The fourth plenary to be announced for The 13th Asian Conference on Education (ACE2021) is an interview session titled "Undergraduate Research: Nurturing the Next Generation”, with Professor Reiko Yamada of Doshisha University, Japan, and Dr Grant Black of Chuo University, Japan.
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Abstract
Undergraduate Research: Nurturing the Next Generation – an Interview with Reiko Yamada
In anticipation of the forthcoming publication, The Cambridge Handbook of Undergraduate Research, IAFOR is delighted to host an exclusive interview with Reiko Yamada, a professor in the Faculty of Social Studies and Director of the Center for Higher Education and Student Research at Kyoto’s Doshisha University, Japan; President of the Japan Association for College and University Education (JACUE); and co-author of the Japan chapter of the book. The conversation, titled “Undergraduate Research: Nurturing the Next Generation”, will be led by Grant Black, associate professor in the Faculty of Commerce at Chuo University in Tokyo; an IAFOR VP; and fellow co-author. Their discussion will explore current issues in the development of undergraduate research for the next generation, as well as Dr Yamada’s wide-ranging contributions to understanding and promoting undergraduate research. The interview will be followed by a Q&A session.
Speaker Profile
Professor Reiko Yamada
Doshisha University, Japan
Japan Association for College and University Education (JACUE), Japan
Dr Reiko Yamada is a professor at the Faculty of Social Studies and Director of the Center for Higher Education and Student Research at Kyoto’s Doshisha University, Japan, where she was also the former Dean of the Faculty of Social Studies. She received her MA and PhD from the UCLA School of Education and Information Studies in Social Sciences and Comparative Education. She has long been interested in comparative higher education policy in OECD countries. More recently, she has conducted a quantitative study for the acquisition of global competencies before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, and is engaged in comparative student research between Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and the United States. She served as the Director of the Center for Learning Support and Faculty of Development at Doshisha University. She also served on the committee of the Central Council for Education in Japan. She is the president of the Japan Association for College and University Education. She is the author of Prospects for University Education in 2040: Based on 21st Century Learning Outcome (Toshindo, 2019). She is also one of editors of New Directions of STEM Research and Learning in the World Ranking Movement: A Comparative Perspective (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018).
Dr Grant Black
Chuo University, Japan
Dr Grant Black is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Commerce at Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan, where he has taught Global Skills and Global Issues since 2013. Grant is engaged in diverse roles as a global manager, systems builder, executive leader and university professor. His research and teaching areas include global management skills, intercultural intelligence (CQ) and organisational management. He also has taught Japanese Management Theory at J. F. Oberlin University (Japan), and a continuing education course in the Foundations of Japanese Zen Buddhism at Temple University Japan. Previously, he was Chair of the English Section at the Center for Education of Global Communication at the University of Tsukuba where he served in a six-year post in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. He holds a BA Honors in Religious Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara; an MA in Japanese Buddhist Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles; and a Doctor of Social Science (DSocSci) from the Department of Management in the School of Business at the University of Leicester. Dr Black is a Chartered Manager (CMgr), the highest status that can be achieved in the management profession in the UK. In 2018, he was elected a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute (FCMI) and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA). Grant is President of Black Inc. Consulting (Japan), a business & university global strategic management firm based in Tokyo which helps individuals and organisations achieve their global targets. He is the director of the newly formed Nippon Academic Management Institute (NAMI) and the author of the forthcoming “Education Reform Policy at a Japanese Super Global University: Policy Translation, Migration and Mutation” (Routledge, 2022). He serves as a Vice-President for The International Academic Forum (IAFOR).
Dr Grant Black is a Vice-President (at large) of IAFOR. He is a member of the Business & Economics section of the International Academic Advisory Board.
