List of full-time teaching staff

Faculty of Urban Management

The Faculty of Urban Management at Fukuyama City University has four academic areas,and there are 26 full-time faculty.

Environment

Hiromu Ishio

Position : Professor, Department of Urban Management, Faculty of Urban Management

Degree : Ph.D. (Science)

Research Field : Physics, Computational Physics, Ergonomics

Class :

  • Practice for Information Literacy I
  • Practice for Information Literacy II
  • Applied Practice for Information Processing I
  • Applied Practice for Information Processing II
  • Fundamentals of Mathematics
  • Environment and Physics

Atsushi Mukai

Position : Professor, Department of Urban Management, Faculty of Urban Management

Degree : Ph.D. (Science)

Research Field : Global Environment

Class :

  • Introduction to Natural History
  • Comprehensive Urban Management A
  • Special Lecture on the Global Environment
  • Introduction to Earth Environment
  • Practical Seminar in Development of Environment
  • Evolution of the Earth
  • Field Informatics
  • History and Philosophy of Science

Yuki Sawada

Position : Professor, Department of Urban Management, Faculty of Urban Management

Degree : Ph.D. (Global Environmental Sciences)

Research Field : Physical Geography, Environmental Geography

Class :

  • Environmental Geography
  • Practical Seminar in Development of Environment
  • Practicum in Natural History
  • Experimental Studies in Environmental Science

Nobuaki Kato

Position : Associate Professor, Department of Urban Management, Faculty of Urban Management

Degree : Ph.D. (Agriculture)

Research Field : Urban Disaster Prevention

Class :

  • Special Lecture on Regional / Urban Disaster Prevention
  • Field Informatics
  • Regional / Urban Disaster Prevention

Toshiyuki Shimizu

Position : Associate Professor, Department of Urban Management, Faculty of Urban Management

Degree : Ph.D. (Engineering)

Research Field : Environmental Engineering, Water and Sewerage Engineering

Class :

  • Urban Water Environment Systems
  • Chemistry and the Environment
  • Experimental Studies in Environmental Science
  • Special Lecture on Urban Environmental Engineering

Makoto Yokoyama

Position : Lecturer, Department of Urban Management, Faculty of Urban Management

Degree : Ph.D. (Engineering)

Research Field : City Analysis, Urban Climate, Urban Environment Planning

Class :

  • Geographic Information System I, II
  • The World of Statistics
  • Data Analysis of the City Society

Planning Design

Shigeo Okabe

Position : Professor, Department of Urban Management, Faculty of Urban Management

Degree : Ph.D. (Engineering)

Research Field : Urban Planning, Urban Design, Urban Construction Laws and Regulations

Class :

  • Urban Planning
  • Law and Regulations on Building and Town
  • Housing Policy in Theory and Practice
  • Senior Seminar for Urban Planning

Kazunari Watanabe

Position : Professor, Department of Urban Management, Faculty of Urban Management and Graduate School of Urban Management

Degree : Ph.D. (Engineering)

Research Field : Urban / Regional Planning, Urban Transportation Policy, National Land Planning

Class :

  • Career Design B
  • Introduction to Urban Design
  • Urban Infrastructure System
  • Urban Transportation Policy
  • Practical Seminar in Urban Planning and Design
  • Geographic Information System I

Class : (Graduate School)

  • Comprehensive Urban Management A
  • Special Lecture on Urban Infrastructure Engineering
  • Urban Management Case Study B (Revitalization of Suburban Housing)

Keishi Kondo

Position : Professor, Department of Urban Management, Faculty of Urban Management

Degree : Ph.D. (Design Engineering)

Research Field : Design Engineering

Class :

  • Urban Landscape Theory
  • Space Design
  • Introduction to Urban Design (Omnibus)
  • Corporate/Administrative Training
  • Special Lecture on Urban Landscape Engineering
  • Comprehensive Urban Management A (Omnibus)

Sotaro Hayashi

Position : Associate Professor, Department of Urban Management, Faculty of Urban Management

Degree : Ph.D. (Health Science)

Research Field : Sports Science, Health Science

Class :

  • Health Science
  • Environmental Ergonomics
  • Health and Sports I
  • Health and Sports II A: Fitness
  • Health and Sports II B: Rowing
  • Health and Sports II C: Skiing
  • Specialized Senior Seminar I
  • Specialized Senior Seminar II
  • Graduation Research

Shuhei Nemoto

Position : Associate Professor, Department of Urban Management, Faculty of Urban Management

Degree : Master's Degree (Engineering)

Research Field : Architectural Planning, Architectural Design

Class :

  • Architectural Planning
  • Practical Seminar in Urban Design

Yu Otani

Position : Senior Lecturer, Department of Urban Management, Faculty of Urban Management

Degree : Ph.D. (Environmental Sciences)

Research Field : Urban Development, Urban Spaces

Class :

  • Theory of Residential Amenity and Urban Resource
  • Strategic Land Use Planning
  • Special Lecture on Regional Development Planning (Graduate School), etc.

