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Affiliation: College of Liberal Arts, J. F. Oberlin University

J-GLOBAL ID: 200901001184388256
researchmap Member ID: 5000061414

Research Interests

Research Areas

Humanities & social sciences / Social psychology /

Research History

Apr, 2016 - Present

J.F. Oberlin University College of Arts and Sciences Professor
Apr, 2009 - Mar, 2016

Associate Professor
Apr, 2006 - Mar, 2009

Caritas Junior College Division of Language and Culture Associate Professor
Apr, 2003 - Mar, 2006

Caritas Junior College Division of Language and Culture Assistant Professor

Education

Apr, 2000 - Mar, 2004

Ochanomizu University
Sep, 1988 - Jan, 1991

異文化コミュニケーション専攻, スピーチ・コミュニケーション学科, サンフランシスコ州立大学大学院
Apr, 1980 - Mar, 1984

Tokyo Woman's Christian University

Committee Memberships

Apr, 2012 - Mar, 2017

President, SIETAR JAPAN (Society for Intercultural Education Training And Research)
Apr, 2012 - Mar, 2017

会長, 異文化コミュニケーション学会
Apr, 2009 - Mar, 2013

Kanto District Study Committee Chief, Japan Society for Multicultural Relations
Apr, 2009 - Mar, 2013

関東地区研究会委員長, 多文化関係学会
Apr, 2009 - Mar, 2012

Vice President, SIETAR JAPAN (Society for Intercultural Education Training And Research)
Apr, 2009 - Mar, 2012

副会長, 異文化コミュニケーション学会
Oct, 2006 - Mar, 2009

Internal Relations Director, SIETAR JAPAN (Society for Intercultural Education Training And Research)
Oct, 2006 - Mar, 2009

会員関係委員長, 異文化コミュニケーション学会
Apr, 2007 - Mar, 2008

Conference Committee Chief, SIETAR JAPAN (Society for Intercultural Education Training And Research)
Apr, 2007 - Mar, 2008

第22回年次大会委員長, 異文化コミュニケーション学会
Japan Society of Developmental Psychology
日本発達心理学会
日本コミュニケーション学会
The Japanese Society of Social Psychology
社会心理学会

Papers

Subjective Well-being of Indonesian Nurse and his Family in Japan: Emotional Experiences at Work, School, and in the Community

Akiko Asai, Yasuko Minoura

9 61-82, Mar, 2018 Peer-reviewed
The impact of technical transfer in the field of nursing business and education: Psychological and environmental factors that affect Indonesian health care returnees

Akiko Asai, Setsuko Miyamoto

The Journal of J.F. Oberlin University, Studies in Language and Culture, 8 87-105, Mar, 2017 Peer-reviewed
EPA Indonesian Nurse and Careworker Candidates' Experiences in Japan: From the Perspective of Micro-and-Macro Linkage Model

Akiko Asai, Yasuko Minoura, Setsuko Miyamoto

17(2) 83-90, Feb, 2012
Public Organizational Communications in Receiving Nurses Through the Japan-Indonesia Economic Partnership Agreement: How Meanings are Created and Shared Between Governments

Akiko Asai, Setsuko Miyamoto

Multicultural Relations, 8 17-33-33, Jan, 2012 Peer-reviewed
Influential Factors of College Identification and the Applicaton of Social Identity Theory

Akiko ASAI, J. F. Oberlin University Division of Languages

2(2) 67-82-82, Mar, 2011 Peer-reviewed
An Analysis of the Development and Prospects for Research and Education in the Field of Intercultural Communication in View of a Paradigm Shift from Positivism to Constructivism

Mayumi Kubota, Kiyoko Sueda, Akiko Asai, Hiroko Koike, Shizu Koyanagi

Aoyama journal of international politics, economics and business, 81 97-118-118, May, 2010
Changes in Japanese Schools by Introducing Assistant Language Teachers of JET program

The 16th World Congress of International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Jul, 2009
「大学生のALTステレオタイプ低減過程に関する考察－グローバル教育の効果と課題」

研究紀要カリタス, 42 33-47, Mar, 2008
異文化圏での教育活動と「決断点」をめぐって―日本の高校で教える『外国語指導助手』の事例より―

研究紀要カリタス, 41 10-22, Mar, 2007
Restructuring Processes of Cultural Models: The Case of Assistant Language Teachers in Japanese Schools

Society for Psychological Anthropology, Mar, 2007
『外国語指導助手』の日本の学校における位置取りのメカニズム

異文化コミュニケーション, 9 55-73, May, 2006
大学生の授業における規範意識と行動：私語と携帯メールを中心に

研究紀要カリタス, 40 37-50, Mar, 2006
携帯電話による対人関係の親密化過程への影響：女子大学生の認識とその背景

研究紀要カリタス, 39 80-91, Mar, 2005
Intercultural Experience and Cultural Identity Redefined: The Case of Assistant Language Teachers in Japanese Schools

