教員紹介

Ken Fujioka

Ken Fujioka(ケン フジオカ)

FUJIOKA, R.KEN

職名
教授
担当科目
教養基礎演習Ⅰ(Introduction to Communication)、教養基礎演習II (Communication Skills)、コミュニケーション実践I (American Society through Video)、コミュニケーション実践 II (Media Literacy)、コミュニケーション実践応用I (Understanding Cultural Differences I)、コミュニケーション実践応用II (Understanding Cultural Differences II)、英語基礎演習Ⅰ(Japanese American Journey I)、英語基礎演習Ⅱ(Japanese American Journey II)、英語演習Ⅰ(Understanding Prejudice)、英語演習Ⅱ (Overcoming Prejudice)、英語特別演習 (Research Writing)、卒業課題演習 (Theme Writing)、卒業論文 (Graduation Thesis)、卒業課題 (Graduation Assignment)
専門分野
日系アメリカ人の歴史、言語学
業績紹介
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メールアドレス
fujioka@keisen.ac.jp

According to my passport I am an American but I do not completely identify myself as an American. There are several reasons for this. First, I've lived most of my life abroad, 45 years to be exact. Second, English was not my first language. In fact, I spoke very little English until I enrolled in an international school in Japan, where I associated with English-speaking classmates and friends. The main reason that I don't think of myself fully as an American is because when I was living in the United States I felt like a foreigner. I didn't seem to fit in when I interacted with the people there. After some years, I discovered I felt most comfortable in a cross-cultural environment, composed of people from diverse international backgrounds. As a result, I returned overseas. At present, I enjoy developing friendships with expatriates and people of the host country, sharing stories about international experiences.

高校生の方へ

専門分野についてのご紹介

I have a Japanese name and I've lived in Japan for a long time. However, I am an American. My great grandfather was born in Yamaguchi Prefecture. In 1894, he and his wife emigrated and worked in Hawai'i. They returned to Japan but his oldest son, my grandfather, remained in Hawai'i with his family there. His oldest son, my father, was also born in Hawai'i. In Japanese, I am a 日系四世。My family history is interesting because it follows some important events in world history such as the Meiji period, World War II and Showa period. As a result, I designed a history course about Japanese Americans.
I am an American but I was born in Nigeria. How is that possible? Although I was born outside of the United States I was a citizen by birth because my parents were also Americans. After Nigeria, I lived in Turkey, Japan, Indonesia, Brazil and Thailand. By the time I entered college I had lived in seven countries. Through my overseas experience I learned many things about each country such as languages, customs, foods and so on. For these reasons, I designed a course about understanding cultural differences.

高校へのメッセージ

I once read a quote from a popular humorist that "it is sometimes better to ask some of the questions than knowing all the answers." For many years, based on our schooling, we have been trained to give answers to teachers' questions, but have you ever thought about finding answers to your own questions? Sometimes the most important questions originate from your curious mind. If you are curious and have the courage to pose your own questions, then attending university is one way towards proceeding with your discovery. So, why don't you come to Keisen University?