OGAWA Naoto

Department of International Liberal ArtsProfessor

Degree

  • Ph.D. in Communication, The University of Oklahoma
  • M.A. in Speech Communication, California State University, Fullerton

Research Keyword

  • Cross-Cultural Adaptation
  • Communication Competence
  • Cross-Cultural Training
  • Intercultural Marriage
  • Methodology in Cross-Cultural Studies
  • Multicultural Symbiotic Communities
  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Intercultural Communication

Field Of Study

  • Humanities & social sciences, Social psychology, Interpersonal/Intercultural Communication

Career

  • Apr. 2020 - Present
    Nihon University, College of International Relations, Professor
  • Apr. 2014 - Mar. 2020
    Nihon University, College of International Relations, Associate Professor
  • Mar. 2018 - Mar. 2019
    Research Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Ministry of Science and Technology / Center for the Advancement of the Humanities and Social Sciences, National Taiwan University, Visiting Scholar
  • Apr. 2011 - Mar. 2014
    Fukuoka International University, Department of International Communication, Associate Professor
  • Apr. 2011 - Mar. 2014
    Fukuoka Women’s University, Part-time Lecture
  • Apr. 2010 - Mar. 2011
    Fukuoka International University, Department of International Communication, Full-Time Lecture
  • Dec. 2009 - Mar. 2010
    Osaka University of Commerce, JGSS Research Center, Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Jul. 2008 - Nov. 2009
    Kansai University, Center for Human Activity Theory, Associate Research Fellow
  • Feb. 2007 - Mar. 2007
    Shizuoka Eiwa Gakuin University Junior College, Part-time Lecture
  • Apr. 2006 - Mar. 2007
    Tokai University Junior College, Part-time Lecture
  • Apr. 2006 - Mar. 2007
    University of Shizuoka, Part-time Lecture

Educational Background

  • Aug. 1999 - Dec. 2007
    The University of Oklahoma, Department of Communication
  • Feb. 1997 - Aug. 1999
    California State University, Fullerton, Department of Speech Communication
  • Aug. 1996 - Feb. 1997
    California State University, Chico, Department of Communication Arts and Sciences
  • Apr. 1991 - Mar. 1995
    Nihon University, College of International Relations, Department of International Culture

Member History

  • Aug. 2024 - Present
    Steering Committee, Japan Communication Association
  • Apr. 2023 - Present
    President, Popular Culture Association of Japan
  • Nov. 2011 - Present
    理事, Popular Culture Association of Japan
  • Aug. 2014 - Aug. 2024
    学会誌『日本コミュニケーション研究』の査読委員, Japan Communication Association
  • Apr. 2017 - Mar. 2023
    代表理事(学会誌『比較生活文化研究』の編集委員長), Popular Culture Association of Japan

Award

  • Popular Culture Association of Japan, Award by the Popular Culture Association of Japan
    Multicultural Symbiosis and Intercultural Communication: Living together with people from Southeast Asia in Taiwan, Japan society
    Naoto Ogawa
  • The University of Oklahoma, College of Arts and Sciences, Ralph Cooley Memorial Award
    Others
    Naoto Ogawa
    This award is given to the student who showed a great performance in the research of intercultural communication annually by the Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma.
  • International Communication Association, Intercultural Communication Division, Top Student Paper Award
    "Gender and self construals", International society
    This award is given to the student who submitted the best research paper to the annual meeting of the intercultural communication division of International Communication Association.

