College of Nursing Art and Science

Professor Emi Furukawa

Parent training has been conducted since the 1960s and is said to be effective in improving children\'s life skills, decreasing problematic behaviors, help parents at acquiring parenting skills, and decreasing parental stress and depression. The basic platform of the Japan Parent Training Study Group is to learn the importance of observing “behavior” objectively, paying attention to children\'s positive behavior, recognizing it, and praising it. The basic platform of the Japan Parent Training Institute is being developed with the cooperation of support groups in Finland and Japan.

College of Nursing Art and Science

Professor Miwa Kawada

We are considering how to adapt and implement the dialogic approach developed in Scandinavia for use in Japan.
In dialogue, safety and security are the foundation. Differences are respected, and everyone\'s voice is valued. Through dialogue, we hope to create a community where people with difficulties in their lives can live their own lives and have hope for the future, and where no one is left behind.

School of Human Science and Environment

Professor Cheng Zheng

This study examines how the public mindset was organized by state propaganda in China in the 1950s. At that time, China launched its nation-building efforts under the banner of an equal society. Under strong political propaganda, the people felt a sense of unity and were passionate about nation-building. However, the warped relationship between the state and the people eventually led to a serious human disaster, which happened 60 years ago, but may not happen again someday. It is important to know the path that human beings have taken, including the wrong ones.

School of Human Science and Environment

Associate Professor Yuri Nagira

My research focuses on American literature. In particular, we focus on the complex structures of discrimination in the United States and study how Black American writers have confronted issues of class and gender within the Black community. The study of works by minority writers has implications for the state of contemporary society in a wide range of contexts beyond the United States.

School of Economics and Management

Professor Takashi Tanaka

I have been conducting research centered mainly on the area of insurance phenomena related to life insurance.

In our daily lives in a capitalistic society, life security from life insurance plays an extremely important role.

Also, there is major potential in initiatives based on an approach that includes the concept of “donations (pure donations)” for ”negative externalities” that have been a broad background issue in SDGs and “negative externalities” that are an area of promotion in SDGs.

Institute for Nature and Environment

Full-time Lecturer Shinya Narusawa

Human beings, who have evolved while overcoming limitless odds, have an extremely precious existence. The human race must not perish, even with environment destruction, singularity, or war.

Can the human race continue on existing? Hints to this question exist within the number of civilizations in the universe.

This is because it is proportional to the average number of years a civilization has continued to exist. Conversely, we think about our future from speculation on the number of civilizations by SETI (search extra-terrestrial intelligence). “The future of humanity is in space”

School of Human Science and Environment

Professor Ayako Takahashi

I conducted research into American activist and poet Gary Snyder.

Snyder, who is currently 92 years old, is a prominent environmentalist. Also, his works are some of the most prominent in the area of environmental literature.

With an approach on environmentalism and respect for living things cultivated through this research, the central topic of my learning and research is the relationship between the environment and humans in the areas of environmental anthropology and literature, with a focus on a fusion between the humanities and sciences and on anthropology.

Graduate School of Disaster Resilience and Governance

Professor Mayumi Sakamoto

I am doing research on disaster resilience and recovery measures that utilize communication and social networks. Also, I am tackling joint research and implementation in cooperation with entities such as local governments, regions, and NPOs is order to create regions that are resilient to disasters.