Human development and the creation of communities that support this development
Degree Programs: Social Empowerment, Psychology, Active Life, Music Communication, Art Communication
This department aims to foster individuals with the skills to create diverse communities where people can live better lives. We provide education and research related to the variety of ways in which humans develop, as well as the communities that support them, aiming for the realization of a sustainable shared global society where people respect diversity. With these goals in mind, this department has established the following two areas of research and education.
- Developmental Studies Formation: We offer a broad education in order to grasp the full picture of human development, including physical and mental development and humanity’s most essential attributes of expression and behavior (in art and sports).
- Community Formation: We offer both theoretical and practical education on community formation that employs art and sports activities as resources.
The education offered in this department is unique in its practical approach to active research that incorporates fieldwork, on-site practical studies and study tours both within Japan and overseas, combined with an interdisciplinary and integrated approach that maps human development from multiple perspectives.
Staff
Social Empowerment
| Minae Inahara | Associate Professor | Gender Theories, Phenomenology, Clinical Philosophy |
| Mieko Kiyono | Associate Professor | Coexistence Society between People and Nature, Wildlife Management, ESD（Education for Sustainable Development) |
| Koji Matsuoka | Professor | Lifelong Learning, Informal Learning, Learning in the Volunteer |
| Rumiko Murayama | Associate Professor | Environmental Health |
| Eiji Tsuda | Professor | Lifelong Learning, Learning Support for Inclusive Society |
| Hiroko Hirayoshi | Associate Professor | Fashion Theory |
| Misako Ohta | Associate Professor | Music Aesthetics, History of Music |
| Kana Okazaki-Sakaue | Associate Professor | Music Therapy, Clinical Improvisation |
| Keigo Yoshida | Professor | Clinical Psychology |
Psychology
| Naoki Aizawa | Associate Professor | Clinical Psychology and Psychological Testing (Projective Methods) |
| Maki Furutani | Associate Professor | Health Psychology, Sleep Psychology |
| Hajimu Hayashi | Associate Professor | Cognitive Development, Educational Psychology |
| Toshiki Itoh | Associate Professor | Clinical Psychology |
| Yoshiko Kato | Professor | Health Education and Health Psychology |
| Yoshiko Kawasaki | Professor | Clinical Psychology |
| Seiichi Saitoh | Associate Professor | Developmental Psychology |
| Miki Sakamoto | Professor | Educational Psychology, Learning Science |
| Fuyuhiko Tani | Associate Professor | Personality Psychology |
| Miyuki Torii | Professor | Clinical Studies of Developmental Disabilities |
| Takahiro Yamane | Associate Professor | Clinical Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Family Support for Developmental Disabilities |
| Keigo Yoshida | Professor | Clinical Psychology |
Active Life
| Shinobu Akimoto | Associate Professor | Sport History |
| Makoto Chogahara | Professor | Sport Promotion, Health Behavioral Sciences, Gerontology |
| Kazuhiro Harada | Associate Professor | Physical Activity and Health, Gerontology |
| Keiko Katagiri | Professor | Social Psychology, Social Gerontology |
| Shoko Kawabe-Himeno | Professor | Exercise Physiology and Biomechanics |
| Tetsuya Kimura | Associate Professor | Physiological System, Applied Physiology, Biomechanics |
| Narihiko Kondo | Professor | Applied Human Physiology |
| Masato Maeda | Professor | Technique of Sports Performance/Sport Biomechanics |
| Kouhei Masumoto | Associate Professor | Behavioral Adaptation, Experimental Psychology of Aging |
| Harunobu Nakamura | Professor | Public Health |
| Shuichi Okada | Professor | Aging Kinesiology |
| Koji Sato | Associate Professor | Sports Physiology and Biochemistry |
| Yoshihiro Takada | Associate Professor | Exercise Physiology (Physical Conditioning) |
| Kazushi Takami | Professor | Exercise Psychology |
| Rumiko Murayama | Associate Professor | Environmental Health |
Music Communication
| Misako Ohta | Associate Professor | Music Aesthetics, History of Music |
| Kana Okazaki-Sakaue | Associate Professor | Music Therapy, Clinical Improvisation |
| Masato Tani | Associate Professor | Ethnomusicology |
Art Communication
| Hiroko Hirayoshi | Associate Professor | Fashion Theory |
| Yoshihiro Kishimoto | Professor | Painting Expression |
| Tetsushi Nonaka | Associate Professor | Cognitive Science, Ecological Psychology |
| Naoki Odaka | Professor | Kansei Science, Graphic Science, Cultural Studies |
| Noriko Seki | Associate Professor | Creation and Research on Contemporary Dance |
| Akeo Tabata | Professor | Socio-Informatics |
| Hiromitsu Umemiya | Professor | Architectural History |