Economics and Management

Sunsi Kim

Position : Professor, Department of Urban Management, Faculty of Urban Management

Degree : Ph.D. (Policy Science)

Research Field : Public Policy

Class :

  • Public Policy
  • Special Lecture on Urban and Public Policy
  • Local Public Finance

Akiko Kiyohara

Position : Professor, Department of Urban Management, Faculty of Urban Management

Degree : Ph.D. (Agriculture)

Research Field : Local Public Finance, Agricultural Economics (Regional Economics of Food and Agriculture)

Class :

  • Study of Regional Economy
  • Food and Agricultural Economics
  • Social Research Methods

Yuki Tamai

Position : Professor, Department of Urban Management, Faculty of Urban Management

Degree : Ph.D. (Business Administration)

Research Field : Business Administration (Venture Business, Venture Finance)

Class :

  • Introduction to Entrepreneurship
  • Practical Seminar in Industrial Innovation

Ryoji Hasegawa

Position : Professor, Department of Urban Management, Faculty of Urban Management

Degree : Ph.D. (Economics)

Research Field : Economics, Environmental Economics, Regional Economics, Industrial Relations

Class :

  • Introduction to Economics

Satoko Murota

Position : Associate Professor, Department of Urban Management, Faculty of Urban Management

Degree : Ph.D. (Economics)

Research Field : Business Administration, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), "Corporations and Society" Theory

Class :

  • Business Administration
  • Contemporary Management Theory
  • Practical Seminar in Industrial Innovation

Manabu Kuwata

Position : Associate Professor, Department of Urban Management, Faculty of Urban Management

Degree : Ph.D. (Arts and Sciences)

Research Field : History of Economic Thought, History of Social Thought, Environmental Thought

Class :

  • History of Social Thought
  • History and Philosophy of Science
  • History of Economic Thought

Ryohei Tsukamoto

Position : Associate Professor, Department of Urban Management, Faculty of Urban Management

Degree : Ph.D. (Literature)

Research Field : Theory of Local Industry, Human Geography (Economic Geography)

Class :

  • Theory of Local Industry
  • Practical Seminar in Industrial Innovation

Symbiosis and Developments

Soichiro Maeyama

Position : Professor, Department of Urban Management, Faculty of Urban Management

Degree : Ph.D. (Literature)

Research Field : Urban Sociology, Convivial Sociology

Class :

  • Urban Management and Sociology
  • Urban Sociology
  • Citizen Autonomy
  • Practical Seminar in Urban Society

Takao Kamibeppu

Position : Professor, Department of Urban Management, Faculty of Urban Management

Degree : Ph.D. in Education Policy, Planning and Administration (US)

Research Field : Introductory International Cooperation

Class :

  • Introductory International Cooperation
  • History of International Relations
  • International Aid Policy
  • Specialized Senior Seminar I, II
  • Graduation Research

Class : (Graduate School)

  • Special Lecture on International Development
  • Case Studies in Urban Management F2 (Sustainable International Society) (Omnibus)

Koji Yahata

Position : Professor, Department of Urban Management, Faculty of Urban Management

Degree : Ph.D. (Literature)

Research Field : Regional History, Archeology, Historical Heritage, Cultural Resources, Museology

Class :

  • Regional Cultural History
  • Regional Industrial History
  • History and Culture of the Seto Inland Sea
  • Regional Studies (Fukuyama Studies)

Yukifumi Makita

Position : Associate Professor, Department of Urban Management, Faculty of Urban Management

Degree : Ph.D. (Medical Welfare)

Research Field : British and American Culture

Class :

  • Comprehensive English
  • Business English
  • British and American Social Studies
  • Overseas Language Training

Kenichi Yamaguchi

Position : Associate Professor, Department of Urban Management, Faculty of Urban Management

Degree : Ph.D. (Information Science)

Research Field : Convivial Society, Sociology

Class :

  • Urban Management and Sociology
  • Introduction to Multicultural Society
  • Intercultural Communication

Masanobu Matsuura

Position : Associate Professor, Department of Urban Management, Faculty of Urban Management

Degree : Ph.D. in International Relations/외교학 박사

Research Field : International Relations

Class :

  • International Relations
  • North and South Korea Social Theory
  • International Development

Ryohei Miyamae

Position : Lecturer, Department of Urban Management, Faculty of Urban Management

Degree : Ph.D. (Human Science)

Research Field : Disaster Psychology, Group Dynamics

Class :

  • Psychology of Urban Society
  • Practical Seminar in Urban Society
  • Special Lecture on the Psychology of Urban Society
  • Comprehensive Urban Management B
  • Specialized Senior Seminar I, II