RESEARCHER’s INTRODUCTION (PERSONAL HISTORY)

Name: UJIHIRA Akira

Affiliation: Hyogo University
Center and for Study Abroad and International Exchange

Title: Professor

Degree: Ph.D. (Doctor of Letters, Osaka University)

Contact: E-mail: ujihira@hyogo-dai.xx.jp
pxm06100@xxxxx.ne.jp
Tel. +81-79-427-9862 (Office)

Place and Date of Birth: Nada-ku, Kobe, Japan, April 20,19xx.

Education

• Doctor course of Letters, Graduate School of Osaka University
  Toyonaka-shi, Osaka pref., Doctor of Letters (Ph.D.) degree
  The title of the dissertation: Linguistic and Phonetic research on Fluency Disorders
  Phonetics and Applied Linguistics (Japanese Studies), 2000, Dean’s List, 2000
• Master course of Foreign Studies, Graduate School of Osaka University of Foreign Studies. ,Mino-shi, Osaka pref., Master of Arts (M.A.) degree,
  Linguistics and Cultures (Japanese Studies), 1996, Dean’s List, 1996
• Osaka University of Foreign Studies, Mino-shi, Osaka pref.,
  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree, Linguistics and Cultures (Japanese Studies), 1994,
  Dean’s List, 1994

The area of research

phonetics, phonology, acoustics, speech pathology

The subject of the research

The background of Fluency disorders and Deviation from morphological normal patterns

Business / Teaching Experience

4/2023～present

Hyogo University, Center and for Study Abroad and International Exchange,
Title: Professor, Teaching Japanese to international students.

4/2022～3/2023

Hyogo University (private univ.),
General Science Research Center, Title: Visiting professor
Teaching Japanese to international students as supplemental lessons

4/2014～3/2021

Niigata University of Rehabilitation (private univ.), Murakami-shi, Niigata Pref.
Department of Rehabilitation, Title: Visiting Professor
Teaching phonetics, linguistics, acoustics to under graduate student.

4/2003～3/2014

Toyohashi University of Technology (national univ.), Toyohashi-shi, Aichi pref.
Institute of Liberal Arts and Science, Title: Professor
Teaching Phonetics and Phonology, Applied Linguistics to graduate
students, Japanese Grammar, and Japanese to international students.

4/2000～present

Research and Clinical Center for Children with Disabilities
Fukuoka University of Education (national univ.), Munakata-shi, Fukuoka pref.
Research staff of Section No.4 (Impairment of Hearing and Language)

9/2001～3/2003

Ibaraki University (national univ.), Mito-shi, Ibaragi pref.
Foreign Student Center, Title: Professor
Teaching Japanese to international students

4/1994-8/2001

Part time lecturer at universities and colleges here and there

Occupations before that time: a mountain worker, a police officer, an office clerk, an owner of a private school

Consecutive service in various posts

Academic Societies

• The Phonetic Society of Japan: An editorial staff of the journal
• The Phonological Society of Japan: The secretary-general, and a director
• The Japan Society of Logopedics and Phoniatrics: A referee of the journal
• The Japan Society of Stuttering and Other Fluency Disorders: The general editor of the journal

Reference

Dr. KUBOZONO Haruo (Professor emeritus, National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics) e-mail:kubozono@xxxxxx.ac.jp
Dr. UEDA Isao (Professor emeritus, Osaka university) e-mail:uedarabichan@xxxxx.com

January 7^th, 2024 Ujihira Akira