Members

Previously enrolled students

Ayana Yanai
Environment and Information studies 4th year
Research Topic

Formation of Cultural Stereotypes, Hegemony

Hobbies

Listening to Kpop, Meditation, Hanging out with friends

Sumie Shu
Graduate School of Media and GovernanceFaculty of Environment and Information Studies 4th Year
Research Topic

Returnees in Japan

Hobbies

Loves food, traveling, photography

Sonoka Inomoto
Faculty of Environment and Information Studies KRIS Researcher
Research Topic

language policy of migrant/transnational families

Hobbies

watching Marvel movies, eating good food, knitting

Estelle Rust
Graduate School of Media and Governance D1
Research Themes

Cultural Heritage, Social Narratives, Community Action, Anthropology of Imagination

Research Topic

Pop-Culture Media as Avenue for Regional History/Heritage Engagement

Hobbies

Drawing, photography, travel (especially to the mountains!)

Chrysoula Panagiotidou
Graduate School of Media and Governance, X-Design D2
Research Topic

Machine Translation, Device-Assisted-Interaction

Hobbies

Films, excursions and avoiding SNS

Chengcheng Zhang
Graduate School of Media and Governance D3
Research Topic

Family Language Policy of Chinese Transnational Families in Japan

Hobbies

photos, handcraft, baking, traveling

Kateryna Pradied
Graduate School of Media and Governance M1
Research Topic

Nationalism, National Identity, Citizenship, Dissonant Heritage

Hobbies

Reading, sketching, coding

Zoe Gabrielle “Gabby” Habos
Environment & Information Studies GIGA (Year 4)
Research Interests
  • International schools in Asia
  • Internationalism
  • English language ideology
  • Comparative Education
Hobbies
  • Journaling
  • Handicrafts
  • Visiting fun exhibitions
Jihye Kim
Graduate School of Media and Governance
Research Topic

 Female marriage immigrants, textbook analysis, critical discourse analysis, conversational analysis, feminism, gender stereotype

Hobbies

Appreciating exhibitions and musicals, eating famous and delicious foods, hiking

Bingjie “Lorraine” Zhou
Graduate School of Media and Governance
Research Topic

International marriage, language learning and identity formation

Hobbies

 fishing, marine sports