾝｸﾞ･ｽﾋﾟｰｷﾝｸﾞA

    2017.4 - 2017.9   First semester

  • 学術英語ｾﾞﾐ･ｵｰﾗﾙ･ｺﾐｭﾆｹｰｼｮﾝ

    2017.4 - 2017.9   First semester

  • 学術英語1･ﾗｲﾃｨﾝｸﾞ･ｽﾋﾟｰｷﾝｸﾞA

    2017.4 - 2017.9   First semester

  • 学術英語1･ﾗｲﾃｨﾝｸﾞ･ｽﾋﾟｰｷﾝｸﾞA

    2017.4 - 2017.9   First semester

  • 学術英語1･ﾗｲﾃｨﾝｸﾞ･ｽﾋﾟｰｷﾝｸﾞA

    2017.4 - 2017.9   First semester

  • 学術英語1･ﾗｲﾃｨﾝｸﾞ･ｽﾋﾟｰｷﾝｸﾞA

    2017.4 - 2017.9   First semester

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Other educational activity and Special note

  • 2024  Special Affairs 

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    Supervising the second year (AY2024) of the Q-Leap 3 Curriculum experimental "Pilot Program", taught to 360 first-year undergraduate students in the Faculties of Medicine and Agriculture. The courses in this program are being taught according to a flipped teaching method and task-based oral communication approach, intended to maximise student time on oral communication activities during classes. A version of this course is planned to be taught as a first-semester English oral communication class in the Q-Leap 4 curriculum, which will commence in AY 2025.

Outline of Social Contribution and International Cooperation activities

  • Beginning in May 2011, I helped recruit student volunteers from Meiji University in Tokyo to participate in disaster relief volunteering in Miyagi and Fukushima Prefectures following the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. In 2013 I became a co-director of the Japan-based disaster relief organization It's Just Mud, and have volunteered in Leyte Island in 2014 following Typhoon Yolanda, in Mashiki immediately following the April 2016 earthquake, and in Kure following the flooding and mudslides in July 2018.

    Since 2012, I have been a regular journalistic and op-ed contributor to the newspaper "The Japan Times", discussing topics in Japanese culture, politics and higher education.

    In 2019-20, I was interviewed by Vietnam TV News and by Times Higher Education Magazine on Japanese cultural and higher education issues.