Message from the Chair

Committee Members (Academic Year 2026)

As of April 1, 2026

No. Title & Faculty Name Term
1 Chair
Vice President for Academic Affairs
Makoto IKEDA 2025.4.1~2027.3.31
2 Vice Chair
Director, Center for Liberal Education & Learning
Nahomi TAKEDA 2026.4.1~2028.3.31
3 Faculty of Theology Yosuke SAKAI 2025.4.1~2027.3.31
4 Faculty of Humanities Yoko MOTOHIRO 2025.4.1~2027.3.31
5 Faculty of Human Sciences Natsuko KABURAGI 2025.4.1~2027.3.31
6 Faculty of Law Takeo HORIGUCHI 2025.4.1~2027.3.31
7 Faculty of Economics Satoshi KAWANISHI 2026.4.1~2028.3.31
8 Faculty of Foreign Studies Laurence WILLIAMS 2026.4.1~2027.3.31
9 Faculty of Global Studies Takeshi KISHIKAWA 2026.4.1~2027.3.31
10 Faculty of Liberal Arts Angela YIU 2026.4.1~2027.3.31
11 Faculty of Science & Technology Masaki BANDAI 2025.4.1~2027.3.31
12 Graduate School of Law (J.D.) Yasuhiro FUKAZAWA 2026.4.1~2028.3.31
13 Graduate School of Environmental Science Yoshinori NAKAGAWA 2026.4.1~2028.3.31
14 Director, Center for Academic Affairs Masataka HIGUCHI 2025.4.1~2027.3.31
15 Center for Language Education & Research Akiko MASAKI 2025.4.1~2027.3.31
16 Center for Global Education & Discovery Naoki UMEMIYA 2025.4.1~2027.3.31
17 Chair, Educational Development Division
Center for Liberal Education & Learning
Shoichiro TAKEHARA 2026.4.1~2028.3.31

Note: Excerpt from the Faculty Development Committee Regulations
Article 4(5)
A Committee meeting constitutes a quorum when a majority of its members are present. The Committee’s recommendations require the approval of a majority of the members present.