EDUCATION
April 2008 – March 2015
The University of Tokyo (Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo)Doctor of Social Psychology
Dissertation: “Empirical studies on control strategies in social situations”
Committee Chair: Susumu Yamaguchi
Committee Members: Kaori Karasawa, Tatsuya Kameda, Yukiko Muramoto, Atsushi Aikawa
April 2006 – March 2008
The University of Tokyo (Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo)Master of Social Psychology
Thesis: “The effects of shyness and intimacy on control strategy choice”
Advisor: Susumu Yamaguchi
April 2002 – March 2006
The University of Tokyo (Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo)Bachelor of Art in Social Psychology
Thesis: “Relation between shyness and collectivism”
Advisor: Susumu Yamaguchi
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
April 2024 – September 2024
Part-time Lecturer at Aoyama Gakuin University“Text Reading in Psychology A”
April 2020 – Present
Associate Professor at Ryutsu Keizai University“English for Global Communication I, II”
“Social Research Methods I, II”
“Intercultural Communication”
“Sociolinguistics”
“Seminar I, III”
“Advanced Studies in Cultural Psychology” for graduate students
April 2017 – March 2020
Assistant Professor at Ryutsu Keizai University“Tourism English I, II, III, IV”
“Tourism and Cultural Exchange / Intercultural Communication”
“Seminar II, III, IV”
April 2017 – Present
Part-time Lecturer at Rikkyo University“Cultural Psychology”
October 2015 – March 2017, April 2018 – September 2018, April 2020 – September 2020, April 2022 – September 2022, April 2023 – September 2023
Part-time Lecturer at Hosei University“Cultural Psychology”
“Introduction to Psychology I”
September 2015 – March 2021
Part-time Lecturer at Bunkyo Gakuin University“Introduction to Communication”
“Sociolinguistics”
April 2015 – March 2016
External Researcher at Nara University“Research on Revitalization of Local Community”
December 2011 – November 2020, May 2023
Part-time Lecturer at The Open University of Japan“Elementary Experiments of Psychology 2, 3”
July 2011 – December 2011
Research Assistant at Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo“Research on the Concept of Responsibility”
April 2011 – March 2024
Affiliated Researcher at Center for Research on Educational Testing“Development of Testing Items and Content”
November 2010 – March 2017
Part-time Lecturer at Tokyo Future University“Statistics for Psychology I, II”
November 2010 – March 2012
Collaborative Researcher at Research and Education Center for Natural Sciences, Keio University“Research on Large-Print Textbooks for Students with Low Visions”
July 2010 – December 2010
Research Assistant at Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo“Research on Control Strategies”
April 2010 – March 2017
Part-time Lecturer at Kanagawa University“Basic Experiments and Tests in Psychology I, II”
“Information Processing I”
July 2009 – March 2012
Research Assistant at Bunkyo Gakuin University“Research on Pedagogy of English”
June 2009 – December 2009
Research Assistant at Tokyo Future University“Research on Ordinary People”
June 2009 – March 2011
Teaching Assistant at Tokyo Future University“Statistics for Psychology I”
April 2008 – March 2012
Research Assistant at Institute of Gerontology, The University of Tokyo“Research on Reciprocity in India, Japan and the United States”
April 2006 – September 2012, October 2014 – February 2015
Teaching Assistant at Faculty of Letters, The University of Tokyo“Research Method in Experimental Social Psychology I, II, III”
“Research Design and Academic Presentation”
QUALIFICATIONS
Suken Grade 1 (Highest Grade at Test in Practical Mathematical Proficiency)Social Researcher
Advanced Social Researcher
TOEFL iBT 95/120
EIKEN Grade 1 (Highest Grade at Test in Practical English Proficiency)
TOEIC Listening & Reading 935/990
150 Hour Certificate in TESOL at Pass A1 Standard
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Psychological AssociationAsian Association of Social Psychology
Society for Personality and Social Psychology
The Japanese Association of Educational Psychology
The Japanese Group Dynamics Association
The Japanese Psychological Association
The Japanese Society of Social Psychology
AD HOC REVIEWERS
Japanese Journal of Research on Emotions (2017)Japanese Psychological Research (2017, 2021)
Psychology Research and Behavior Management (2021)
The Japanese Journal of Psychology (2022)
