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• Yoshinori SEKI, Ph.D. Professor (Law), Head of Global Team
  

  Dr Seki was a research fellow of Birkbeck School of Law, University of London, in 2017. His current research project addresses "The Idea of Communism and Legal Theory: A critique of neoliberal government". This project is supported by a Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (2018-2025) grant.
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• Hideki SAKAI, Ed.D, Professor (English Education), Vice Dean of the Faculty

  Dr Sakai received his doctoral degree from Temple University, Japan. His research interests include second language interactional studies, psycholinguistic aspects of listening and speaking, second language learning motivation, and teaching English as a foreign language. He has written academic research papers for domestic and international journals and has published several Japanese books on teaching English in Japan and research methodology.
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• Ayako ONO, Ph.D. Associate Professor (History of Art)
  Dr Ono received an M.Phil. and Ph.D. from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Her research interest is in the field of cross-cultural exchange between the West and Japan. She recently published her second book in English, Whistler and Artistic Exchange between Japan and the West: After Japonisme in Britain (Routledge, 2023).
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• Mitsutoshi TAKAYANAGI, Ph. D. Associate Professor (Philosophy of Education)
  The main academic interest of Dr Takayanagi is in the implications of the writings of 19th century American philosopher R. W. Emerson on teacher education. In 2016-2017, funded by the Fulbright Program, he conducted research as a visiting scholar at New York University. He is the co-author of Philosophy of Education in Dialogue between East and West: Japanese Insights and Perspectives (Routledge, 2024).
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• Hiroki YAMAMOTO, Ph.D. Assistant Professor (English Education)
  

  Dr Yamamoto started his teaching career in 2015 as a Fulbright scholar at the Department of World Languages, Casper College, USA. At Shinshu University, he teaches English education and intercultural understanding. His paper on a practical English-speaking test he developed for use Japanese high schools won the Award for Outstanding Journal Articles from The Japan Association for Language Education and Technology in 2021.
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• Colleen DALTON, MTS, MA. Associate Professor (Center for Global Education and Collaboration)
  Ms Dalton, a native of the United States, taught literature, gender, and language courses in the Philippines for several years before moving to Nagano in 1997. At Shinshu University, she teaches English language and language education courses and is particularly interested in L2 writing development.
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Photo: Hideki Sakai, Mitsutoshi Takayanagi, Ayako Ono, Colleen Dalton,Yoshinori Seki, Hiroki Yamamoto