Mar, 2004
本国でマイノリティであった『外国語指導助手』の文化的アイデンティティ：学校文化との出会いによるゆらぎ

異文化コミュニケーション, 6 63-81, May, 2003
文化移動に伴うインド人留学生の自己再構築；身体化した自己と受容認知の視点から

異文化コミュニケーション, 5 1-17, Jun, 2002
日本の学校との出会いによる文化的アイデンティティの揺らぎ：マジョリティであった『外国語指導助手』の場合」

『日本における文化接触研究の集大成と理論化』, 63-84, 2002
異文化比較から多様性の容認へ

「Obirin Today-教育の現場から」, 2 87-99, 2001
Boundaries of the Unconscious, Private, and Public Self in Japanese and Americans: A Cross-cultural Comparison

Dean C. Barnlund

International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 22(4) 431-452, Sep, 1998
異文化コミュニケーション教育としてのステレオタイプ研究:体験学習アプローチ

駒沢女子短期大学研究紀要, 29 111-120, Mar, 1996

Books and Other Publications

Mountain Tenma: Memories of Japanese Repatriates from North Korea after World War II

Akiko Asai

Aug, 2016
Group Communication

Akiko Asai

Apr, 2016
Encyclopedia of Intercultural Communication

Ishii,Satoshi, Kume,Teruyuki, Asai,Akiko, Ito,Akemi, Kubota,Mayumi, Sei,Rumi, Furuie,Satoshi, nd others (Role: Joint author)

Jan, 2013 (ISBN: 9784861103339)
Supports for returnees and foreign students in Japanese school: Present and future

Toshiaki Mori, Tazuko Aoki, Katsuyoshi Fuchigami, Nobuhiko Aizawa, Takamichi Ito, Yukiko Erikson, Yoshihisa Otake, Masahiko Okamoto, Yohei Okibayashi, Satoshi Masada, Masuhar Shimizu, Ayumi Suzuki, Shinji Tazaki, Mitsuhiko Toujou, Sachiko Toya, Hajimu Hayashi, Yuko Fukaya, Yasuhiko Fujie, Tadao Fujiwara, Yuichi Furuichi, Cowie Helen, Aiko Maruyama (Yamamoto, Koji Mishima, Misa Mishima, Haruhisa Mizuno, Yasuhi Michita, Motoko Miyake, Hiromi Yamagata, Yuko Yamana, Yoko Yuge (Role: Joint author)

Apr, 2010 (ISBN: 9784623056422)
「帰国子女と外国人児童の学校教育における支援の現状と課題を述べよ」

編集, 青木多寿子, 戸田まゆみ (Role: Joint author)

学文社, Nov, 2009
The Process of Identifying Research Question

Yasuko Minoura, Nobutaka Kamei, Masumi Manabe, Rie Yabuki, Hidetada Shimizu, Akiko Taniguchi, Akiko Asai, Naomi Yamamoto, Mikiko Ochiai, Takashi Nodu, Mutsumi Shimizu, Yoko Fujikake (Role: Joint author)

Apr, 2009 (ISBN: 9784623053551)
Intercultural Experience and Cultural Identity Redefined: The Case of Assistant Language Teachers in Japanese Schools

Feb, 2006
アメリカのメディアにおける日本イメージ－断片的で歪められた情報

川竹和夫, 杉山明子, 原由美子, 櫻井武 (Role: Joint author)

Mar, 2000
Application of Intercultural Communication to English Education

Mayumi Matsuda, Jun H. Nakamura, Masayo Yamamoto, Yukie Akagawa, Kuniko Yoshida (Role: Joint author)

Nov, 1993

Presentations

Japanese Business Environments: From Perspective of Communication

Nov 5, 2018, University of East Finland Business School Invited
Qualitative Research in the Post-positivist Tradition: A Key to Unpacking an Increasingly Complex Society

Akiko Asai, Miki Yamashita, Yoko Nadamitsu, Yuko Iwata, Toshiko Tokitsu, Mayumi Kubota

2018 SIETAR JAPAN World Congress, Aug 11, 2018, Society for Intercultural Education, Training, and Research Japan
Globalization of Education: How do we build a relationship with ALTs?

Akiko Asai

Globalization of Education, Aug 6, 2018 Invited
Intercultural Experiences and Career Development after returning to Indonesia: Case of Indonesian Care workers in Japan

Akiko Asai, Minoura Yasuko

The 39th Annual Conference of the Intercultural Education Society of Japan, Jun 9, 2018, The Intercultural Education Society of Japan
Factors Influencing settlement Overseas: Case of Indonesian Nurses in Japan

Yasuko Minoura, Akiko Asai

Factors Influencing settlement Overseas: Case of Indonesian Nurses in Japan, Jun 9, 2018, The 58th Annual Conference of The Japanese Society of Social Psychology
Intercultural Experiences and Career Development after returning to Indonesia: Case of Indonesian Care workers in Japan

Akiko Asai, Yasuko Minoura

The 58th Annual Conference of The Japanese Society of Social Psychology, Oct 29, 2017, The Japanese Society of Social Psychology
Factors Influencing settlement Overseas: Case of Indonesian Care workers in Japan

