Faculty
Collaboration Between Academic and Professional Faculty
The teaching and research work of the Media Professional Course benefits greatly from the synergistic collaboration between academic and professional faculty. This enables students to gain a multifaceted understanding of the media within a unique environment that combines a wealth of both theoretical knowledge and practical experience.
List of Faculty
KAWAMURA Masakata (Professor)
| Classes: | Current Broadcasting, Comparative Studies of Broadcasting, Television Broadcasting, Broadcast Program Production |
| Research: | media theory; media history; European and American society as seen through their media |
| Office: | General Education Building, Room 304 |
NAKAMURA Toshiya (Professor, Head of Department)
| Classes: | Current Journalism; Media and Politics |
| Research: | International Relations (IR), political communication |
| Office: | General Education Building, Room 306 |
Edward HAIG (Associate Professor)
| Classes: | Media English; Media Discourse Analysis |
| Research: | media discourse; critical discourse analysis; systemic functional linguistics; ecolinguistics; the ideology of crime, youth and environmental news; radio studies; British media studies; the use of media in English as a foreign language (EFL) teaching |
| Office: | General Education Building, Room 203 |
IKEGAWA Takayuki (Associate Professor)
| Classes: | Sequential Media Design; Field Informatics |
| Research: | Information design; visual media; design studies |
| Office: | General Education Building, Room 301 |
OGAWA Akiko (Associate Professor)
| Classes: | Introduction to Media Studies, Methodology of Media Studies |
| Research: | media theory, media literacy, local media studies |
| Office: | General Education Building, Room 303 |
GOTO Akifumi (Associate Professor, Information Technology Center)
| Classes: | Media Contents Production |
| Research: | Educational technology |
| Office: | General Education Building, Room 201 |
Visiting Faculty
YAMADA Tetsuo (Visiting Professor, Chunichi Shimbun newspaper)
| Classes: | Practical Newspaper Reporting; Media Techniques Training (Internship) |
| Office: | Visiting Faculty Office, General Education Building, Room 302 |
KAWAKAMI Hisaaki (Visiting Professor, Dentsu)
| Classes: | Advertising Strategy (Basic); Advertising Strategy (Advanced) |
| Office: | Visiting Faculty Office, General Education Building, Room 302 |
Other faculty
In addition to the visiting professors listed above, a number of other adjunct faculty are provided through the kind cooperation of the following organizations: Chunichi Shimbun, NHK, Chubu Electric Power, Mizkan and the Educational Center for International Students, Nagoya University.