SESSION 5:
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University and Kansai University
Friday, November 18, 2022 | 9:00 - 10:00AM (JST)
(Thursday, November 17, 2022 | 7:00 - 8:00PM EST)
Format: Webinar
Length: 60 minutes
Cost: FREE*
Language: English
*This event is limited to JAFSA, JPN-COIL Association and IIGE network members
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) are now finally on the agenda of many universities in Japan, reflecting a shift in demography, law, and societal attitude. In this live webinar, Tateyama talks about initiatives taken to foster DE&I at his
university in Japan where students from 95 countries study together and faculty members from 24 countries work together. His discussion highlights new systems that have been developed to address the needs of students with disabilities and sexual minority students, and future challenges that need to be overcome in order to further improve DE&I on campus.
Keiko Ikeda will talk about Diversity and Inclusion in the J-MCP program. J-MCP as one of IIGE's frontier programs launched in 2021 offers a COIL/VE module on diversity and inclusion. In J-MCP, there are over 15 countries and regions represented in the virtual class and they are given opportunities to various inputs carefully designed by internationally diverse facilitators. This year we have collaborated with CCI, Core Collaboration International in the U.S., to create a basis for this particular module. The first course is conducted in August-Sept 2022, so the seminar will be the first to share with the audience on the participants' reactions about the program. In the talk, Keiko Ikeda will provide the background and motivation behind developing this particular module using COIL as its methodology.
*This event is limited to JAFSA, JPN-COIL Association and IIGE network members
Speakers & Facilitators
Rob
Kuipers
Coordinator
Institute for Innovative Global Education (IIGE)
Rob holds a master's degree in global environmental studies from Kyoto University, with a specialization in environmental education. His research areas of interest are international education and education for sustainability. Rob has worked as a research assistant for various projects at universities and international organisations in Japan. Currently, he works as a specially appointed coordinator at IIGE, assisting with the development and support of COIL classes at Kansai University.
Keiko Ikeda
Vice-Director
Institute for Innovative Global Education (IIGE)
Keiko Ikeda is a Professor in the Division of International Affairs, and KU-COIL Coordinator at Kansai University. Recently, she has taken the role as the principal project manager for the Inter-University Exchange Project funded by MEXT, 2018-2022 ("COIL Plus Program to Develop Global Career Mindset"). Keiko is Vice-Director for the newly established organization at Kansai University, Institute for Innovative Global Education (IIGE). She has a Ph.D. from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, specializing in Japanese linguistics, foreign language education, and conversation analysis. Her interests in the international education field are internationalization at home, constructing active learning programs collaborating with universities overseas. Keiko also plays a vital role in another line of the on-going government-funded project, SUCCESS-Osaka Project (2017-2021). It promotes the employability of international students who have studied in Japan.
Hirokuni Tateyama
Dean, Student Affairs
(Concurrent post with AP House Director)
Associate Professor
Education Development and Learning Support
Center Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Japan
Hirokuni Tateyama holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of British Columbia, with a specialization in the cultural anthropology of the Pacific Islands. Since he joined Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, his research interests have broadened to include the application of cultural anthropology in education, largely due to an unparalleled culturally diverse learning environment offered by the University. Currently he is working on a JSPS-funded research project on the introduction of cultural anthropology into high school education.