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KITANO CHIKA

Department / Course College of Global Liberal Arts Department of Global Liberal Arts

Title / Position Associate Professor

Academic background
1.	2020/03 Degree Acquisition	│ Osaka University Ph.D
2.	2014/04～2020/03	Graduate School of Human Sciences, Internationalization of Higher Education │ Osaka University
3.	2013/11 Degree Acquisition	│ University of London, Goldsmiths College MA

Business career
1.		│ College of Global Liberal Arts │ Ristumeikan University
2.	2025/04 ～	│ College of Global Liberal Arts │ Ritsumeikan University
3.	2024/04 ～ 2025/03	│ Center for Language Education and Research │ Ritsumeikan University
4.	2023/04 ～ 2024/03	│ │ Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization
5.	2020/04 ～ 2023/03	│ Language Education Center │ Ritsumeikan University
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Committee and society
1.	2021/04 ～	International Sociological Association (ISA), Research Committee on Language and Society (RC25) Book Review Editor

Research activities
1.		THE JAPAN SOCIOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Present specialized field
Foreign language education, Sociology (Keyword：Sociology, Sociolinguistics, gender, study abroad, English language learning/teaching)

Papers
1.	2025/06	Can Online International Exchanges Effectively Simulate Short-Term Study Abroad Experiences? The Design of Post-Pandemic Cross-Border Collaborative Learning Programs │ International Journal of Designs for Learning │ 16 (1),pp.46-57
2.	2024/01	Japanese Masculinity: Who Would be the Global Jinzai Power Rangers Fighting the Enemy in a Global Society? │ electronic journal of contemporary japanese studies │ 23 (3)
3.	2020/10/01	Gendered Study Abroad and Career Prospects │ ,pp.185-206
4.	2020/06/23	Tackling gender inequality in the Japanese job market │ European Association for International Education, Blog │
5.	2020/06	Study abroad as a space where akogare (憧れ) circulates: a case study of Japanese college students’ study abroad experiences in the UK │ Gender and Language │ 14 (2),pp.197-219
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Academic conference presentation
1.	2023/12	Discussing the Potential of Online Language Exchange through the Symbol Grounding Problem
2.	2023/02/11	Co-creative online language learning
3.	2021/12/04	Students' perspectives on study abroad online
4.	2021/02/23	Who Should be Ideal English Speakers? Japanese Male College Students’ Experiences in Australia
5.	2019/10/05	Gendered study abroad and career
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Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research -KAKENHI-
1.	2020/09/11 ～ 2022/03/31	Educational Impact of Short-term Study Abroad Programs for English Language Learning │ Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

Subject
1.	GLA 1001 Career Design 1
2.	GLA 1182 Internship 1
3.	GLA 1182 Internship 1
4.	GLA 1182 Internship 1
5.	GLA 1182 Internship 1
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Department laboratory expense researcher number
70838325