
Director and Deputy Directors
- Director: Kenji Tanahashi (Library Director)
- Associate Directors: Takeshi Kawamoto (Professor, Writing Center); Kenji Murakami (Executive Manager, Department of Libraries); Norifumi Miyokawa (Senior Research Manager (Special Appointment), Research Strategy Group, Headquarters for Research in Collaborative Sciences Enabling the Future)
Academic Staff
- Takeshi Kawamoto (Professor, Writing Center)
- Tingjia Wang (Assistant professor, Writing Center)
Writing Advisor Fellow
The writing advisor fellow focusses on supporting researchers who want to publish papers in English-medium journals or give presentations at international conferences. They offer advice on how to organise the writing process, structure your papers or how to choose the right journal.
Writing advisor fellows do not offer copy-editing or proofreading services.
- Jacqueline Tay, Writing Advisor Fellow
previous Writing Advisor Fellows
Management Committee Members (FY2022)
- Kenji Tanahashi, Director, Writing Center
- Takeshi Kawamoto, Associate Director (Professor (Special Appointment), Writing Center)
- Kenji Murakami, Associate Director (Executive Manager, Department of Libraries)
- Norifumi Miyokawa, Associate Director (Senior Research Manager (Special Appointment), Research Strategy Group, Headquarters for Research in Collaborative Sciences Enabling the Future)
- Tingjia Wang (Assistant professor, Writing Center)
- Mitsuo Hayashi, Vice Executive (Deputy Executive Director, Education Reform)
- Hirotaka Nanba, Vice Executive (Deputy Executive Director, Research Planning)
- Hirofumi Hasegawa (Executive Manager, Department of Educational Affairs)
- Yoshihiro Kiyoto (Chief Manager, Research Collaboration Group, Department of Research and Academia-Government-Community Collaboration)
Writing Tutors
A tutor is a graduate student affiliated with the Writing Center who supports members of the university in improving their writing. It is not the tutors’ responsibility to correct people’s writing; they are trained to help writers organize their thoughts, draw out their ideas, and nurture their writing ability.
A tutor is required to maintain confidentiality of those they support and will not disclose any information gained during the Tutorials.
The tutor's fields of research are diverse, including educational studies, psychology, sociology, law, religious studies, ecology, and musicology.