CURRICULUM VITAE December 18, 2014 MIEKO YAMADA Department of Sociology Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne 2101 East Coliseum Boulevard Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499 Phone (office): 260-481-0147 E-mail: yamadam@ipfw.edu EDUCATION Doctor of Philosophy July 1, 2006 Department of Sociology Western Michigan University Dissertation: The Representation of Race and Ethnic Relations: An Analysis of Japanese Junior High School English Language Textbooks from 1987 to 2002 Master of Education November, 1999 Curriculum Studies, College of Education University of Victoria, B.C., Canada Bachelor of Arts March, 1990 English Linguistics, Department of Foreign Languages Tamagawa University, Tokyo, Japan RESEARCH INTERESTS Race and Ethnic Relations, Sociology of Education, Japan and East Asian Studies, Comparative Education, Multiculturalism, Applied Sociology, Evaluation Research, Cultural Sociology, Popular Culture EMPLOYMENT Associate Professor (with tenure) Department of Sociology Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne, IN July, 2013 present Assistant Professor Fall, 2007 Spring, 2013 Department of Sociology Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne, IN
Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology Fall, 2006 Spring, 2007 Department of Social Sciences, Ferris State University, MI TEACHING EXPERIENCE Graduate: Evaluation Research Applied Research Methods Sociology of Education Modern Japanese Society Undergraduate: Principles of Sociology Education and Society Race and Ethnic Relations Social Stratification Modern Japanese Society AWARDS and HONORS Awards Honors 2011 Purdue Foundation Research Grant ($8,000.00) February, 2011 Purdue University Funded Research: Diversity Matters: Awareness of Multiculturalism and its Implications 2008 IPFW Faculty Summer Research Grant ($8,000.00) January, 2008 Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne Funded Research: The Representation of Race and Ethnic Relations in English Language Textbooks in Japan from the 1980s to the Present Academic Student Achievement Program 2009, Certificate of Appreciation, Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne April 8, 2009 Academic Student Achievement Program 2008, Certificate of Appreciation, Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne April 16, 2008 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS International Association of Intercultural Education 2014 present East Asian Studies Center, Indiana University (EASC) 2007 present North Central Sociological Association (NCSA) 2007 present Midwest Japan Seminar (MJS) 2001 present Society for the Study of Social Problem (SSSP) 2004 2012 American Sociological Association (ASA) 2001 2012 2
PUBLICATIONS Book: Yamada, Mieko. (2015) The Role of English Teaching in Modern Japan: Diversity and Multiculturalism through English Language Education in a Globalized Era. Oxford, UK and New York, NY: Routledge. http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415841283 Refereed Journals: Yamada, Mieko and Gutierrez, Daniel. (2014) An Evaluation of the Impact of a Faith- Based Volunteer Program Journal of Applied Social Science, 8(2): 134-148. http://jax.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/8/2/134.pdf?ijkey=jjxwjsrtdo6fqpq&keytype=ref Yamada, Mieko. (2013) Diversity Matters: Japan s Domestic Diversity and the Role of English Language Teaching Critical Inquiry in Language Studies: an International Journal, 10(3): 215-241. Yamada, Mieko, and Shupe, Anson. (2013). Internet Accessibility of the Mizuko Kuyo (Water-child) Ritual in Modern Japan: A Case Study in Progressive Weberian Rationality Sociological Focus, 46(3): 229-240. Yamada, Mieko. (2011). Awareness of Race and Ethnic Diversity in Japan s Junior High Schools English Language Textbooks Critical Inquiry in Language Studies: an International Journal, 8(3): 289-312. Yamada, Mieko. (2010). English as a Multicultural Language: Implications from a Study of Japan s Junior High Schools English Language Textbooks Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 31(5): 491-506. Yamada, Mieko. (2009). Westernization and Cultural Resistance of Tattooing Practices in Contemporary Japan, International Journal of Cultural Studies, 12(4): 319-338. Yamada, Mieko. (2008). Meanings of Tattoos in the Context of Identity-Construction - A Study of Japanese Students in Canada, Japan Studies Review, Vol. XII: 3-21. Book Review: Yamada, Mieko. (2010). Building Racial and Cultural Competence in the Classroom: Strategies from Urban Educators, edited by Karen Monheim Teel and Jennifer E. Obidah. New York and London: Teachers College Press, Columbia University, 2008. in Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 4: 208-210. 3
