Faculty
Rebecca Babirye
Assistant Professor
Specialization: Global Studies, Intercultural Communication, TESOL
Education: Tokyo Christian University (BA); Wheaton College (MA); Sophia University (Ph.D.; in progress)
Church: Tokyo Multicultural Church
Titles of Books and Academic Articles:
Akio Ito
Professor, Dean of the Graduate School
Specialization: New Testament Studies
Education: Tokyo University (B.Lit.); Tokyo Christian Theological Seminary; Wycliffe Hall (Oxford) (Ph.D.)
Church: Nerima Baptist Church, Baptist General Conference Japan (Regou)
Titles of Books and Academic Articles:
Mieko Iwata
Associate Professor
Specialization: Christian Ethics, Christian Worldview
Education: Tokyo Christian Univ. (BA); Tokyo Christian Theol. Seminary; Calvin Theol. Seminary (Th.M); Tokyo Christian Univ. (Ph.D.)
Church: Christian Reformed Church
Titles of Books and Academic Articles:
Nobuyoshi Kiuchi
Professor
Specialization: Old Testament
Education: Tokyo Univ. of Foreign Studies (BA); Tokyo Christian Theological Seminary; The Council for National Academic Awards (Ph.D.)
Church: Fuchu-Nishihara Kirisuto Kyoukai, Presbyterian Church in Japan
Titles of Books and Academic Articles:
Tetsuya Morita
Associate Professor
Specialization: International Development, Non-profit Management
Education: Jiyu Gakuen (BA); Duke University (MA); Oxford Centre for Mission Studies (Ph.D.; in progress)
Church: Heiwadai Grace Church (Domei)
Titles of Books and Academic Articles:
Naoki Okamura
Professor, Dean of Academic Affairs
Specialization: Phenomenological Research Methods, Religious Education, Practical Theology
Education: Columbia International University (BA); Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (MA); Claremont Graduate School of Theology (Ph.D.)
Church: Yokosuka Chuo Church (Domei)
Titles of Books and Academic Articles:
Motoaki Shinohara
Professor, Dean of Student Affairs
Specialization: Missiology
Education: Tokyo Christian University (BA), Calvin Theological Seminary (Th.M), Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (Ph.D.)
Church: Tatebayashi Christ Church, Fukuin Dendo Kyodan
Titles of Books and Academic Articles:
J. Randall Short
Professor, VP for International Affairs
Specialization: Old Testament Languages, Literature, and History of Interpretation
Education: Univ. of Alabama (BA); Tokyo Christian Theol. Seminary (M.Div.); Harvard University Divinity School (M.T.S., Th.D.)
Church: Sakura Ojidai Chapel (PCJ)
Titles of Books and Academic Articles:
David S. Sytsma
Associate Professor
Specialization: History of Christianity
Education: Calvin College (BA), Calvin Theol. Seminary (M.T.S., Th.M.), Princeton Theol. Seminary (Ph.D.)
Church: Funabashi Takane Church (RCJ)
Titles of Books and Academic Articles:
Shohei Yamato
Professor, Provost
Specialization: Buddhist Studies, Practical Theology
Education: Kansai University (BA); Tokyo Christian Theol. Seminary; Bukkyo Univ. (MA)
Church: Kyoto Bible Church, Japan Gospel Fellowship
Titles of Books and Academic Articles:
Miwako Yanagisawa
Associate Professor
Specialization: Sociolinguistics, Applied Linguistics, Japanese Pedagogy
Education: Waseda Univ. (BA, MA); Georgetown University (MS); University of Hawaiʻi (Ph.D.)
Church: Tokyo Musashino Evangelical Free Church, Evangelical Free Church of Japan