Paper

  • Assimilationism and pluralism in Japan: Introducing intercultural communication education in Japanese schools
    Naoto Ogawa
    International Symposium 2015: 70 Years after WWII, Changing Global Dynamics and its Impact on Asia Pacific, Mar. 2016, Not refereed, Invited
    Lead
  • Communicative aspects applicable to the language education
    Naoto Ogawa
    Research on Multilingual Education, Feb. 2015, Not refereed, Invited
    Lead
  • Reexamination of Machiavellianism based on self-construals
    Naoto Ogawa
    Bulletin of Fukuoka International University, Mar. 2013, Not refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • Stress, coping behavior, and social support in Japan and the United States
    Naoto Ogawa
    Bulletin of Fukuoka International University, Mar. 2011, Not refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • Intercultural collaborative learning: Using role-play as a tool
    Naoto Ogawa
    ACTIO: An International Journal of Human Activity Theory, Mar. 2010, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • An attempt to develop a cross-cultural training program based on cultural schema theory
    Naoto Ogawa
    Journal of International Behavioral Studies, Mar. 2008, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • Self construals and self-esteem in Japan and the United States
    Ogawa; N.; Gudykunst; W.B.; & Nishida; T.
    Journal of Intercultural Communication Research, Mar. 2004, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • Politeness rules in Japan and the United States
    Ogawa; N. & Gudykunst; W.B.
    Intercultural Communication Studies, Dec. 1999, Refereed, Not invited
    Lead
  • The influence of students’personal and social identities on their perceptions of interpersonal and intergroup encounters in Japan and the United States
    Gudykunst; W.B.; Nishida; T.; Morisaki; S.; & Ogawa; N.
    Japanese Journal of Social Psychology, Nov. 1999, Refereed, Not invited

Books and other publications

  • 多文化共生と異文化コミュニケーション ~台湾における東南アジアからの人々との共生
    小川直人, Single work
    八朔社, Mar. 2020
  • Communication in the Global Society
    Nishida, T; Ogawa, N; Nishida, J, Joint work, Nishida; T.; Ogawa; N.; & Nishida; J.
    Hassaku-sha, Feb. 2017, Not refereed
    9784860140830
  • Exploring Intercultural Communication in Japanese Companies in China and Vietnam
    Contributor, Ch16(pp.325-343)、Ch19(pp.385-397)、Ch21(pp.407-419)、Ch29(pp.527-540)
    Kazama Shobou, Jun. 2016, Not refereed
    9784759921380
  • Exploring popular culture based on cross-cultural comparisons
    Joint work, Ch8 Exploring the relationship between stress and health in the East and the West (pp. 97-109)
    Nakanishiya Syuppan, Dec. 2012, Not refereed
  • Intercultural communication between Brazilian students and Japanese teachers
    Joint work, Ch9 Cross-cultural adaptation of Brazilian elementary school students viewed by Yogo teachers, Japanese volunteers, and Japanese-Brazilian interpreters in Japan
    Kazama Shobou, Feb. 2011, Not refereed
  • Intercultural communication in the global society
    Joint translation, How do Chinese see the Japanese communicate: Chinese point of view (pp. 1-16); Chinese Communication Behavior (pp. 35-44)
    Kazama Shobou, Feb. 2008, Not refereed
  • Theorizing about intercultural communication
    Gudykunst, W.B; Nishida, T; Lee, C.M; Ogawa, N, Joint work, Theorizing about intercultural communication: An introduction (pp. 3-32), Gudykunst; W.B.; Nishida; T.; Lee; C.M.; & Ogawa; N.
    Sage, 2005, Not refereed

Lectures, oral presentations, etc.

