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Anderson

David

Education

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Education, International Studies, Japan, Students

Informal Learning; Large-scale public events; World Expositions; Museums; Science Centres; Aquariums; Evaluation; Out-of-school learning; Visitor experiences; long-term memories as legacies of events;

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Burk

Stefania

Arts

Japanese, Italian

Culture, Fine Arts, History, Japan, Literature, Women's Issues

Japanese poetry, women poets, waka, tanka, haiku, renga, anthologies, patronage

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Chan

Jennifer

Education

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Sociology, Education, Japan, Multiculturalism, Religion

transnational social movements, international and comparative education, Japanese civil society, Islam in multicultural societies

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Cohen

David

Forestry

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China, Environment, Forestry, Japan, Marketing, Sustainability

sustainability and business, global markets for wood products, China's impact on the global value chain for wood products, Japan's housing sector,secondary wood manufacturing

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Dierkes

Julian

Graduate Studies

German, Japanese, some French

Asian Affairs, Culture, Education, Europe, History, International Studies, Japan, Sociology, Teaching

Japanese Education, Cram Schools, History Education, History Textbooks, Reconciliation, Legal Education, Canada-Japan Relations, Organizational Structure, Contemporary Mongolia

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Edgington

David

Arts

Japanese

Asian Affairs, Australia, Economics, Geography, Japan, Multiculturalism, Urban Planning, Olympics

Japanaese economy; Japan-Canada trade and investment links; Pacific Rim trade and investment patterns; Japanese cities and regions; Multiculturalism and Local Government in Vancouver; Australia

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Hesselink

Nathan

Arts

Korean (nominal)

Fine Arts, Japan, Korea, Music

ethnomusicology, world music, Japanese music, Korean music, popular music

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Laffin

Christina

Arts

English, Japanese, some Portuguese

Archives, Asian Affairs, Classical Studies, Culture, Fine Arts, History, Japan, Language, Literacy, Literature, Sex/Sexuality, Tourism, Women's Issues

Japanese literature, medieval Japanese history, women's writing, Japanese women's history, Japanese women's education, travel writing, autobiography, diaries, wet nurses, narratology

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Lynn

Hyung-Gu

Arts

Japanese, Korean

Asian Affairs, Communications, Film, Government, History, Human Rights, Immigration, International Studies, Internet, Japan, Korea, Multiculturalism, Music, Politics, Racism/Race Relations, Sex/Sexuality, Urban Planning

South Korea, North Korea, Japan, politics, economics, popular culture, society, international relations,

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Mooney

Patrick

Applied Science

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Environment, Health Care, Natural Resources, Urban Planning, Birds, Japan, Wildlife

sustainable development; urban biological diversity; environmental restoration; wetland restoration; therapeutic landscapes; sustainable development; urban biological diversity; urban ecosystems; environmental management in urban planning; birds in urban environments; habitat management; Japanese gardens; habitats

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Nakamura

Masao

Sauder School of Business

Japanese

Asian Affairs, Japan

economy; business

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Orbaugh

Sharalyn

Arts

Japanese, some French

Adolescence, Censorship, Crime, Culture, Film, Gay and Lesbian Issues, Japan, Literature, Racism/Race Relations, Robots, Sex/Sexuality, Women's Issues

modern Japanese culture (literature, film, manga, animation, kamishibai); East Asian women's issues; anti-racist pegagogy

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Somers

Sean

Arts

Japanese, Irish Gaelic

Asian Affairs, Culture, English as a Second Language, Film, Human Rights, International Studies, Japan, Language, Literacy, Literature, Media, Religion, Theatre

Irish literature, W. B. Yeats, Japanese modernism, folklore, Japanese legends, ghosts in popular culture, occultism, translation, comparative religious studies, Japan in intercultural genres, contemporary haiku, calligraphy

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Tiberghien

Yves

Arts

French, Japanese

Asian Affairs, Biotechnology, China, Europe, Free Trade, Government, Hong Kong, International Studies, Japan, Politics, Taiwan

G20, global finance, globalization, global governance, climate change, GMOs, TPP, WTO negotiations, Chinese politics, Chinese economics, Japanese politics, Japanese economy, Fukushima crisis, Euro crisis, European Union, French politics, Korean politics, East Asian geopolitics, Japan-China relations, Taiwan, Diaoyudao-Senkaku, US-China relations

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Vatikiotis-Bateson

Eric

Arts

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Animals, Artificial Intelligence, Brain, Communications, Culture, Engineering, Human Behavior, Japan, Language, Philosophy, Robots, Science, Speech Sciences, Students, Telecommunications, United States

Cognitive Systems, Linguistics, Auditory-Visual Speech Processing, Physical and computational modeling of speech motor control, Talking heads animation, Language and Gesture, Communicating systems

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Wagner

George

Applied Science

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Community Planning, Culture, Fine Arts, Japan, Real Estate, Urban Planning

Architecture, urbanism, built culture, Japanese architecture and urbanism, architectural theory.

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Yaegaki

Ken

Dentistry

Japanese

Asian Affairs, Continuing Education, Dentistry, Disabled Persons, Human Behavior, Japan, Medicine, Mental Health

Periodontal Pathogenesis, SOD, Superoxide, Green Tea, Volatile Sulfur Compounds, Hydrogen sufide, Methyl mercaptane, Bone chemistry, Geriatric Dentistry, Challenged patients dentistry, Psychosomatic Dentistry, Socialphobia, Halitosis, Oral Malodor, Bad Breath

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