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Yusaku Yajima
Assistant Professor
School of Humanities
WALK 2-120
318-342-3678
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Yusaku Yajima, PhD
Assistant Professor, Communication

Education

Ph D

2020, Culture and Communication
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

MA

2014, Culture and Communication
Minnesota State University, Mankato

BA

2011, English and Intercultural Communication
Dokkyo University

Creative Works

Being interviewed by Charitsumo (a Japanese media corporation) about what I do as a scholar, , Tokyo, Japan. (August 2024).
Being interviewed by NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), , Tokyo, Japan. (July 2024).
Being interviewed by Dr. Yasuyuki Kawamura, Ehime University, .. (March 2024).
Theatre - Perform, A guitar accompanist and performer in Jason Hendrick’s performance, “4 Films”, Carbondale, IL. (March 2016).

Recent Publications

(2023). (De)naturalizing the normative: Critical autoethnography as a critical labor. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Press.
(2022). 言語・非言語コミュニケーション (Verbal and Nonverbal Communication). Tokyo: 異文化間教育学会 (Intercultural Education Society of Japan).
(2023). Interpersonal/Intercultural communication: Language, power, and identity. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt.
(2022). A critical cultural approach to public speaking. Dubuque, IA: The Kendall/Hunt Publishing.
Kudo, K., Nakabayashi, H. (2021). オンライン異文化間教育：コロナ下にお ける実践者の自己省察. Tokyo: The Intercultural Education Society of Japan.
(2021). 米国大学におけるホワイトネス及び英語ヘゲモニー研究の実践と課 題. Tokyo: The Intercultural Education Society of Japan, Tokyo, Japan..
(2019). 世界最高峰バスケットボールリーグとされるNBA、そのリーグ所属全選手のうち、最新（2017年）のデータによれば、74.4％を占めるのが黒人と、黒人多数（選手）のリーグとなっていることは良く知られていますが、その一方、その他の側面（会社のオーナー、コーチ、トレーナーなど）において、白人中心的であることは意外と知られていません [NBA and racial/ethnic demographics: Sports and racism]. Tokyo: チャリツモ [Charitsumo].
(2019). 『週刊SPA！』とジェンダー格差後進国日本；海外の反応 [Japanese magazine ranking universities on how easy it is for men to have sex with female students at drinking parties; Japan, patriarchy and sexism]. Tokyo: チャリツモ [Charitsumo].
(2019). イエメンの紛争と100年に一度の飢餓危機；3分の２以上の国民（その数およそ1800万人）が、いつ次の食事ができるかわからない生活を送っています [Yemen’s civil war, famine, U.S.’s role]. Tokyo: チャリツモ [Charitsumo].
(2019). おおよそ3千人の犠牲者を生んだ9/11 (2001)テロ以来、17年、アフガニスタンとアメリカは、今も戦争状態にあります；これまでアメリカはおおよそ９０兆円費やしました[U.S. has now been at war against Afghanistan for 17 years, has spent 900 billion dollars]. Tokyo: チャリツモ [Charitsumo].
(2019). アメリカでは、警官の発砲による一般市民の死者数が年間約1000件 [Police brutality in the U.S. and its victims]. Tokyo: チャリツモ [Charitsumo].
(2018). 台湾、住民投票（国民投票に相当）の結果、同性婚合法化が否決 [Taiwan voted down same-sex marriage in referendum]. Tokyo: チャリツモ [Charitsumo].
(2018). 容疑者を捉えている警備員を犯人と誤認した警官に撃たれる：アメリカ、銃社会、そして人種差別 [Male black security guard who subdued a suspect/shooter got fatally shot and killed by police]. Tokyo: チャリツモ [Charitsumo].
(2018). 中国、ウイグル人100万人拘束疑惑；ムスリム容認しない姿勢を明らかに [Chinese government and Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region: Anti-Muslim and nationalism in China]. Tokyo: English Research/Dokkyo University.
(2018). 北朝鮮に非核化を迫るアメリカ自ら臨界前核実験、5年ぶり28回目[U.S. conducted subcritical N-test while denuclearizing North Korea: Analyses]. Tokyo: チャリツモ [Charitsumo].
(2018). ブルガリア政府の補助金不正利用疑惑を報道していたブルガリアのジャーナリスト、ビクトリアマリノワさん（30歳）が何者かに残虐に殺害される；言論の自由実現への道のりは長いのか [Bulgarian government, EU, and Viktoria Marinova]. Tokyo: チャリツモ [Charitsumo].
(2018). 2017年8月から現在(2018年10月)までの間に、ミャンマーが生んだロヒンギャ難民の数は、おおよそ90万人 [The Rohingya refugee crisis]. Tokyo: チャリツモ [Charitsumo].
(2018). 2017年6月以降、サウジアラビアで10人のジャーナリストの身元が不明 [Saudi Arabia and journalists missing]. Tokyo: チャリツモ [Charitsumo].
(2018). 反貧困層、銃所持賛成の「ブラジルのトランプ氏」ことジャイルボルソナロが約45％の支持率を獲得し、決選投票へ [“Brazil’s Trump” won 46 % of the vote: Racism, cutting support for the poor, and for gun possession for all]. Tokyo: チャリツモ [Charitsumo].
(2018). 世界全体での軍備費用、170兆円；そのうち、アメリカが占める 割合約６１兆円と全体の３分１以上 [The world annually spends 1700 billion dollars on military-related expenses; U.S. spends more than 1/3 of it]. Tokyo: チャリツモ [Charitsumo].
(2018). おおよそ２週間に１言語のペースで世界の言語は減っている；英語を公式言語とする国は約６０国。[How many languages were/are dying per year: Analyses]. Tokyo: チャリツモ [Charitsumo].
(2018). 世界3位の経済力を誇る日本のジェンダー格差は144カ国中114位 [Japan’s economy is ranked 3rd while its gender equality is ranked at 144th]. Tokyo: チャリツモ [Charitsumo].
(2018). アメリカ映画の興行収入全体のうち７０％が海外での利益；人種あるいは民族的少数派の役者の起用は、約２５％と、依然として問題視されている。[U.S. movie industry and racism]. Tokyo: チャリツモ [Charitsumo].
(2018). 1600年から1850年代までの間にアフリカから強制連行された人の数、およそ900〜1200万人 [Colonial histories; 17-19 centuries]. Tokyo: チャリツモ [Charitsumo].
(2018). 世界の富の50%以上がお金持ち層トップ1%の人々の手にあると言われています [Capitalism and neoliberalism; the gap between the haves and the have-not]. Tokyo: チャリツモ [Charitsumo].
(2018). 世界では2〜3億人の人が出身国以外の場所で生活をしています [Globalization, neoliberalism, immigration, and (il)literacy]. Tokyo: チャリツモ [Charitsumo].
(2018). 世界で二人に一人は、貧困状態の生活を送っています [Poverty in the world, those living under the internationally defined poverty line and their lives]. Tokyo: チャリツモ [Charitsumo].
Kudo, K., Motohashi, Y., Enomoto, Y., Kataoka, Y. (2011). Bridging differences through dialogue: Preliminary findings of the outcomes of the Human Library in a university setting. Shanghai: Shanghai International Conference on Social Science.
Kudo, K., Motohashi, Y., Enomoto, Y., Kataoka, Y. (2012). Living with diversity: A narrative of growth in 'Shakaijin kisoryoku' [Basic skills to work in society] through the operation of the Human Library (pp. 99-118). Saitama: English Research/Dokkyo University.
Toyosaki, S. (2015). Bridging for a critical turn in translation studies: Power, hegemony, and empowerment (pp. 91-125). NM & AR: Connexions・International Professional Communication Journal.
Sekimoto, S. (2017). The affective politics of the feminine: An interpassive analysis of Japanese female comedians. London & New York: Routledge.
Toyosaki, S. (2018). Complicating special population research: A case for non-native English speaking, international students in USAmerican campuses. London & New York: Routledge.
(2022). 考える虫：大人が知ったかぶりしてしまう社会の話. Tokyo: 一般社団法人本の研究社.
(2020). Becoming (un)desirable. Dubuque, IA: The Kendall/Hunt Publishing.