  • Understandings of Foreign Workers in Japan: In Comparison to the Understandings in Taiwan
    Naoto Ogawa
    The 38th annual meeting of the Popular Culture Association of Japan (On-line), Nov. 2022, Popular Culture Association of Japan, Not invited
  • Expansion of the Concept of Mindfulness
    Naoto Ogawa
    The 36th annual meeting of the Popular Culture Association of Japan (On-line), Nov. 2020, Popular Culture Association of Japan, Not invited
  • Examining Today's Youth Communication
    Naoto Ogawa
    The 35th annual meeting of the Popular Culture Association of Japan, Nov. 2019, Not invited
  • Toward the development of multicultural symbiotic communities: A need for communication education based on theories
    Naoto Ogawa
    The 33rd annual meeting of the Popular Culture Association of Japan, Nov. 2017, 日本比較生活文化学会, Not invited
  • Educational effects shown by the use of SNS (LINE) in seminar courses at a university
    Naoto Ogawa
    The 32nd annual meeting of the Popular Culture Association of Japan, Nov. 2016, Invited
  • Effects of LINE stamps on human communication
    Naoto Ogawa
    The 30th annual meeting of the Popular Culture Association of Japan, Nov. 2014, Popular Culture Association of Japan, Not invited
  • Research and education on human communication
    Naoto Ogawa
    The 6th annual meeting of the NU-CEFR Association, Jul. 2014, Not invited
  • An attempt to increase intercultural communication competency of the college students: Practices in classes at Fukuoka International University
    Naoto Ogawa
    The 28th annual meeting of the Popular Culture Association of Japan, Nov. 2012, Not invited
  • An analysis of collaboration for developing the language grid
    Naoto Ogawa
    The 9th annual meeting of the Japan Society for Multicultural Relations, Oct. 2009, Not invited
  • Intercultural conflicts in elementary schools many Brazilian children belong: Viewpoints of Japanese-Brazilian interpreters
    Naoto Ogawa
    The 6th annual meeting of the Association of International Behavioral Studies, Oct. 2009, Not invited
  • A Q methodological study on what is important for collaborative practice in school classrooms
    Meloche; J.; & Ogawa; N.
    The 25th Annual Q Conference, Oct. 2009, Not invited
  • Intercultural conflicts in elementary schools many Brazilian children belong: Viewpoints of Yogo teachers and volunteers
    Naoto Ogawa
    The 5th annual meeting of the Association of International Behavioral Studies, Sep. 2008, Not invited
  • Role play as a tool for intercultural collaborative learning
    The 3rd CHAT International Workshop, Kansai University, Aug. 2008, Invited
  • Communication between doctors and patients: A viewpoint of intercultural communication
    Naoto Ogawa
    The 3rd annual meeting of the Association of International Behavioral Studies, Oct. 2006, Not invited
  • Through the consideration of Anxiety/Uncertainty Management Theory
    The 2nd annual meeting of the Association of International Behavioral Studies, Oct. 2005, Invited
  • Bill as researcher, teacher, and mentor
    Naoto Ogawa
    The 4th biennial International Conference on Intercultural Research, May 2005, Invited
  • Self construals and self-esteem in Japan and the United States」
    Ogawa; N.; Gudykunst; W. B.; & Nishida; T.
    The 3rd biennial International Conference on Intercultural Research, May 2004, Not invited
  • Facework in everyday interaction: Its conceptual development in the study of interpersonal/intercultural communication
    Naoto Ogawa
    Sooner Communication Conference, Mar. 2004, Not invited
  • Interethnic communication among adult Americans: An examination of contextual and behavioral factors
    Kim; Y. Y.; Ogawa; N.; Rainwater-McClure; R.; & Kim; Y.
    National Communication Association, Nov. 2003, Not invited
  • Ideology, identity, and interethnic communication: A qualitative analysis of interview data
    Kim; Y. Y.; Rainwater-McClure; R.; Ogawa; N.; & Kim; Y.
    International Communication Association, May 2003, Not invited
  • Gender and politeness rules in Japan and the United States
    Naoto Ogawa
    International Communication Association, May 2003, Not invited
  • Gender and self construals
    Naoto Ogawa
    International Communication Association, Jul. 2002, Not invited
  • Multiethnic speech community of the Chinese: A Chinese restaurant in Oklahoma
    Ogawa; N. & Chen; M.
    National Communication Association, Nov. 2001, Not invited
  • Communicative similarities and differences among European Americans, African Americans, and Mexican Americans
    Naoto Ogawa
    National Communication Association, Nov. 2000, Not invited
  • Politeness rules in Japan and the United States
    Ogawa; N.; & Gudykunst; W. B.
    International Communication Association, Jun. 2000, Not invited
  • Politeness in Japan and the United States
    Naoto Ogawa
    Conference on Interdisciplinary Theory and Research on Intercultural Relations, Mar. 1998, Not invited

Affiliated academic society

  • May 2015 - Present
    The International Society for Cultural Expression
  • Aug. 2014 - Present
    Communication Association of Japan
  • Apr. 2010 - Present
    Popular Culture Association of Japan

Research Themes

  • Communication frictions between Japanese expatriates and local employees in China and Vietnam
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, 2009 - 2011
    NISHIDA Hiroko; NEBASI Reiko; OGAWA Naoto; KAGAWA Naomi; SASAKI Yumi; DOI Mayuko; NGUYEN THI Bich Ha; ZHAO Ting; YE Youqi

Social Contribution Activities

  • 三島市環境審議会 会長
    others
    三島市, Jun. 2022 - Present
  • 沼津市入札監視委員会 委員
    others
    沼津市, Apr. 2021 - Present
  • 三島市環境審議会 副会長
    others
    三島市, Jun. 2020 - May 2022