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.