Research Grants

, "The AIC Award" (Awarded, Not Yet Funded), Sponsored By Academic Innovation Center, The University of Louisiana at Monroe, $2000. (February 2021 - Present).
, "Research Grant" (Funded), Sponsored By College of Arts, Education, and Sciences, The University of Louisiana at Monroe, $1650. (November 2021).
, "Dissertation Research Fellowship" (Funded), Sponsored By Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, External to The University of Louisiana at Monroe, $16000. (August 2018 - May 2019).
, "Career Development Award" (Funded), Sponsored By Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, $1200. (November 2014 - November 2018).

Awards & Honors

June 2021 Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM) Institute Fellowship.

February 2021 The AIC award.

October 2018 Wikipedia Fellowship.

July 2018 Robert L. Carr Communication Studies Scholarship .

May 2018 John T. Warren Award for Excellence in Research/Creative Activity.

April 2018 Top Student Paper Award .

April 2018 Dissertation Research Fellowship.

April 2018 GPSC Research Award.

December 2017 Robert L. Carr Communication Studies Scholarship .

May 2016 John T. Warren Memorial Scholarship.

November 2012 Department Membership Award for the National Communication Association Student Membership.

March 2011 Incentive Award.

October 2010 3rd Place Winner of the 45th Annual All Japan Intercollegiate English Oratorical Contest for The Amano Trophy.

Courses Taught

COMM 1001FUNDAMENTALS OF COMMUNICATION, 1 course(s)

COMM 1018INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION, 4 course(s)

COMM 2001PUBLIC SPEAKING, 7 course(s)

COMM 2020VISUAL LITERACY, 1 course(s)

COMM 3010COMMUNICATION AND CONFLICT, 2 course(s)

COMM 3030PERSUASION, 2 course(s)

COMM 3042COMMUNICATION AND GENDER, 2 course(s)

COMM 4050COMMUNICATION THEORY, 4 course(s)

COMM 4052CRITICISM OF CONTEMP COMMUN, 2 course(s)

COMM 5001QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS, 1 course(s)

COMM 5010COMMUNICATION THEORY, 3 course(s)

COMM 5011MASS COMMUNICATION THEORY, 1 course(s)

COMM 5041COMMUNICATION & GENDER, 1 course(s)

COMM 5050INTERP & CONFLICT COMM, 3 course(s)

COMM 5052CONTEMPORARY CRITICISM, 2 course(s)

COMM 5083PUBLIC OPINION & PROPAGANDA, 1 course(s)

COMM 5084PERSUASION, 1 course(s)

COMM 5099THESIS, 1 course(s)