Center for Global Education and Discovery/Graduate School of Global Studies, Program in International Cooperation Studies
Job title
Professor
Degree
Ph.D (Area Studies)(Sophia University)
Research funding number
90568453
ORCID ID
0000-0003-4755-3537
J-Global ID
200901069016141532
Profile
My research focuses on contemporary issues on cultural revitalization by Indigenous people and the marginalized communities in North America and a part of the Pacific. I use interdisciplinary approaches mainly based on cultural anthropology, ethnic studies, Indigenous studies, and borderlands studies. Other topics I focus on include transborder connections among Indigenous nations and local communities in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands; representation and narrative of history at museums and historical monuments; news media of Indigenous people and marginalized communities; cultural activities in the natural reserves including those within the desert and the ocean; the relationship of the Indigenous Nations (Native American tribes in the U.S.) and organizations working with Indigenous people (nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, museums, etc.) with the nation-states and the international communities. Through my research, I aim to locate issues related to Indigenous people and marginalized communities in those of global society and academic discussions, in order to share the knowledge with people in various fields in Japan and the world.
Research History
Apr 2022
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Sophia University Center for Global Education and Discovery Professor
Apr 2022
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Sophia University Graduate School of Global Studies Master's Program in international Cooperation Studies Professor
Apr 2021
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Mar 2022
Sophia University Graduate School of Global Studies, Program in International Cooperation Studies Associate Professor
Apr 2015
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Mar 2022
Sophia University Center for Global Education and Discovery Associate Professor
Apr 2013
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Mar 2015
Sophia University Assistant Professor, Center for Global Discovery
Sophia University, Teaching Award for Good Practice (Spring 2016)MIZUTANI Yuka
Nov 2012
Japan Consortium for Area Studies, Budding Project,Integration of the Pascua Yaqui into the United States: Border Crossing and the Federal RecognitionMIZUTANI Yuka
Naoko Fukayama, Junko Maruyama, Makiko Kimura eds(Part:Contributor, Chapter 5 Senjumin no rekishi wo uradukeru shiryou toha (Documents and resources to prove history of the Indigenous people))
Symposium "East Asia and the Americas being connected: Would a new 'Pacific world' be created?" 11 Nov 2021 Iberoamerican Institute, and the Institute of American and Canadian Studies (Sophia University)
Lecture series of Iberoamerican Institute of Sophia University, "Learning from Indigenous people in Latin America: Creating the post pandemic world." 7 Dec 2020 Iberoamerican Institute of Sophia University
Public lecture at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Department of American Studies 20 Feb 2020 University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Museum Studies Graduate Certificate Program and the Department of American Studies
Iberoamericana by Iberoamerican Insisute, Sophia University Chief editor
Research Areas
Humanities & social sciences / Cultural anthropology and folklore /
Humanities & social sciences / Local studies / North American Area Studies
Research Interests
Community
,Representation
,Exhibition
,Museum
,History
,Culture
,Collaboration
,Area Studies
,Minority
,Ethnicity
,Cultural Anthropology
,Area
,Environment
,Boundary
,Indigenous peoples
,Latin America
,Indigenous
,United States of America
Teaching Experience
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Cultural Revitalization and Community Building: Learning from Indigenous Peoples in North America (Sophia University)
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Geographical Boundary and Lives of People (Sophia University)
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Cultural Revitalization and Ethnicity: Indigenous Peoples in North America (Sophia University)
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Regions and Communities in International Society 1 (Sophia University)
Sophia University