Director
Seiji Suga
Executive Director for Academic Affairs, Senior Vice President
Faculty
Haeng-ja Chung
Ph.D. (Sociocultural Anthropology), UCLA
Cluster
Cultural Diversity and Communities
Research Fields
Intersectionality of Ethnicity, Gender, and Class; Citizenship; Person-Centered Ethnography; Diaspora; and Action Research
Email
hchung*okayama-u.ac.jp(change * to @)
hchung*okayama-u.ac.jp(change * to @)
Haruna Miyagawa
Ph.D. (Sociology), Arizona State University
Cluster
Cultural Diversity and Communities
Research Fields
Migration and Integration; Family and Life Course; Social Networks; Gender
Email
hmiyagawa*okayama-u.ac.j(change * to @)
hmiyagawa*okayama-u.ac.j(change * to @)
Kimiko Osawa
Ph.D. (Political Science), University of Wisconsin-Madison
Cluster
Cultural Diversity and Communitie
Research Fields
Comparative Politics, Japanese Politics, Gender and Politics, Democracy and Political Representation, Political Activism
Email
Osawadiscovery*okayama-u.ac.jp(change * to @)
Osawadiscovery*okayama-u.ac.jp(change * to @)
Tak Uesugi
Ph.D. (Anthropology), McGill University
Cluster
Cultural Diversity and Communities
Research Fields
medical anthropology, science and technology studies, environmental anthropology, anthropology of military and the environment, geothermal energy, toxic disaster, Vietnam War
Email
takuesugi*okayama-u.ac.jp(change * to @)
takuesugi*okayama-u.ac.jp(change * to @)
Yuanyuan Gong
Ph.D. (Management), The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Cluster
Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Research Fields
Employee turnover, Emotions, Voice Behavior, Leadership
Email
yygong*okayama-u.ac.jp(change * to @)
yygong*okayama-u.ac.jp(change * to @)
Yumiko Yamamoto
Ph.D. (Economics), University of Utah
Cluster
Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Research Fields
Gender and Development, Care Economy, International Trade, Labor, and gender
Email
yumikoyamamoto*okayama-u.ac.jp (change * to @)
yumikoyamamoto*okayama-u.ac.jp (change * to @)
Takayuki Yoshioka
Ph.D. (Philanthropic Studies), Indiana University
Cluster
Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Research Fields
Nonprofit representation and accountability, nonprofit advocacy, nonprofit coproduction of public service deliver
Email
taka_yoshioka*okayama-u.ac.jp (change * to @)
taka_yoshioka*okayama-u.ac.jp (change * to @)
Michinobu Mino
Ph.D. (Physics), Okayama University
Cluster
Transdisciplinary Sciences
Research Fields
Solid State Physics, Nonlinear Phenomena in Magnetic Materials
Email
mino*okayama-u.ac.jp(change * to @)
mino*okayama-u.ac.jp(change * to @)
Jian Tang
Ph.D. (Physical Chemistry), Graduate University for Advanced Studies
Cluster
Transdisciplinary Sciences
Research Fields
laser spectroscopy for transient molecular species related to astrophysical chemistry, atmospheric physical chemistry, and combustion phenomena.
Email
jtang*okayama-u.ac.jp(change * to @)
jtang*okayama-u.ac.jp(change * to @)
Md Azhar Uddin
Ph.D. (Chemistry), Tokyo Institute of Technology
Cluster
Transdisciplinary Sciences
Research Fields
Catalysis; Adsorption; Energy Conversion and Biomass Utilization
Email
alazhar*okayama-u.ac.jp(change * to @)
alazhar*okayama-u.ac.jp(change * to @)
Takashi Tamura
Ph.D. (Agriculture), Kyoto University
Cluster
Transdisciplinary Sciences
Research Fields
Applied Microbiology, Computation Chemistry, Protein Engineering, Synthetic Biology
Email
tktamura*okayama-u.ac.jp (change * to @)
tktamura*okayama-u.ac.jp (change * to @)
Hisashi Datai
Ph.D. (Agriculture), Okayama University
Cluster
Transdisciplinary Sciences
Research Fields
Agricultural economics, Resource management, Econometrics
Email
hisashi*okayama-u.ac.jp (change * to @)
hisashi*okayama-u.ac.jp (change * to @)
Yuka Hayashi
Doctor of Letters, Kyoto University
Research Fields
Linguistics, Japanese Linguistics, Ryukyuan Languages
Email
yhayashi*okayama-u.ac.jp (change * to @)
yhayashi*okayama-u.ac.jp (change * to @)
Aubra Bulin
Ed.D. (Educational Leadership), Dallas Baptist University
Research Fields
Leadership and SDGs, Faculty Professional Development, Online Education, Adult Learning, Differentiation of Instruction Online, English for Speakers of Other Languages, and Mentoring
Email
bulina*okayama-u.ac.jp(change * to @)
bulina*okayama-u.ac.jp(change * to @)