Encyclopedia Entries and Other Journals: Yamada, Mieko. (2011). Newsletter Article: The Internet Use and Japan s Religious Practice of Mizuko Kuyo in a Global Era, North Central Sociologist, Official Newsletter of the North Central Sociological Association, Spring 2011: 14-15. Yamada, Mieko. (2010). Body Modification: Tattooing In the Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, edited by Joanne B. Eicher, Vol. 6. East Asia, edited by John E. Vollmer, pp.92-98. Oxford, UK: Berg Publishers. Yamada, Mieko. (2001). Tattooing Tokyo 2000 International Tattoo Art. Butterfly Publications, Ltd., New York. March. 21-31. Yamada, Mieko. (1999). Exploring Identity: The Significance of Tattoos in Contemporary Japan, Proceedings of The Tattoo Forum. Department of Sociology, Western Michigan University. October 2. 23-24. Yamada, Mieko. (1999). Japanese Tattooing from the Past to the Present. Available on line. http://www.tattoos.com/mieko.html Other Publications (Translations): Japanese Tattooing Authored by Oguri, Kazuo. Tatowiermagazine. Mannheim, Germany: Huber Verlag GmbH & Co KG. May, 2000: 35-38. Japanese Tattoo Tradition Authored by Oguri, Kazuo. International Tattoo Art. New York: Butterfly Publications, Ltd. May, 2000: 68-73. Japanese Tattooing Authored by Oguri, Kazuo. Tatowiermagazine. Mannheim, Germany: Huber Verlag GmbH & Co KG. Sep. 1999: 106. Japanese Tattoo Tradition. Authored by Oguri, Kazuo. Available online. http://www.tattoos.com/tebori-oguri.html Working Papers for Conferences and Publications: Yamada, Mieko. Tentative book title: The Role of English Teaching in Modern Japan: Diversity and Multiculturalism through English Language Education in a Globalized Era (sabbatical leave project, preparing a book manuscript in Japanese) Yamada, Mieko, Research Title: Diversity and English language education in rural Japan: Attitudes toward diversity and English teaching profession among Japanese university students New research for summer 2015 4
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Presentations Invited by Professional Meetings Invited Speaker, The Role of English Language Education in Contemporary Japan Toyama English Language Teaching Study Association, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan June 8, 2013 Invited Speaker, Tattooing Practices in Contemporary Japan An Andrew W. Mellon Foundation John E. Sawyer Seminar, Bodies at Play, Japan Embodied: New Approaches to Japanese Studies Washington University, St. Louis, MO September 23, 2011 Invited Speaker, Japanese Tattooing: Popularity, Resistance, and Cultural Complexity in Postmodern Practices, Midwest Japan Seminar, Valparaiso, IN February 5, 2011 Presentations at Professional Conferences: Presenter, Diversity and English Language Education in a Globalized Era: Implications from the case of Japan International Association of Intercultural Education, Toronto, Canada October 30, 2014 Session Chair and Presenter, Program Participants Input on Service Development in a Faith-Based Volunteer Program North Central Sociological Association, Indianapolis, IN April 5, 2013 Presenter, Awareness of internal diversity and implications for teaching English in Japan Society for the Study of Social Problems, Denver, CO August 18, 2012 Presenter, The role of teaching English as a Foreign Language in a global society: an analysis of students perceptions of the domestic diversity and English learning in Japan North Central Sociological Association, Pittsburgh, PA April 14, 2012 Presenter, Internet Mizuko Kuyo in Japan: A Case Study in Progressive Weberian Rationality co-authored with Anson Shupe North Central Sociological Association, Cleveland, OH April 1, 2011 Presenter, Teaching Diversity: Increasing Awareness of Multiculturalism and its Implications in Japanese Education Midwest Sociological Society/North Central Sociological Association, Chicago, IL April 2, 2010 5
Presenter, Multiculturalism as a New Discourse: Race and Ethnic Relation in Japan s Junior High Schools English Language Textbooks from the 1980s to the Present Society for the Study of Social Problems, San Francisco, CA August 7, 2009 Presenter, Compassion, Ritual, and the Abortion Controversy in Modern Japanese Buddhism co-authored with Anson Shupe. North Central Sociological Association, Dearborn, MI April 18, 2009 Presenter, Tattoos Statuses in East Asia: The Description of Tattooing Practices in Chinese and Japanese Newspaper articles North Central Sociological Association, Dearborn, MI April 17, 2009 Session Chair and Presenter, Visual Images of Gender and Race in Textbooks: A Study of Japan s Junior High Schools Textbooks for Teaching English as a Foreign Language Comparative and International Education Society, New York, NY March 18, 2008 Professional