College of Nursing Art and Science

Professor Emi Furukawa

Parent training has been conducted since the 1960s and is said to be effective in improving children's life skills, decreasing problematic behaviors, help parents at acquiring parenting skills, and decreasing parental stress and depression. The basic platform of the Japan Parent Training Study Group is to learn the importance of observing “behavior” objectively, paying attention to children's positive behavior, recognizing it, and praising it. The basic platform of the Japan Parent Training Institute is being developed with the cooperation of support groups in Finland and Japan.

College of Nursing Art and Science

Professor Miwa Kawada

We are considering how to adapt and implement the dialogic approach developed in Scandinavia for use in Japan.
In dialogue, safety and security are the foundation. Differences are respected, and everyone's voice is valued. Through dialogue, we hope to create a community where people with difficulties in their lives can live their own lives and have hope for the future, and where no one is left behind.

Graduate School of Disaster Resilience and Governance

Associate Professor Anna Matsukawa

Disasters cause more damage to those who are vulnerable in society, such as the elderly, people with disabilities, women, children, and foreign nationals. We are conducting research with the aim of creating a fair society in which social vulnerability is minimized before a disaster strikes, and in which all victims can receive appropriate support.

Graduate School of Disaster Resilience and Governance

Professor Gou Urakawa

When a disaster strikes, disaster victims face a long road to recovery. We are accumulating lessons learned through research activities at disaster sites and conducting practical research on data-driven, leave-no-one behind support for disaster victims that can contribute to the early recovery of disaster-stricken areas.

Graduate School of Disaster Resilience and Governance

Associate Professor Shohei Beniya

We are researching crisis management methods to help local governments, businesses, care providers, and communities overcome crises such as disasters and infectious disease pandemics.
Because disasters and crises occur in unexpected ways, a formal manual is not useful. In order to develop people and organizations that can respond flexibly, we are also working on the development of various training and exercise methods.
Last year, we also created an experimental disaster prevention test site for international students.

School of Human Science and Environment

Professor Miki Inui

We are researching how children from disadvantaged backgrounds, such as poverty, minorities, and developing countries, can enjoy equal educational opportunities. Together with my seminar students, I have been supporting the learning of foreign children living in Himeji and Kobe, and working to build a school in Laos, continuing to implement practices that will lead to children receiving a quality education.

School of Human Science and Environment

Associate Professor Yuri Nagira

My research focuses on American literature. In particular, we focus on the complex structures of discrimination in the United States and study how Black American writers have confronted issues of class and gender within the Black community. The study of works by minority writers has implications for the state of contemporary society in a wide range of contexts beyond the United States.

School of Human Science and Environment

Associate Professor Yohei Nishimura

Tolerance does not mean just putting up with something. It is not tolerance if a person with discriminatory feelings refrains from hate speech. It is also different from merely accepting everything or being indifferent. Tolerance means to evaluate and respect the ideas and lifestyles of others from a variety of value standards, even when you find their ideas and lifestyles unacceptable. We think about tolerance as the key to achieving true inclusion.

School of Human Science and Environment

Associate Professor Makiko Nakade

Despite the fact that young adults are an important generation that bears the future, there is concern about disordered eating habits and insufficient measures to address this problem. Therefore, we are conducting research on factors related to healthy eating and eating habits (e.g., having a proper breakfast, getting enough vegetables, having a well-balanced diet, etc.). We are also focusing on the development of eating environment that enable healthy eating, and research on behavioral change focusing on psychology, targeting young adults.