Yasuko Minoura, Akiko Asai

The 58th Annual Conference of The Japanese Society of Social Psychology, Oct 29, 2017, The Japanese Society of Social Psychology
Indonesian Women’s Career Development: Influencing Factors to settle down in Japan

Setsuko Miyamoto, Akiko Asai

The 32th Annual Conference of Society for Intercultural Education, Training, and Research Japan, Oct 7, 2017, Society for Intercultural Education, Training, and Research Japan
Protean career of foreign medical workers: Macro, mezzo, and micro factors

Akiko Asai, Setsuko Miyamoto

The 37th Annual Conference of the Intercultural Education Society of Japan, Jun, 2016, Intercultural Education Society of Japan
Environment Study Program in Mongolia: Effects and Problems of 5 year Experiences

Bikal Toba, Akiko Asai

The 30th Annual Conference of Society for Intercultural Education, Training, and Research Japan, Sep, 2015, Society for Intercultural Education, Training, and Research Japan
Incorporating Factors of Policies and Individuals into Intercultural Research:Comparison between IJEPA and JET

Akiko Asai, Yasuko Minoura

The 36th Annual Conference of the Intercultural Education Society of Japan, Jun, 2015, Intercultural Education Society of Japan
Application of Historical Approach to Intercultural Communication: Experiences of Repatriates from Asia to Japan After the World War II

The 29th Annual Conference of Society for Intercultural Education, Training, and Research Japan, Sep, 2014, Society for Intercultural Education, Training, and Research Japan
Globalization and its Effect on Intercultural Communication Experiences: Case of EPA Indonesian Nurses and Care Worker Candidates

Yasuko Minoura, Akiko Asai, Setsuko Miyamoto

The 54th Annual Conference of The Japanese Society of Social Psychology, Nov, 2013, The Japanese Society of Social Psychology
The Experiences of Muslim at non-Islam Environment: Cases of EPA Nurses and Care Workers in Japan

Akiko Asai, Yasuko Minoura, Setsuko Miyamoto

The 54th Annual Conference of The Japanese Society of Social Psychology, Nov, 2013, The Japanese Society of Social Psychology
Indonesians' Japan Experiences and Japanese Society: Five-year studies of EPA nurses and care workers

Akiko Asai, Yasuko Minoura, Setsuko Miyamoto

Jul 1, 2013, Science Council of Japan Invited
The Decision Making Processes of Indonesian Nurse Candidates from participating in IJEPA to returning to home: Case Analysis using TEM

The 34th Annual Conference of Intercultural Education Society of Japan, Jun, 2013, Intercultural Education Society of Japan
How ICT Usage Influences Intercultural Experiences: The Cases of Indonesian Nurses and Care Workers

Minoura, Yasuko, Miyamoto, Setsuko, Asai, Akiko

The 56th Annual Conference of the Japan Socity of Social Psychology, Nov 17, 2012
Japanese University Students' Experiences of Environment Study in Mongolia: Changes of Images of Mongolia and Global Citizenship

The 27th Annual Conference of SIETAR Japan, Nov 10, 2012
Japanese University Students' Images of Indonesian Nurses and Care Workers: Prejudice Reduction Processes through the Class Guest Program

The 11th Annual Conference of Japan Society of Multicultural Relations, Oct 20, 2012
What is Cultural Differences? : The Experiences of Indonesian Careworkers and Nurses in Japan

Asai, Akiko, Minoura, Yasuko, Miyamoto, Setsuko

The 33th Annual Conference of Intercultural Education Society of Japan, Jun 10, 2012

Professional Memberships

Works

Crafting Qualitative Research: Working in the Postpositivist Traditions

Yasuko Minoura, Eriko Machi, Akiko Asai, Miki Yamashita, Masako Isa, Tomoko Tokitsu, Yukiko Muramoto, Sachiyo Round Fujita, Makiko Kishi, Yoko, Nadamitsu, Yuko Iwata, Akiko Taniguchi, Sahomi Kodaka, Makoto Shibayama

Jan, 2018 Other
The "I" in Identity

Ryoko Sato, David K. Groff, Mayumi Ishii, Jun H. Nakamura, Mayumi Matsuda

Jan, 2005 Other

Research Projects

Global Career Change Courses: Psychological and Environmental Aspects of Asian Medical Workers

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Apr, 2015 - Present

Akiko Asai, Setsuko Miyamoto
Changes of Intercultural Experiences as Consequences of Globalization and Information Technology Revolution: The Case of Asian Medical Workers

Challenging Research, Individual research, Apr, 2011 - Mar, 2015

Setsuko Miyamoto, Yasuko Minoura
Intercultural Experiences of Asian Nurses and Care workers in Japan

Apr, 2009 - Mar, 2012

Akiko Asai
異文化接触における文化的アイデンティティのゆらぎ

研究成果公開促進費（学術図書）, 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2005 - Mar, 2006