Personnel Information

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YOUNG DAVID CHRISTOP


Job title

Associate Professor
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Graduating School 【 display / non-display 】

  • Waseda University, Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies, PhD International Studies (Comparative Education), 2024.02, Graduated

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Campus Career 【 display / non-display 】

  • 2025.02
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    Now
    Institute of Science Tokyo， -， Institute for Liberal Arts， -， Associate Professor
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External Career 【 display / non-display 】

  • 2015.04
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    2020.03
    RIKKYO UNIVERSITY, Center For English Discussion Class, English discussion PM
  • 2020.04
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    2025.01
    Sophia University, Faculty of Foreign Studies Department of English Language and Studies, Lecturer
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Academic Society Affiliations 【 display / non-display 】

  • Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages International Association (TESOL International)

  • Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT)

  • Comparative & International Education Society

  • Community of Practice on Disability-Inclusive Education, IIEP-UNESCO in Africa

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Research Areas 【 display / non-display 】

  • Foreign language education

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Published Papers & Misc 【 display / non-display 】

  1. A Reflection on Impediments to Conducting Research on Inclusive Education in Japan 2024.10; 7 10-16.

  2. Investigating English language teachers’ sentiments, attitudes, and concerns about inclusive education 2024.08; 9 (8): ( DOI )

  3. Postsecondary English Language Teachers’ Concerns about Teaching Students with Disabilities 2024.08; 2023 (1): 275-282. ( DOI )

  4. Conceptualizing Inclusive Practices for English Language Teachers 2024.04; 86-104. ( DOI )

  5. Perspectives on language learning for students with specific learning difficulties: The cognitive dimension 2024.04; 4 (1): 6-9.

  6. Dyslexia in Japanese Schooling: An Interview With Eiko Todo 2024.04; 232-245. ( DOI )

  7. The Emergence and Development of Inclusive Education in Japan: Local to Global and Back Again 2024.04; 22-64. ( DOI )

  8. Applying the UDL Design Cycle to online English Medium Instruction: A case study 2023.05; 66-74.

  9. Do anything but stay silent: A very brief introduction to social justice education 2022.12; 2 (3): 1-3.

  10. Taking an (Inter)cultural View of Students with Disabilities to Promote Inclusive Practices Within the TESOL Field 2021.09; ( DOI )

  11. A call for greater quality assurance in postsecondary English language education in Japan 2021.07; 45 (4): 11-14.

  12. Special education policy and EFL in Japan 2021;

  13. Guide to Systematizing Support for Students with Disabilities in Postsecondary EFL 2020.08; 13 (1): 26-42. ( DOI )

  14. Quality Assurance, Program Evaluation, and Curriculum Revision : A Case Study from Rikkyo University 2020; 8 317-337. ( DOI )

  15. Item Analysis of the EDC Reading Quizzes 2019; 7 320-333. ( DOI )

  16. Textbook Revision in the EDC Context : Lesson Activities 2017; 5 313-319. ( DOI )

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Conference Activities & Talks 【 display / non-display 】

  1. DEI in Practice: Creating socially just, inclusive, & equitable classrooms. 2026.05.23

  2. Exploiting CLT to compensate for English language teachers’ current capacity for inclusive practices. 2024.05.12

  3. Views and notions of inclusive education among postsecondary English language teachers in Japan. 2024.05.12

  4. Postsecondary English language teachers’ training and re-training needs for teaching students with disabilities. 2024.03.12

  5. Embracing constraint in mediating CLIL & inclusive education. 2023.07.01

  6. Universal Design for Learning and English language teaching. 2023.02.27

  7. Developing equity literacy for inclusive program management in higher education. 2023.02.02

  8. Awareness of inclusive education policy among postsecondary English language teachers in Japan. 2022.11.24

  9. Barrier-free learning in Japan. 2022.07.10

  10. Online inclusion with UDL: A case study in postsecondary EMI. 2022.07.09

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Awards & Honors 【 display / non-display 】

  • Selected Paper，Japan Association of Language Teachers，2018.11

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Social Contribution 【 display / non-display 】

  • Proposal Reviewer, JALT2026，Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT)，2026.03.08 - 2026.03.31

  • Are English Teachers in Japan Ready to Teach Students with Disabilities? Novel study helps identify key training needs among teachers to provide more inclusive education，Sophia University press release，https://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/article/news/release/240828/，2024.08

  • Japan English Teachers: Ready for Disabled Students?，Mirage，https://www.miragenews.com/japan-english-teachers-ready-for-disabled-1304588/，2024.08

  • Identifying inclusive training needs for English teachers in Japan teaching students with disabilities，Phys.org，https://phys.org/news/2024-08-inclusive-english-teachers-japan-students.html，2024.08

  • Are English teachers in Japan ready to teach students with disabilities?，EurekAlert!，https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1055617，2024.07

  • Proposal Reviewer, Accessibility in Language Learning SIG, PanSIG 2024，2024.02

  • Editorial Advisory Board Member, "The Language Teacher"，2021.12 - Now

  • Outgoing Chair，Supporting Students with Disabilities Interest Section, TESOL International，2021.03 - 2022.03

  • Training ESOL teachers to support students with disabilities，Supporting Students with Disabilities Interest Section, TESOL International，2021.03

  • Panel discussion: The language of inclusion，Inclusion in ELT: Global Perspectives Pop-up Online Symposium，2020.11

  • Chair，Supporting Students with Disabilities Interest Section, TESOL International，2020.03 - 2021.03

  • Judge, The TESOL Teacher of the Year Award, 2021，TESOL International，2020 - 2021

  • Incoming Chair，Supporting Students with Disabilities Interest Section, TESOL International，2019.03 - 2020.03

  • Judge, TESOL Professional Development Scholarships, TESOL 2020 International Convention，TESOL International，2019 - 2020

  • Proposal Reviewer, Program Administration & Evaluation Strand, TESOL 2020 International Convention，TESOL International，2019 - 2020

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