About Me

Current position:

2007 - : Associate professor, Research Faculty of Media and Communication, Hokkaido University

Primary teaching responsibilities:

Undergraduate English, Japanese history/war memory courses to international students (HUSTEP Programme), MA classes in the Graduate School of Education, thesis supervision (MA and PhD)

Major administrative positions:

Advisor to the Executives (International Affairs), 2010 -
International Affairs Committee, 2009-10
Online English committee (Materials production), 2007-9

Professional Association Membership:

British Association for Japanese Studies (Japan Branch coordinator)
Japan Focus associate
European Association for Japanese Studies (member)

Previous employment:

2004-2007: Lecturer, Research Faculty of Media and Communication, Hokkaido University
1998-2001: Lecturer, Nagaoka University of Technology
1994-1996: Assistant English Teacher, JET Programme (in Hyogo Prefecture)

Education:

2004: DPhil, University of Sussex (Media and Cultural Studies)
1997: MA, University of Sussex (International Relations)
1994: BA, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University (History)

Prizes and Awards:

2009: Hokkaido University Commendation for Excellent Teaching
2006: Daiwa Japan Forum Prize
2002-4: Japanese government scholarship (Tokyo University)