Service: Academic Journal Referee Journal of Applied Social Science June, 2014 International Journal of Cultural Studies March, 2009 Service to Professional Conference Executive Committee Member, Midwest Japan Seminar Fall, 2013 Spring, 2016 Session Organizer/Chair/Presenter, Sociological Practice, North Central Sociological Association, Indianapolis, IN April 5, 2013 Host, Midwest Japan Seminar, September Session, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, IN September 26, 2009 Session Chair, From ELL to EFL: The Role of Culture, Context and Setting in the Teaching of English, Comparative and International Education Society, New York, NY March 18, 2008 Contribution to Professional Organizations Yamada, Mieko. (2012). Self-Introduction for EASC Newsletter East Asian Studies Center, Indiana University-Bloomington. (Available at http://www.indiana.edu/~easc/publications/news/faculty.shtml#fac2) 6
Yamada, Mieko. (2011). *Newsletter Article: The Internet Use and Japan s Religious Practice of Mizuko Kuyo in a Global Era, North Central Sociologist, Official Newsletter of the North Central Sociological Association (NCSA) Spring 2011: 14-15. *also listed as a publication on page 3. Collaborative Applied Research Projects (1) Gutierrez, D., Johns, E., Woodson, S., and Yamada, M. (2012) Project Report Title: Final Report The Backyard Missionary (TBM) Volunteer Program: Pilot Project Evaluation (2) Gerlaugh, K.C., Goodrich, G, Ryder, K., Patten, D., Ritchhart, K., Schnelker, G., Yamada, M., and Bradley, C. (2011). Project Report Title: Paul Harding High School Student Engagement Study Committee Members: University Level College Level Member, Diversity Council Committee, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne Dec., 2008 August, 2012 Member, Affirmative Action Committee, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne Fall, 2009 Spring, 2011 Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee, College of Arts and Sciences Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne Fall, 2014 Spring, 2016 Member, Faculty Affairs Committee, College of Arts and Sciences Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne Fall, 2014 Spring, 2016 Affiliated Faculty, Women s Studies Program (WOST), Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne Fall, 2009 present Member, Women s Studies Program (WOST) Executive Committee (served for sabbatical replacement) Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne Fall, 2013 Member, Assessment Committee of Peace and Conflict Studies Program (PACS), Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne Spring, 2012 Spring, 2014 Member, Women s Studies Advisory Committee, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne Fall, 2007 Spring, 2008 7
Department level Undergraduate Program Review Committee, Department of Sociology, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne Spring, 2013 present Faculty Advisor, Sociology Student Association (SSA), Department of Sociology, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne Fall, 2012 present Member, Graduate Program Committee, Department of Sociology, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne April, 2008 present Member, Undergraduate Program Committee, Department of Sociology, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne Fall, 2009 Spring, 2011 Fall, 2007 Spring, 2008 Member, Brown Bag Lecture Committee, Department of Sociology, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne Fall, 2012 present Fall, 2007 Spring, 2008 Graduate Student Mentoring Chair - Master s Theses: Stephanie Woodson, Master s student in Sociological Practice, Department of Sociology, IPFW Tentative Title: Student Retention in Higher Education: Exploring African American Students Success on a Predominantly White Campus Retention Fall, 2013 present Jacob Perkins, Master s student in Sociological Practice, Department of Sociology, IPFW Title: An Evaluation Study of Post-Release Job Developmental Training and its Impacts on Ex-offenders in Fort Wayne, IN Fall, 2011 Spring, 2014 Katherine Gerlaugh, Master s student in Sociological Practice, Department of Sociology, IPFW Title: The Impact of Student-Teacher Relationships on Student Engagement. March, 2010 May, 2011 Committee Member - Master s Theses/Practicum: Taras Yaphet Fossett, Master s student in Sociological Practice, Department of Sociology, IPFW. Tentative Title: A Study of University Students Attitudes toward Diversity Fall, 2010 Fall, 2011 8
