Dr. Midori Inagaki

PhD in Japanese Applied Linguistics, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
MA in Education, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
BA in Literature, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan

2020-present, Associate Professor of Japanese Language Program, International College of Liberal Arts, Yamanashi Gakuin University, Yamanashi, Japan
2018-present, Adjunct Researcher, The Institute for Irish Studies, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
2018-2020, Lecturer of Japanese Applied Linguistics, Tokyo International University, Saitama, Japan
2017-2018, Adjunct Lecturer, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan
2015-2018, Research Associate, School of International Liberal Studies, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
2007‐2011, Adjunct Lecturer, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
2000‐2011, Japanese Development Officer (Japanese language teacher) Post-Primary Languages Initiative, Department of Education and Skills in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Midori Inagaki is an academic and a teacher with a background in Japanese language and literature in education. She started her teaching career as a Kokugo teacher teaching Japanese literature and language education to Japanese students. Then she became a teacher of Japanese language as a foreign language.

Dr. Inagaki’s research interests are intercultural studies, diaspora studies and philosophical investigations for Japanese language education. Her current interest is phenomenology and she is trying to develop a language teaching method based on eidetic seeing of phenomenology. She would love to create inter-active, exciting language practice with the students of iCLA, as she believes that learning a language is the most exciting way to think about the meaning of life.