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CWAJ Scholars 2011
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SHIRAI Arei |
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Bachelor of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University
Study Program: M.B.A., The Said Business
School, University of Oxford
While studying Family Sociology as an undergraduate, Ms.
Shirai learned the significance of “housewives’ in corporate
society, family wage systems, and the influence of gender
roles. Since then, she has worked for the Japanese Ministry
of Health, Labour and Welfare and also for McKinsey, an
international business consulting firm. She will now go to
Oxford to study social business, with the goal of
integrating the skills she obtained in the public and
business sectors to construct practical solutions for social
problems.
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TAKEUCHI Nao |
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B.S. in Environmental and Agricultural Engineering, Nihon
University
Study Program: M.S. in Sustainable
Urbanism, The Bartlett School of Planning, University
College London
Ms. Takeuchi studied sustainable architecture and rural
planning as an undergraduate and worked as a landscape
designer for three years in Tokyo. As a designer, she was
involved mainly in landscape planning for the conservation
of biodiversity and the local natural environment in park
design and city development. Both her academic and
professional experiences have inspired a strong desire to
create sustainable cities. In particular, she would like to
explore the possibilities of urban agriculture as a mainstay
of sustainable cities from the perspective of food supply
systems, efficient composting, environmental education and
green employment.
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KECELI, Sumru
(Republic of Turkey) |
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M.D., Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara,
Turkey; M.Sc., Hacettepe University, Graduate Studies
Institute for Allied Health Sciences, Department of
Biophysics, Ankara, Turkey
Study Program: Ph.D., Department of
Integrative Physiology, The Graduate University of Advanced
Studies, National Institute for Physiological Sciences
Ms. Keceli is an ear, nose and throat doctor specializing in
management of patients with ear and hearing disorders
including cochlear implantation for profoundly deaf
patients. Her experience with hearing disabilities inspired
Ms. Keceli to study the auditory system in detail. She first
studied auditory brainstem responses, which are important
for the diagnosis of congenital hearing loss. Ms. Keceli is
currently investigating brain responses to repeating sound
patterns using Magnetoencephalography. She believes her work
will contribute to the understanding of neurophysiology of
hearing.
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LIANG, Zilu
(People’s Republic of China) |
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B.Eng., Electrical Engineering, University of Electronic
Science and Technology of China; M.Eng. Candidate,
Electrical Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Study Program: Ph.D., Electrical
Engineering, The University of Tokyo
After a strong earthquake hit her hometown, Ms. Liang became
interested in ad hoc wireless communication technology,
which can be extremely useful in disaster situations as well
as in daily life. In her master’s course, Ms. Liang is
dedicated to improving the quality of ad hoc wireless
communications. She plans to create innovations in this
field using interdisciplinary approaches during her doctoral
course. Through her research, she hopes to help achieve a
society where people can communicate with others anytime,
anywhere, even in emergent situations in which normal
communication channels have been disabled.
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CWAJ-Tokyo American Club Women’s Group Non-Japanese Graduate
Scholarship
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JEYAMOHAN, Prashanti (India) |
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B.Sc., MSc Microbiology, Madurai Kamaraj University, T.N.,
India; M.Phil., Bio-Technology, Bharathidhasan University,
T.N., India
Study Program: Doctorate in Bio-Nano Fusion
Science, Bio Nano Electronics Research Center, Graduate
School for Interdisciplinary New Science, Toyo University
Ms.Jeyamohan is currently a Doctoral Researcher at Toyo
University, Japan. Her research project. “Carbon Nanotubes
as a Diagnostic/Therapeutic Tool Against Breast Cancer,” is
intended to develop new breast cancer diagnosis and
treatment methods using nanotechnology. Nanomaterials have
great potential in multimodal cancer therapy and diagnosis.
Ms. Jeyamohan hopes her work will greatly improve the lives
of people affected by this disease.
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FUKUCHI Kentaro |
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Bachelor of Human Science, University of Tsukuba
Study Program: M.A. in International
Education and Development, University of Sussex
Mr. Fukuchi has studied international education and
development focusing on inclusive education. Privately, he
has supported education for children with disabilities in
Sudan with his organization, The Committee for Assisting and
Promoting Education of the Disabled in Sudan. In his
master’s program, he will deepen his understanding of
international education and development and learn various
research skills which will enable him to contribute to
international efforts to make education accessible to
everyone, including children with disabilities and other
marginalized groups.
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Scholarship for the Visually Impaired to Study in Japan (SVI-SJ)
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MISONO Masamitsu |
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B.A., Sociology, School of Social Welfare, Shukutoku
University, M.S., Special Education, University of Tsukuba
Study Program: Ph.D., Life-long Human
Sciences, Tokyo Women’s Christian University
Mr. Misono lost his sight completely at the age of nine. He
has found that in this age of information, difficulty in
accessing information from images creates serious barriers
for people with visual impairment. He is researching
presentation methods for the expression of figures and
charts in tactile patterns of two dimensions. He will employ
evidence from cognitive psychology to determine the best
arrangements for the patterns. His hope is to help disabled
people to have barrier-free access to information in the
future.
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Scholarship to the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language
Studies (IUC)
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SARGENT, Katherine (USA) |
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B.A. East Asian Languages and Cultures, Smith College
Study Program: M.A. Candidate, Asian
Studies – Japan, University of Michigan
Ms. Sargent has two strong academic interests: modern
Japanese history and Japanese women’s history. She is
particularly interested in the history of women’s education
in Japan. Her research considers the lives, achievements,
and philosophies of female educators who taught in or
founded schools during the Meiji era. Ms. Sargent will use
her time at the Inter-University Center to increase her
proficiency in spoken and written Japanese and in reading
and translating Meiji Era Japanese texts. During her tenure
in Japan, she will also collect primary source materials for
her research. After returning to the United States, she will
complete her master's thesis using materials collected both
in the United States and Japan.
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