Heidi Wheeler, Sociological Practice, Department of Sociology, IPFW. Title: College Student Stress and Mental Health: An Examination of Strategic Views of Mental Health Counseling February, 2009 Aug., 2009 Angela Sheets. Sociological Practice, Department of Sociology, IPFW Title: Waynedale Needs Assessment: Potential Preschool and Child Care Ministries March, 2008 Dec., 2008 Supervising Students Independent Studies: Stephanie Woodson, Master s student in Sociological Practice SOC-P 699: Master s Thesis Research Spring, 2014 present SOC-P 695: Sociology of Education Applied Research Fall, 2013 SOC-S 560: Topics: Race/Ethnic Relations Fall, 2003 Elizabeth Fraysier, Master s student, Liberal Studies SOC-P 695: Topics in Sociology: Focus on Japan Spring, 2013 Jacob Perkins, Master s student in Sociological Practice SOC-P 699: Master s Practicum Research Spring, 2012 Spring, 2014 SOC-P 695: Pedagogy Spring, 2012 Taras Yaphet Fossett, Master s student, Sociological Practice SOC-P 699: Master s Thesis Research Fall, 2011 Katherine Gerlaugh, Master s student, Sociological Practice SOC-P 699: Master s Thesis Research Fall, 2010 Spring, 2011 Mary Cooper, Master s student, Liberal Studies SOC-S 560: Topics in Sociology: Focus on Japan Spring, 2010 Katherine Gerlaugh, Master s student, Sociological Practice SOC-P 698: Practicum in Sociological Practice Spring, 2010 Invited Guest Lectures in Local Communities Lecturer, Internet Water-Child Memorial Services in Japan, The Anthropology Club, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne March 5, 2014 Presenter, Diversifying English Uses and Users: The Role of English Language Education in Multicultural Japan First Mondays Series, College of Arts and Sciences Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne November 4, 2013 Panelist, Women s Reproductive Rights: A Historical and Global Perspective, Women s History Month Event Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne March 21, 2013 9
Presenter, Internet Mizuko Kuyo in Japan, Sociology Club Brown Bag Lecture, Department of Sociology, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne October 28, 2011 Guest Speaker, Understanding and Appreciating the International Students Experience, CASA In-Service: Understanding and Appreciating Diversity, hosted by Center for Academic Support and Advancement, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne August 16, 2011 Guest Speaker for the orientation, Academic Success Center, Center for Academic Support and Advancement, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne January 5, 2010 Presenter, Water-Child Ritual and Controversy in Modern Japanese Buddhism, Sociology Brown Bag Lecture, Department of Sociology, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne November 19, 2009 Lecturer, Is it Art or Taboo? : Tattoos s statuses in Japan, The Anthropology Club, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne November 12, 2008 Guest Speaker, The Characteristics of Japanese Education, 2008 Study Tour Follow-up Meeting, National Consortium for Teaching about Asia, East Asian Studies Center, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN September 13, 2008 Presenter, School and Society: In the Case of Japan, Focus on Asia, International Information Day, Office of International Programs, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne April 18, 2008 Presenter, Tattooing in Contemporary Japan, Sociology Brown Bag Lecture Department of Sociology, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne January 30, 2008 Panelist for Workshop Panelist, COAS Promotion and Tenure Workshop: Putting Together the Case, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne April 25, 2014 Invited Presentations Guest lecture, The Role of English Language Teaching in Multicultural Japan, to the IPFW graduate students enrolled in Second Language Education (LING-L 532) taught by Dr. Shannon Bischoff April 11, 2013 10
Guest lecture, Professional Development, to the IPFW graduate students enrolled in Professional Development (SOC-P 697) taught by Dr. Peter Iadicola October 17, 2011 Guest lecture, Japanese Culture, to the IPFW undergraduate students enrolled in International Communication (INTL 350) taught by Dr. Lee Roberts August 2, 2011 Guest lecture on the article, Compassion, Ritual, and the Abortion Controversy in Modern Japanese Buddhism, to the IPFW undergraduate students enrolled in Collective Behavior and Social Movements (SOC-S 360) taught by Dr. Anson Shupe October 14, 2009 Guest lecture, Tattooing Practices in Japan, to the IPFW undergraduate students enrolled in Principles of Sociology (SOC-S 161) taught by Ms. Heidi Wheeler September 23, 2009 Guest lecture, Ch.1: Sociological Perspectives, to the IPFW undergraduate students enrolled in Principles of Sociology (SOC-S 161) taught by Dr. Augusto De Venanzi September 4, 2009 Guest lecture, Japanese culture, to the IPFW undergraduate students enrolled in International Communication (INTL 350) taught by Dr. Suin Roberts April 20, 2009 11